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From: amlovell@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Anthony M Lovell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 80386 In 286-AT boxes
Summary: shop around...
Message-ID: <4808@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 10 Dec 88 01:25:49 GMT
References: <3465@geaclib.UUCP> <12286@cup.portal.com>
Organization: Princeton University, NJ
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In article <12286@cup.portal.com>, Vaprak@cup.portal.com (John C Foy) writes:
> The answer is yes, but not cheap.  Intel has a board that is called
> Inboard 386AT.  It is a full 16bit card that you put in your 286 and
> it gives you 386 power.  Basically, you take out the 286 and run a cable
> from the card to the hole where the 80286 chip was and its done.
> The only prob is the price - $1000 plus $200 installation kit.  
> My personal advice?  get a new mother board...

My answer to this would be to suggest that you shop around.
8 months ago, I bought the PC version of this board complete for $650.
You can find the prices are creeping back down to this range (the
problem is the 1MB RAM included)  The AT version should not exceed this
board's cost by over $100 in the worst case.  Your board seems to have
been obtained at list.  And what praytell are they trying to to charge
an extra $200 for in the installation kit?  The one cable?  Shop around
and then refuse to let the dealer sell you a car and charge extra for
the tires.
-- 
amlovell@phoenix.princeton.edu     ...since 1963.