First post, by jheronimus
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Hi, all
Just bought this card, going to get it (hopefully) in about 10 days:
This is a Mountain Racecard-286, a 286 upgrade card for XT computers. The card is actually made by PC Technologies.
Unlike cards like Orchid Tiny Turbo this board does not have a hardware switch or a socket for the XT CPU, the CPU speed is chosen through software. I was wondering whether anybody has the drivers for this card and/or the jumpers description.
Supposedly many versions of the card were available: the original PCT 286 Express, Tandy 286 Express, Kodak/Verbatim Data Life CPU Card, Micro1 286 SpeedCard, Viktor Speed Pak 286 and Maynard Surpise!286, though there is no way of telling which of them are identical and which of them are not.
These cards are also mentioned in a review in 80 Micro, and it looks like they were priced differently:
According a different review (can't find the link at the moment) the cards also differed in functionality: e.g., some cards were EGA-compatible and others used an earlier design from PC Technologies that wouldn't work with EGA.
Does anybody have any additional info on this card or any of its variations? So far I've only been able to find the manual and drivers for the Tandy version of 286 Express card, but it remains to be seen whether or not these drivers will work for the Racecard-286. The board layout is definitely different, and the card has DIP switches instead of jumpers: