[geeks] Looking for Hardware

[Lionel Peterson]

>From: Sridhar Ayengar <ploopster at gmail.com>
>Date: 2007/06/02 Sat AM 02:12:25 CDT
>To: General at mrbill.net, <Discussion at mrbill.net:On-TopicandOff-TopicPosts>, 
	cctalk at classiccmp.org, The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: [geeks] Looking for Hardware

>Please let me know if you have this hardware you wouldn't mind letting 
>go for a small sum of money, or if you know where I might be able to 
>find any of this hardware cheap.  Thanks.
>
>IBM XT-286 Motherboard (I have a dead one that needs replacing)
>Kingston SX Now! 386 upgrade (For my beloved PS/2 Mod 50)
>Any AT-class memory boards (including EMS ones, obviously XMS preferred)

Good golly, background information please - why are these older machines so important?

Lionel