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From: boba@hpwarau.hp.com (Bob Alexander)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Help on upgrade
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Date: 20 Dec 90 14:07:02 GMT
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I currently have an 8088 10MHz system and I'm considering buying a 386SX
motherboard to upgrade.  Could someone tell me which of my peripheral
cards I can still use with the new processor?  I'm not worried about my
monographics card or internal modem.  But can I continue to use my hard
and floppy disk controllers, or do I need to buy new ones?

(BTW, I know that keeping my old, slow disk will reduce the performance
increase I get with the new motherboard.  I hope to partially compensate
by going to a 1:1 interleave and getting extra RAM for a cache.)

Thanks,

  Bob Alexander
  boba@hpwala.hp.com