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We're running about 4 systems based on this board (all with K6-2 300s) and
they run pretty decently on the whole but we have had slightly more
motherboard hassles than normal ... We went with these boards due to the
combination of: 256Mb of cached RAM supported, AT form factor, 100MHz bus
support + reasonable availability (in the UK) ...

Manar

>I just bought an FIC VA-503+ motherboard, which is a baby-AT form factor,
>has 4 72-pin SIMM sockets, 1 MB of L2 cache, 3 PCI slots, a bunch
>of ISA slots and a 350MHz K6-2 CPU for about $250.  I went with this
>specifically because I had an existing case and memory that I wanted
>to recover.
>
>Having only 3 PCI slots is sort of a downer, but the cost of the motherboard
>itself is about $50, so it can't be that bit a mistake.
>
>I did this to replace an old (no L2 cache, slow) 486 system so I could
>use the $30 10/100 ethernet boards I had lying around.
>
>louie
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