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In article <9132@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM> gedwards@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM (Gordon Edwards) writes:
>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I am currently running a 286 (which has been outdated for some time).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.

I did too.  Mine was $450 Can$ with 4MB RAM.

>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.

My case is a baby-AT.  The 386 motherboard is for a baby-AT.  It fits just
fine.  As long as you buy a motherboard compatible with your case you should 
be fine.

>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.

I agree; Stacker 2.0 is a good idea.  With a 386-40 I don't even notice any
de/compression lag.

Harry
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