Thread: overclocked my 386 - w00t

Quote: Originally Posted by Old Thrashbarg Ah, right, I was thinking it did have cache... maybe it was a different board I was thinking of, then. In any case, the memory expansion thingies aren't particularly hard to find . Still doesn't seem to add any cache, though. thanks for the link! thinking about getting it, but i might as well just go for a new motherboard really. decisions, decisions.. lack of cache really gives a nasty...

Yeah, all things considered it would probably be a better option to just upgrade the whole board. One thing that might be worth looking at, is the Everex EV-1816 from the same seller. It's another one of those that only officially supports 20 or 25mhz, but it seems that can be worked around fairly easily. It does have cache... up to 256KB if Statson is correct, and it's cheap.

That EV-1816 is a weird board. It has sockets for cache both on the motherboard and the memory expansion card. I think you'd be better off with a board more like this one: http://cgi.ebay.com/Motherboard-w-In...item48372c2969 I don't necessarily agree with the price, but it looks like a good board. You'll notice that the battery is a bit leaky. If you're patient, you will eventually find a similar board with a better price....

Now that you guys posted it, I was following up some leads this weekend and found home garage junk sale. Picked up TWO NOS never assembled Jameco flip top cases. Then I asked if they had any other stuff and she pointed out pack to the family trash pile. Buried in the leaves and mud, literally, were two complete XT systems and a complete 386/486 convertable system where the MB will take either a 386 or 486 chip. I remember those when they were...

Dood, you just got a 386 running faster than my 486DX-2!!! Nice!!

Quote: Originally Posted by Old Thrashbarg did the modification affect anything else, like the RTC or whatnot? ... this reminded me of a malfunctioning Celeron board I found in the trash once. It only booted occasionally, and when it did, the RTC was ticking minutes by in seconds. I have no idea why, but I suspect it had problems...