First post, by AngryByDefault
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Hi!
So, I am building a AMD themed retro PC (or at least attempting to) , and in this quest I stumbled upon an ad for a "Socket 7 Compaq Deskpro" mainboard which happens to have an AMD chipset.
This includes two riser cards for up to 3 PCI slots and 2 ISA slots, but no CPU, mems, PSU or case.
For what I've read the chipset might be a rebranded SIS or VIA, and not really AMD manufactured, but still it would fit well with the theme ....
I also know Compaq, HP, and the like usually cripple their BIOS...
Form factor and layout also seem far from your standard AT/ATX boards, but I don't plan a "normal" layout for the build so that is a concern but not the main one.
So my question is if you think it might be worth giving it a try or if you know by experience that there won't be much I could do with such a board.
Thanks in advance!
(I'll try to get an image of it)
Edit: some grammar.