First post, by rocksolid_1997
Hi Vogonians !
I am building a Socket 7 machine - for a P133. Now, the purpose of this machine is mainly to be a development machine, for maybe, if possible democompos. Assembly 2017 set (some) of the standards for PC's - and Im trying to make a replica machine to do some testing of my old code.
So, my current setup is:
The Compo-Part:
- * Pentium 133 Socket 7 (no mmx)
* Tseng 6000, PCI
* GUS PnP (ISA - Assembly runs Extreme, but this will do)
* 32 MB ram
Additional:
- * Quan. Fireball (Primary Master)
* LS120 (Primary Slave)
* CF2IDE adapter (Secondary Master)
* Regular Floppy - being changed to Gotek soon
* 3 COM netcard
So, since this a development machine, I want as much access to both files and operating system as possible. The development will mainly be done in DOS - and on my primary Windows 10 machine (and then optimised / ported for p133). Since this is DOS, I need "bootdisks" that has as much memory free as possible, while still loading the primary files i need. My current machine, was in the previous post, TR5510-AIO. Its a fine machine, but it has a few drawbacks; I can't set boot device other than A, C or CDROM. I would like to be able to boot on both my HDD OR my CF card, depending on my needs. If im developing in DOS, the CF card will have my optimal "compo-settings", whereas the HDD will have all sorts of possible extensions (regular machine) - this also requires me to easily be able to boot to the CF card, which my current Motherboard and BIOS does not allow me to (its EITHER boot to hdd OR boot to CF - and i have to open up the machine to switch that).
So, my wish for a motherboard is:
- * Socket 7
* PS/2 support, either just mouse, or both KB & mouse
* USB 1.0, with possible DOS support (.. was that ever a thing?)
* LS120 supported natively in BIOS (mapping LS120 to A: ) - and ZIP is also a plus.
* Multiple boot-options, either on device-level or just.. MORE than C/A/CDROM 😀
* 1-2 ISA slots
* 3-4 PCI slots
* 0-1 AGP slot (will not be used)
SO, the problem is probably not finding the PERFECT motherboard of my dreams; the problem is to actually find a place to purchase it 😀 Therefore I am looking for some variations over the theme "boards that can do what you want", so I have some options to look for in the future. One of my biggest problems is finding the range of the motherboards support, like does it have LS120 or "multiple hdd-boot"-support. It seems like a random raffle to buy a Motherboard without prior knowledge.
Hope you can help me find "the one motherboard" 😀
p.s. I can solder just fine, so headerless USB or PS2 isn't a problem.