10 Apr
2000
10 Apr
'00
2:19 p.m.
From: "Richard Erlacher"
<edick(a)idcomm.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Subject: Re: 386 upgrade cpus?
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 15:29:28 -0600
Reply-to: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
I never got too excited about the '386 adapters to
a '286 system, because
the 386DX was a mite slower than a '286 running from the same clock. What's
more, when you used a '386 back then the first thing that the OS did was
tell it "you're a '286 now" and proceed. The '286 did this a
little better.
By the time there was a '386 that actually outran the '286, ther was a '486
that could outrun 'em both.
Oh there were few IBM, Kingston and few other made straight 486dx or
sx upgrade daughterboards that fits the 386dx socket.
I have the "486/Now!" works straight out of box but performance well
no better than a 386dx 40 but the FPU is powerful typical to '486.
Oh, there's RapidCad by intel for 386dx boards. I'm surprised
many didn't hear or talk about this set.
I'm impressed most by the true IBM 486SLC2 and SLC3.
Wizard