Sorry Fred,

They did make some late model 486 motherboards that support EDO.

I built a computer for the kids from spare parts.  It has a late model 486
motherboard that not only supports EDO RAM, but LBA hard drives, has ISA,
VESA, and PCI bus, boots from any hard drive and more.  It is using an AMD
5x86-133mhz processor (a 486 chip) that regularly benchmarks in the Pentium
90 range.

Take Care,
Dave
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>Please note that although generic memory will work,  you cannot use any
"EDO"
>type memory in a 486 computer whether it's a Compaq or not.
>
>
>Thanks for your time,
>
>Fred Hahnel
>Ford Motor Company
>Dearborn, MI.  48021
>
>
>Jim Meagher wrote:
>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: PCBUILD - PC Hardware discussion List
>> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Dan Dodder
>> >
>> > At 06:00 PM 4/29/98 -0500, you wrote:
>> > >        I have a friend that wants to add memory to his Compaq
Presario
>> > >850(486/50).  Compaq only has recommended part numbers for Compaq
memory
>> > >modules.  Is Compaq memory proprietary or can I install generic?
>> > >
>> > it's proprietary...like everything else by compaq...we tried
>> > adding 16 megs
>> > edo to my friend's presario 2500,it didn't work...you have to use
>> > thiers...
>>
>> I haven't worked on a 2500 but I have worked on a number of different
>> Compaq models and I have always used "generic" parts.  Are you sure that
>> the PC can recognize EDO?
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