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From: restock@PacBell.COM (Bob Stockwell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Upgrading an old Columbia MPC.
Message-ID: <6036@ptsfa.PacBell.COM>
Date: 19 Feb 91 18:44:37 GMT
Organization: Pacific * Bell, San Ramon, CA
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I have an old Columbia MPC with two floppies (low density).  I
recently dug it out of a box and set it up for my 6 year old.  He has
gotten accustomed to swapping the floppies around (Kids will adapt to
anything :-> ), but I'm responsible for making all those floppies.  I
tried to install a hard disk from an old XT, using the controller from
the XT.  But, it wouldn't recognize the hard disk.  Has anyone
sucessfully upgraded a Columbia MPC (cheaply).

Will I need to upgrade the power supply also?  Does anyone know how to
do that too?  Any help would be appreciated.

The next step is EGA/VGA, if I can do it cheap enough.
-- 
Bob Stockwell
Pacific Bell
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