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I thought the original question is about ungrading an XT with some
286 add on cards. In that case, it indeed make more sense to just
rip the motherboard out (hang it on the wall as a souvenir ??) and 
replace it with a 386sx or better motherboard.  You can buy this for 
around $300 which is only a few tens of dollars more than your 286 
add on card. And you get a very real 386 machine.  So, why waste money 
on patchy add ons ?


> How would you feel if every model year, car makers quit providing parts 
> for last year's model?  Oh, but you'll get better gas mileage with a new
> model, so why waste money fixing up last year's junk?  If GM had balls,
> they could do this.  So what if they alienate a few million drivers? 
> 
This analogy doesn't quite hold for PC. If GM can produce new model
and let old model user upgrade (by swapping the engine ??) for say a
couple of hundred dollars, then the analogy would hold. And people will
indeed do the upgrade !


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