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All you need is a nice chassis

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First post, by DocFreud

Posted on 2019-12-03, 21:55

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Long time ago in a land far away a neglected matherboard was looking for new home. Matherboard's name was Acrotech MBA-014.

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Acrotech was given an incredible makeover and her silicone heart AMD 286-16 was once again happy. I installed new memory RAM and used DIP swithches to teach her how save happy thoughts:

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But in order to give her new personality I needed something bigger. So I hooked her up with IDE controller card and HDD WDA-L80. To show her inner beauty I hooked her up with Trident TVGA9000B:

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Finally it was time to find her new home. A nice chassis with two floppies and CD-ROM was a perfect fit:

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After a day of work I was finnaly able to marvel over her beauty:

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Reply 1 of 6, by AlaricD

Posted on 2019-12-03, 22:04

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That case is great!

Now you just need a 12MHz 80287 to go with the Am80286. Well, not sure if *need* is the right word.

Reply 2 of 6, by maxtherabbit

Posted on 2019-12-03, 23:48

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I love a good "multimedia" 286 build, what soundcard you running?

Reply 3 of 6, by ShovelKnight

Posted on 2019-12-04, 06:38

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It is very nice indeed.

Reply 4 of 6, by appiah4

Posted on 2019-12-04, 07:57

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How is a Multimedia 286 complete without a Sound Blaster?

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Reply 5 of 6, by DocFreud

Posted on 2019-12-04, 16:24

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Sure - I gave her the power of speech:

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Reply 6 of 6, by SirNickity

Posted on 2019-12-06, 20:39

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'Zat an Aztech card? Hm... I dunno, I think I'm going to advocate for a good old fashioned PC-speaker build here. 😁 I mean really... who had a sound card and CD-ROM in their 286 back then? Maybe an Ad Lib...

Love the case though, and the Teac FD-55 looks right at home. All it needs is a messy desk with a CRT under the credenza, a small clip-on lamp, and a copy of Battle Chess running.

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