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To: j g cordes who wrote (34380)	1/28/1998 4:58:00 PM
From: Rick C.	Respond to of 58727

Jim~ That's a great re-cycling idea, unfortunately beyond my challenged capabilities. Not certain whether lower voltage would ever damage anything. The voltage question is mainly one of logistics - avoiding running back and forth to vendors with mis-matched componants. The voltage designation is usually written in wing-ding or something cryptic, instead of numbers like 3 or 5. <g> Rick

To: j g cordes who wrote (34380)	1/28/1998 5:08:00 PM
From: Dave Cole	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58727

Remember DR-DOS? Caldera's doing it. Check this out: infoworld.com

To: j g cordes who wrote (34380)	1/28/1998 6:22:00 PM
From: Victoria Vasconcellos	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58727

To the best of my knowledge no voltage is ok except for the correct voltage... There are jumpers on the motherboard to alter this...

To: j g cordes who wrote (34380)	1/29/1998 10:10:00 AM
From: broken_cookie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58727

Hi Jim, 486 cpu's were manufactured in two voltages 3.3V and 5V. Older motherboards are 5V only, newer ones have jumper selectable 3.3 or 5. These jumpers are almost always silkscreen labeled. Installing a 3.3V CPU into a 5V board will destroy it.(the cpu) Installing a 5V CPU into a board with 3.3 selected won't hurt it, but it won't work. I saw new web tv boxes on sale for $145. Someone sticks a Zip drive into one of those puppies and adds a port for a decent keyboard and you might have something. I wonder what software those things run. I bet a 486 could waste what ever is in 'em. My old 486 and 386 are still in use.