Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!sdrc!scjones From: scjones@sdrc.UUCP (Larry Jones) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Intel 386SX chip & its applications Message-ID: <310@sdrc.UUCP> Date: 21 Jun 88 22:13:01 GMT References: <206900116@prism> Organization: Structural Dynamics Research Corp., Cincinnati Lines: 20 In article <206900116@prism>, john@prism.TMC.COM writes about the 386sx: > Maybe I'm totally wrong on this, but isn't this the version of the 386 chip > that you can just pop into a 286 socket and blast off at near-386 speed > and performance? And if so, wouldn't the obvious thing that everyone > would like to do be to buy one for their AT? Why build NEW systems > around the thing? If all the chips being produced are going into new > systems, it will be hard or impossible to buy one for the purpose it was > intended for originally -- upgrading from 286. Would that life were so simple.... No, you can't just pop a 386sx into a 286 socket and run. Intel in their infinite wisdom changed the pinout so you need an adaptor board at the very least (probably a few chips here and there, too). ---- Larry Jones UUCP: ...!sdrc!scjones SDRC AT&T: (513) 576-2070 2000 Eastman Dr. BIX: ltl Milford, OH 45150 "When all else fails, read the directions."