Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!bronze!copper!rschmidt From: rschmidt@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (roy schmidt) Subject: Re: Challenge! Upgrade an old IBM PC (true blue) Message-ID: <1991Mar19.032754.2189@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> Sender: news@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington References: <20574.27de5682@oregon.uoregon.edu> <33660002@hpcuhe.cup.hp.com> Date: Tue, 19 Mar 91 03:27:54 GMT Lines: 34 markw@hpcuhe.cup.hp.com (mark williams) writes: >My two cents worth: don't bother. Buy a new clone and sell the PC. > >There are several reasons for this comment. I've been through this once and >wish I hadn't. > >Power Supply: The original power supply won't supply enough power for a >hard disk (it's a 65 watt unit). All right, new supply (135 watt minimum, say $80). > >Chassis: The card to card spacing doesn't match the new BABY AT 286 boards, >which have 8 slots instead of five. OK, new box (say $60, for a taller AT >box with the right spacing). > >Keyboard: By the way, you also need the 101 key AT keyboard (say $70). > >What have you preserved of the original PC? Perhaps video board and >monitor... What, it's a CGA?? > One more item, Mark: The motherboard. It's an 8-bit bus with 8-bit slots. The 286 is a 16-bit chip. Any worthwhile expansion cards will also need a 16-bit slot. (The original post stated the owner would put a 286 card on the original motherboard.) Gosh, with a new 386SX with VGA costing less than what you would spend for the "upgrade", I just don't get it. Deed the old machine to some elementary school and write it off on your taxes. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Roy Schmidt | #include Indiana University | /* They are _my_ thoughts, and you can't Graduate School of Business | have them, so there! */