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From: ardai@teda.UUCP (Mike Ardai)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Upgrading from 286 to 386SX
Message-ID: <19017@teda.UUCP>
Date: 9 Jan 91 15:50:44 GMT
References: <1991Jan8.140547.22430@wpi.WPI.EDU>
Organization: Teradyne EDA, Inc.
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In article <1991Jan8.140547.22430@wpi.WPI.EDU> kamal@wpi.WPI.EDU (Kamal Z Zamli) writes:
-I have a baby 286 computer with three 8 bit slots, and five 16 bit slots.
-I'm planning to upgrade my 286 to a 386SX. The problem I have is that 
-most 386SX motherboard have only one 8 bit slot, which means I got to get rid
-off all three of my 8 bit cards from my 286. ( modem, IO card,disk drive 
-controller ).

Actually, the only time you can't plug an 8-bit card into a 16-bit slot
is if it physically won't fit.  (Some 8-bit cards have chips that hang down
where the extension connector of the 16 bit slot is.)  
/mike

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