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My 486 & Other Machines (photos)

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First post, by mwdmeyer

Posted on 2012-03-06, 12:12

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Hi All,

I just joined and thought I should post one of my old machines.

It is an Osborne (was an Australian company) 486 DX2/66.

Full Specs:
Intel 486 DX2/66
40MB Ram (2x16MB + 2x4MB)
Onboard ATi MACH64 1MB Video Card
540mb HDD
Windows NT 4 Server 😀
ISA 10mbit Network Card
SoundBlaster 16

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I only just installed Windows NT 4.0 on it. I haven't got the network card working yet or upgraded to SP6. It does seem to run pretty quickly.

I also have another machine exactly the same except it is a DX4/100 with a better 3com network card 😀 Currently it runs Windows 3.11

Last edited by mwdmeyer on 2012-03-07, 01:52. Edited 1 time in total.

Reply 1 of 8, by Mau1wurf1977

Posted on 2012-03-06, 15:01

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BEAUTIFUL! Absolutely love these OEM machines 😀

PS/2 ports as well!

Looks very similar to my Acer OEM 486. Same ATI video card 😀

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Reply 2 of 8, by badmojo

Posted on 2012-03-06, 21:33

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Cool, thanks for sharing! What's that empty socket in your sound blaster for?

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Reply 3 of 8, by megatron-uk

Posted on 2012-03-06, 21:42

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My guess is the ASP (or CSP) chip.

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Reply 4 of 8, by swaaye

Posted on 2012-03-06, 22:24

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How about some pics of the inside of that classic PowerMac? 😀

Reply 5 of 8, by feipoa

Posted on 2012-03-06, 23:42

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Matching monitor -- Nice!

Looks like you can upgrade the onboard video RAM to 2 MB with those empty sockets (as shown).

I find NT4 to run pretty smoothly on most 486 hardware.

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Reply 6 of 8, by mwdmeyer

Posted on 2012-03-07, 01:21

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@swaaye yep I can do that. I've got a bunch of old hardware 😀

@feipoa yeah it was a pretty good score those machines, both in pretty good condition (apart from the dust!). Yeah I noticed the slot for the video memory, I might even have some 2x512k chips that might work, just need to check the memory speed.