20 Nov
2007
20 Nov
'07
1:50 a.m.
On Mon, 19 Nov 2007, Chris M wrote:
We've all seen different varieties of 8088 to
80286
upgrades. A few at least plug into the 8088's socket.
I saw a '286 to '486 upgrade (must have been similar
in that respect) at a show a while back (didn't buy
it). We also know about OverDrive products. What would
happen if you pig-piled all these things in an old
8088 machines? What would happen? Cataclysmic
explosion?
You would simply have the slowest, least compatible, and least reliable
modern machine available. 4.77MHz 640K Pentium Core 2 Duo?