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From: phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Motherboard Swap
Message-ID: <1990Dec11.030017.6576@amd.com>
Date: 11 Dec 90 03:00:17 GMT
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In article <1990Dec10.230403.28221@amd.com> indra@brahms.amd.com (Indra Singhal) writes:
|seybert@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Brian Seybert) writes:
|>	I am going to replace the motherboard in my xt computer. I am limited,
|>due to cost to 286 boards. Are there any features that I need to look for
|>or avoid?	
|
|The least is full LIM 4.0 compatibility in hardware. This will allow you
|to run Desqview and multitask between dos applications very efficiently.

I didn't see the original post, but I think LIM 4.0 is not very important
these days unless you really must use DV for some reason. The current
SW like Win3 want extended memory.

Plus you'll have a devil of a time finding LIM 4.0 HW anyway. I know, I
tried. Unless you are willing to buy an AST Premium 286, when I think you
can get a Taiwan 386 clone for less money.

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