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From: kenf1@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (7784)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Accelerator Boards
Message-ID: <425@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu>
Date: 30 Dec 88 04:10:30 GMT
References: <1983@questar.QUESTAR.MN.ORG>
Reply-To: kenf1@aplcen.UUCP (Ken Firestone)
Organization: Johns Hopkins University/CPP, Laurel, MD
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In article <1983@questar.QUESTAR.MN.ORG> jeff@questar.QUESTAR.MN.ORG (Jeff Holmes) writes:
>
>	My XT-compatible running Minix 1.2 is agonizingly slow.
>
>	Has anyone had any luck with accelerator boards that
>	Minix will work with?
>
Yes, I have seen it boot up using a Microsoft Mach 20 board
with no attached memory.  As it was someone elses machine I
only tried it with the out of the box 1.2 version.  Unfortunately
this (the Mach 20) is one of the slowest axxelerator boards 
around, but very compatable.  Beware, however, that after you add
the accelerator board, extra memory daughter boards, etc. you 
have paid for a 286 clone, less the hard drive.

	Ken Firestone (kf1@aplcen.UUCP)