Older Intel CPUs (was Re: Central Point Option floppy controller) - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

15 Sep 1999

At 12:23 PM 09/15/1999 -0700, you wrote:
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 --- allisonp(a)world.std.com wrote:
    and use an old 386 or 486.  Hah! You think
everybody's got 386's and 486's laying around?! Sheesh!
 :^)
 I'd use one of my 286's for this job-- assuming it could do anything
 useful.  Live with it.  Before I got a decent PC everyone assumed I had a Pentium.
 In the mean time look in dumpsters and garbage pails for your 386, they
 seems to be worthless here (Eastern MA). I've seen 12 Mhz 286 motherboards
w/memory for sale at local shows for under
$10.  *Finding* intact 286 systems is much harder. I've got over 50 286's
and a dozen 386's out in the shop.  Various configs,
all with HDD, KB, monitor (mostly mono, some mono-VGA).  All for sale
-cheep-.  Need a spare - let me know.


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