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| 7442.1 | For sale, 486 20/25SX Evergreen CPU... cheap! | BSS::PROCTOR_R | PC....Politically Corrupt | Tue May 13 1997 16:34 | 9 |
| For what this is worth:
I tried to upgrade a 425SX with an Evergreen 75MHz upgrade.
Four hours, 3 handsful of hair, 2 bent pins, and a cartridge in a
square tree later I had to admit defeat.
the 425SX remains a 425SX...
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| 7442.2 | | TARKIN::LIN | Bill Lin | Tue May 13 1997 17:36 | 5 |
| The easiest upgrade for most of this class machine (486SX25) is to go
with an Intel 486DX2/66. There should be no bios or compatibility
issues. YMMV.
/Bill
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| 7442.3 | | 33102::JAUNG | | Tue May 13 1997 17:52 | 7 |
| ref .1 and .2
Thanks for quick responds. The targeted machine is DECstation325C
from Tandy using Intel 386/25 DX chips (we have one left in the
nearly-deserted office with 16 MB memory). Previous notes mentioned
about upgrade DECSX20 with Intel 486DX2/50. However, this is 325
machine and I did not see any suggestion for this box yet.
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| 7442.4 | | TARKIN::LIN | Bill Lin | Tue May 13 1997 18:34 | 11 |
| re: .3 by 33102::JAUNG
Oops, sorry. In .2, I didn't go back to your base note. I forgot that
you have a 386 class processor and not the 486 class.
I'd suggest a charitable donation to your local school or some such
organization and picking up at least 2 generations beyond the 386.
In all seriousness...
/Bill
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| 7442.5 | rest the case | 33102::JAUNG | | Tue May 13 1997 20:42 | 11 |
| ref .4.
Thanks for suggestion:
>>>a charitable donation to your local school or some such
>>>organization ...
However, filing papers for this donation (from Digital) might
take much more time than to install one (as described in .1).
Therefore, I'll rest the case and let this PC deceases in peace.
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| 7442.6 | Instead of letting the PC rust in the corner... | BSS::PROCTOR_R | PC....Politically Corrupt | Wed May 14 1997 12:03 | 23 |
| possible uses for the 386:
- target practice
- boat anchor
- a present for your ex-spouses' kids
- an interesting pickup for the "Adopt a Highway" crews
- soapbox for WhiteHouse Lawyers
- stood on end makes an unusual mailbox, letters fit in the 51/4"
floppy
- plugged in and dropped in the bathtub of an enemy
- a centerpiece for reminiscing about the days when the term
"Hand me that VAX" didn't exist.
- floral stand
- a marital aid for the those seeking the Truly Unusual
- send overseas to third world countries
- test bed for Linux compilers
- used to set Low End performance statistics on Win95
- Football prop for drop kick practice
- used in groups of 4 to keep your 1953 Ford off the ground in the
front yard
.
.
.
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| 7442.7 | lllll | ROKKON::mko-ras-port-2.mko.dec.com::Cohen | | Sun May 18 1997 06:30 | 6 |
| FWIW, I did the upgrade of a 325C using the Cyrix chip. It took about
5 minutes and has worked perfectly ever since.
I run Windows95 on it. It's a perfectly good backup machine and
allows the rest of the family to get some word processing done.
Performance running Office95 is not a problem.
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| 7442.8 | | BBQ::WOODWARDC | ...but words can break my heart | Sun May 18 1997 20:11 | 11 |
| re: passing old pc's to schools and such...
I recently read that here in Oz a lot of schools are politely declining
the offer of 'old-pcs' as the wide range of hardware differences (XT
through AT and clones and so forth) are giving them headaches in the
area of maintenance.
They are trying to standardise on a small subset of machines to try and
keep these costs down. My local primary school use Mac's.
H
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| 7442.9 | Upgrade 325C?? | PCBUOA::GKELLEY | | Tue May 20 1997 11:24 | 7 |
| On the upgrade of the 325C, I thought that the system was not
upgradeable. Is there an upgrade socket on the MLB (I've never looked
inside one)? What are the steps required? Which Cyrix chip did you use?
Thanks,
glen kelley
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