On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:29:12 -0500, wessd
<wessdaniels@comcast.net> wrote:

>On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:35:02 -0400, kony <spam@spam.com> wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:43:59 -0500, wessd
>><wessdaniels@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>>2 pcs I want.
>>>
>>>Compaq desqpro 386DX/20
>>>I have the memory board for it....I had 2 of these 386DX/20s at one
>>>time, very nice. The Ram card was hella expensive.
>>>
>>
>>Ok, and what does this have to do with ponies?
>>
>>
>Hi Dave.
>
>>
>>To upgrade it, more info about it might help, including what
>>memory it had, what (sockets?), etc, etc. If you don't have
>>the spare sips, it is hardly worth tracking down and buying
>>them today. If you have the spare sips, you might as well
>>plug them in and see if they are detected.
>>
>Niether one needed sipps.
>I did have sipps at one time.
>should have kept at least one.
>but instead, snipped the legs of the sipps and made them into simms.
>

Well you called them boards and cards, so what exactly are
they? Is there any other info you have about them that
might be a good lead?


>
>>If you mention the specific make and model of the hardware,
>>it might help someone help you... but it's not so likey 10
>>years + after the hardware became obsolete.
>>
>
>10 years?
>Hella longer than 10 years.

That's where the + comes in, I was referring to practically
anything 10 years old or older.


>386DX/20 with 387 and this math copro, ega and this mem expansion card
>was STATE of the art and actually performed most task as fast ast the
>dell optiplex 486dx2/50 I had. The hd died in the compy, so I tossed
>it FOR SOME STUPID REASON!!!!!

Ok, but state of the art could be said of many computers at
any time in history, until a few months go by and something
else displaces it as being state of the art. Since it's not
reasonably usable by today's standards, I don't see why
adding something that wasn't original equipment would be
desirable.


>
>
>>If it is only for historic reasons, methink it is historic
>>enough in it's original configuration. Maybe even better
>>like that.

>The Compy would be for historic reasons.
>The ramdisc card is just to prove I'm not insane.

Did Byte mention the manufacturer? Contacting them or
possibly some employee who was there at the time might help,
or the author of the Byte article.

As for proof of sanity...