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From: mason@robots.ox.ac.uk (Ian Mason)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Which motherboard? & Power supply?
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Date: 30 Jan 91 22:37:38 GMT
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I am posting this for someone, however he does read the
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware newsgroup.

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I am thinking of upgrading a XT motherboard to either a 20MHz-286 or
16MHz-386sx. The questions are:

1) Are there any particular make of motherboard that I should avoid?
Are there any particular chipsets (e.g. TI, UMC, C&T, DTK) that I
should avoid? Any praises as well? [Addresses & tel. nos. of suppliers
would be most helpful.]

2) Power consumption: how much can a 150 or 200W power supply handle? 

Thanks in advance --- Delman.

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