--- Scott Holder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My guess, if it's a socketted 386, the fastest you > could put in there > are some of the older Intel "Overdrive" processors > and... I think it was > Cyrix who made a 486-class chip that fit in a 386 > socket. If it's not > socketted... You're stuck unless you really want to > try hacking a socket onto the thing.
IBM made and sold many types of 486 CPUs that would work in existing 386DX and 386SX and 286 systems. (286 because most 386SX systems were based on older 286 system board designs!) Improve IT! and Evergreen were a couple of the biggest makers of 286 and 386 to 486 upgrades, even for soldered on 386SX chips. They also sold 286 to 386 upgrades when the 386SX was new. A friend of mine upgraded a 10Mhz 286 IBM PS/2 model 60 to a 20Mhz 486 with an old Improve IT! upgrade then installed Linux on it with a SCSI hard drive. Slooowwwwwwwww. I hope you can get the Orange card working. Come and join the Mac-N-DOS list! We're bored on that list. :) Need more to talk about. ===== "Work it harder make it better do it faster makes us stronger. More than ever hour after our work is never over." Daft Punk __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:vintage.macs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:vintage.macs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:vintage.macs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
