Re: Help identify motherboard (486)
Kent West wrote:
> On 1 Jul 1999, Arcady Genkin wrote:
>
> > Hi all:
> >
> > I've inherited a i486 DX4 from a friend, that's supposed to run at
>
> <snip>
>
> > It looks like it was bouhg in 1994 or around that time. I'd appreciate
> > any pointers as to where to look for its specs. I'm also interested to
> > know whether there have been any BIOS updates, and BIOS manual too,
> > because I've never had a 486 before... I intend to use it as a
> > firewall.
>
> 'Fraid I can't help with the ID of the board, but I can make this
> suggestion: Spend the $30 it'd take to get another used motherboard that
> has the documentation. (This assumes that you have access to $30
> motherboards, such as what would be available in the larger cities, at
> the fly-by-night stores and etc.)
>
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You may be able to get some information at http://www.ping.be/bios/. That's where I
found some stuff about my old Socket 3 motherboard (running a pre-K5 processor). Good
luck!
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