386 Unix/Xenix via Inboard 386?

[Axel Fischer]

In article <7945 at mtune.ATT.COM> rkh at mtune.ATT.COM (Robert Halloran) writes:
>Is it possible to upgrade a 286-based system using the Intel
>Inboard/386 to successfully run 386 Unix or Xenix?  A friend
>is looking to possibly upgrade and is wondering if this is a
>viable alternative to replacing the motherboard. 
Of course it's possible. Some friend of me has a 286 with a 386 Inter InBoard.
It works fine.
But I wouldn't recommend it because:

- What are you doing when your old 286'er Motherboard dies ?
- The 286 Systembus is only 12 MHz fast - that means you can't
  use the 20 Mhz performance (or whatever) of the Inboard.
- It's not much cheaper than replacing the motherboard.

-Axel

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