On Wed, 10 Jan 1996, VaX#n8 wrote:

> I currently have:
>  486/66 on a HiNT chipset mboard, claims to be VLB/EISA/ISA but doesn't
>  support level-sensitive interrupts and other EISA stuff so it's not
>  really worth upgrading.  16MB of RAM, 30-pin sockets.
> 
> I will eventually want to upgrade the RAM, which means I'll either have to
> wait for bounce-buffer support (I use an AHA-1542, ISA DMA card) or get
> a better drive controller... seems everyone is going PCI these days,
> so I was looking at a minimal-cost upgrade path to such a beast...
> 
> All I've seen so far is the ASUS 486SP-G or whatever.

I have the ASUS 486SP3G, PCI/SCSI2.  But am not sure if the still make it.
> 
> I was thinking if there is another 486/PCI board that has a built-in
> NCR scsi that'd be a way to kill two birds with one stone...
> But I'm willing to entertain any other ideas or horror stories about
> mboards people have.
> 
> Anyone know if those 30->72pin SIMM adapters work for all SIMMs,
> and if not, how can I tell before I buy?
> 
> Thanks a lot, and by the way, upgrading from 8->16MB RAM really
> help a ton!  Much better than any fast SCSI adapter would have.
> X is happy. :)
> 


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