heasley@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Jim Heasley) (02/10/89)
For the past several years I have been using an IBM PC/AT (one of the original 6 MHz models) as a "workstation" for reducing scientific data, as an image display, and data archive using a WORM. The first memory board I installed in my AT was an AST Advantage! board which had 2 Mbytes of 150 ns memory. I have since replaced that board with an AST Advantage Premium board with 1.5 Mbytes of 120 ns memory so I could have enhanced expanded memory. In the future I would like to replace the original AT motherboard with an 80386 one running at 16 MHz. Obviously I want to move to the 386 for its faster speed, but also because it will automatically support memory in such a way I can go to mutlitasking cleanly with either Desqview or Concurrent DOS. My question is whether either or both of the AST memory boards can be used with such a motherborad? I can see why one wants faster memory chips on the motherboard itself, but does this also apply to memory on expansion boards? It is my impression, perhaps incorrect, that the bus on AT machines (including many of the 386 ones) run at 8 MHz, and in that case both of these boards *should* work ok with the faster processor. In fact, I now use the Advantage! board in my AT clone which has a 10 MHz clock and it seems to work just fine. Can someone tell me if this will also be the case with the faster 386 machine? Please reply to me via electronic mail as I only read this news group infrequently. If there is enough interest I will post a summary of replies to the newtork. Jim Heasley Institute for Astronomy University of Hawaii Internet: heasley@uhifa.ifa.hawaii.edu Bitnet: heasley@uhccux