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Originally posted by Quasar@Dec 13 2005, 06:10 PM
For what year are whe talking about then? I used that box way up the 90th. Now i think about it i could only play the old crap games. :blink: LOL
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The 486SX was popular in 1990. It had a frequency of 25MHz and was the small brother of the 486DX, which had 33MHz speed and a maths coprocessor.
In these days, there was a funny rumor: One could activate the maths chip (which was supplied with a SX but deactivated) by drilling a 0.1mm hole through a certain point on the mainboard and turn a SX to a fully grown DX that way. When the SX became old fashioned I tried this thing out. After destroying three boards without a success I stopped to ruin my beloved old hardware. I think it was a myth after all, but even nowadays I still hear people braggin' about it.
It is surely not the fastest solution for a good DOS-gaming PC, but many of the older games here on Abandonia should run without problems. Just give it a try. I would suggest to start with games from 1992 and older.
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To take a look at the full range of 468SX processors check out this link:
CPU-collection