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1. root42 (root42@chaos.social)'s status on Friday, 08-Dec-2023 02:53:06 JST root42

   The 486SX-25 was the CPU on which I probably learned the most in my youth. First Linux installation, first serious coding efforts. What was your most influential CPU?
   #retrocomputing

   • Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Friday, 08-Dec-2023 02:53:05 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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     @root42 exact same, yeah. on an old Packard Bell. 486sx-25, 4 megabytes of ram, no sound card, about 175mb of hard drive space, dual floppy drives (3.5" and 5.25"! luxury!)

   • Darac Marjal (darac@furry.engineer)'s status on Friday, 08-Dec-2023 04:01:03 JST Darac Marjal

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     • Foone🏳️‍⚧️

     @foone @root42 I wonder if your Packard Bell was like mine (an Axcel 410): the CPU speed was controlled by a jumper. You could just set it to 33MHz and it'd (probably) run fine, but faster

   • Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Friday, 08-Dec-2023 04:01:03 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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     • Darac Marjal

     @darac @root42 nah, mine was a Legend something.
     I don't think there was any way to overclock the built in CPU on my model