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Slim Case 486SXL


I always wanted a super-low profile but still fully functional DOS PC from the early to mid 90s. Got lucky and scored this extremely tiny AT case. I originally intended to use this to make a clone of a Tandy 1000 RSX since those machines are impossible to find, but after having issues with the TNDY NANO sound card and remembering that the 386SX CPU sucks shit, I decided to instead use the original board that came with the case and move my semi-rare TI 486SXL build to this case. It's kinda one of my favorite machines. Only thing I don't like is a lack of a 5.25" bay, but the space savings is a good trade off.

Specs:

  • CPU: TI 486SXL-40 PGA132, 40MHz, 8kb L1 cache
  • Motherboard: PCChips M326
  • RAM: 8mb 60ns 30-pin SIMMs (8 x 1mb)
  • Video: Tseng Labs ET4000AX 1mb VRAM 16-bit ISA
  • Sound: Anchor Media Concept 2.0 (SB 2.0 clone)
  • 3Com 3C509B 10mbps Ethernet
  • IDE/Floppy/Serial/Parallel/Game I/O Card
  • Maxtor 545mb IDE HD
  • Slim AT case with 135W PSU
  • Teac 3.5" 1.44mb Floppy Drive
  • IBM 8513 VGA Monitor

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