PC question

From: Lawrence LeMay <lemay_at_cs.umn.edu>
Date: Sun Apr 25 21:47:53 1999

>
> If it's a clone, the above doesn't apply. Pull the case, and find the CPU
> chip (probably on the motherboard). If it's an 8088 or an 8086, it's an
> XT clone. If it's an 80286, it's an AT clone.
>

Unless its a 286 XT ;) In which case it probably has a ribbon cable running
from the cpu socket, connected to a Microsoft Mach 20 board in one of
the expansion slots.

-Lawrence LeMay
Received on Sun Apr 25 1999 - 21:47:53 BST

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