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From: jc
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 1995 00:00

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On Wed, 29 Nov 1995 22:22:42 GMT, jason@thainjm.demon.co.uk wrote:

This is the same system that i had
I upgraded mine by replacing the motherboard (well everything really
except rhe monitor).
I was disappointed with the all the claims made. The processor is not
enhanced in fact its slower than a dx266, the graphics card cant be
upgraded to 2meg (I was told you upgrade it by buying another card!!)
If you try to turn off the onboard ide and try to use an eide
controller it takes about 30 secs to begin to bootup!
I found most digitised sound did not work even with different sound
cards.

Although windows performance was quite good (as good as a DX266) but
dos was poor compared to a dx266

Anyway best thing to do is bin it, and get a new board and processor



John

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Subject: Re: Help! - IBM 486 Blue Lightning system -  performance and upgrade queries
Date: 1995/12/08
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