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From: nol2321@dsacg4.dsac.dla.mil (Jim Dunn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Upgrading Original IBM PC
Message-ID: <2522@dsacg4.dsac.dla.mil>
Date: 17 Sep 90 22:00:26 GMT
References: <4396@crash.cts.com>
Organization: Defense Logistics Agency Systems Automation Center, Columbus
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In article <4396@crash.cts.com> jims@pro-berks.cts.com (Jim Sloan) writes:
>In-Reply-To: message from crosenberg@cdp.UUCP
>
>You must first upgrade the BIOS on the 5150 PC for it to use DOS 3.x.  I don't
>know where you can get a BIOS for it though.  Also, the memory upgrade will be
>necessary.  There was some recent talk on the FidoNet about someone upgrading
>a 5150, so I'll check over there and see if anyone remembers what had to be
>done.
>Jim

Check around and you can usually find a $495.00 deal to bring that old pc up
to a "pseudo" 386 mode running at 16mhz, etc...

:)

Jim


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