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From: pgil@sphinx.uchicago.edu (paul  gilna)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: 6300 upgrade
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Date: Tue, 20-Oct-87 18:37:30 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct 20 18:37:30 1987
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	My thanks to all those who responded to my previous
	"Should I buy a 6300" query. About 95% of the responses
	were most favourable and included experiences on
	V30 and 8087 upgrades.

	HOWEVER (and this effects 8088-x users also) I saw
	a pre-release demo of Microsoft's EXCEL for the PC.
	It was excellent. My congrats to them for creating
	a 80x86 Mac II :-). My understanding is that EXCEL
	will only run on 80286 and 80386 machines. This is
	almost definitely the start of a most disturbing
	trend.

	SO. Can the 6300 be upgraded to 80x86 status by use
	of accelerator boards etc. Fact, Fiction or wishful
	thinking? (Intel has just announced a 80386 InBoard
	for 8088 machines). 

	Thank you muchly,		Paul Gilna.
	...!ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!pgil
	pgil@sphinx.uchicago.edu