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From: leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Why do people get new motherboards
Message-ID: <1418@bucket.UUCP>
Date: 25 May 89 02:13:14 GMT
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Reply-To: leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson)
Organization: Rick's Home Grown Unix; Portland, OR
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In article <46500051@uxf.cso.uiuc.edu> sac585@uxf.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
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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 */
</* ---------- "Why do people get new motherboards" ---------- */
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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? 

I'm one of the people who was asking for info on new motherboards. In my
case it is because *upgrades* come under one budgeting category, but
*replacements* come under a different one. Replacements have to be 
approved as *new equipment*. Upgrades only need a dept heads signature.

I wish it was different, but we are stuck with it. We are hoping to get
permission to replace rather than repair some PC's that have flaky
motherboards. Wish me luck!

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