On 5 Mar 99, at 10:24, John Chin wrote:

> Does anyone have any experience with ENPC Motherboards in general and
> the company's EP-PT21 ATX socket-7, TX chipset motherboard, in
> particular?

  Not specifically.  ATX + Socket 7 is not a combo I've ever used, nor
have I ever been tempted by the TX chipset.

> A regional dealer carries these for under $30 apiece. You can examine
> the specs at ENPC's website at:
>
>   http://www.enpc.com.tw/ep-pt21.htm
>
> These are purportedly made by Enlight. The price is very reasonable
> and the website is somewhat reassuring. The fact that the boards
> handle a variety of CPUs and RAM is appealing.
>
> The boards would be used to build a fleet of inexpensive (sub-$300,
> sans monitor), computers for local elementary schools using spare and
> donated parts, running basic Win95 educational software.

  My hunch is that ATX *cases* are going to more than eat up the
savings on these motherboards; you're much more likely to find that
donated cases/power supplies are AT instead.  [I like EFA's AT-size
Socket 7 boards with VIA chipset (they also have a TX version, which I
think is normally about $69); very flexible in CPU and RAM choices.


David G

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