First post, by jheronimus
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Hi, all
I've been looking for a 386 board that can use a 386DX33 chip (for stuff like Wing Commander) — however, all I can find are boards with soldered CPUs like AMD 386DX40 or SX chips. I've been offered this board (same model, but from a different place):
https://pics.meshok.net/pics/67013434.jpg?2
https://pics.meshok.net/pics2/67013434.jpg?2
https://pics.meshok.net/pics3/67013434.jpg?2
https://pics.meshok.net/pics4/67013434.jpg?2
https://pics.meshok.net/pics5/67013434.jpg?2
It's MA022 REV B (can't find any jumper info in stuff like TH99). It has an AMD 386DX40 chip, but it also has proper CPU socket. However, it's listed as 386/486 board everywhere I can see. So I have two questions:
- can a socket on a board like this be only used for upgrade chips like Cyrix CX486DLC, or I can I stick an Intel 386DX33 into it?
- I see the jumpers for setting the clock — 33 or 40 MHz and there doesn't seem to be any oscillator. Can I just change the clock of the onboard AMD 386DX40 to 33 MHz?
P.S.: just in case, the board on the photos is not the actual board I'm getting — just the same model. I'm aware there's an IC missing and some SIMM sockets are broken.