My guess, if it's a socketted 386, the fastest you could put in there are some of the older Intel "Overdrive" processors and... I think it was Cyrix who made a 486-class chip that fit in a 386 socket. If it's not socketted... You're stuck unless you really want to try hacking a socket onto the thing.
Even Windows 98 will run on a 386, though it would take some finagling to get it installed. The highest easily would be Win95, but I hope it's at least a 33mhz 386. If it's a 386DX, it very well might be. Definitely want more memory for a Win9x, though Win31 would run fine. I've gained a new respect recently for Win311 for Workgroups, though it's still Windows :) WFW can take TCP/IP and all the same networking support Win95 has, so it works reasonably well on the 'net. A 386 will run most Linuxes fine. Most are still compiled out of the box for i386, though some (Mandrake comes to mind) are set up for Pentium+ A IIfx will run MacOS 8.1 quite handily, check out http://home.earthlink.net/~gamba2 for instructions on getting 8.1 on an '030. As for cool... You now own a $10,000 computer. For the date, look at car prices. The thing cost more than some cars! Scott Holder -----Original Message----- From: Vintage Macs [mailto:vintage.macs@;mail.maclaunch.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Quosig Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 1:48 PM To: Vintage Macs Subject: IIfx...keeper? <snip> --The OrangeMicro card--can it be upgraded to faster processors? --What is the highest Windows OS the OrangeMicro can run? --Can the OrangeMicro successfully run Linux? --Heck, is the OrangeMicro software even still available somewhere? --What is the highest MacOS that the IIfx can run? --Anything else "cool" you can tell me about this beastieI may have forgotten from all those years ago? Thanks in advance. Kevin Quosig -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:vintage.macs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:vintage.macs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:vintage.macs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
