26 Jun
1998
26 Jun
'98
10:29 a.m.
Hi,
I was wondering if there's a surefire way of telling if an IBM-PC has its
original motherboard, without opening the case. I saw one at the
Salvation Army today and was considering dragging it home (though I
decided to take another machine instead).
The machine did have a cassette port in the back, with a femal DIN
connector. Is this attached to the motherboard?
The machine also had a full complement of cards in its slots, with lots of
ports coming out of it. And a 3.5" drive that was poorly fitted into the
case.
I'm wondering if I should make a trip downtown sometime this weekend, with
the car.
Doug Spence
ds_spenc(a)alcor.concordia.ca
http://alcor.concordia.ca/~ds_spenc/
I would grab it if the price is $5 or $10. It's undoubtably a 5150 which are
common enough but it may have cards that are no longer available. I usually
carry a screwdriver , pliers and 360 and 720 disks with DOS 3.2 with me
when I'm outing to the goodwill or yard sales, and then I can check out the
innards if the owners don't freak. If there's an interesting card I'll buy
it.
ciao larry
lwalker(a)interlog.com