First post, by Anaxagoras
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Hi.
This is my 486.
The first computer that I bought with my own money, and still works!!! 😀
- It's an Intel 486DX4 @ 100Mhz and no needs a CPU fan, only a little heatsink.
- The mainboard is a VIP (VESA, ISA, PCI... I think).
- 32MB of RAM (2x8, 1x16), more than enough for me.
- SIS SVGA (PCI) with 1MB of memory.
- Sound Blaster 16 CT2830 (ISA).
- Serial / parallel ports and floppy controller (ISA).
- FDD 5,25" DD (1,2Mb).
- FDD 3,5" HD (1,44Mb).
- IDE to CF adapter:
1 CF 2GB (1 FAT partition).
1 HD 4GB, CF card size, pulled from broken MP3 player device (2 FAT partitions).
- CDROM 4x Panasonic.
- SONY Trinitron Multiscan 200GS (17").
- Standard keyboard (since 1995).
- Logitech 3 buttons serial mouse.
The original hardware specs (1995):
- CPU 484DX4 @ 100Mhz.
- 4MB RAM.
- FDD 3,5"
- No CD, no Audio Card.
- 14" monitor (MIA).
- Serial mouse (MIA).
A few months later I build the first upgrade, a "Multimedia Kit":
- CDROM 4x Panasonic.
- Audio Excel 16 DSP a Sound Blaseter Pro compatible PCI card.
- Stereo powered speakers.
I remember the first game that I use to test the sound... Pinball Fantasies. I could not believe what I was hearing. Awesome. My previous PC (a XT clone) only has internal speaker.
During more than a decade this 486 was boxed and stored, with some exceptions, for example when was running as a firewall.
Recently I rescue it from a wardrobe to make some changes on it to back to live.
- The HDD was replaced by two CF cards.
- Audio Excel sound card replaced by Sound Blaster 16.
- New battery.
- Added a second FDD, 5.25"
- Fixed a CPU Clock Speed Display.
17" CRT monitor, new 2.1 speakers and new manufactured serial mouse completes this 486 setup.