The Amazing Intel Inboard/386

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The Amazing Intel Inboard/386 - for PC & XTs

This expansion card is wild. If you've never heard of it before, it's a card with a 386 CPU and 1MB 32-bit RAM on it that plugs in to your original PC or XT (yes, the machine that has a 4.77 MHz CPU!)

Als Geek Lab

May 19, 2025

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The card was originally made by Intel in 1987. The box you're seeing on this video came out in 1990 and has never been opened. Despite obviously being in a smokers house and looking like it had a little water damage, the contents were absolutely tickety-boo. So, I break the 35-year seal and slot it into an original IBM PC/XT (5160). I also benchmarked i…

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