news@husc6.UUCP (03/11/87)
Summary : Expires: Sender:Nathaniel Beck Reply-To: beck@husc4.UUCP ( beck) Followup-To: Distribution: Organization: Harvard Univ. Science Center Keywords: From: beck@husc4.HARVARD.EDU ( beck) Path: husc4!beck Does anyone have any experience putting on a 286 Board onto an 8086 ATT6300. I do a lot of number crunching and so would like a fast 80287 chip (say 10Mh) also. Ideally the board should be upgradeable to an 80386. I know that many of the standard 80286 boards don't fit into the 8086 socket. Any experience in this area would be much appreciated. Price is very much an issue. Thanks in advance. Nathaniel Beck Dept. of Gov. Harvard University ARPA: BECK@SDCSVAX BITNET: BECK@HUSC4.HARVARD
heiby@mcdchg.UUCP (03/12/87)
In article <1369@husc6.UUCP> news@husc6.UUCP (USENET News System) writes: >Does anyone have any experience putting on a 286 Board onto an 8086 >ATT6300. I don't have direct experience, but AT&T sells (sold?) an upgrade kit to upgrade a PC 6300 to a PC 6300 PLUS, which is their 80286-based machine. It's essentially a swap of the entire system board. You get to keep the video controller, power supply, cabinet, disks, keyboard, and any add-in boards in the slots. As I recall, the price was less than buying a whole new PC 6300 PLUS, but I didn't think it was enough less to be worth doing. Better to have two machines after paying for two, than one machine after paying for one and a half. -- Ron Heiby, mcdchg!heiby Moderator: mod.newprod & mod.os.unix Motorola Microcomputer Division (MCD), Schaumburg, IL "Save your energy. Save yourselves. Avoid the planet 'cuae2' at all costs!"