*updating* 8088's - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

22 Nov 2007

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Subject: Re: *updating* 8088's
   From: "Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com>
   Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:27:41 -0800
     To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at
classiccmp.org>

On 21 Nov 2007 at 18:11, Jim Leonard wrote:

  Could you quantify "lame"?  I used a
386sx-16 for years and it was 
 always faster (visibly, not just via benchmarks) than the 12MHz 286 I 
 had access to.  
My own experience was the opposite.  I had a 16 MHz 386sx that was 
visibly *slower*  than a 12MHz 286 that I also had.  It was very 
cheap and eventually just quit working reliably all on its own.  
Perhaps that was an artifact of early SMT.  OTOH, I still have a 
couple of 386DX systems that have worked flawlessly since the day I 
bought them.  One uses DIP for memory; the other uses SIPPs.  
I have a SIIG 3000  Is a 3x4x12" box with VGA, RS170 video, 2 serial, 
1 printer port and one slot for modem or NIC.  IT's 386sx1/6 and 
my only beef with it is it maxes out at 5mb (1mb installed and 4mb 
of simms).  Runs good uses wall wart for power and makes a killer
linux router/nat box with a 400mb drive and 3.5" floppy.

Beside being a good router it's small, a good reason to keep it.

Allison

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So, perhaps my own was a victim of bad design.  I never was even 
tempted to purchase another, so bad was my experience. 
It's short life and bad design may be an indicator.

Allison
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Cheers,
Chuck 