diehr@blake.acs.washington.edu (George Diehr) (03/06/89)
Yesterday I received a catalogue from J & R, and found that
Inboard 386 PC is selling at $599. Another 1 M daughter board
will cost $399 according to the ad. Anyway, I have been
interested in upgrading my old Zenith and hope to get
your opinions regrading my upgrade. Please help me.
Now the questions are:
(1) Is Inboard 386 PC compatible with my Zenith PC? I know someone
posted a toll-free numbef for Intel Inboard support and wish to
have that number so that I can call Intel to verify any myths/facts.
If you tried Inboard on your Zenith PC, please let me know
your luck or ....
(2) Will my Zenith + Inboard 386 turn into an AT machine? I am
wondering whether the additional 1 Meg is used for extended
or not. I would like to run a large database and may need
1 Meg piggy board. The target software especially requires
AT compatible with 1 Meg of exTended memory.
I will summarize what I will receive to the net if there are
such demands. Thank you in advance.16012_3045@uwovax.uwo.ca (Paul Gomme) (03/07/89)
In article <1070@blake.acs.washington.edu>, diehr@blake.acs.washington.edu (George Diehr) writes: > Yesterday I received a catalogue from J & R, and found that > Inboard 386 PC is selling at $599. Another 1 M daughter board > will cost $399 according to the ad. Anyway, I have been > interested in upgrading my old Zenith and hope to get > your opinions regrading my upgrade. Please help me. > Now the questions are: I've noticed messages from individuals who either _have_ or are _thinking_ of upgrading their machines by installing an Inboard 386 or similar product. I have questions of my own: Why do it this way in the first place? Why not sell the old machine and buy either a fast 286, or a 386? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Gomme Bitnet: gomme@uwovax.bitnet ARPA: gomme@uwo.ca (519) 679-2111 ext. 6418
abcscnge@csuna.csun.edu (Scott "The Pseudo-Hacker" Neugroschl) (03/09/89)
In article <1803@uwovax.uwo.ca> 16012_3045@uwovax.uwo.ca (Paul Gomme) writes: ]In article <1070@blake.acs.washington.edu>, diehr@blake.acs.washington.edu (George Diehr) writes: ]> Yesterday I received a catalogue from J & R, and found that ]> Inboard 386 PC is selling at $599. Another 1 M daughter board ]> will cost $399 according to the ad. Anyway, I have been ]> interested in upgrading my old Zenith and hope to get ]> your opinions regrading my upgrade. Please help me. ]> Now the questions are: ] ]I've noticed messages from individuals who either _have_ or are ]_thinking_ of upgrading their machines by installing an Inboard 386 or ]similar product. I have questions of my own: Why do it this way in ]the first place? Why not sell the old machine and buy either a fast ]286, or a 386? It$ known a$ a $hortage of ca$h. The Inboard specified costs a total of $1K with 2M of memory. How much does a 2M 386 system cost? Even a bare bones: 2M memory, HDFD controller, 1.2M drive and nothing else (use the old XT stuff -- but then it's hard to sell the XT...) co$t? To many people it may be cheaper and more cost efficient to hold onto the XT and upgrade it as far as it will go. $incerely,