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From: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: A simple memory card for AT bus
Keywords: EMS, memory, AT
Message-ID: <3061@sixhub.UUCP>
Date: 3 Feb 91 17:08:05 GMT
Reply-To: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (bill davidsen)
Followup-To: poster
Organization: *IX Public Access UNIX, Schenectady NY
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  This is infor on a useful memory board for AT bus memory for 286 or
SX. If that's not of intrest move on.

  The board is called the BocaRam AT-plus. I just got a pair because
both my home systems were full on the motherboard, and even a real 386DX
works better with more memory, even AT memory.

  It configures from DOS (big minus for me, I don't have DOS at all on
one system) into an EEPROM. It supports both EMS, backfill for regular
memory, and extended memory.

  The bottom line is that I spent less than a minute configuring each
board, I used the 'advinst' advanced installation (how simple can the
'install' be, the advanced was only four questions) and both boards are
running fine.

  I paid $310 for each board with 4MB populated (DRAM) and $2 for UPS
Blue. Got mine from ELKCO in Boston (1-800-24-ELKCO) who also supplied
my Cyrix 387SX.

  If you can put memory on the motherboard it's usually faster, but if
you need a low cost board which works well with Xenix and Dell V.4, and
doesn't fight with the NEAT chipset, then this might be useful.

  No connection other than a delighted user running much faster now.

-- 
bill davidsen - davidsen@sixhub.uucp (uunet!crdgw1!sixhub!davidsen)
    sysop *IX BBS and Public Access UNIX
    moderator of comp.binaries.ibm.pc and 80386 mailing list
"Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me