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From: crewman@bucsb.UUCP (JJS)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Two Questions
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Date: 14 Mar 89 21:46:21 GMT
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Hello, all.  I just got a Wyse PC286 Model 2108 w/512K RAM, and I
want to add some more memory to the machine.  The existing 512K is
on the motherboard in 16 256K-bit chips, with slots for 16 more,
bringing the total to 1MB.  But looking over the recent memory
discussion, it seems that only 640K RAM total will be useable.  The
owner's manual seems to say that the whole 16 slots must be filled
to use memory above 512K, and paying around $200 for 16 chips, and
actually getting only 128K extra RAM seems like a waste.  Any suggestions?

Question 2.  I've got about $650 burning a hole in my pocket (yeah,
right :-).  I want to get a color graphics combo.  It seems that for
$650 I can get either a low-end VGA combo, or a high-end EGA combo.
Which would be better?  Any help would be really appreciated.

    Thanks in advance,
          JJS