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From: dennis <dennis@etinc.com>
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>The 386 handled 7,500 hits/day (one of my users decided to put up a porn
>site) for about a week without too much trouble.  I'd never want to try to
>make it do it again though :-)

I think that <6 hits per minute is not a major task for any processor...
surely you cant be implying that you need a pentium for that kind of volume?

The problem here probably has more to do with your $9. ISA IDE
controller than it does the '386 vs Pentium. A  (slow) '486 with a PCI IDE
controller not only has more processor power, but also much higher
bus throughput to the disk. 

I dont think that anyone would recommend a '386 for anything nowadays
(with '486-100s with on-board PCI IDE at about $100.)....I was talking
much more about the '486 or 100Mhz Pentium vs the higher end
stuff than obsoleted equipment like '386.

Dennis