> >> Excuse me? I have 2 XTs and I can use both there cases for
> >> any 386/486/Pentium that has an AT MB. I thought this was
> >> a standard?
>
>AT, yes....but the XT preceeded the AT. An XT board is a lot like an AT
>board, but I have noticed that a few of the holes are off a little. I
>haven't ever been able to fit an XT board into a more modern case to my
>satisfaction because of this.
Strange, I have a 486 inside a XT case, but you mean the other way around,
right?
Hmm, don't see any reason why they shouldn't fit, but since I've never
tried I shouldn't know.
Well, if you have a XT case (that your current MB fits into) you could move
it over. Everyone will be impressed by the speed of the old PC. And no
thief would ever steal it ;)
>
> >>Now my Pentium is sitting in an ATX case for
> >> Pentium Pro and P3. (P2 is a Pentium Pro MMX,
>
>P3?? Didn't that just come out day Monday?? I have never heard of the P2
>being a PPro MMX....not saying it's not true, though....just never heard it.
Yes, but they are using ATX MB (the only actuall diffrence is that there
doesn't seem to be "normal" mouse/keyboard ports. Instead it's the
IBM/Compaq thing. (two exactl the same small round holes.)
P2 is a PPro MMX with more cache if I remember correctly. (all MMX versions
have more cache)
Funny thing with the P2 MMX computers I hear so much about, I just wonder
what they are? ;)
Well, the P3 will not be in my house until summer when it has gone down
some, around 1250 $ is to much for me right now for a P3 500 MHz, hopefully
it will go down in price. (only lacks a monitor, but I got one left over
from a 386 that I don't need/use :)
Besides my Pentium 166MMX will be a Linux server then, does anyone have any
idea how much RAM ther should be for it?
www/proxy/mail/ftp/telnet is the things I'm going to use on it (mail and
proxy beeing number 1 on the list)
>
> >People often confuse the XT with the PC. It is a common
> >mistake which wouldn't be possible if they had both in
> >front of them.
>
>I did :-) I bought two XT's for $35, one crashed (permanetly) and I tried
>swapping motherboards......then I realized, "Hey these things are
>different!" That is when I found out about the PC and XT. Previously I
>didn't know they were two different computers.
*Bought* a XT? I still can't understand how people could demand money for
them. I have been getting offers all the time to take peoples XTs, I just
hope a friend is willing to give me his 386 soon. (actually the monitor was
mine for a week, then I sold it back to his father since the 386 was rather
useless without it ;)
>
> ><g> The XT has 8 slots with standard
> >spaceing. The PC has 5 which are spaced diffently and so
> >cannot be used with anything other than the PC board. The
> >PC, BTW, is the one with the relay and extra DIN connector
> >for the cassette interface ... very cool.
Didn't the XT also have a HD as standard?
Please remember that I got into the PC buisness when AT was brand new, so I
have (almost) never actually used a XT, did pick four of them apart for
spare parts (screws, jumpers, I/O cables, floppies (it is cool to have a
5.25" drive in a brand new PC) etc.)
//Bernie
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