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In <92255.29667.J056600@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM> J056600@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM writes:
>In <BuE01u.2q1@acsu.buffalo.edu>, Ron 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I am currently running a 286 (which has been outdated for some time).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??
:>
:>For starters, you can get a new motherboard.  I don't know how much money you
:>have to play with, but for running Windows on a fairly low budget, you could
:>perhaps get a 386-40 motherboard with 4 MB on board for under $350.  The other

I recently upgrade from a 286 to a 386-40 and got the motherboard for $199.
You'll probably need a new case, most of the 286 cases (I think) are not
built in such a way that the 386 board would fit correctly.  A new case with
power supply is abour $75.

You might also consider getting Stacker or something similair to increase 
your disk space if you're going to be running huge applications like Windows.

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