Ancient computer

[Ryan_Fpv]

I have an old computer which has been sitting out in the garage for the last decade.
I finally bothered to open it up and have a look inside and here's what I found

AsusTek ISA-486 Rev 1.4 Motherboard
IBM Blue Lightning DX2 CPU
8MB of RAM (unkown frequency)
Seagate ST3 130.7MB HDD


I haven't been able to figure much else about it. What I'm curious about is:

1) What are the mobo specs? (can't seem to find them through google)
2) What is the frequency of the CPU?
3) How old is the computer?
4) When it was new, was it a good computer, pretty average, or just crap?
5) What the hell are those AA batteries doing in there?

Anyone have an ideas?

 

[Broni]

Ca 1993, 66MHz
http://www.cpu-collector.com/menu/searchresults/record/98.htm
http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/archive/index.php/t-3236.html

 

[TFT]

5) What the hell are those AA batteries doing in there?

It's around 20 years old now, cutting edge in its day and cost upwards of $3000 - $4000 new. Computers today are cheap compared to then.
The AA size battery pack predated the now CMOS coin type battery.

 

[SeN]

wow, it's in pretty nice condition as well. well from the looks of it at least.