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First post, by squareguy

Posted on 2015-07-17, 18:10

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Socket4 Pentium with Turbo header.

Is this awesome? I still have not found a 486. I know nothing about this board, so any help is appreciated.

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Reply 1 of 7, by PeterLI

Posted on 2015-07-17, 18:19

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Looks like a pretty late low cost highly integrated generic SiS MOBO. Should work very nicely. Have fun! 🤣

Reply 2 of 7, by dogchainx

Posted on 2015-07-17, 18:30

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Love the white ISA slots.

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Reply 3 of 7, by squareguy

Posted on 2015-07-17, 19:03

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Would this be worth the trouble for old DOS games or should I keep looking for a 486?

Reply 4 of 7, by PhilsComputerLab

Posted on 2015-07-17, 19:18

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squareguy wrote:
Would this be worth the trouble for old DOS games or should I keep looking for a 486?

Well worth checking out!

You can disable caches, try the Turbo, play with clocks.

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Reply 5 of 7, by ripsaw8080

Posted on 2015-07-17, 19:26

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FWIW, the processor in the photo appears to be one with the FPU bug, but unlikely to affect games.

Reply 6 of 7, by squareguy

Posted on 2015-07-17, 19:29

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Thanks all! Oh man another project I don't have time for 🤣! Just stumbled on a DFI CA64-TC that needs recapping and a Tualatin 1400. Who wants to come over and work on some computers? 😉

Reply 7 of 7, by PhilsComputerLab

Posted on 2015-07-17, 20:05

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Get used to it 🤣

I've got a "To do" list that's pages long. But it could be worse, you could have nothing to do at all! That would be sad.

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