Re: Packard Bell Experiences?

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From: Iskandar Taib
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 18:32

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In article <1993Jan1.190429.10497@news.acns.nwu.edu> delusion@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Albert Schmezer) writes:

>	The other major problem with P-Bells is that if you want to upgrade
>the motherboard, unless you buy a P-Bell motherboard, you have to get  new
>case, new parallel & serial ports, new FD & HD controller, and new power
>supply as well. If you don't get the new case, you'll have all those nasty
>holes where the serial & parallel (& game) ports that were built on to the
>motherboard stuck out. I have a Force I (286) P-Bell, that I really want to
>upgrade, and now I have this problem. Oh, well....

Hmmm

That sounds like the Leading Edge genre of clones: factory built
in Korea. 

Leading edges had proprietary motherboards, cases and power sup-
plies. No going out and buying a generic motherboard or PS for these
things.



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