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From: czhj@vax1.UUCP (Ted Inoue)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: '386 accelerator boards for PC/XTs
Message-ID: <600@vax1.UUCP>
Date: 12 Dec 87 10:39:36 GMT
References: <1905@cup.portal.com>
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in article <1905@cup.portal.com>, Bob-B@cup.portal.com says:
> XPortal-User-Id: 1.1001.2401
> 
> I have been reading favorable reviews of '386 accelerator boards for the
> PC/XT level machines.  These are not inexpensive boards and they raise a
> question or two.

One thing to note is that many of these '386 upgrades for XT class machines
are in fact entire motherboard swaps.  For between $1500 and $2000, you can
get a so-called 'baby' 386 motherboard, that simply replaces your current
XT motherboard.  Hence you get an entire 386 system, with slots etc. that 
will be able to do anything that any other 386 system can do.

Warning:  make sure that your power supply is beefy enough to handle the
increased load.  I'm not sure of the exact specs, but if you start pumping
a system full of RAM and additional boards, you're going to kill an XT
power supply, ASAP.

-ted inoue