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From: hh2@prism.gatech.EDU (HAAS)
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Subject: Re: Upgrading MicroChannel
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Date: 9 Oct 90 20:30:43 GMT
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In article <6950@vax1.acs.udel.EDU> lance@vax1.udel.edu (Daniel A Lentz) writes:
>Speaking of upgrading model 80's...
>	I have an 80-071 (OS/2) and a 387-16 in it.  Is there anything I
>can do (besides add more memory to avoid disk swapping) to speed the
>damn thing up?  16Mhz seemed a lot faster several years ago.  I know

There are several boards to speed up the PS/2. Two that come to mind are:

1. The AOX MicroMaster 486 - a buss mastering 486 MCA plug-in.

2. IBM's i860 Wizard adapter. This only works under OS/2 - so far . . .


Both are REALLY expensive. I'm in the same boat, but I feel that we will
be seeing more MCA accelerators real soon.

Good luck . . . 

Harry

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Harry Haas  GTRI/RIDL/DB         "What makes it DO that!?" - Bones 
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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