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From: phil@pepsi.amd.com (Phil Ngai)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: the death of the All Charge Card
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Date: 27 Jun 90 21:50:08 GMT
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In article <11102@netcom.UUCP> ergo@netcom.UUCP (Isaac Rabinovitch) writes:
|Well, some of us have don't have the expertise to rip out and replace
|a motherboard.  And I dunno if a generic 386 motherboard would fit in

Maybe you don't realize this, but the ACC requires you to take out
the processor chip, which in my expert opinion (20 years of hardware
hacking) is MUCH more likely to get a user in trouble than a simple
motherboard swap.

|my Zenith machine (very idiosyncratic, physically).  Zenith sells a
|386 replacement motherboard, but for proprietary prices.  And could I

Gee, a new box is about $50. What more do you need?

|go on using my 16-bit extended memory cards?

Depending on what kind of memory you have, you'd be better off moving
them onto the motherboard. If you can't you can always use your
memory cards but your performance would be lower.

|Also, you're comparing the list of the ACC with the street price of a
|386SX motherboard.  The street price of an ACC is about $100 less.

I didn't know discounts on the ACC were available, it's certainly
a much lower volume, harder to find, device so discounts are probably
not as good in any case.

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