Re: Upgrade 286 or Junk it.......

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From: Lachlan Cranswick
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 15:36

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v4194rvc@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (RON C. HAMILTON) writes:

>I am pretty sure this question has been beat to death already but as a student
>I want to make the best decision....

>I am currently running a 286 (which has been outdated for some time).  I was
>wondering if I should upgrade it (if at all possible) or junk it completely?

>I am running VGA with 40 meg and two floppies (3.5 and 5.25) and they suit me 
>fine but new softwares such as Windows doesn't like it...

>Any help??

>Ron C. Hamilton
>V4194RVC@ubvmsc.cc.buffalo.edu

If your PC has one of those generic cases,
I would upgrade the motherboard to say a
486-33 with at least 4 Meg of RAM.

If you have a really old 40Meg Hard-disk
I would turf it and get at least a 125 Meg hard-disk
as Windows Apps can really eat up the hard-disk space.
I originally got a PC with the then standard 40 Meg
hard-disk - upgraded to 100 Meg and then added another 100Meg
hard-disk in and I am still juggling files.  In theory,
you could keep the old 40 Meg hard-disk if
both disks were compatable as master and slave.

I am under the impression that nothing else
would need to be replaced.
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