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		SomeoneFromCA on July 7, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Booting a 486 from floppy with the most up-to-date... Not really. 10x per MIPS, otherwise 486 CPU consumes about same number of watts. The whole PC though...

cellularmitosis on July 8, 2020 [–]

I'm not sure how much use a 486 is without the rest of the PC?

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