🚀 go-pugleaf

A year and a half ago, I purchased an IBM-PC (yes one of the originals)
    When I bought the PC, all I could do was write programs in BASIC and barely
    could use WP 4.2 (only 256K). The entire system with CGA and Oki 93
    only cost me $500.

I began upgrading with an EVEREX EMS card and brought the memory up to 640K
plus 640K (ramdisk, cache and print spooler).

I upgraded the drives, installed a 8087, and bought a 10M HD.
For word processing, this was a hefty machine, but I needed greater power
for ENGINEERING applications.
Therefore, I upgraded to a 286 motherboard, and am using most of the PC's guts
for my 286. However i am rebuilding the PC slowly, for my parents to use as
a word processor.

You say people should save up a few bucks for an SX. Well what about those
of us who had to strectch for the $500 to buy a PC.

For those people who dont need the power of an AT but want something better tha
n a type writer, a bulit up PC can be an ideal machine.

Don't get me wrong, I know that the software industry is leaving the XT and PC
in the dust, which is why I got a 286 MB, but for those people who need a compu
ter for light word process., lotus, and such, a PC is a **cheap** ideal
solution.

JCS120