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From: prove@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Roger Ove)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: XT --> 386SX
Keywords: 386 upgrade
Message-ID: <9361@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Date: 28 Nov 89 01:51:53 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Theory Center, Cornell U., Ithaca NY
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I have an old XT clone and I'm tempted by some of the cheap 386SX
motherboards.  It would be nice to be able to salvage some of the old
stuff, particularly the drives (ST225's).  Most of these boards have a
couple of 8 bit slots, but I assume you can't just plug in an XT drive
controller (for bus timing and port assignment reasons).  Is there a way
to do this? If anyone out there has tried such an upgrade and has any
advice, please post.  Also, ST225's seem to perform very well in
mac II's.  Is there a way to get this kind of performance out of them
in an IBM system?

thanks,
Roger Ove, ove@ncsa.uiuc.edu