Anyone in Chicago/Northwest Indiana with a 286 machine? \ VOGONS

Anyone in Chicago/Northwest Indiana with a 286 machine?

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First post, by aspiringnobody

Posted on 2021-09-09, 20:07

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I got this buffalo 286->486 upgrade for my compaq portable ii, but it doesn't seem to drive the bus in my portable (at least the machine behaves like it has no cpu at all.

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Anyone nearby with a machine who would like to test it out for me?

If it's bad it isn't so broken as to fry the board. Portable worked fine when I put the 286 back into it. It fits into a PLCC socket.

Reply 1 of 1, by BitWrangler

Posted on 2021-09-09, 20:26

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Sorry, I'm outa range, but, cool part! I might want to look out for one of those if I get a Commodore 286 bridgeboard in a big box Amiga some time.

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