I have an Intel Inboard 386/PC installed on one of my IBM PCs and a
bunch of docs and programs from the original Intel archive. Including
softset.exe ( !! thought it was gone for good. )
They mention a connector which is for the 386/PC piggyback
memory cards, Imeg (pcib1210), 2meg (pcib1220, and 4meg
(pcib1240).
The 386/AT was a bit different and did have a cable for
connection to expanded memory.
I'd kill for one of the PC piggyback cards. I like original machines
but I get great joy in pushing their parameters.
Lawrence
> Hi - somewhere around this mess of equipment in my office/computer room
> (though i cant find it at the moment) i have a Wang 286 - not MCA - that
> i upgraded long ago with an intel Above Board and and an Inboard 386 and
> i seem to recall there being a connector that gave the Inboard 386
> processor direct bus and memory acess to the Above Board instead of
> having to go through the usually slower system bus - hope this bit of
> info is correct and useful to you -billp
>
> On Monday, November 18, 2002, at 11:51 , chris wrote:
>
> > I have an MCA board here (probably pulled from a PS/2, but I really am
> > not sure where it came from).
> >
> > Its marked as an Intel Above Board MC. And currently has 8 30 pin
> > SIMMS on it (1 MB each it looks like). From what I can find, I think
> > this is just a normal above board memory expansion card (max 32 MB?)
> >
> > However, there is also a 50 pin IDC connector on it. Is that for
> > connecting to a daughter card? I just want to confirm that fact, and
> > that this isn't really some kind of a SCSI controller with a nice
> > buffer on it. I thought the Above Boards were just memory cards, but
> > you never know. (maybe if I could find something about them on Intel's
> > site... but their AboveBoards support section seems to have vanished)
> >
> > -chris
> > <http://www.mythtech.net>
> >
>
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