Re: [OT] some B... B.... Bargains!...

["Ian Lowe" <ian@xxxxxxx>]

My experience of PC Chips boards is closer to Tony's than Nikola's,
however,
it seems that the Intel boards they make are generally better than the AMD
ones...

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nikola Kasic" <nikola@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 5:35 PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] some B... B.... Bargains!...


> I had a couple of PC Chips boards over the years, all of them bought
on
> computer fairs.
> They served me well. All of them worked fine.
> Maybe I was just lucky :-) ...
>
> But I never pushed them to the limit, and performance-wise, probably
> they cannot be compared with ASUS or similar.
> I bought them because of the price and never went for the latest
model.
> Also, their drivers site was very confusing a few years ago, I must
> admit. It improved recently (a bit).
>
> Cheers,
> Nik
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony Butler [mailto:lists@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 16 April 2003 16:52
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] some B... B.... Bargains!...
>
>
> > > Pcchips Book PC-ll Barebone System SKT 370 52x Cd-Rom/5.1
> Sound/Video/56k
> > > V.90 Modem/LAN TV-Out
> > > £59.99 (ex VAT)
> > > £70.49 (inc VAT)
> >
> > Okay, I'll ask it first then...
> >
> > Is that competition for the X-Box?
>
> No! PC Chips are, IME, utter sh*te.  Expect them to be out-performed
by
> a ZX81,
> and don't expect the first 2 or 3 boards to work.
> When you get one that works, prepare to replace it in about 3 months
coz
> it's
> packed in.
> All just IME of course - maybe I'm just unlucky :)
>
> T.