peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) (01/30/91)
In article <1991Jan29.135903.7193@ns.network.com> guy@ns.network.com (Guy D'Andrea) writes: >- First, does anyone know if Intel's "INBOARD 386 PC" accelerator works > with the 2088 XT Bridgeboard? > >- Along that line, the INBOARD needs to have only 256k on the main board,... > so since 256k of the 512k the 2088 comes with is socketed - can 256k be > removed and some kind of jumper set for this? That's the same I heard. You must take off all memory beyond 256 KB off your bridgeboard and then it is said to work with the inboard. Ok, I never saw this myself, I only heard it from second hand, no guarantee! -- Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel // E-Mail to \\ Only my personal opinions... Commodore Frankfurt, Germany \X/ {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!cbmger!peterk
aru@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (The Sri-Dude) (01/31/91)
In article <805@cbmger.UUCP> peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) writes: >In article <1991Jan29.135903.7193@ns.network.com> guy@ns.network.com (Guy D'Andrea) writes: >>- First, does anyone know if Intel's "INBOARD 386 PC" accelerator works >> with the 2088 XT Bridgeboard? > >That's the same I heard. You must take off all memory beyond 256 KB >off your bridgeboard and then it is said to work with the inboard. >Ok, I never saw this myself, I only heard it from second hand, >no guarantee! I got a 386 accelerator, a Mach20 board. I bought it because I have a Zenith PC compatible and I wanted to upgrade the processor, but I found that the Zenith is not fully hardware compatible with the PC so I am stuck with this 250 dollar piece of hardware. If I can put it on 286 bridgeboard that would be great... Sri
guy@ns.network.com (Guy D'Andrea) (01/31/91)
>>>- First, does anyone know if Intel's "INBOARD 386 PC" accelerator works >>> with the 2088 XT Bridgeboard? >> >>That's the same I heard. You must take off all memory beyond 256 KB >>off your bridgeboard and then it is said to work with the inboard. >>Ok, I never saw this myself, I only heard it from second hand, >>no guarantee! > >I got a 386 accelerator, a Mach20 board. I bought it because I have a >Zenith PC compatible and I wanted to upgrade the processor, but I found that >the Zenith is not fully hardware compatible with the PC so I am stuck with >this 250 dollar piece of hardware. If I can put it on 286 bridgeboard that >would be great... > > Sri Thanks for the reply ---- say... you got a 286 Bridgeboard? Or just wishing?! Anyway did you find any compatability problems with Mach20? Like the MSMouse emulation not working? (Seems that happens the most with 386 accelerators) Also who makes it and where could I find one? I will post my final results after I receive all info on accelerators for the 2088. Oh by the way there is a version of the INBOARD 386 that is suppose to work with '286 machines. I called INTEL and asked if they had heard of anyone using the INBOARD 386 PC but after some dancing around they told me they don't recomend the INBOARD 386 with any "back-planed" type PC. Soooo I guess I'm plunking down the $$$ and see if it will work. If it doesn't I'm sure someone out there with a XT would love to have it become a 16Mhz PC with 3 megs of xtra ram? ;-) Later!!! Guy Dandrea