Mine is a snap on for the surface mount boards, just fits down over the
SMC 386.
Russ Blakeman wrote:
>
> Kingston makes a turbochip for the socketed 386's but I'm not sure if they
> have a version for the surface mounts that don't have an upgrade socket.
> They have full info and docs on their website.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> [mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of James Rice
> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 9:51 AM
> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: 386 to 486
>
> I have on of the upgrades for 386sx to 486slc. It is an evergreen design,
> but only
> works with certain steppings of the 386sx chip.
>
> James
>
> Cameron Kaiser 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.
> >
> > They did -- I remember the upgrade kits. Dad nearly bought one but instead
> > fried our 386SX with a Cyrix co-processor which shorted out the board.
> Well,
> > it could have been Dad, and not the chip ;-) but we seemed to upgrade only
> > when Dad destroyed the computer. The 386 went up in smoke, so Dad got a
> > 486DX/40, and then that literally burned down (the board one day just
> started
> > to warp and black wisps came out the cooling vents), so we got the P75.
> ;-)
> > The K2-450 they have now was because of Y2K fears, which turned out to be
> > unfounded, so my little sister has the P75. When she gets sick of it, I'll
> > use it to play old DOS games that Virtual PC doesn't like.
> >
> > --
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> > Cameron Kaiser, Point Loma Nazarene University *
> ckaiser_at_stockholm.ptloma.edu
> > -- Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality. -- de
> Gaultier ---
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