Re: Battle of the Made in U.S.A 486 computers.

Posted on Yesterday, 17:17

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Yes, that is nice. I have never seen one of those. I have the “IBM Thinkpad 755” with docking station which can accept a full size ISA Sound card. I have some sound cards for it already.

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Re: Battle of the Made in U.S.A 486 computers.

Posted on Yesterday, 09:47

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More images.

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Re: Battle of the Made in U.S.A 486 computers.

Posted on Yesterday, 09:46

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More photos.

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Re: Battle of the Made in U.S.A 486 computers.

Posted on Yesterday, 09:43

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Currently the “IBM PS/1 Consultant computer” ( model #2155 ) with 486dx2-33 is blowing away the competition. As for a prebuilt in 1993 it has the best motherboard with bios support for up to 64mb ram and at least a 710mb hard drive. A nice compact low profile metal case with Non-IBM proprietary …

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Re: 486 Multimedia dream build ( 1993/94 ).

Posted on 2021-04-16, 04:50

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LA or wavetable synthesis. MT-32, GUS, or high-quality GM sound card/daughterboard (preferably all). The Sound Blaster Pro already has a Yamaha YMF chip. It does not have a connector for a daughterboard. I would have to get something like the Edison Gold Sound card for that. What about video? What …

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Re: Made in USA 386 with Media Vision PAS16

Posted on 2021-04-16, 03:25

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Some photos.

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Re: Post photos of your Mega-Luminum computers.

Posted on 2021-04-16, 03:10

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Some more photos

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Re: 486 Multimedia dream build ( 1993/94 ).

Posted on 2021-04-16, 03:06

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I have some NEW stuff for the 486. Media Vision sound cards ( 1992 /93) S3 VLB video card , Diamond Stealth 24 ( 1993 ) Cirrus logic 5428 VLB video card ( 1993 ) Another Vega VLB MB. etc....

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Re: IBM Desktop PC-750 , Pentium-90 Restore.

Posted on 2021-04-12, 12:10

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Progress update: Well it is working. I re-seat the onboard video DRAM chips first to see if that would fix the video problem But it did not. So the problem must be with the onboard 1mb. DRAM chips PCB surface mount solder joints. I may work on that later but for now I just want to make sure …

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Re: 486 Multimedia dream build ( 1993/94 ).

Posted on 2021-04-11, 11:50

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Hey Intel486dx33, Nice build! Your case is very similar to mine internally. Mine is also very thick steel which beats the cheap tin rubbish you sometimes get. Can I ask, what is that program you use to show the computer information and speed of everything? I would like to run that on mine and see …

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Re: 486 Multimedia dream build ( 1993/94 ).

Posted on 2021-04-11, 10:58

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Intel486dx33 wrote on 2020-05-02, 08:08: I have a NEW video card. Cirrus logic 5429 with 2mb ram. What is the correct dram for this video card ?

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Re: 486 Multimedia dream build ( 1993/94 ).

Posted on 2021-04-11, 10:57

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Hey Intel486dx33, Nice build! Your case is very similar to mine internally. Mine is also very thick steel which beats the cheap tin rubbish you sometimes get. Can I ask, what is that program you use to show the computer information and speed of everything? I would like to run that on mine and see …

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Re: 286 computer alternative.

Posted on 2021-04-11, 10:27

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I have full set of IBM PS/2 Model 40SX. 386SX/20mhz/4mb ram/MCGA/ISA16 with ESS688 SB Clone. Though I have plenty of fast 286's this machine is for a good alternative for them - as it works on the same speed - even in Test Drive III, and also can run some 32 bit software... Yes, I have an IBM PS/2 …

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Re: 486 Multimedia dream build ( 1993/94 ).

Posted on 2021-04-11, 10:13

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Hey Guy, What Graphics card could I add to this computer for nicer game play ? Currently I am using the VLB Cirrus Logic 5429 ( 2mb ). What is the Best DOS game play video card for 1883/94 ?

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Re: Alternate Shells for Windows 3.1x

Posted on 2021-04-11, 08:05

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Looks like UNIX CDE and OVM virtual desktop manger.

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Re: What is the best glue to use in fixing old plastic computer parts ?

Posted on 2021-04-10, 19:53

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Yes, I am considering some JB clear weld. I have used JB weld original and it has never failed for my applications, but I have never used the clear weld. I don’t know if there is any difference ? I think I am only going to have one opportunity of glueing this back together using a clear glue where I …

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What is the best glue to use in fixing old plastic computer parts ?

Posted on 2021-04-10, 17:38

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What glue would you use to fix this IBM plastic bay cover ? I need something clear like Crazy glue but Crazy glue only acts like a bonding agent. I want a clear glue that will actually mend/weld the plastic back together.

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Re: IBM Desktop PC-750 , Pentium-90 Restore.

Posted on 2021-04-07, 21:33

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ArtiomWin wrote on 2021-04-07, 16:08: Intel486dx33 wrote on 2021-04-03, 02:20: Anyone know where I can get the original recovery CD ? Hello. Gladly I have one for your model (I've bought one couple of years ago). PM sent. Thanks so much. I will try it out.

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Re: Golden age of computing for personal computers

Posted on 2021-04-07, 16:44

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What about the era with CPUs made with Gold ? 386 and 486

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Re: Sony ending downloads for anything prior to Windows 7

Posted on 2021-04-05, 08:18

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I have some Vaio recovery cds and dvds for Win95 and 98 and 2000 But they require a specific model computer. Anyway to get around this and burn them to a cd that is not model specific ?

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