dd26+@andrew.cmu.edu (Douglas F. DeJulio) (06/19/91)
I've got an old, ordinary IBM-PC with a 5-slot 256k motherboard. I'd like to bring this machine at least into the mid-80s, with a 286 accelerator card. Ideally it'd have a meg of memory and an 80286 running at at least 8 or 10 MHz. I can't afford to spend a lot of money on it though -- this is basically a machine for messing around and playing games. Does anyone have one they might want to sell? Can anyone point me at a good magazine to look for such things in? -- Doug DeJulio dd26+@andrew.cmu.edu ddj@zardoz.club.cc.cmu.edu
U35828@uicvm.uic.edu (06/19/91)
In article <gcLgDAW00VI8MFXUV4@andrew.cmu.edu>, dd26+@andrew.cmu.edu (Douglas F. DeJulio) says: > >I've got an old, ordinary IBM-PC with a 5-slot 256k motherboard. I'd >like to bring this machine at least into the mid-80s, with a 286 >accelerator card. Ideally it'd have a meg of memory and an 80286 >running at at least 8 or 10 MHz. No problem. SOTA makes the 286i, an 80286-based accelerator card for the PC/XT machines. Elek-Tek, a local computer store, is asking for $249. For more information, call them at 1-800-395-1000 (before 8pm Central Standard Time). Standeard disclaimer applies. John Serrano-Bitnet: <U35828@UICVM>, Internet: <U35828@UICVM.UIC.EDU> Bond: "Do you expect me to talk?" Goldfinger: "No Mister Bond, I expect you to die!"
baer@uwovax.uwo.ca (06/21/91)
In article <91170.110705U35828@uicvm.uic.edu>, U35828@uicvm.uic.edu writes: > In article <gcLgDAW00VI8MFXUV4@andrew.cmu.edu>, dd26+@andrew.cmu.edu (Douglas F. > DeJulio) says: >> >>I've got an old, ordinary IBM-PC with a 5-slot 256k motherboard. I'd >>like to bring this machine at least into the mid-80s, with a 286 >>accelerator card. Ideally it'd have a meg of memory and an 80286 >>running at at least 8 or 10 MHz. > > No problem. SOTA makes the 286i, an 80286-based accelerator card for > the PC/XT machines. Elek-Tek, a local computer store, is asking for > $249. For more information, call them at 1-800-395-1000 (before 8pm > Central Standard Time). > But watch out for the 16i memory card that goes with it. A bit of a dog from my point of view (I own one). If doing it again, I'd have stuck to the accelerator and not bought the memory card add-on. This limits the machine a bit (no EMS, etc.), but the memory card I bought was quite glitchy and you are at the mercy of Sota with respect to drivers for things like Windows (the drivers I got only half worked). > Standeard disclaimer applies. > > > John Serrano-Bitnet: <U35828@UICVM>, Internet: <U35828@UICVM.UIC.EDU> > > Bond: "Do you expect me to talk?" > Goldfinger: "No Mister Bond, I expect you to die!" -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Douglas Baer,