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From: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: XT motherboard info wanted
Message-ID: <1990Jun28.185826.6432@sj.ate.slb.com>
Date: 28 Jun 90 18:58:26 GMT
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Reply-To: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger)
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In article <4373.2689be21@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> bqsy1@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes:
>
>	Can anyone recommend a good replacement motherboard for an XT
>compatible? I won't be able to invest in a new computer for a while and
>this is a simple work-around for me. It would be nice if the motherboard
>could have BIOS support for an extended keyboard, 3.5" drives (preferrably
>1.44M but 720k will do), and NO speed switching. For my own reasons, I'm
>tired of having a machine that I know has a 10MHz CPU, but which always
>start up with a default speed of 4.77MHz, and I haven't been able to change
>it.
>	Anyways, all suggestions are welcome. And I would appreciate any
>references people can give as to reliable suppliers.
>	Thanks.
>
 Do you want another (Blechhh) 8088 based system? You might look into a 286 or
386 motherboard (386 preferred of course). I just bought an ECS 386 motherboard
and was quite pleased with it. It is a baby size so it fits in an XT case.
(Some cards might be a problem though, too high)

Most motherboards these days come up by default in turbo mode, or have a jumper
you can change.


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