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I still have my Apple II with a 6502 (65C02 upgrade) in my attic.
I learned how to program using Applesoft BASIC and Pascal with this computer.
Currently I'm using a ASUS Rampage IV motherboard with an Intel i7 I got from George (thanks George).
The Rampage IV only recognized 32 gigs of RAM due to bent CPU pins.
Well, I pulled the processor and asked Jim (Our Buddy) to see if he could straighten the pins.
Voila! Jim fixed the bent pins and now I've got 64 Gigs of RAM.
I've got another ASUS machine running an AMD FX and a M5A97 PLUS MB (2016 build).  This machine runs Debian Linux (12)

I am Linux junkie.  The Ramage IV machine is running Gentoo Linux. As we know Linux is a lifestyle but Gentoo really is.
I also have a Dell Inspriron N5050 with 8GB of RAM running Gentoo. {Would the N5050 run using Wndws?  HA HA}

As for coding I'm currently working on some fractals using Java and C++ under Linux of course.
My with my C++ code I am using OpenGL to create graphics (2D). 


RAMPAGE IV specs:
uname -a
Linux yoda 6.1.67-gentoo #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Tue Dec 12 13:09:44 PST 2023 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3930K CPU @ 3.20GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
cat /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id/board_{vendor,name,version}
sudo dmidecode -t 2
# dmidecode 3.5
Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
SMBIOS 2.7 present.

Handle 0x0002, DMI type 2, 15 bytes
Base Board Information
	Manufacturer: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
	Product Name: RAMPAGE IV EXTREME
	Version: Rev 1.xx
	Serial Number: MB-1234567890
	Asset Tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
	Features:
		Board is a hosting board
		Board is replaceable
	Location In Chassis: To be filled by O.E.M.
	Chassis Handle: 0x0003
	Type: Motherboard
	Contained Object Handles: 0
	
	./cpu.sh 
model name	: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3930K CPU @ 3.20GHz
..
cpu MHz		: 1199.110
..
cache size	: 12288 KB
..
more cpu.sh 
#!/bin/bash
cat "/proc/cpuinfo" | grep "model name"
cat "/proc/cpuinfo" | grep "cpu MHz"
cat "/proc/cpuinfo" | grep "cache size"

free -m
               total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:           64260        2445       16782          52       45032       61157
Swap:          65535           0       65535


sudo dmidecode -t 2
# dmidecode 3.4
Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
SMBIOS 2.7 present.

Handle 0x0002, DMI type 2, 15 bytes
Base Board Information
	Manufacturer: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
	Product Name: M5A97 PLUS
	Version: Rev X.0x
	Serial Number: 150443862601963
	Asset Tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
	Features:
		Board is a hosting board
		Board is replaceable
	Location In Chassis: To be filled by O.E.M.
	Chassis Handle: 0x0003
	Type: Motherboard
	Contained Object Handles: 0