386 SX motherboards

[Jonathan Bayer]

On June 30, I sent out the following request for information on 386sx
motherboards.  

}Greetings, netlanders.
}
}My brother (who is not on the net) is currently looking for a 386sx
}motherboard to replace an old 286 board.   He is looking for the
}following:
}
}	1.	386 sx
}	2.	Able to take 256 as well as 1 meg simms
}	3.	Able to run MS-DOS, Unix, SCO Xenix
}
}It would be nice for it to fit into a baby-AT case, but that is not
}absolutely necessary.
}
}Please e-mail, I will summarize if there is any interest (or responses),
}also I do not get all of the newsgroups this is being posted to.
}
}Thank you in advance.
}
}
}JB


I have received the following replies (slightly edited):


>From John H. Lawitzke:

}From: uunet!frith!frith.egr.msu.edu!dale1!jhl
}
}
}The company I work for sells 386SX motherboards. They:
}
}have 8 SIMM slots and can take 256K or 1M SIMMs
}I've personally used it with both MS-DOS v3.3 and SCO XENIX 386 v2.3.1
}
}Our motherboards are all designed and tested inhouse.
}
}It is a 16MHz board with no cache. According to the Byte low level
}benchmarks, the Compaq 386SX machine is a 1.86 and ours rates a 2.03.
}
}The board itself can replace an XT motherboard. I had a vanilla IBM PC/XT
}at home which I've successfully upgraded with the sx board.
}
}I have no idea what they sell for. I work in R&D and am far away from the
}day to day business details. For pricing info or glossies call 
}(517)349-0200 and ask for someone in sales. Our company is mainly
}oriented towards selling to VARs and VADs, but the board sounds like
}what you're looking for, so it's worth a shot. 



>From Kevin Allred:

}From: uunet!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!allred (Kevin L. Allred)
}
}I'm looking to get a 386SX too.  I don't even have a 286 now, but I
}can tell you what I have found out.  Mylex, just started making an SX
}motherbord.  I called one of the distributers just this morning, and
}they haven't received any yet.  They told me the price will be even lower
}than the one quoted in their add in the back of PCweek.  The price I
}was quoted is $465 0K -- $200 per meg of 256k 100ns SIMMS -- $720 per
}4 meg of 1Mb 100ns SIMMS.  The board will hold 8 SIMMS total added in
}sets of 4 -- 1MB, 2MB, 4MB, 5MB, and 8MB.  The company is:
}
}MicroSource Distributors
}1-800-326-4276
}
}I also got info from:
}
}HOMESMART COMPUTING
}Houston, TX
}1-800-627-6998
}
}Their 386SX motherboard is $595 0K. and holds only 2MB max with 256x4
}dips.  It takes a special memory card -- $100+ -- to be able to go up
}to 8MB.  I wounder if they will lower their prices when they find out
}about the Mylex board.
}



>From Randy Jarrett:

}From: uunet!cs.utexas.edu!gatech.edu!wa4mei!rsj (Randy Jarrett WA4MEI)
}
}
}There is a company in Marietta Georgia by the name of Peripherial Technology,
}Inc. that has some high speed 286 boards and 386sx systems.  I don't have their
}address but the phone number is (404) 984-0742. Ask for Fredrick Brown and tell
}him that I sent you.



>From bill davidsen:

}
}From: uunet!crdgw1.crd.ge.com!davidsen (William E. Davidsen Jr)
}
}WAVE-MATE is an old company (I bought S-100 stuff from them) which now
}offers a 386-SX board. They advertize in _Info World_ and prices run
}from $800/0MB to $1300/4MB. I haven't tried this product, but I have
}been satisfied with their previous products.



Thank you all for your replies.


JB
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