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Subject: Re: Why do people get new motherboards
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Date: 21 May 89 17:08:00 GMT
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/* Written  2:22 am  May 19, 1989 by russ@pyr.gatech.EDU in uxf.cso.uiuc.edu:comp.sys.ibm.pc */
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I am curious about all the postings asking for info about upgrading
old machines with new motherboards.  Specifically, I wonder if I'm
missing something...

In moving from an XT to AT, and from AT to 386, it has been my experience
that it's a good deal cheaper to shop for the best clone deal, buy a new
next-level-up machine that is packaged with monitor, etc., then sell the
old machine with the new cheap monitor that came with the new one. I
recently upgraded to a 20mhz 386 for a net cost of $400 this way.  Is it
POSSIBLE to upgrade via a new motherboard for so little.  Am I missing some-
thing? 
-- 
Russell Shackelford
School of Information and Computer Science
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332
russ@pyr.gatech.edu
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