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- From: hcp@csx.cciw.ca (H.C. Pulley)
- Subject: Re: Upgrade 286 or Junk it.......
- Organization: Canada Centre for Inland Waters
- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 17:40:15 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Sep15.174015.25903@csx.cciw.ca>
- References: <92255.29667.J056600@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM> <9132@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM>
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- In article <9132@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM> gedwards@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM (Gordon Edwards) writes:
- >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I am currently running a 286 (which has been outdated for some time).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
- >
- >I recently upgrade from a 286 to a 386-40 and got the motherboard for $199.
-
- I did too. Mine was $450 Can$ with 4MB RAM.
-
- >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.
-
- My case is a baby-AT. The 386 motherboard is for a baby-AT. It fits just
- fine. As long as you buy a motherboard compatible with your case you should
- be fine.
-
- >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.
-
- I agree; Stacker 2.0 is a good idea. With a 386-40 I don't even notice any
- de/compression lag.
-
- Harry
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