From: rosa@ghost.dsi.unimi.it (massimo rossi) Subject: L.B. vs VESA L.B. and .... Organization: Computer Science Dep. - Milan University Lines: 30 hi folks i have a 386 25 mhz and now i'm buying a new 486 first question) which is the best way to share hard disks and printer p.s. my two pc will be far about 10 meter and i like to use a parallel port or ethernet card and i like to share resource under dos linux os2.1 and windows 3.1 & nt 2) which 486? i think to buy 486 dx2 50mzh local bus but i heard that some board coulnd't work properly cause some incompatibilites is that true? should a 486 dx 50 mhz a better solution in case i buy local bus it's better to buy an accelerated svga card with a normal local bus ide controller or it is better to buy a local bus svga card non accelerated with a normal ide controller? 3) is there any accelerated local bus and possibly true color svga card? at which price? 4) i need to buy a cd which is the cheapest that is able to read musical photo kodak and computer cd rom i have heard about a sony and a mitsumi which is best? and which controller work with its? thank to everyone anserw me rosa@ghost.sm.dsi.unimi.it