>
> 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_at_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_at_interlog.com
Received on Fri Jun 26 1998 - 17:29:58 BST