rgr@m10ux.UUCP (Duke Robillard) (12/27/88)
Hi there, I'm looking around for 386 processor boards for my old 8086 based AT&T 6300. Does anyone have any experience/suggestions in this area? Is the 6300 a tough machine to get this boards for? Does the semi-standard Intel one work? How about the Hummingboard (great name) from AI Architects? How about any others? How about under $1500 (:->)? Thanks in advance. Bob -- | Duke Robillard | | | | | ARPA: rgr@m10ux.att.com | UUCP: {backbone!}att!m10ux!rgr | | or maybe: m10ux!rgr@att.att.com | BITNET: rgr%m10ux.att.com@cunyvm |
ss60s@sdcc7.ucsd.EDU (Nathaniel L. Beck) (12/28/88)
In article <797@m10ux.UUCP> rgr@m10ux.UUCP (Duke Robillard) writes: >Hi there, > > I'm looking around for 386 processor boards for my >old 8086 based AT&T 6300. Does anyone have any >experience/suggestions in this area? Is the 6300 a >tough machine to get this boards for? Does the semi-standard >Intel one work? How about the Hummingboard (great name) >from AI Architects? How about any others? How about >under $1500 (:->)? I have two 6300's running the Applied Reasoning Elevator 386 Board. Works well except for communications (have to go down to the 086 level to talk with my Vaxen). Fits in a slot - takes five minutes to go to where it works. Have had no problems for about 1.5 years (a few programs generate 387 interrupts that cause the board not to respond, but I think that is due to bad programming). Boards cost about 2K, another .5 for 387. Comes with 1M of memory. Don't think it will run anything but DOS. (memory can be upgraded to many M with $) As far as I know must other 386 boards assume an 8088 and not an 8086 socket. When I got the AR board it was the only one I could find that would work in my ATT6300. May be more now. Applied Reasoning is at 86(?) Sherman St, Cambridge MA. Don't have their phone number at hand. In fact, I haven't talked with them in almost a year - hope they are still in business. Good luck. Neal Beck beck@ucsd.edu