386 to 486

From: Lawrence LeMay <lemay_at_cs.umn.edu>
Date: Mon Jan 22 16:19:06 2001

No, but I have a 286 upgrade board for a XT.

-Lawrence LeMay

> >On Sun, 21 Jan 2001, Jeff Hellige wrote:
> >
> >> Does anyone have any of the 386 to 486 upgrades that plug
> >> into the 386DX socket, usually using the TI 486SLC? I know Evergreen
> >> made such a beast, and in fact one just went up for sale on eBay.
> >> Does anyone have one they'd like to part with?
> >
> >Did TI make a 486SLC too? I thought that was an IBM-exclusive design.
>
> Now that I've thought about it a while, I was probably
> thinking of the 486DLC when I typed that. I used to have a 386
> motherboard that had an updated BIOS for the DLC, which was
> pincompatible with the 386DX. It had the DLC already installed when
> I bought it new and though it wasn't as fast as a 486DX part, it was
> better than the 386's I had been running.
>
> Jeff
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