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From: gec@cscosl.ncsu.edu (Errol Casey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.intel
Subject: Intel 386/PC Board
Keywords: Intel 386/PC, Intel, IBMPC
Message-ID: <1990Mar18.085014.18588@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu>
Date: 18 Mar 90 08:50:14 GMT
Sender: gec@cscosl.ncsu.edu (Errol Casey)
Organization: Operating Systems Laboratory (OSL), NCSU, Raleigh NC
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I am presently looking into purchasing an INTEL 386/PC board for my IBM
PC.  But before purchasing, I would like to collect as much information
as possible about this upgrade product.

Any comments about this board will be appreciated.  Both compliments and
complaints.  As I want to be sure that the board will give me what I
want.

Please email replies to gec@cscosl.ncsu.edu (I will summarize the
replies and post to comp.sys.ibm.pc and comp.sys.intel, if there is
interest).

Preliminary Questions:

(1)  Can I use my existing 640K of memory, along with the memory that
comes on the Intel 386/PC board.

(2)  How much memory can the Intel 386/PC board have installed on it? I
have heard that their are daughter boards that will allow up to 4
megabytes to be installed on the board.  Any users have this
configuratioN?

(3)  Is the board compatible with such 386 programs as Microsoft
Windows/386 and Desqview with the QEMM/386 memory manager program?

(4)  I have been told that some software is not compatible with this
board.  Does anybody have any know software that is NOT compatible with
it?

(5)  Any sources to reliable mail-order firms that sale this product
will also be helpful.  I have seen an add for it by PC Connection in
the latest issue of BYTE.

(6)  Can the memory on the INTEL/386 PC board be used as EMS 4.0
memory?

Reasons for upgrading:

(1)  Increase speed.  For compiling and editing large files.
(2)  Increased memory.  For multitasking and disk caching.
(3)  Multitasking.  Background telecommunications.

Looking forward to the replies.

Granville Errol Casey, Jr.
NCSU Computer Science Department 
Email Addresses:  gec@cscosl.ncsu.edu
		  gec%cscosl@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu