Subj : Re: Using Dos Comms Software with Lantronix UDS-10
To   : AKAcastor
From : kirkspragg
Date : Thu Jun 06 2024 00:09:27

 AK> I don't have a 286, just the fond memories of playing games on friends'
 AK> 286s.  I got a Book8088, fun little XT mini-laptop made new from old
 AK> parts, and while I enjoy it, the limitations show up pretty often.  Then
 AK> the Pocket386 (386SX mini-laptop made new from old parts) came out and I
 AK> realized that's probably a lot more interesting/useful for me.  Maybe
 AK> I'll find an old 286 desktop someday and fill the gap between the XT and
 AK> 386.  :)

To be honest the performance difference between a 286 and 386sx of similar clock speed is not much. With the 386sx you'll get more convenient memory management with emm386/QEMM ect windows 3 & deskview will both work much better - this is all a bit more complicated with 286 class machines & is more dependent on chipset/bios. If you do decide to get a 286 you might want to do some research first.

For example I have a couple of 286 boards that should support EMS memory in hardware, but can I find a driver that works with either of them? no I can't. 

.... Don't ask me, I just work here.

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