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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

> Natually, I've been interested to see what you would be able
> to do with your 386sx25, and I appreciate you taking the
> trouble to try it.
>
>
> I think a worthwhile experiment would be to run the Xterminal
> at the lowest possible resolution.  640x480x1 ???
> Perhaps if it had fewer pixels to push around, it might
> perform a wee bit better?
>
> > And finally, I'll just ask if you think upping the RAM
> > in this machine would make it useable as an xterminal?
>
> Upping the RAM from 4mb should have a noticeable effect
> on X (but whether that will be enough to make it "useable"
> remains to be seen).
>
> > I can't easily try that (no 30 pin simms of larger size here),
>
> What you need is a pair of 4mb 30pin SIMMs.
> Your 386sx takes pairs.  386dx and 486 systems need
> four SIMMs at a time.  I don't suppose Sindi has an
> odd pair of 4mb SIMMs?

We had them in fours but I put two into an SB card that only takes pairs 
(instead of 2x1MB) so yes we have an odd pair if James wants to try a 386 
with 2x4+2x1MB (10MB).  I used 8 of these for my first BL machine - a 486 
with pentium overdrive processor.

Are there 386 laptops with 8MB RAM?  I don't think a lot of people will 
still be trying to find uses for a 386 desktop (tho we still have two 
boards).