PC Ephemera

[Joe R.]

At 12:07 AM 10/27/05 +0100, you wrote:
>
>On 26/10/05 23:44, "Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
>
>> I've also got the guide by Purple Computing for their Purple -2 Kit on how
>> to put 256K on your PC motherboard by cutting and changing a few jumpers
>> and then adding a board that attaches over the memory array that holds 64K
>> DRAMS.  I'd forgotten that the original PC was limitied to 64K on the mobo.
>
>I'd have thought this was worth saving if it's related to the 5150 XT, or at
>least it is to me. I'm trying and failing miserably to find an XT with a 64K
>motherboard, purely because I guess people upgraded them as soon as they
>could afford to.

   I may be wrong but I thought IBM was already using 256k MBs before they
introduced the XT.

    Joe