In my haste yesterday, there are TWO THINGS that I forgot to do and post about for this "eMachines" system. One is more important than the other! Let's talk about it in a brief 🧵 here! 
First of all, before we get too far, recall that this isn't actually an eMachines. The original motherboard failed, and a Pentium III Biostar motherboard was put in to replace it, in what I am calling a "reverse sleeper"
https://x.com/RetroTechChris/status/1949660599153041482
So, what did I forget? Well, the first thing was to showcase the Wake on LAN capability! I installed a 3Com network card with Wake on LAN support. If we know the Ethernet MAC address and have a program to send a "magic packet", and the BIOS settings are right, we can use it!
Here's a quick demo of Wake on LAN for this system. Pretty cool capability if you ask me!
So, that' nice, but there is actually something important I forgot to do, and fortunately someone pointed it out. When I put the new I/O shield in, I forgot to "punch out" the location for the USB ports. I must have gotten distracted somehow! Anyway, that's now fixed.
Anyway, that's all for now, time to start the work week! Thanks for reading along!
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