386SX, Cache386, Cache486           motherboards with EISA
Cache Computers Introduces Six Motherboards
 
Microbytes Daily News Service
Copyright (c) 1989, McGraw-Hill, Inc.
Cache Computers has introduced six motherboards, one small
AT-footprint system and five AT-footprint systems -- some with
EISA-compatible slots.
 
The baby-AT has a 16- or 20-MHz 80386SX CPU. Other boards include
a 25-MHz 80386, a 33-MHz 80386 with your choice of EISA or AT
slots, and a 33-MHz 80486 with your choice of EISA or AT slots.
 
The SX386 is a baby-AT board (8.5 by 13 inches) with 512K to 8
megabytes of RAM and room for an 80387SX math coprocessor, two
8-bit slots, and six 16-bit slots. It's available with either a
Phoenix or an AMI BIOS.
 
The Cache 386 is a 20- or 25-MHz system board with 32K bytes of
cache and 1- to 16-megabytes of RAM. There's room for 80387 or a
Weitek math coprocessor, two 8-bit cards, and six 16-bit cards.
The standard BIOS is Chips and Technologies or Phoenix but you
can get an AMI or other AT-compatible as an option.
 
If you'd like to make a 25- or 33-MHz system with six 16-bit and
two 8-bit slots or have the option to have six EISA slots and two
16-bit slots, you might want the Cache386. It comes standard with
1 megabyte of RAM (which you can upgrade to 64 megabytes), and
32K bytes of cache RAM (or optionally 64K- or 128K-bytes). The
standard BIOS is either AMI or Phoenix and you can add an 80387
or a Weitek math coprocessor.
 
For top-of-the-line performance, you'll want the Cache486
motherboard and maybe its EISA option. The standard AT-compatible
motherboard will have a 25- or 33-MHz 80486 CPU with 128K bytes
of cache, six 16-bit slots, and two 8-bit slots. The BIOS is
Phoenix or AMI and standard RAM is 1 megabyte (expandable to 16).
Like the Cache386, the Cache486 has an EISA option which features
six 32-bit slots and two 16-bit slots.
 
Price: SX386, $595; Cache386-25, $1400; Cache386-33 AT, $2000;
Cache386-33 EISA, $2700; Cache486-33, $4000.
 
Contact: Cache Computers, Inc., 46714 Fremont Blvd., Fremont, CA
94538, (415) 226-9922
 
                              --- Roger K. Adams
 
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