Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!sgi!silvlis!ewa From: ewa@ketu.sun.com (Ernest Adams) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Seeking Inboard386/PC advice Message-ID: Date: 4 Feb 89 00:10:46 GMT References: <11041@umn-cs.CS.UMN.EDU> Sender: news@silvlis.com Organization: edaeng Lines: 40 In-reply-to: jkennedy@umn-cs.CS.UMN.EDU's message of 2 Feb 89 00:55:26 GMT Joel Kennedy wrote: > Greetings. I am an XT clone owner looking to upgrade to > a 386 in some way. The Inboard/pc looks to be the most > economical way. My applications are such that slow > video access doesn't bother me, but I'm worried about > the disk access. I currently have an ST-238 and find > that quite fine, for now. Someday, I expect to want > to move on to something larger and faster. Will that be > possible without bagging the inboard and getting a real > 386 system? What other drawbacks are there to this > approach that will be un-overcomeable? Advice in general? I'm in the same position exactly: XT clone, a certain investment in hardware which I want to keep, etc. In addition, I'd like to know: Do I have to buy a new OS? I have DOS 3.1. What tends to happen to timing-critical software like games when you do this? Can I still use my 360K floppy drives? ... and so on. Please CC me on any answers you have for Joel. By the way, thanks to all the people who helped me on the joystick question. I think I've got it down now. Ernest W. Adams silvlis!ewa I don't speak for Silvar-Lisco, and they don't speak for me. We're even. -- Ernest W. Adams silvlis!ewa I don't speak for Silvar-Lisco, and they don't speak for me. We're even.