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- From: gedwards@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM (Gordon Edwards)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
- Subject: Re: Upgrade 286 or Junk it.......
- Message-ID: <9132@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM>
- Date: 15 Sep 92 14:12:19 GMT
- References: <92255.29667.J056600@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM>
- Organization: NCR Engineering and Manufacturing Atlanta -- Atlanta, GA
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- In <92255.29667.J056600@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM> J056600@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM writes:
- >In <BuE01u.2q1@acsu.buffalo.edu>, Ron Hamilton writes:
- :>
- :>>I am pretty sure this question has been beat to death already but as a student
- :>>I want to make the best decision....
- :>>
- :>>I am currently running a 286 (which has been outdated for some time). I was
- :>>wondering if I should upgrade it (if at all possible) or junk it completely?
- :>>
- :>>I am running VGA with 40 meg and two floppies (3.5 and 5.25) and they suit me
- :>>fine but new softwares such as Windows doesn't like it...
- :>>
- :>>Any help??
- :>
- :>For starters, you can get a new motherboard. I don't know how much money you
- :>have to play with, but for running Windows on a fairly low budget, you could
- :>perhaps get a 386-40 motherboard with 4 MB on board for under $350. The other
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- I recently upgrade from a 286 to a 386-40 and got the motherboard for $199.
- You'll probably need a new case, most of the 286 cases (I think) are not
- built in such a way that the 386 board would fit correctly. A new case with
- power supply is abour $75.
-
- You might also consider getting Stacker or something similair to increase
- your disk space if you're going to be running huge applications like Windows.
-
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