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Forgive my simple question but is it possible that the replacement BIOS battery has a slightly different voltage than the old one? Assuming this is a non-issue, is there a chip missing from the controller board? The spot for 74HCT245? Or is that just soldered onto the other side?

I am not certain if this belongs in this forum, but I recently came across an 'Altima One' computer, which dates from July 1989, that was made in Taiwan. However, it does not have the FMA naming scheme as far as I can tell with a serial number of 93000228. It has a 16 MHz 286 with a few CHIPS...