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I know i'm going to have some ongoing questions( especially about its weird-ahead-of-its-time-BIOS-setup ), so I'd rather create just one thread.

First question I have is about its video memory. It has two video memory expansion pins for its S3 Trio64V+. Pins J19 and J16.

Anyone know what that expansion card is called, or what it looks like, so that I can make my search more specific? Or better yet, know where I can obtain one of these expansions?

It seems like I could buy a something like this, and then with the right map, key the ends to the pint connectors on the board to a compatible memory chip. This would be new territory for me if it's possible.

I wasn't going to bother with it until I realized I couldn't use this computer on my 15" LCD at its native rez of 1024x768, because the computer can only do 256 colors at that resolution and the LCD did not like that at all. 😐 I want this to be my WIndows 95 machine.

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