crp002@muvms3.bitnet (12/15/90)
I have a 5/10 Mhz XT clone with a 28 ms 80 meg scsi and 1 360 k drive. I am thinking about upgrading by purchasing the Intel Inboard 386/PC w/2 meg piggyback. Would I need to upgrade my 100 W power suply (moniter plugs in wall)? Are the increases in efficiency worth the $460 price tag? What are the increases in efficiency? I know it disables the ram on the cpu, so does the bios also become disabled? I use Tubo C ++ Professional, and just received my first big project. I need the memory and spped now but I don't receive the money until the project is finished (~8 months), so I dont have $3000 to sink into a new system. I'm just looking for quick fix and don't need alot of "Just buy a 386" because , like I said, I don't have $3000. Thank you.
jamesp@world.std.com (james M peterson) (12/16/90)
I would think that buying a pc-sized 386SX with two or so megs of ram would be far cheaper - and you get a 16 bit buss. Look in the back of pc-week/infoworld for decent sys board prices. I picked up a few 286/12 boards from MCT 415/670-0633 for $125 so their 386SX prices can't be more than $300. This pricing was several months ago. The sys boards were VLSI chipset & AMI bios. a meg or two isn't that much either. If you do the sys board way you will need to figure out which cards might need replacing. SCSI should be ok, video should be ok, keyboard maybe... jamesp@world.std.com "Reality is not an industry standard"