baxter@zola.ICS.UCI.EDU (Ira Baxter) (08/10/90)
Does anybody build 386 replacements that plug into 286 sockets? Do the costs justify this, or should I just consider getting a 386 motherboard and giving the 286 to some poor starving word-processer? -- Ira Baxter
troy@mr_plod.cbme.unsw.oz.au (Troy Rollo, ) (08/10/90)
baxter> Does anybody build 386 replacements that plug into 286 sockets? Yes, but you should get one on loan first. Sticking a 386 in there may not improve speed at all (as was the case in my machine), and if you have a 287, it doesn't cooperate with the 386 at all, so it has to go. The net effect here was that of two machines in the office, one didn't get a speed improvement, and the other suffered a speed loss after its 287 was removed. ___________________________________________________________ troy@mr_plod.cbme.unsw.oz.au Make our greenies useful! The Resident Fascist Put them in the army!
davidsen@crdgw1.crd.ge.com (William E. Davidsen Jr) (08/14/90)
In article <9008091604.aa05588@PARIS.ICS.UCI.EDU> baxter@zola.ICS.UCI.EDU (Ira Baxter) writes: | Does anybody build 386 replacements that plug into 286 sockets? | Do the costs justify this, or should I just consider getting a 386 motherboard | and giving the 286 to some poor starving word-processer? I'd replace the motherboard. There is a slight cost advantage to the drop in, but there is very little track record with what results you get. A good MB will be a bit more, but you will have that 286 MB to sell of to cut down the price. And 32 bit memory to run if you go DX instead of SX. -- - bill davidsen (davidsen@crdgw1.crd.ge.com) GE Corp. R&D Center; Box 8, KW-C206; Schenectady NY 12345