386 Motherboards vs. Acceleratr Boards

Paul De Bra debra at alice.UUCP
Tue Jan 10 05:26:07 AEST 1989


In article <400 at ispi.UUCP> jbayer at ispi.UUCP (Jonathan Bayer) writes:
}In article <3106 at ihuxv.ATT.COM> bareta at ihuxv.ATT.COM (Benyukhis) writes:
}>Need a lot of advice on upgrading 286 to 386 (ideally one would sell one
}>and buy the other... but it is impossible to sell the used machine
}>for as much as you have already invested so ....)...
}
}A major possibility is to junk the 286 motherboard and get a replacement
}386 board.  There are many of them out on the market for prices starting
}at $1000 (rare), moving up to $1500 (happauge 386) or higher.

I couldn't agree more. Having my 286 motherboard "blow up" a couple of
days ago, an accelerator board doesn't help... Since your 286 motherboard
is aging this is a *real* issue...

Paul.
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