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From: chrisb@escargot.UUCP (Chris Bradley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Help on: 386 ACCELERATOR BOARDS FOR AT (not XT)
Message-ID: <3615@escargot.UUCP>
Date: 11 Oct 89 04:40:15 GMT
References: <5697@tank.uchicago.edu>
Reply-To: chrisb@escargot.UUCP (Chris Bradley)
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In article <5697@tank.uchicago.edu> phd_jacquier@gsbacd.uchicago.edu writes:
>I am considering a cheap upgrade of my 12Mhz AT Compuadd. It seems that
>386 boards are popular for XT's but not so much for AT's. The intel board
>is actually more expensive for an AT than for an XT. I know there are a few
>competitors to INTEL but they don't seem to make it in the catalogs of the
>big mail order companies.
>Has anybody upgraded a 10/12 Mhz AT with these? ..and observed very 
>substantial improvement ? Do they provide "actual" 386 performance, that is
>can you do multitasking, run Window386, Desqview386 exactly as if you had a
>386 system ? 

I don't have any idea about the accellerator cards, but I know the Inboard
386 (Intel) works great under dos. I have one at work and run Desqview 386 with
two databases, a customer database, both of which use a LAN. My machine is
completely stocked with a Fax machine, a modem, an Aboveboard (Intel memory
boar), hard drive controller and graphics card. It has never locked up on
me or failed in any way. I use DOS 3.3.

I'm quoting my experiences with the Inboard 386. Don't think I'm biased even
though I work for Intel PCEO. :-) :-)

-->Chris

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