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First post, by Starlance

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Picked up this 486 desktop, has a DX2-50 in it and everything works but I don't have any clue as to that kind of motherboard this is.

I've never seen an Anybus slot and while it looks like a VLB it isn't. I'd assume I would need a different riser to even use it.

I would like to find jumper settings but cannot find any information even printed on the PCB, just Anybus486 in one corner.

It also has a Mr. Bios chip in it which I didn't expect.

Reply 1 of 3, by PC Hoarder Patrol

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Starlance wrote on 2024-08-26, 14:35:
Picked up this 486 desktop, has a DX2-50 in it and everything works but I don't have any clue as to that kind of motherboard thi […]
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Picked up this 486 desktop, has a DX2-50 in it and everything works but I don't have any clue as to that kind of motherboard this is.

I've never seen an Anybus slot and while it looks like a VLB it isn't. I'd assume I would need a different riser to even use it.

I would like to find jumper settings but cannot find any information even printed on the PCB, just Anybus486 in one corner.

It also has a Mr. Bios chip in it which I didn't expect.

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Reply 2 of 3, by Many Bothans

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Interesting... I see the AnyBus, SuperSlot and Local Bus Ready trademarks were registered by AnyBus Computer Technology, Inc. out of Irvine California in April of 1993, but abandoned by June 1994.

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Reply 3 of 3, by Starlance

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Well wikipedia has this article, looks like it was a very short lived company at least for motherboards. I doubt I'd find any information about it, only jumpers I see for the CPU are two upgrade CPU select, I would have guessed there would be a bus speed jumper and voltage jumpers, though I guess those 2 might effect that.

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