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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
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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?
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	bill davidsen		(wedu@ge-crd.arpa)
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"Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me