Wanted:387 SX - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

23 Oct 1997

Roger Merchberger wrote:

...
  1) I have a couple co-processors -- make me an offer.

Yes please!  I need a 387SX in a 68 pin plcc to go in the bottom of a 
Compaq LTE Lite 20.  $15?

...
  2) I saw several emulators, but the only one I found
that actually worked 
 well, the file was called "FRANKE87" and was German in origin. It actually 
 fooled AutoCad 10 into believing there was a co-processor chip on my 386SX 
 and actually did speed up FP instructions (measured with CheckIt). 
Emulator doesn't interest me - I'm not likely to run much serious stuff 
on my PC anyway...

...
  I may have a copy of it somewhere, but that's no
guarantee, as my 386 has 
 been sold for a coupla years now, and my P150+ doesn't need it. ;-) 
You've got a WHAT?  Go and wash your mouth out with soap and water and 
don't ever mention the word P*****m on this list again! ;-)  (At least, 
not until it's ten years old)

Seriously, though, I found when looking around last year (when I 
got the Compaq laptops) that most of the electronics catalogues 
_didn't_ contain the 80387 any more.  I must search the net...

Philip.