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After years of surviving with zen- like aplomb on an unaccelerated 8mhz XT,
I've admitted I need a bit more speed if I'm going to avoid 5- minute
delays while loading Quickbasic source code into the environment and the
like. So, my question: I've seen many "XT- footprint AT motherboards"
that will supposedly fit an XT case.

- Will my existing 32mb ST238 hard drive work OK, and will it need to
be reformatted? (I am aware that it won't run at AT speeds.)
- Can I expect problems with my I/O card? Needless to say I need my
serial and printer ports intact.
- Has anyone *tried* one of these motherboards? Is it a good replacement
solution? If you can recommend one, brand, source and price would be
greatly appreciated.

I'm interested in a true AT solution because I gather accelerators would
not allow me to run any protected- mode software. (I'm not looking to
run OS/2, but there are several Unixalikes I'd like to play with a little.)
However, I do *not* necessarily need a 386 or even 386SX solution.
Cheap is the main thing, and if it's cheap enough I can forego protected
mode software altogether in favor of a "very very very fast XT."

Please respond by email as I do not normally read this newsgroup.

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What do you want from the fish of the fish that you fished when you fished
for the fish that you fished? How many numchuks could Chuck chuck if Chuck
could chuck numchuks? boutell@freezer.it.udel.edu? Or 27.598234821? Or not?