larry@pyr1.acs.udel.EDU (Larry Larraga) (01/13/88)
In article <2766@catuc.UUCP> peter@catuc.UUCP (Peter Collins) writes: >Does anyone know anything about an upgrade for the z-248 to turn it >into a 386 machine? I have the blurb from Zenith that describes the thing. Here are some highlights: Zenith Data Systems is proud to announce the SuperSet upgrade kit for Z-240 series computers. The kit allows commercial owners including business, industry and colleges to upgrade their Z-240 series computers to a Z-386 running at 16 Mhz, zero wait states. The SuperSet Upgrade provides a performance increase of over 200% by simply swapping 3 cards and the 32-bit SuperSet backplane. The SuperSet upgrade includes one 32-bit SuperSet backplane, one 32-bit I/O card, 1 Mb of fast 32-bit memory, and the 32-bit CPU card including sockets for the optional 80287 and 80387 math co-processors. Retail price = $2699.00 Features: * Enhanced Page-Mode RAMs * Burst Mode Refresh * "Slushware" - Increased system performance by copying slow 8-bit ROM BIOS code into 32-bit RAM. * Pipelining * 32-bit I/O and Memory Communications [an additional glossy I have indicates you also get a fan to be installed on the chassis.] Note that this item has NOT appeared on the most current Zenith price list, which means we can't order it yet, so delivery is still up in the air. ============================================================================== Larry Larraga University of Delaware Microcomputing Resource Center Senior Analyst 152 Newark Hall Newark, DE 19716 (302)451-6782 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ INTERNET: larry@pyr1.acs.udel.edu BITNET: ACS26825@UDACSVM COMPUSERVE: 76505,1426 GENIE: XMP14851 PAN: LSQUARED ==============================================================================