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    LOAF Fixes the Computer of Tomorrow

    Keep in mind board lengths and CPU placement. Many manufacturers loooved dropping the CPU socket right at the end of the first few ISA slots. Many 486 processors above 50MHz require at least a passive heatsink, so you can lose 2/3 slots if you're using full-length cards. I'll poke around the...
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    LOAF Fixes the Computer of Tomorrow

    Looking at one right now, darned curiosity made me pull out the "project 486". I believe the original intention of the machine was to be a "native" WC3/4 box at one point... -Daewoo motherboard, Socket 3, currently w/ a Cyrix Cx486 DX2 66. 2x 72-pin SIMM slots (currently empty). PS2...
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    LOAF Fixes the Computer of Tomorrow

    LOAF, Mace is right about the LED displays; they're more a case feature. Wrangled with many during my teenaged years, powering up systems and experimentally shorting out jumpers to map out those bloody displays. Some would use the "turbo_led" lead from the mobo to switch the display between...
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    Scratching an old itch - starting from WC1

    I've been looking around through guides in this section, etc., and while technical details seem to be covered well (DOSBox configs and running, etc.), what isn't so clear is which way is the best to go about this whole process from the get-go. So, lemme lay out what I have, and ask you more...
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