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- From: paul@panix.com (Paul Gatker)
- Subject: Re: 486DX2 upgrade for Model 70 A21's?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug26.230606.20904@panix.com>
- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 23:06:06 GMT
- References: <1992Aug25.080850.15081@husc3.harvard.edu> <1992Aug26.132318.15122@husc3.harvard.edu>
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- In <1992Aug26.132318.15122@husc3.harvard.edu> khoo@husc3.harvard.edu writes:
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- >BTW, the A21 uses a 25MHz 386 and the B21 uses a 25Mhz 486. You can upgrade a
- >Model 70 A21 to a Model 70 B21 by just replacing the daughterboard in the
- >machine. (IBM charges about $2500 I think).
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- This would be great because slots are very valuable real estate on these
- machines and that's what the second party upgrades use as far as I know.
- Replacing the 386 chip with a 486 daughterboard would be great especially
- if a second party manufacturer would do it at 1/2 to 1/3 the price ibm
- would charge us.
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