From: cvoid@netcom.com (Christian Void) Subject: Re: Article: Sun 486i ? (5.3K) Date: 1996/03/28 Message-ID: #1/1 references: organization: V/M/Research, Inc. newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware In article , viable@netcom.com (Greg Hudak) wrote: > Ah, but does the 486i exist? Unoffically, yes. About five years > ago I spoke on the phone to a developer somewheres in the north San > Francisco bay area who was running a DX2-50 in a 386i via a 386-to-486 > adaptor board. I can't remember now if he was using a (then) > commercially available daughterboard or had kludged one himself. But > he did mention that there were other users of his (or similar) > implementations. I got the impression there existed a subculture of > such "486i" users, quietly enjoying the true benefits of the married > architecture. Please don't ask me, I don't know and have lost his > number. But I'm sure that those interested enough can net-poke around > and find what they need if they really want it. I'm currently running a 386i along side an SS1+, with hardly any problems. Most DOS based applications work fine (simple utils and such). As far as the i486, there is a software patch available on the 386i archive site to allow the use of IBM's Blue Lighting pin-compatible 486 upgrade. Speed improvements vary depending upon the operation being performed. If anyone is interested, get the files from ftp://cxc1.msu.edu/386i/software. -- Christian Void /T71 | "I don't like it, and I'm sorry I | V/M/Research, Inc. cvoid@netcom.com | ever had anything to do with it." | P.O. Box 170213 Tel. 1+415-998-0774 | -Erwin Schrodinger (1887-1961) | SF, CA 94117-0213 * PGP v2.3a Public Key Available Via Finger * WWW: http://www.morphine.com/cvoid/