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From: n65j@vax5.cit.cornell.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Replacing motherboard inquiry. Help?
Message-ID: <1991Jun6.182810.5307@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>
Date: 6 Jun 91 22:28:10 GMT
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In article <9106032344.AA19547@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>,
archer@stlvm2.vnet.ibm.com ("Gary D. Archer") writes: 
> moe@milton.u.washington.edu (Joe Shippert) writes:
> 
> !I've been thinking of replaceing my 80286-12 with one of those slick 386
> !motherboards. I've taken my whole computer apart before and added floppy
> !and hard drives all sorts of cards, memory upgrades and etc. but what all
> !is involved in replacing the whole motherboard? Where is a good place to
> !get motherboards and which boards are considered better? Worse? Thanks
> !for your help.
> 
> I like the AMI Mark III.  This comes in 25 or 33 Mhz versions, supports
> upto 64Meg on the board using 4Meg simms, has 64K cache, and best of all
> allows you to upgrade to a '486 based system with a plug in daughter
> card.  The board size is a mini-at size and should fit your '286
> chassis really well.  It has an AMI bios and runs windows, OS/2 (1.3 and 2.0)
> and about any thing else I've thrown at it.  It cost around $900 with
> 4megs.
> --
> Gary Archer, SSPD Software, IBM San Jose, CA
> "I'm not an Official IBM spokesman, my opinions are my own, not IBM's"
> Internet:  archer@stlvm6.vnet.ibm.com
> Phone   :  (408) 284-6387

Another vote for AMI here.  And don't worry too much about the difficulty
of swapping motherboards.  Just be careful about static electricity, protect
all of your cards and the motherboard from physical damage, and keep track of
where all of your wires plug in.  With care, your motherboard swap can be a 
piece of cake.

-- regards, Steve Pacenka, Cornell U.