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From: timur@seas.gwu.edu (The Time Traveler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
Subject: Re: ps2 floppys and 486's
Keywords: ps2 floppy 486
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Date: 10 Dec 90 23:06:16 GMT
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In article <1315@gvgspd.GVG.TEK.COM> jdb@gvgspd.GVG.TEK.COM (John D. Boote) writes:
>Second question is when I bought this machine the person told me I could
>upgrade from a 386 to a 486. How do I do this, just replace a chip or do
>I replace the entire little board that the 386 chip comes on?

You get IBM's Power Platform, which is a 25Mhz 486 relacement for the 
processor daughter-board that's under your second floppy-drive bay.
They take the board back, and put the Platform in it's place.  IBM just
lowered the price by $2000, so it's cost effective now.  Unfortunately,
it's not a very good 25Mhz 486, but it's about twice as fast as what
you have know.  Through the educational discount, I could probably get
it for about $800, so I'm considering it.  I'd much rather wait for 
a 50Mhz version, though.