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- From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
- Subject: Re: Packard Bell Experiences?
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- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 18:32:03 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan1.190429.10497@news.acns.nwu.edu> delusion@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Albert Schmezer) writes:
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- > The other major problem with P-Bells is that if you want to upgrade
- >the motherboard, unless you buy a P-Bell motherboard, you have to get new
- >case, new parallel & serial ports, new FD & HD controller, and new power
- >supply as well. If you don't get the new case, you'll have all those nasty
- >holes where the serial & parallel (& game) ports that were built on to the
- >motherboard stuck out. I have a Force I (286) P-Bell, that I really want to
- >upgrade, and now I have this problem. Oh, well....
-
- Hmmm
-
- That sounds like the Leading Edge genre of clones: factory built
- in Korea.
-
- Leading edges had proprietary motherboards, cases and power sup-
- plies. No going out and buying a generic motherboard or PS for these
- things.
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