>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?
Yes, it is.
>
>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.
The 3.5" drive requires a special controller card that I find rare. Snag it!
>
>I'm wondering if I should make a trip downtown sometime this weekend, with
>the car.
>
>
>Doug Spence
>ds_spenc_at_alcor.concordia.ca
>http://alcor.concordia.ca/~ds_spenc/
>
>
Received on Fri Jun 26 1998 - 18:08:17 BST