bob@omni.com (Bob Weissman) (11/03/89)
I've got an old XT clone which works fine, but is intolerably
slow (at 8 MHz).
I'd like to speed the thing up, but don't want to spend a lot
of money on a system which was purchased specifically because
of its low price.
Which of the following alternatives do you think give the most
bang for the buck?
1. Replace the 8088 with a V20.
2. Add an 8087-2.
3. Add an accelerator card like the Orchid Tiny Turbo.
4. Replace the motherboard with a 286 or 386SX motherboard.
5. Any other suggestions?
If enough interest, I will summarize.
Thanks,
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Bob Weissman <bob@omni.com>
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Hofstadter's Law: It always takes longer than you expect,
even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law.crmeyer@voodoo.ucsb.edu (11/03/89)
In article <1096@borabora.omni.com>, bob@omni.com (Bob Weissman) writes... >I've got an old XT clone which works fine, but is intolerably >slow (at 8 MHz). > >I'd like to speed the thing up, but don't want to spend a lot >of money on a system which was purchased specifically because >of its low price. I would recommend a replacement 286 motherboard that is specifically designed to use your old XT components. I have performed several upgrades and am very pleased with the speed increase for a very modest cost. Recently I upgraded my own machine with a Bullet 286 motherboard. It a 8 MHz machine that uses 120 ns RAMs. Since you have an 8 MHz XT I would recomment their slightly slower 7.2 MHz machine. It also includes RAM caching software built into ROM that if enabled and you have 1 MEG of RAM will use the upper 384K to cashe your hard disk and improve its performance. The cost of the Bullet 286E board was published at $125 in the most recent Computer Shopper and can be purchased from: Marchland International 1240 N. Van Buren Unit 108 Anaheim, CA 92807 714-630-3382 (just a happy customer with no affiliation)