Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!mips!news.cs.indiana.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!news.iastate.edu!cs352a41 From: cs352a41@cs.iastate.edu (Adam Goldberg) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: 80386 accelarator cards for the 8088? Message-ID: Date: 10 Apr 91 22:51:40 GMT References: <1991Apr10.215938.10599@cbnewsk.att.com> Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System) Distribution: usa Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA Lines: 26 chardin@cbnewsk.att.com (christopher.hardin) writes: >Greetings, > I have an old Zenith 8088 PC at home. I was wondering if there are >any 386 accelarator cards for such a dinosaur. The ultimate would be a card >that would take over the box upon boot. It would also have onboard memory >(1 meg at least) and a 387 socket. Does such a thing exist or will I have to >get a new home system? If there are such cards, are there any >incompatibilities I need to know about? Any pointers would be greatly >appreciated. By the way, I'm not much of a MS-DOS hack, so please use short >words (grin). >-- Invest $300 for a true 386-SX motherboard, and $50 for a Mb of RAM, and have a blast -- any card you could buy for said computer would be a waste of money. >TTFN (Ta ta for now) -- Tigger >Chris Hardin chris@green.att.com ...!att!green!chris 404.750.8921 -- +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ! Adam Goldberg ! "It's simple! Even a PASCAL ! ! cs352a41@cs.iastate.edu <= this one ! programmer could do it!" ! ! tabu6@ccvax.iastate.edu or @isuvax.bitnet !