286 -> 386sx Upgrades

[Systems Staff]

In article <1990Oct17.175700.24704 at ico.isc.com>, rcd at ico.isc.com (Dick Dunn) writes:
> 
> A while back I wrote a note that agrees with Kent about the cost.  However,
> it may not be as easy as you think to swap motherboards!  Contrary to
> popular wisdom, the innards of clones are not all plug-compatible.  Most
> are, but beware.  A tale of woe...
> 
> I tried several times to upgrade an old NEC APC-IV.  That's their basic AT
> clone from some years ago.

I don't think NEC ever claimed this was an IBM clone, did they?

The impression I got was that they thought they were big enough
to set a standard themselves. Maybe they did in their domestic
market.

They did do some nice video, though.


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