386 motherboard with discrete logic chips only?

From: Marvin Johnston <marvin_at_rain.org>
Date: Fri Apr 30 09:30:02 2004

Someone can correct me if I am wrong, but didn't Compaq make the first
386 to get to market? While I generally don't collect anything past the
original IBM PC, I made an exception in that case since it was the first
PC 386 compatible and came out IIRC because IBM was dragging their feet.
The machine is too buried to check out the motherboard, but I don't
think it used a chipset and was built with discrete parts.

SHAUN RIPLEY wrote:
>
> My oldest 386 motherboard so far is
>
> http://www.geocities.com/MSCPSCSI/PHOTOS/dscn2978.jpg
>
> It uses CHIPS 82A203, 82A204 and 82C206 chip set.
>
> --- Steve Thatcher <melamy_at_earthlink.net> wrote:
> > I worked with many systems back in the middle to
> > late 80s when the 386 was in vogue. I don't recall
> > any of them using an older 287 math coprocessor
> > though. Here is a link to a page full of mbs and DTK
> > did indeed make a discrete chip 386 motherboard back
> > then. The co-processor was a 387 though.
> >
> > http://www.redhill.net.au/b-92.html
> >
> > best regards, Steve Thatcher
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: SHAUN RIPLEY <vax3900_at_yahoo.com>
> > Sent: Apr 30, 2004 6:15 AM
> > To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
> > Subject: 386 motherboard with discrete logic chips
> > only?
> >
> > I talked with my friend the other day and he claimed
> > that 386 motherboards all used this or that chip
> > sets;
> > But I vaguely remember I might once have such a 386.
> > It had a 287 math coprocessor and some memory chips
> > on
> > board. What I can remember is that it had many logic
> > chips on board but I can't recall whether it had
> > chip
> > sets or not. Unluckly I dumped it years ago... Could
> > somebody give me an answer?
> >
> > vax, 3900
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