2 Nov
2009
2 Nov
'09
2:15 p.m.
At some point in PC history upgrade boards were boming..
Al kind of suppliers made them like, Boca, AST, and even Intel and some
Taiwanese firms.
Most time those board were placed in one of the ISA-slots and a connector
replaced the 8088-processor and off you go.
Most of the times you ended with a (slow)running 386 system that wasn't very
stable.
In my humble opinion the worth is what you want to give for it but no more
the say $30 to $50,-
I've some of those boxed never dared to put one in one of my Vectra's ..;-)
-Rik
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[mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] Namens Brian Lanning
Verzonden: maandag 2 november 2009 22:52
Aan: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Onderwerp: 386 upgrade boards for IBM 5160s
I have a chance to buy an IBM 5160 (pc-xt) with I believe an
original CGA
(iirc) monitor. The interesting thing is that he seller
claims it has a
386-16 upgrade board. What do we know about these? How much
would that upgrade board be worth? I'm trying to figure out
if his price is fair.
brian