Hi,
I found a 486 listed on my local auction, and there is nothink particular about it apart from it being black. One thing, however, cought my attention - it's some old ISA sound card that, judging by the back of the computer, is equipped with external DC power supply jack. Could any of you identify this card? I tried searching, but to no avail.
Could you post a picture of it?
Sure. Here's the photo of the back of the said computer:
Huh, never seen a sound card like that. My guess (without a close-up of the port or card), is that's some sort of connection used for something else the card maker sold to go with it. Maybe a unique set of powered speakers or some sort of surround sound speakers so you had to buy theirs to get surround. I can't imagine it would actually need external power for just being a sound card.
Is this an Escom machine ? Anyway, The DC jack could be simply there to power a pair of speakers, as Kodai said.
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Heres a picture of an Aztech sound card with a DC connector in the same place: http://svga.ks8.ru/Cards/Sound/Aztech%20AZT23 … 0%20ISA%20A.jpg
I have seen that before! I don't remember the specifics, but I think it was for powering speakers that came with the sound card.
What an interesting looking system. Are you trying to buy it? Was it some sort of audio/video system maybe? Do you have more pictures or a link 😀
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http://allegro.pl/stary-komputer-486dx-i64208 … 24.html#thumb/1
Here's the link to the listing. Nothing particular inside - apart maybe from ATI Mach32 ISA graphics card. I don't like the black case that much.
