Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!iboga!berger From: berger@iboga (Mike Berger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: how to upgrade an old IBM pc? Message-ID: <1991Jan17.212429.5106@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 17 Jan 91 21:24:29 GMT References: Sender: news@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (News) Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 29 murray@andromeda.rutgers.edu (Murray Karstadt) writes: >hello out there in netland, > I have been a novice question which someone may be able to help me with. > I would like to upgrade an old 2 drive IBM PC to a 386SX with two > high density drives. One drive has to be 5.25 the other 3.5. My question > is what kind of pieces parts do I need? My guess is that I need the > following: > > mother board with 640K > disk controller > power supply(how many watts?) > hd drives 5.25 and 3.5 > > have I left anything out? do you have any brands you like or dislike? > *---- You'll need a new keyboard. The new motherboard will probably not fit in the original enclosure, so you'll need that too. Unless you plan to boot with a floppy every time, you'll also need a new hard disk controller. I'm not convinced that you'll save any money by using your old computer. If you can get $ 250 for selling it, you'll probably come out ahead. -- Mike Berger Department of Statistics, University of Illinois AT&TNET 217-244-6067 Internet berger@atropa.stat.uiuc.edu