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    closure to 3.x box

    I wiped it and thru a CGA video card in the 8 bit extended slot i have and thru Red hat 6.x on it. running KDE now on 128 mb fpm ram - i got the specs from a good buddy that works for Intel and he gave me duel 386DX processors (same stepping) and a driver package that would choke a horse for redhat to find the drivers i needed for my components.

    Thanx everyone for your help!
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    I'm rather intrigued by this whole "dual 386" thing, and that the board holds 128MB of FPM RAM.

    What is this particular board? If it were truly a dual 386 board, then there may also be 2 additional unpopulated sockets for the math coprocessors. It would also be quite rare.

    But, Linux would be a much better choice for an OS in this case, as Win3.x/9x/ME do not support SMP.

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    128 MB times, what was it back then in the late 80's, at least $100 per meg (if you could even find it)? That'd be $12,800 just for RAM. How much was a new automobile back then?
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