[comp.sys.laptops] supersport286 upgrade?

rshelby@ms.uky.edu (Richard Shelby) (04/11/90)

In article <POLLACK.90Apr4164645@toto.cis.ohio-state.edu>, jordan_b_pollack@toto.cis.ohio-state.edu writes:
> I finally read about the supersport 286"e", for enhanced,
> which means real graphics finally.

The SupersPort 286e, 386SX and 386e have VGA LCD screens and
a socket for an external VGA monitor.

> Does anybody know if the new screens can be retrofit to the widely
> distributed but now obsolete CGA supersport 286's? 
> Or does the motherboard have to be changed as well?

Sorry, but the system board would have to be replaced, so no
upgrade is available, and none is anticipated.


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