Re: Storage options on 486, feedback
Posted on 2012-07-09, 15:06
I'm actually going for a full SCSI system, but was curious of maybe better options. I wonder if a AHA 29160 (seems to require PCI 2.1) would run on a shuttle 433 4.0 ?
Re: Storage options on 486, feedback
Posted on 2012-07-09, 13:21
Why is it your favorite method ? Performances ?
Re: Using a AT MB in a modern CASE
Posted on 2012-07-08, 22:58
Oh, and Europe is still far from being a big federal state 😁 Especially since posting to Europe is like twice the price of domestic distances, none of the 2 interesting towers on ebay.de are available for outside germany 🙁
Re: Using a AT MB in a modern CASE
Posted on 2012-07-08, 22:52
Well if the most annoying thing is the lack of I/O shield, it won't keep me awake at night (or whatever the expression is in your countries ;p) I'm already quite active on the main French forum (www.hardware.fr), and keep looking on ebay and other sites for used stuff, but can't put a hand on an AT …
Storage options on 486, feedback
Posted on 2012-07-08, 19:13
Hi guys, I have questions storage related. What kind do you use ? Your MB IDE controlers ? But they are limited to pre-UDMA33 disks ... an IDE to compact flash converter ? does that work well ? how are performances (seek time, read, burst ...) ? a full SCSI system ? The only one I used was on my …
Using a AT MB in a modern CASE
Posted on 2012-07-08, 19:09
Hi guys, what kind of case do you use with your old school hardware ? Do someone run with an ATX case ? Are the screw holes the same in ATX and baby AT format ? Did someone convert an ATX PSU to AT ? Using something like that : http://cgi.ebay.fr/Dexlan-Adaptateur-dalimentation-ATX-vers-AT-/ …
Re: Building a 486 system
Posted on 2012-07-08, 17:16
Received my shuttle motherboard :) Since it's pretty much all I have, can't really test it yet. (I also have 4x16MB EDO, 1x8MB FPM, 1 5x86 133 P75, 1 new POD 83, and probably 1 Intel DX4-100 in some drawer) I'm now gonna try to find my storage system. Does anyone know if a PCI 2.1 SCSI card would …
Re: what hardware were you using in 1999?
Posted on 2012-07-04, 12:04
I bought my first PC (as opposed to family PC bought by my father) in summer 1999: - Intel 333MHz Deschute Pentium II on a 440BX Motherboard - 64MB RAM (later changed to 128) - Intel 740 (later changed to Riva TNT, later completed with 12MB Voodoo 2) - 6.4GB HDD, 32X CDROM - 15 Inch CRT SCreen
Re: ALI Socket 3 486 Motherboards
Posted on 2012-07-04, 12:02
@FGB @sunaiac 3 SIMM slots probably isn't a show-stopper for me. You could probably use two 64 MB SIMMs. Does the odd number of SIMMs imply that it will work with EDO RAM? Why would it ? As for the RAM, I already had 4 EDO 16MB modules :( And really, 49 is too much, but maybe i can try to discuss …
Re: ALI Socket 3 486 Motherboards
Posted on 2012-07-02, 19:14
sunaiac wrote: I checked this one when i looked, but the price stopped me too, even if i'm french... Oh, and I was stopped by the 3 memory slots, since I have 4x16MB. But actually when my 486 is done, I might buy and try it.
Re: ALI Socket 3 486 Motherboards
Posted on 2012-07-01, 17:13
I checked this one when i looked, but the price stopped me too, even if i'm french...
Re: Building a 486 system
Posted on 2012-06-06, 10:02
Ok thx 😀
Re: Building a 486 system
Posted on 2012-06-06, 07:56
Anyone knows what size of hard drive i'll be able to reach on the SHUTTLE 433 v4.0 MB :??:
Re: Building a 486 system
Posted on 2012-06-05, 11:48
I'll play 486 era games mainly, I didn't have a computer at 286-386 era, so I don't have a nostalgia crush on those games.
Re: Building a 486 system
Posted on 2012-06-05, 08:37
Hello, found a friend in the US who can receive the shuttle MB and send it back to me :) And I decided on the box : i'm gonna try to find a gateway 2000 elite tower, the kind they sold pentiums 133+ in :) Also found 64 mb (16*4) of EDO memory And bought a new pentium overdrive from ebay (i already …
Re: Building a 486 system
Posted on 2012-06-01, 12:01
Yes there's no perfect machine. But the point is not to have the all around fighter. As I said, i'm going for nostalgia as much as anything else. Dreamt of the DX4-100 when I was on a SX-33. I'm going to play C&C, Red Alert, Doom1&2, duke 3D, warcraft 2, M.A.X. ... that kind of games. If the 486 is …
Re: Building a 486 system
Posted on 2012-05-28, 21:06
In the local cash converter I found an amiga 1200 😀 But the older computer was something like a socket 939 🙁
Re: Building a 486 system
Posted on 2012-05-28, 17:56
Shuttle seller doesn't send to my country 🙁
Re: Building a 486 system
Posted on 2012-05-28, 11:26
How can a motherboard not support the POD ? I thought it had onboard VRM and all the magic stuff ? The PCI400 is a clone of the 4DPS juste after apparently, and the later has the cache and all. But the Shuttle seems to have the best price/capacity ratio to me too actually 😀
Building a 486 system
Posted on 2012-05-27, 21:29
Hey guys, let me introduce myself : I'm a 30 years old French geek who'd like to build the computer he was dreaming of when he was stuck on the family 33MHz SX486 machine because he didn't have the money. Sadly, when I got it (the money) years later, I got a 333MHz Pentium II computer. Well time has …
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