First post, by flupke11
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In this thread, I'll try and showcase the systems that we have sitting in running condition in the attic.
I am by no means an expert, but I like building systems more than using them for games.
Any suggestions to improve the builds or the thread in general are welcome.
First up, a sooped up 386.
Case: nothing fancy here. The display says 166, but that's a bit overrated for this cpu 😀
https://photos.app.goo.gl/ZKwleUzOha5dx9dH3
Soyo 019R1 mainboard based upon the ALI M1429 chip coupled with an AMI 386 Bios. One of the 16-bit ISA slots is corroded, bu the system boots fine and is stable. All banks are filled with 32-pins ram, for a total of 2MB. I added 4*4 SIMM for a total of 16MB and removed the 8*256 sticks.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/gxbUjEVlHInMsaXl2
The CPU is a TX486DLC/E-40GA (a design for Cyrix, according to Google) with a whopping 1 KB of cache 😀
The math coprocessor is a Cyrix 387 clone, which did not come originally with the system. When taking these pictures, I remembered I had one in a box somewhere, so I added it as nobody likes an empty socket.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/zPUvz8C5j3jrQna83
VGA: Paradise (I can't immediately find any further details) 16-bit ISA
https://photos.app.goo.gl/scDlq1aIQCxt37zN2
Controller: your typical Goldstar 16-bit ISA controller
https://photos.app.goo.gl/Z95VlB4uD4dl1U313
Hard drive: Quantum LPS-52 50 MB HDD drive
https://photos.app.goo.gl/GNGLg0L8tuf9EQ362
The system is in a original state (safe for the coprocessor I just added). The drive contains MS-DOS 6.2 (not .22) with Norton file manager and Word Perfect 5.1 It took me a while before I remembered I had to press F7 to quit, GUI's make us lazy.
The system pulls 65W max; which is quite a lot by current (haha) standards.
Here's a quick speedsys result (I have no idea why 13MHz is displayed instead of 40MHz):
