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From: ralf@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU (Ralf Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: BIOS ROM upgrade
Message-ID: <347@PT.CS.CMU.EDU>
Date: Wed, 11-Nov-87 22:21:24 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 11 22:21:24 1987
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In article <329@idacrd.UUCP> mac@idacrd.UUCP (Bob McGwier) writes:
}in article <4231@ihlpg.ATT.COM>, berman@ihlpg.ATT.COM (A.S Berman) says:
}> 
}> Are the any ideas on where I could find the BIOS ROM upgrade
}> (part number 1501005) for the IBM-PC?
}> 
}> Scott Berman  ...ihnp4!ihlpg!berman
}
}  Scott, I hate to sound facetious but I would seriously consider the
}fact that $40 is about 10% of the cost of a full clone.
}
}Bob

Why buy a whole clone?  The BIOS upgrade is nearly half the cost of an
8MHz/640K motherboard (They now run about 90-100 dollars, and you may find
one for quite a bit less).  For twice the price of upgrading the BIOS to 
handle a hard disk, you'll also get an additional 576K RAM and a 70%
performance boost. 

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