lewis@weiss.cs.unc.edu (Jeffrey Lewis) (10/29/88)
I remember recently reading one or two endorsements for the Inboard 386
as the best solution to upgrading an XT, and am seriously considering
getting one. Before I do, however, I wonder if someone could provide
me with some more specific information about it, such as:
- Does anyone know whether it will/won't work in a Zenith 159?
- What type of RAM does it use?
- Is the 1 meg on the board enough, or should I also get the
daughterboard?
- Can I get a daughterboard with 0k?
- Will the daughterboard take single banks of 256k, or do you have to
add to it 1 meg at a time?
- Do I really have to pull all my current RAM (150ns), because it can't
use it for anything (expanded, extended, RAMdisk)?
- Does it get its power from the backplane, or does it need its own
connection to my power supply? (which I don't have any more of)
- Do I get to remount my 8088 on the Inboard, for going back to
normal XT mode, or do I just throw it away?
- Any ballpark figure on what kind of speedup it will give? (According
to PCtools, my machine currently runs at 160% of a PC)
- Also any other comment on the Inboard someone thinks relevant
(horror stories, kudos, whatever).
E-mail welcome.
If there's interest, I'll post responses. (I might post them anyway).
Thanks in advance. Merry Christmas.
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