Xref: utzoo misc.wanted:15806 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:10035 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!ria!uwovax.uwo.ca!baer From: baer@uwovax.uwo.ca Newsgroups: misc.wanted,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: want 286 accelerator for normal PC Message-ID: <1991Jun20.194501.9454@uwovax.uwo.ca> Date: 21 Jun 91 00:45:00 GMT References: <91170.110705U35828@uicvm.uic.edu> Lines: 31 In article <91170.110705U35828@uicvm.uic.edu>, U35828@uicvm.uic.edu writes: > In article , dd26+@andrew.cmu.edu (Douglas F. > DeJulio) says: >> >>I've got an old, ordinary IBM-PC with a 5-slot 256k motherboard. I'd >>like to bring this machine at least into the mid-80s, with a 286 >>accelerator card. Ideally it'd have a meg of memory and an 80286 >>running at at least 8 or 10 MHz. > > No problem. SOTA makes the 286i, an 80286-based accelerator card for > the PC/XT machines. Elek-Tek, a local computer store, is asking for > $249. For more information, call them at 1-800-395-1000 (before 8pm > Central Standard Time). > But watch out for the 16i memory card that goes with it. A bit of a dog from my point of view (I own one). If doing it again, I'd have stuck to the accelerator and not bought the memory card add-on. This limits the machine a bit (no EMS, etc.), but the memory card I bought was quite glitchy and you are at the mercy of Sota with respect to drivers for things like Windows (the drivers I got only half worked). > Standeard disclaimer applies. > > > John Serrano-Bitnet: , Internet: > > Bond: "Do you expect me to talk?" > Goldfinger: "No Mister Bond, I expect you to die!" -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Douglas Baer,