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From: tuv@pmafire.UUCP (Mark Tovey)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386,comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: 286 -> 386sx Upgrades
Message-ID: <1990Sep21.144108.1098@pmafire.UUCP>
Date: 21 Sep 90 14:41:08 GMT
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In article <40019@cci632.UUCP> tvf@cci632.UUCP (Tom Frauenhofer) writes:
>I have a 286 system that I want to upgrade to a 386sx.  Before I jump in and
>buy a motherboard is there anything I should look out for?  Ideally, I would
>like to be able to drop the ram from my 286 straight into the 386sx (I know,
>It might be a little slower, but funding limitations and all that).  And which
>BIOS should I consider?
>
    I have a friend who has found a 386sx upgrade kit. Apparently you
remove the 286 chip and install a plug in daughter board in place.
This board contains the 386 chip, a socket for a coprocessor (you can
continue to use the 287 if desired) and any necessary support
circuitry.

    I haven't seen it and I don't know his source so I can't be of
much more help other than to tell you that such a thing is available.
Probably you can find it somewhere in the Computer Shopper.