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Re: [ECS] Soundcard Question Ingo Pakleppa Thu, 26 Aug 1999 16:52:18 -0700

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I recently bought a 400 MHz K-6/2 + motherboard for under $180, in AT
format. In fact, another K-6 motherboard I bought even came with built-in
video and sound hardware for $90. Add $90 for the processor, and you are in
business. Of course, you might need to add some memory - the one from the
486 is probably not useable any more. And don't forget a new hard disk -
486' by now are at the age where the hard disks reach the end of their MTBF.

Ingo

At 03:21 PM 8/26/99 -0500, Scott Danks wrote:
>I inquired about the boards a local vendor has, and he said he has a 333 
>pentium for 199 but it's atx and I need the case too.  So since this is an 
>investment for a while to come, I am negotiating with me wife to do the 
>upgrade.  (The old 486 is one she bought from a company she worked for and 
>has sentimental value....)  anyway, I suspect the processor is too slow for 
>the speech engines now.
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>>>> "Bill Walters" <wtwalters@home.com> 08/26 12:13 PM >>>
>Scott,
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>I started out using ECS 4.0.x with a 486/100.  Using (for telephone) speech
>output helped the stuttering a little, but not too much.
>
>I upgraded to Cyrix MII/300 (with new motherboard & 4.3mb HD) and have been
>more than pleased ever since.  Total cost was about $230 or so (CPU = $55,
>SOYO M/B=$69, Maxtor HD= $109)
>
>Bill Walters
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