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In article <817428743.28076@pedot.demon.co.uk>
           pnoble@pedot.demon.co.uk "Peter Noble" writes:

> I am currently using a self-built 486DX set at 40Mhz; 16Mb RAM & an IBM
> 540Mb hard drive.  I have a Soundblaster16, my graphics card & I/O card
> both make use of the vesa bus.  I have a Creative (Mitsumi?) CD ROM, a 3.5"
> floppy & a newly-installed Iomega 250Mb tape drive.
> 
> I want to upgrade the motherboard to a -gulp- 586/120.  I need to keep to
> the vesa bus architecture, to keep my current (relatively new) cards.  Is
> this possible?
> 
> Any assistance gratefully received.
> 
> TIA
> Peter Noble
> 
> ========================
> Peter Noble
> pnoble@pedot.demon.co.uk
> 
In a word no.  Sorry but all the motherboards that I have encountered that
can take the P120 use PCI.  You will have to sell the your VESA card, but
the slight good news is that most Pentium motherboards come with onboard
I/O so you will not need a another I/O card.

Also you did not mention what type of RAM you have, is it 30 pin, in which 
case you will have to get a SIMM converter or swap for 72-pin SIMMs. 

Finally, you may wish to wait one month, because the price of the P120
is due to fall drastically.

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Rajesh Varia     raj@c4rv.demon.co.uk