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From: leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Dumpster diving pays off (sorta)
Message-ID: <1973@bucket.UUCP>
Date: 1 Mar 90 22:08:53 GMT
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sc@qmet.UUCP (Steve Croft) writes:

<In article <2199@rodan.acs.syr.edu>, amichiel@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Allen J Michielsen) writes:
<> In article <2914@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> kaleb@mars.UUCP (Kaleb Keithley) writes:
<> >> In article <19768@nuchat.UUCP> seven@nuchat.UUCP (David Paulsen) writes:
<> >>I recently rescued an ancient IBM-PC from the dumpster.. and it works!

<> >If you wan't my opinion, spend a hundred bucks and just replace the whole
<> >motherboard; get a 10mhz clone board (and put a V20 in it.)
<> 
<> Just be sure to get a 5 slot motherboard, else you'll need a case. ...

<There are 8-slot motherboards available that fit a standard PC case.
<Just be sure to ask when buying...

No there are not. There are 8 slot motherboards that will fit an *XT* case.
The slot spacing on a PC motherboard is different and even though an 8 slot
board will fit, the slots won't line up with the openings in the case. This
makes it more than a little difficult to install cards!

Since the card slot openings are an integral part of the case, you have to
buy a 5-slot motherboard for a PC case.
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