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From: phil@pepsi.amd.com (Phil Ngai)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Fixing an old PC.
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Date: 6 Apr 90 01:23:03 GMT
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In article <6746fbq@unify.uucp> mason@unify.UUCP () writes:
|When power is turned on, the following occurres:
|"301" is printed in the upper left corner of the screen.

That means a keyboard error.

|memory is checked (passes, god is it slow!)

I recommend you replace the motherboard with a faster one, preferably
a 386. While you're at it, you may as well get a bigger power supply
and of course you'll need a new case to match the new motherboard's
card spacing.

You'll probably want a 16-bit disk controller and a VGA display/card
too. I also highly recommend a 1.2 megabyte floppy disk and a
large hard disk.

:-)

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