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Hi guys,
Here is my “Made in USA” 486 component Build.

Specs:
* Motherboard - Atrend 4GPV3 486 VESA Motherboard
http://www.elhvb.com/webhq/models/486vlb2/4gpv3.html
( A.K.A. VLB Galaxy 486V1 )
( A.K.A. - MB-486-CONTAQ 012093 U4L2-0 )
( A.K.A. - Mecer B860 )
- BIOS ID string X0-0100-001117-00101111-060692-CTQ596-F
- 8-30 pin SIMM slots (1-128meg FPM DRAM)
- 2-32bit VESA Local Bus slots
- 8-16bit ISA slots
- 64-256k cache support in 8-28pin sockets + 1 TAG RAM sockets
- AMI/Award/MR Bios
- CONTAQ 82C596 A Chipset ( German )
- Supports the following cpu's at 25/33/40/50/66MHz
INTEL 80486SX/80486DX/80486DX2, P24C, P24T
CYRIX CX486M6, CX486M7
AMD AM486DX/DX2
- Green PC Connector
- Manufactured by: Atrend Technology Co. Ltd. or VisionEx + CTL corp. USA 1993
Actually, This motherboard was branded by several USA companies including: Atrend, Mecer, and VisionEx.

* CPU - IBM Blue Lighting 486 dx2-66 - USA

* RAM - 16mb 60ns FPM 30-pin ( MT or Texas Instruments ) ( 4mb x 4 ) - USA
* Cache - 256kb -20ns
* Hard-drive - Conner 540mb IDE - USA
* Controller - VLB Acculogic sIDE-4/VI - ( Canada )
* Video card - Tseng 1mb. ( ISA ) - USA
* Video card - Cirrus Logic CL GD-5426 - USA
* Video card - Diamond Stealth 24VL VLB S3 805 - USA
* Audio card - Media Vision PAS-16 - USA
* Network Card - 3com Etherlink III 3c509b - USA

Other parts:
* Case OEM and Lan Li Aluminum
* CDROM - 32x
* Floppy drive - 1.44

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Reply 1 of 10, by Intel486dx33

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More Photos.

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Reply 2 of 10, by Intel486dx33

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Even More Photos.

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Reply 3 of 10, by Intel486dx33

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Reply 5 of 10, by Intel486dx33

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Benchmarks.

My 486dx4-100 scores a score of 217 in Topbench benchmark so 179 for this 486dx2-66 is not bad.

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Reply 6 of 10, by Intel486dx33

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More benchmarks.

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Reply 7 of 10, by Intel486dx33

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It plays Doom too.

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Reply 8 of 10, by Intel486dx33

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I am calling this computer “Blue Lighting”
So far Its the Fastest “Made in USA” 486 component computer I know of.
Unless some knows of a faster 486 CPU Made in USA.

Video link:
https://youtu.be/Ij2HPfJ05nM

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Reply 9 of 10, by matze79

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How you know the cpu was made in USA ?
Maybe it’s also produced in Malaysia or Italy or maybe in Arizona ?
Cyrix was a fabless company and CPUs where produced by a variety of company’s from Sgs Thomson to TSMC

Is there any indicator which fab made this IC?

https://www.retrokits.de - blog, retro projects, hdd clicker, diy soundcards etc
https://www.retroianer.de - german retro computer board

Reply 10 of 10, by Intel486dx33

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matze79 wrote on 2023-03-21, 22:31:
How you know the cpu was made in USA ? Maybe it’s also produced in Malaysia or Italy or maybe in Arizona ? Cyrix was a fabless c […]
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How you know the cpu was made in USA ?
Maybe it’s also produced in Malaysia or Italy or maybe in Arizona ?
Cyrix was a fabless company and CPUs where produced by a variety of company’s from Sgs Thomson to TSMC

Is there any indicator which fab made this IC?

Well, the back of CPU reads “Copy write USA” means its USA technology.

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