Xref: utzoo comp.unix.microport:1657 comp.sys.intel:544 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!mailrus!cornell!batcomputer!itsgw!steinmetz!davidsen From: davidsen@steinmetz.ge.com (William E. Davidsen Jr) Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport,comp.sys.intel Subject: Re: Pity the poor 286 folk Message-ID: <12234@steinmetz.ge.com> Date: 26 Sep 88 18:47:59 GMT References: <326@siswat.UUCP> <472@uport.UUCP> <9695@ico.ISC.COM> <2577@swlabs.UUCP> Reply-To: davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen) Organization: General Electric CRD, Schenectady, NY Lines: 19 In article <2577@swlabs.UUCP> jack@swlabs.UUCP (Jack Bonn) writes: | What ever happened to the 386 that would plug into a 286 socket? I remember | seeing a description of it in the literature, yet the 386SX seems to have | none of the qualities of the 80288 as it was called. Is there another chip | waiting in the wings (or has its wings been clipped)? I suppose that a | daughter board would probably do the trick, but my guess it would cost as | much as a 80386 mother board. Any further info? I believe that a duaghter board will be in the $200-400 range, with a socket for the 80387. My rumor factory says that the 386SX has the same problems with a 287 as the regular 386, and that use of the 387 will be suggested for systems being used in protected mode. How about some info, vendors? -- bill davidsen (wedu@ge-crd.arpa) {uunet | philabs}!steinmetz!crdos1!davidsen "Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me