rkh@mtune.ATT.COM (Robert Halloran) (03/07/89)
Is it possible to upgrade a 286-based system using the Intel Inboard/386 to successfully run 386 Unix or Xenix? A friend is looking to possibly upgrade and is wondering if this is a viable alternative to replacing the motherboard. Please reply by e-mail. Thanks. Bob Halloran ========================================================================= UUCP: att!mtune!rkh Internet: rkh@mtune.ATT.COM USPS: 17 Lakeland Dr, Port Monmouth NJ 07758 DDD: 201-495-6621 eve ET Disclaimer: If you think AT&T would have ME as a spokesman, you're crazed. Quote: "Well, if it wasn't Buckaroo Banzai, I'd say 'commit the man.'" - where else?
fischer@netmbx.UUCP (Axel Fischer) (03/14/89)
In article <7945@mtune.ATT.COM> rkh@mtune.ATT.COM (Robert Halloran) writes: >Is it possible to upgrade a 286-based system using the Intel >Inboard/386 to successfully run 386 Unix or Xenix? A friend >is looking to possibly upgrade and is wondering if this is a >viable alternative to replacing the motherboard. Of course it's possible. Some friend of me has a 286 with a 386 Inter InBoard. It works fine. But I wouldn't recommend it because: - What are you doing when your old 286'er Motherboard dies ? - The 286 Systembus is only 12 MHz fast - that means you can't use the 20 Mhz performance (or whatever) of the Inboard. - It's not much cheaper than replacing the motherboard. -Axel -- Domain: fischer@netmbx.UUCP Europe: ...!tmpmbx!netmbx!fischer Rest of world: ...!uunet!pyramid!tmpmbx!netmbx!fischer =====> Beam me up, Scotty - there is no intelligent life down here ! <=====