jeff@questar.QUESTAR.MN.ORG (Jeff Holmes) (12/30/88)
My XT-compatible running Minix 1.2 is agonizingly slow. Has anyone had any luck with accelerator boards that Minix will work with? If so, are there any recommendations? (I'm just looking for 286 speed so I can keep the cost down and have a better chance at compatibility). Thanks in advance. -jeff- -- Jeff Holmes DOMAIN: jeff@questar.mn.org Questar Data Systems UUCP: amdahl!bungia!questar!jeff
kenf1@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (7784) (12/30/88)
In article <1983@questar.QUESTAR.MN.ORG> jeff@questar.QUESTAR.MN.ORG (Jeff Holmes) writes: > > My XT-compatible running Minix 1.2 is agonizingly slow. > > Has anyone had any luck with accelerator boards that > Minix will work with? > Yes, I have seen it boot up using a Microsoft Mach 20 board with no attached memory. As it was someone elses machine I only tried it with the out of the box 1.2 version. Unfortunately this (the Mach 20) is one of the slowest axxelerator boards around, but very compatable. Beware, however, that after you add the accelerator board, extra memory daughter boards, etc. you have paid for a 286 clone, less the hard drive. Ken Firestone (kf1@aplcen.UUCP)
vandys@hpcupt1.HP.COM (Andrew Valencia(Seattle)) (01/04/89)
/ hpcupt1:comp.os.minix / kenf1@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (7784) / 8:10 pm Dec 29, 1988 / >> Has anyone had any luck with accelerator boards that >> Minix will work with? > ...Microsoft Mach 20 Works with the Orchid turbo board, too. But you'll need a 1.2 or better hard disk driver. Andy