gsm@gsm001.uucp (Geoffrey S. Mendelson) (02/04/91)
H.K.Lee asks: >I am looking for information on upgrading AT(286/12MHz) to 386SX. I heard >that Intel, SOTA, and Microway make accelerators for this purpose. I wonder >if anybody in the net has experienced with one of these boards. Also, is there >any other board that I should consider? > >And, if I want to buy one, where can I find a good price? Or, does any of >you have one for sale? > I don't think I would buy one. American made 386sx motherboards sell for under $400. Since the ISA (AT) bus is supposed to run at 8mhz, although some manfacturers run it faster, an accelerator would mostly buy you the 386 instruction set. Going to a new motherboard would still limit you to 8mhz on the bus, but your memory access would be at full clock speed. It just doesn't seem worth it to spend the price of these boards. You would be better off selling the old m/b for $100 if you can get it and buying a new m/b. Geoff -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Geoffrey S. Mendelson | Computer Software Consulting | Dr. | | (215) 242-8712 | IBM Mainframes, Unix, PCs, Macs | Who | | uunet!gsm001!gsm | | Fan too!|