Worst case scenario you should be able to use the 8-bit XT-IDE board. It's got an EEPROM socket where you can put the XT-IDE firmware. +1 on that. Or this: https://www.lo-tech.co.uk/wiki/Lo-tech_ISA_CompactFlash_Adapter_revision_2b Worst case scenario you can stick the XT-IDE BIOS in an EPROM chip …

Bought that damn thing. 15 US Dollars including shipping first priority. How was it again, with that SB-Link header? Is it pin 1 on the card to pin 1 on the motherboard. Pin2 on the card to pin2 on the motherboard and so forth? The connector has a pin missing at both ends, so it's easy to figure …

tayyare wrote: ynari wrote: 1992? Why couldn't you ask about 1993? 😀 Due to the simple fact that I had my first PC ever in 1992. 😈 Lucky you. I could only afford my own PC in 1997. In the early 90s I was too poor and could only use borrowed time on other people's PCs.

Out of those listed, P3B-F. However, if you want the best BX of all times - it is def ABIT, BF-6 or BX-133. They let you go by 1 MHz and are stable as hell. Used to be the top choice among connoisseurs Yes, the BF6 was fantastic, and felt much snappier even at stock than my BX6 2.0, but oh how Abit …

Chalk me down for one when they are available. In the meantime following ab0tj's HardMPU project with interest.

In 1992 all I had was a Sinclair ZX Spectrum clone. It was a pretty tricked one though, it came with a 3.5"/700k FDD that allowed me to run CP/M on it. It also had a turbo mode that increased the CPU speed (Z80B) from 3.5 to 6MHz. Many programs would not run correctly at 6MHz though, especially …

Out of those listed, P3B-F. However, if you want the best BX of all times - it is def ABIT, BF-6 or BX-133. They let you go by 1 MHz and are stable as hell. Used to be the top choice among connoisseurs I had/still have a Abit BH-6. Used it with my Celeron300A overclocked to 450, well into the PIII …

brostenen wrote: For some reason it froze with the GF2-MX card after some minutes of use. That may indicate a cooling problem.

Worked a little on my custom XT clone. It is based on a "X'Golden board" https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/107843342/xt/IMG_0037.jpg (warning, 20Mpixel photo); originally came with a CGA card which I had hooked via composite video to a modern LCD TV since I don't have a CGA-capable monitor. Today …

Ah the old live-to-live5.1 hardware mod article. I actually modded a few live cards back in the day. Thanks for posting the link, I had lost it. I did back in the day a similar mod for various models of x-fi cards, see http://www.hardwareheaven.com/community/threads/preparing-hardware-mod-of-x-fi- …

Thanks, that's very helpful. JP3 which isn't documented anywhere is shown in that picture in the 1-2 position; I placed it there and got video output. 😀 Now, to find a combination that will allow me to boot all the way (it currently gets stuck during POST).

I have a FIC 486-GVT-2 motherboard that I have purchased on another forum. I know the seller and he's reliable, I have purchased other items from him and had no problem. Here's the issue. The motherboard was sold as-is, because it came without jumpers. Supposedly the motherboard was in working …