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A DEC MTE? I've got one landing on my desk later this week! I hope… DEC is famous for missing deadlines on shipping. Anyhow, it's a great machine, II just took delivery on 200 of them at the office and the jerks didn't ship the one for home… Sigh. I popped on open and everything is slicker than heck on the inside. One of the best designed motherboard/slots/bay assemblies I've ever seen. One of the dual fans sits right nex to the 486 so you shouldn't have to worry about heat, etc. Far as the DEC/Tosh/PAS 16 is concerned, I'd do it. I don't have a PAS 16 card (already being a Soundblaster owner before I got my Tosh). However folks hereabouts seem to love 'em. I'd consider putting the Tosh SCSI card on the PAS 16 rather than on the main SCSI controller for the hard drive. Many people think CD-ROM performs better with it's own controller and the one on the PAS16 is plenty fast enough to handle the transfer speeds from the Tosh. If you haven't purchased the MTE yet, let me know and I'll give you detailed info about my experiences with 'em. We're knee deep in them at work and over the next few weeks they'll be installed. If I get my system for home in time, I'll let you know if there are any hidden glitches with regard to installing a Tosh in an MTE. But frankly, I don't expect anything. It's a screaming machine, ya know? Bob