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Anyone know what this mobo might be?

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First post, by mr_bigmouth_502

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This guy claims he had a 386 system that he eventually upgraded into a 486 DX4 100 using a socket adapter, and that he also installed a Diamond Monster 3D in it. This doesn't sound right to me, as that's a PCI card, and there weren't any PCI 386 boards to my knowledge.

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Reply 1 of 4, by luckybob

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most likely an "upgrade" included the motherboard. So basically all that was original was the case.

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Reply 2 of 4, by kixs

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Why doesn't he check the PC what's actually inside? From that thread it seems he is confusing many things...

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Reply 3 of 4, by firage

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It was a long time ago, he says. Probably just confusing components between builds.

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Reply 4 of 4, by Unknown_K

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Never heard of a 386 board with PCI period.

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