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[–] Fives@discuss.online 3 points 3 weeks ago

My very first PC (though not my first computer) was a white box 386SX running at a lofty 16MHz with 4MB of RAM and a 40MB HDD. The motherboard (which I still have) from an unknown manufacturer.

That single computer spawned a hobby and an eventual 28-year career in IT hardware and operating systems.