Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!adm!umd5!haven!mimsy!aplcen!jhunix!ins_agwa
From: ins_agwa@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Gunther Wil Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Leading Edge model "M"
Summary: Leading Edge Compatibility Problems
Message-ID: <6782@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU>
Date: 6 Aug 88 16:47:52 GMT
References: <12745@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>
Organization: Johns Hopkins Univ. Computing Ctr.
Lines: 27

In article <12745@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>, musa@brahms.berkeley.edu (Math Undergrad Student Assoc) writes:
> I'd like to get some info on the Leading Edge model "M". My boss is upgrading
> to a 286 michine and is willing to sell this one to me cheap. I've looked 
> through the tech manuel for the machine and can't find a reference to power
> supply size. This one already has a 20mb hard drive installed, will I have
> problems with putting in a modem and a mouse? 
> 
> If there is anything I should look out for I'd like to know about it before 
> buying. Any and all comments/advice will be welcome.


Leading Edge is notorious for not-quite-compatible machines. I own an
"M" from the dawn of time and have had relative few problems with it,
but every now and then, I run into an incompatibility. For instance, I
cannot run any Electronic Arts programs, and indeed several other
programs also fail for various reasons. These reasons are invariably
related to copy protection schemes, but unless you are planning to use
only unprotected software, you could be in trouble.

As for the power supply problems, on my poor machine I've got an
internal 20MB drive and a game port, and no power difficulties. It's a
hardy supply, as long as you don't try to switch motherboards. But it
somehow seems that a new motherboard would cost as much as the entire
computer. 

					Gunther W. Anderson
					ins_agwa@jhunix.BITNET