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From: willis@auvax.UUCP (Tony Willis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Accelerator cards for Sperry Portable
Keywords: 80286, 80386
Message-ID: <508@auvax.UUCP>
Date: 29 Jan 88 03:56:58 GMT
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Organization: Athabasca U., Alberta, Canada
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I have a Sperry Portable (which is equivalent to a Cordata portable).
This machine has provided faithful service for a number of years and
I don't want to see it left behind by all those 80286 and 80386 based
machines! This machine uses the standard 4.77 MHz 8088 chip and I would
like to install an 80286 or 80386 based accererator card in it. However
the machine is not completely IBM-compatible (maybe around 99%!) and
the occasional item doesn't work with it. For example, about a year ago I tried
to install the Orchid Tiny Turbo accelerator card and my baby just went
out to lunch! One of my colleagues who has a true blue IBM PC was the
happy recipient of the Tiny Turbo!

So I would appreciate hearing from anybody who has successfully installed
an accelerator card in a Sperry Portable and can tell me which
card I should attempt to get. Thanks. 

Tony Willis
 
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