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( abandoned project ) German theme 486 computer.

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Reply 60 of 76, by Intel486dx33

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imi wrote on 2021-05-09, 14:57:

terratec has several soundcards that meet this criteria

In ISA ?
If so which ones ?

Reply 61 of 76, by imi

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Terratec Maestro 16
Terratec Maestro 16/95
Terratec Maestro 32/96
Terratec EWS64

Reply 62 of 76, by Intel486dx33

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Yes, this terratec maestro is almost the same as the Opti card I posted above.
And since I already have a few of these Opti card I will use one.
The actual Terratec card cost too much in America.

Reply 63 of 76, by Intel486dx33

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I would like to have this one if I could find one.

Reply 64 of 76, by Caluser2000

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Both were made in Taiwan so shouldn't be that hard to find.

There's a glitch in the matrix.
A founding member of the 286 appreciation society.
Apparently 32-bit is dead and nobody likes P4s.
Of course, as always, I'm open to correction...😉

Reply 65 of 76, by Intel486dx33

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What IDE controller chipset did they use in German computers ?
Winbond, UMC, Adaptec, WD, etc….

Reply 67 of 76, by flupke11

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Get a Stihl MS500i, strip the insides and put a Via Eden ITX- system inside. Voilà. German engineering at its best. I'd add a speaker with engine effects and a small motor to turn the chain for that sense of realness.

Reply 68 of 76, by Caluser2000

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flupke11 wrote on 2021-05-10, 07:44:

Get a Stihl MS500i, strip the insides and put a Via Eden ITX- system inside. Voilà. German engineering at its best. I'd add a speaker with engine effects and a small motor to turn the chain for that sense of realness.

And call it a VolksPuta.

There's a glitch in the matrix.
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Apparently 32-bit is dead and nobody likes P4s.
Of course, as always, I'm open to correction...😉

Reply 69 of 76, by Intel486dx33

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Yeah, I can have it boot with German folk music.
These guys sound like Mexican mariachi .

https://youtu.be/8fCV2F6u5mU

Reply 70 of 76, by imi

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interestingly enough I saw a german made hdd/floppy controller on ebay recently ^^ made me think of this thread

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Reply 71 of 76, by badmojo

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I have a German made Voodoo1, bought second hand many years ago.

When it arrived it had mud on it.

Not sure if either of those statements are relevant to this thread.

Life? Don't talk to me about life.

Reply 72 of 76, by Intel486dx33

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I think I am going to abandon this entire project. This thing is just weirding me out.
I am just going to build a regular 486 computer.

Reply 73 of 76, by Oetker

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[Project] Regular 486 computer.
What is the most regular IDE controller?

Reply 74 of 76, by Hezus

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Oetker wrote on 2021-05-12, 08:37:

[Project] Regular 486 computer.
What is the most regular IDE controller?

Or make a 486 with abandoned parts instead? To the junkyard! 😁

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Reply 75 of 76, by pentiumspeed

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IDE and floppy controller card has the vias made using conductive paint. Not very smartest way to do. Electrolytic goo eats this very easily. Back in the day (during 2003 thru 2010), I had rare type of TV that had a PiP module that cannot be bypassed like others I can easily bypassed using two capacitors. Had to be fixed at this point.

So I checked the module board and found few corroded vias done like that way and fixed them and replaced capacitors.

Cheers,

Great Northern aka Canada.

Reply 76 of 76, by envagyok

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Intel486dx33 wrote on 2021-05-09, 15:59:

Yes, this terratec maestro is almost the same as the Opti card I posted above.
And since I already have a few of these Opti card I will use one.
The actual Terratec card cost too much in America.

Where can i download dos/win95 driver for this card?