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First post, by imi

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now this one is a bit tougher than most of these threads, as this is the only picture I have:

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so far my searches haven't been fruitful.

from everything I can remember it should be a 386 40Mhz.
GPU is VGA apparent by the adapter plug for my old EIZO monitor, unfortunately there isn't much else visible from it.

there are 8 SIMM slots, bios and (maybe KB controller?) seem to be below the AT connectors and there is a row of chips above the top ISA slot, all in horizontal orientation.

then there seem to be two I/O cards, one with parallel/serial ports connected at the bottom, and another one with floppy and HDD connected at the top that also has the serial mouse connected.

thanks for your help :3

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Reply 1 of 24, by evasive

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If this is for buying hardware and the only pic you got: don't.

If this is to rebuild a system you once had: ANY extra information will be welcome. Whatever you can remember of where bought, what brand the system was etc.

Reply 2 of 24, by imi

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yes that is my old PC and I'd like to rebuild it someday.

the original PC was a "American Research Corp. 386S Skyscraper" that I have been looking for unsuccessfully for a while now, see also here:
http://www.amibay.com/showthread.php?11 ... ike-clone)
I still have the original full AT motherboard and MFM harddrive from the original configuration and the old EIZO EGA/VGA monitor from 1988 and I have the full manifest because my dad bought it for work.

this is unfortunately not that though, this is only the original case, inside is my second PC and it was self built, I haven't had a prebuilt computer ever since, so no particular brand that I know of, I've looked through a bunch of old picture slides and this was the only record I found of it that actually shows hardware, unfortunately I don't have any other info as this was 25+ years ago and not much was kept back then when my parents divorced 😒

this picture was taken in 1995 during what I assume is the installation of a gameport card?

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there are no speakers on the desk yet, so no soundcard in the system, I have a picture from 1996 with speakers so that is when I got my first soundcard later, and at the end of 1996 I upgraded to a pentium system.

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Reply 3 of 24, by Deksor

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Well American research corp 386s is on TH99
https://stason.org/TULARC/pc/motherboards/A/A … N-386-386S.html

Trying to identify old hardware ? Visit The retro web - Project's thread The Retro Web project - a stason.org/TH99 alternative

Reply 4 of 24, by imi

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like I said (in bold font :p), that's not what that is, it's just in the same case ^^ I still have the original board from when we upgraded to whatever is in the case in my first picture.

I'd love to know what hardware that is.
all I can say is that it was a 386 40Mhz
I can say that with 99% certainty because I was not able to play Duke Nukem 3D when I purchased it in 1996 and I remember specifically it not being compatible with 386.

also I still have that very same PC screw box (the round one) ^^

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If that can help, here are EVERY boards that should support a 386DX-40 from TH99 (245 of them)

TH99 motherboards

ABC COMPUTER COMPANY, LTD.A3866
ABC COMPUTER COMPANY, LTD.A3875
ABIT COMPUTER CORPORATION386 AT3
ABIT COMPUTER CORPORATION386DX-FA3
ABIT COMPUTER CORPORATIONCACHE 386/486 SYSTEM DOMI...
ABIT COMPUTER CORPORATIONFA3 MAINBOARD
ABIT COMPUTER CORPORATIONFA4 MAIN BOARD
ABIT COMPUTER CORPORATIONFA433, FA440
ABIT COMPUTER CORPORATIONFS333/FS340
ABIT COMPUTER CORPORATIONFU3 (VER. 2)
ABIT COMPUTER CORPORATIONFU325/FU333/FU340
ABIT COMPUTER CORPORATIONFU3T
ACER, INC.ACERMATE 386 33/40W
ACER, INC.ISA486GLi MODEL I333A
ACER, INC.KMC-40A 486DLC/386DX
ADVANCED COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY, LTD.C386
ADVANCED INTEGRATION RESEARCH, INC.386A-40/33/25 (...
ADVANCED INTEGRATION RESEARCH, INC.386A-40/33/25 (...
ADVANCED INTEGRATION RESEARCH, INC.386UF
ADVANCED INTEGRATION RESEARCH, INC.386US-40/33/25
AMERICAN DIGICOM CORPORATIONDIGIS-386L
AMERICAN DIGICOM CORPORATIONVESA X86VLWB VER. 2
AMERICAN DIGITAL DATA ASSOCIATESPrecision 386-III ...
AMERICAN MEGATRENDS, INC.EZ-FLEX SERIES 38
AMERICAN MEGATRENDS, INC.MARK V BABY SCREAMER
AMPTRON INTERNATIONAL, INC.DLC/DX-5800B
AMPTRON INTERNATIONAL, INC.DX-5300
AMPTRON INTERNATIONAL, INC.DX-5400
AMPTRON INTERNATIONAL, INC.DX-5500
ANIX TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION386AWP Cache (DX Ver.)
ANIX TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONMST-310M
ARNOS INSTRUMENTS & COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INC.386C MK ...
ARNOS INSTRUMENTS & COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INC.A386-25/...
ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONALISA-386C
ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONALISA-386SIQ
ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONALISA-386U3
ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONALISA-386U3PQ
ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONALISA-386U3Q
ATRONICS INTERNATIONAL, INC.ATI-386/B2
AURORA IMPEX CORPORATION386-33/40WB
AUSTIN COMPUTER SYSTEMS386 33VL
AUVA COMPUTER, INC.TAM 33-U0/TAM 33-U1/TAM 40-U0/T...
AUVA COMPUTER, INC.TAM33-MA0/TAM40-MA0/TAM33-MA1/T...
AUVA COMPUTER, INC.TAM33-P1/TAM40-P1
AXIOM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.AX8125
BEK-TRONIK TECHNOLOGY, INC.BEK-3606E
BEK-TRONIK TECHNOLOGY, INC.BEK-3609
BEK-TRONIK TECHNOLOGY, INC.BEK-3701
BEK-TRONIK TECHNOLOGY, INC.BEK-3709
BEK-TRONIK TECHNOLOGY, INC.BEK-3739
BIOSTAR MICROTECH INTERNATIONAL, INC.1333UCG/1340U...
BIOSTAR MICROTECH INTERNATIONAL, INC.MB-1333/40 AE...
BIOSTAR MICROTECH INTERNATIONAL, INC.MB-1333C-CH/1...
BIOSTAR MICROTECH INTERNATIONAL, INC.MB-1333C-CH/1...
BIOSTAR MICROTECH INTERNATIONAL, INC.MB-1333PM-CH/...
BIOSTAR MICROTECH INTERNATIONAL, INC.MB-1333PMB-CH...
BIOSTAR MICROTECH INTERNATIONAL, INC.MB-1333PMB-CH...
BIOSTAR MICROTECH INTERNATIONAL, INC.MB1333AEA-G/1...
CACHE COMPUTERS, INC.BAT 386WB (Model 318)
CACHE COMPUTERS, INC.BAT386-33/40WB (Model 347)
CACHING TECH CORPORATIONC386MX
CAF TECHNOLOGY, INC.C325-4
CHAINTECH COMPUTER COMPANY, LTD.325S/333S/333SC/34...
CHAINTECH COMPUTER COMPANY, LTD.325SCD/333SCD/340S...
CHAINTECH COMPUTER COMPANY, LTD.333AC/340AC/333ACB...
CHAINTECH COMPUTER COMPANY, LTD.333UC/340UC/333UCB...
CHICONY, INC.CH-386-33/40H(L)
CHICONY, INC.CH-386-33/40H(L), CH-486DLC-33/40H(L)
CHICONY, INC.CH-386-33A/40A
CHICONY, INC.CH-386-33F/40F
CLUB AMERICAN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.EAGLE 300 SERIES
CLUB AMERICAN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.FALCON 300 SERIES
COMPUSYSTEMS, INC.PEARL 4900
COMPUTREND SYSTEMS, INC.CONTAQ-386 (MS-3124)
COMPUTREND SYSTEMS, INC.MX-386/486 (MS-3132 Ver. 1...
COMPUTREND SYSTEMS, INC.UMC-386 (MS-3131 Ver. 1.1)
CORE PACIFIC ELECTRONICS, INC.386 MAINBOARD
CORE PACIFIC ELECTRONICS, INC.80386 33/40
DASH COMPUTER, INC.DC 386 WB WRITE BACK-CACHE
DASH COMPUTER, INC.DC-386 33/40C
DATAEXPERT CORPORATIONOPTI-386WB
DD & TT ENTERPRISE USA COMPANYDT-340P
DEICO ELECTRONICS, INC.386C
DEICO ELECTRONICS, INC.WB-386C
DESTINY COMPUTERS, INC.386 ACE ADVANTAGE
DIAMOND FLOWER, INC.386-25UCB/386-33UCB/386-40UCB
DIAMOND FLOWER, INC.386-33/40EC
DIAMOND FLOWER, INC.386-33/40UCE/UCQ
DIVERSIFIED TECHNOLOGIESMBC986
DTK COMPUTERS, INC.GMB-386UMC
DTK COMPUTERS, INC.KEEN-4031
DTK COMPUTERS, INC.PEM-0030Y(S)
DTK COMPUTERS, INC.PEM-0036Y(S)
DTK COMPUTERS, INC.PEM-2501/PEM-4001
DTK COMPUTERS, INC.PEM-3335D(S)/4035D(S)
DYNA MICRO, INC.MBA-386A-33,40/64
EDOM INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION386DX (MA013)
EDOM INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION386DX (MA014)
EDOM INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONA386-33/40C (MA012)
ELITEGROUP COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INC.CG386DX
ELITEGROUP COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INC.PD 386
ELITEGROUP COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INC.UM 386
EMPAC RESEARCH INTERNATIONALERI MagnumCache386
EMPAC RESEARCH INTERNATIONALERI MAGNUMCACHE386 HT
EMPAC RESEARCH INTERNATIONALERI MagnumCache386 LC
EVERSOURCE COMPUTERS, INC.ETEQ 80386 33/40
EVERSOURCE COMPUTERS, INC.USA386
FIRST INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER, INC.386-25/33/40SC (...
FIRST INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER, INC.386-25/33/40SI (...
FIRST INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER, INC.LEO 386-25/33/40...
FIRST INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER, INC.LEO 386-25/33/40...
FORCOM TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONB678/B679
FOREX COMPUTER CORPORATION386 CACHE SYSTEM BOARD
FREE COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY, INC.CACHE 386 ISA
FUJIKAMA USA, INC.PEAK/DM-386
GENOA SYSTEMS CORPORATION386 BABY AT (32MB)
GENOA SYSTEMS CORPORATION386 BABY AT (64MB)
GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.386-40PM
GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.GA-386ES (33/40)
GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.GA-386PM (VER. 2)
GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.GA-386TS
GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.GA-386UM 33/40 MAIN B...
GOLDSTAR ELECTRONICS INTERNATIONAL, INC.GS386
GVC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.386-40
ILON USA, INC.M-319B
ILON USA, INC.M-321
ILON USA, INC.M-321 (VER. 2)
INFORMTECH INTERNATIONAL, INC.IT-AM33/40-DLC
INFORMTECH INTERNATIONAL, INC.IT-AM40
INFORMTECH INTERNATIONAL, INC.IT386LM CACHE
INFORMTECH INTERNATIONAL, INC.IT386SK VER. 1.0
INFORMTECH INTERNATIONAL, INC.IT386SM-P
J-BOND COMPUTER SYSTEMS CORPORATIONA340C-G01
J-BOND COMPUTER SYSTEMS CORPORATIONA340C-G02
J-MARK COMPUTER CORPORATION386DX 25/40 NON CACHE
J-MARK COMPUTER CORPORATION386DX 25/40 NON CACHE
J-MARK COMPUTER CORPORATION386WB CACHE
J-MARK COMPUTER CORPORATION386WB Cache (Version II...
J-MARK COMPUTER CORPORATION386WB Cache (Version II...
J-MARK COMPUTER CORPORATION486WB Cache
J-MARK COMPUTER CORPORATIONJET-386E CACHE
J-MARK COMPUTER CORPORATIONJET-386WB
JATON CORPORATIONJAM-3002
JETPRO INFOTECH COMPANY, LTD.MB-3M(MB-340C4M)
JOINDATA SYSTEMS, INC.G386E
JOINDATA SYSTEMS, INC.G386K
JOINDATA SYSTEMS, INC.G386KS
JOINDATA SYSTEMS, INC.G386U
JOINDATA SYSTEMS, INC.G386UH
JPN CORPORATIONMB386DX-33/40
KOUWELL ELECTRONIC CORPORATIONKW-326
KRIS TECHNOLOGIESP386 33 & 40MHz
KT TECHNOLOGY PTE LTD.KT333OP3C-WB/BI PQFP 386DX M...
MAGITRONICS386-40UM
MAGITRONICS386DX/486SX/486DX/486DX2
MAGITRONICSA-B341 386-40 MAINBOARD
MAGITRONICSA-B341/A-B341Q
MAGITRONICSA-B341H
MAGITRONICSA-B345G/A-B345H
MAGITRONICSA-B348
MAGUS DATA TECHNOLOGY, INC.D386 EDITION 1.1
MAGUS DATA TECHNOLOGY, INC.DX386 EDITION 1.0
MECER CORPORATIONB615/B616
MECTEL INTERNATIONAL, INC.AMW 386
MICRO COMPUTER SYSTEMS CORPORATIONMCS386-AG42
MICRO EXPRESS, INC.80386-33/40
MICRO EXPRESS, INC.FOREX 386 CACHE
MICROMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.80386-WBH
MICROMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.386-AD
MICROMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.386-U
MICRONICS COMPUTERS, INC.BABY GEMINI-386 ISA/LB
MICRONICS COMPUTERS, INC.BABY GEMINI-386DX
MICROWAY, INC.NUMBER SMASHER-386M
MODULAR CIRCUIT TECHNOLOGYMCT-C386-33/40
MONOLITHIC SYSTEMS, INC. (COLORADO MSI)MICROFRAME ...
MONOLITHIC SYSTEMS, INC. (COLORADO MSI)SBC386IE PI...
MORSE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.80386-33/40 EAGLE CACHE
MORSE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.M3
MULTI MICRO SYSTEMS, INC.NW386DXC
MULTI-DIMENSION RESEARCH, INC.CACHE FM-S386C
MULTI-DIMENSION RESEARCH, INC.FM S386/25 (1/3 BABY...
MULTI-DIMENSION RESEARCH, INC.FM S386/25 (BABY AT)
NORTHGATE COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INC.386/486/486SX (386...
NOVACOR, INC.OPTIMUM 386-25/33/40
NOVACOR, INC.OPTimum 386DXBB - 4A4B1
NOVACOR, INC.OPTIMUM 386WB CACHE
OCEAN INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC.JAGUAR IV 386
OCEAN INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC.JAGUAR IV 486DLC
OCTEKJAGUAR V 386
ORCHID TECHNOLOGYPrivilege Gold 386-40C
PEACOCK AG80386DX-40 (SYMPHONY)
PINE TECHNOLOGYPT-311
PINE TECHNOLOGYPT-321
PIONEER COMPUTER, INC.VANTAGE 386 CACHE 25/33/40MH...
POLOTEC, INC.MBA-503B
POSITIVE CORPORATIONPC340
QDI COMPUTER, INC.P386
QUICK TECHNOLOGY, INC.80386 WRITE BACK CACHE
RECTRON ELECTRONIC ENTERPRISES, INC.386DX-33 PEAK ...
RELIALOGIC CORPORATION PRIVATE, LTD.R386DX33 MBC
RELIALOGIC CORPORATION PRIVATE, LTD.R386DX40 MIBBC
RELIALOGIC CORPORATION PRIVATE, LTD.R386XX MBC
RINGO TECHNOLOGY, INC.RT386DX
ROBOTECH, INC.GMB-386UN
SEANIX TECHNOLOGY, INC.HTK320
SERITECH ENTERPRISE Co., Ltd.SER-386-AD III
SHUTTLE COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL, INC.HOT-307
SHUTTLE COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL, INC.HOT-307H
SHUTTLE COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL, INC.HOT-317 (VER. ...
SHUTTLE COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL, INC.HOT-317H
SHUTTLE COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL, INC.HOT-317P
SHUTTLE COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL, INC.HOT-327
SILICON STAR INTERNATIONAL, INC.386 AT3
SILICON STAR INTERNATIONAL, INC.386DX-FA3
SILICON STAR INTERNATIONAL, INC.CACHE 386/486 SYST...
SILICON STAR INTERNATIONAL, INC.FA3 MAINBOARD
SILICON STAR INTERNATIONAL, INC.FA4 MAIN BOARD
SILICON STAR INTERNATIONAL, INC.FA433, FA440
SILICON STAR INTERNATIONAL, INC.FS333/FS340
SILICON STAR INTERNATIONAL, INC.FU3 (VER. 2)
SILICON STAR INTERNATIONAL, INC.FU325/FU333/FU340
SILICON STAR INTERNATIONAL, INC.FU3T
SILICON VALLEY COMPUTER, INC.386WB
SOYO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.386DX BOARD
SOYO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.SY-015G
SOYO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.SY-016A/SY-019B
SOYO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.SY-019C
SOYO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.SY-019H/SY-019I
SOYO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.SY-19G
SOYO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.SY-19J/K
SPRING CIRCLE COMPUTER, INC.MDX340C/FOREX386
SPRITE, INC.SM 386F (version 1.0)
SPRITE, INC.SM 386sx-20c
SPRITE, INC.SM386-40F
TECHNOLOGY POWER ENTERPRISES, INC.GENESIS SABRE 30...
TECHNOLOGY POWER ENTERPRISES, INC.TP386 SONIC SERI...
TMC RESEARCH CORPORATIONPAT38PM
TMC RESEARCH CORPORATIONPAT38PX (REV. 1.0)
TMC RESEARCH CORPORATIONPAT38PX (VER. 4.0)
TOUCH, INC.CACHE 386 33/40
UNITRON COMPUTER, INC.80386DX-33/40
WINCAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION386WB 33/40
WISEWARE COMPUTER, INC.ETEQ 386 33/40
YOUNG MICROSYSTEMS, INC.VEGA 386 33/40F ISA
YOUNG MICROSYSTEMS, INC.VEGA 386 33T

And here every motherboard that support a 386DX 40 AND that support 32MB of RAM at most (as I think I can see 8 30 pin RAM slot and many boards max out at 4MB per stick) (203 of them)

32MB ram

ABC COMPUTER COMPANY, LTD.A3875
ABIT COMPUTER CORPORATION386DX-FA3
ABIT COMPUTER CORPORATIONCACHE 386/486 SYSTEM DOMI...
ABIT COMPUTER CORPORATIONFA3 MAINBOARD
ABIT COMPUTER CORPORATIONFA4 MAIN BOARD
ABIT COMPUTER CORPORATIONFA433, FA440
ABIT COMPUTER CORPORATIONFS333/FS340
ABIT COMPUTER CORPORATIONFU3 (VER. 2)
ABIT COMPUTER CORPORATIONFU325/FU333/FU340
ABIT COMPUTER CORPORATIONFU3T
ACER, INC.ISA486GLi MODEL I333A
ACER, INC.KMC-40A 486DLC/386DX
ADVANCED INTEGRATION RESEARCH, INC.386A-40/33/25 (...
ADVANCED INTEGRATION RESEARCH, INC.386UF
ADVANCED INTEGRATION RESEARCH, INC.386US-40/33/25
AMERICAN DIGICOM CORPORATIONDIGIS-386L
AMERICAN DIGICOM CORPORATIONVESA X86VLWB VER. 2
AMERICAN DIGITAL DATA ASSOCIATESPrecision 386-III ...
AMERICAN MEGATRENDS, INC.MARK V BABY SCREAMER
AMPTRON INTERNATIONAL, INC.DLC/DX-5800B
AMPTRON INTERNATIONAL, INC.DX-5300
AMPTRON INTERNATIONAL, INC.DX-5400
AMPTRON INTERNATIONAL, INC.DX-5500
ANIX TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION386AWP Cache (DX Ver.)
ANIX TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONMST-310M
ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONALISA-386C
ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONALISA-386SIQ
ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONALISA-386U3
ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONALISA-386U3PQ
ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONALISA-386U3Q
ATRONICS INTERNATIONAL, INC.ATI-386/B2
AURORA IMPEX CORPORATION386-33/40WB
AUSTIN COMPUTER SYSTEMS386 33VL
AUVA COMPUTER, INC.TAM 33-U0/TAM 33-U1/TAM 40-U0/T...
AUVA COMPUTER, INC.TAM33-MA0/TAM40-MA0/TAM33-MA1/T...
AUVA COMPUTER, INC.TAM33-P1/TAM40-P1
BEK-TRONIK TECHNOLOGY, INC.BEK-3606E
BEK-TRONIK TECHNOLOGY, INC.BEK-3609
BEK-TRONIK TECHNOLOGY, INC.BEK-3701
BEK-TRONIK TECHNOLOGY, INC.BEK-3709
BEK-TRONIK TECHNOLOGY, INC.BEK-3739
BIOSTAR MICROTECH INTERNATIONAL, INC.1333UCG/1340U...
BIOSTAR MICROTECH INTERNATIONAL, INC.MB-1333/40 AE...
BIOSTAR MICROTECH INTERNATIONAL, INC.MB-1333C-CH/1...
BIOSTAR MICROTECH INTERNATIONAL, INC.MB-1333C-CH/1...
BIOSTAR MICROTECH INTERNATIONAL, INC.MB-1333PM-CH/...
BIOSTAR MICROTECH INTERNATIONAL, INC.MB-1333PMB-CH...
BIOSTAR MICROTECH INTERNATIONAL, INC.MB-1333PMB-CH...
BIOSTAR MICROTECH INTERNATIONAL, INC.MB1333AEA-G/1...
CACHE COMPUTERS, INC.BAT 386WB (Model 318)
CACHE COMPUTERS, INC.BAT386-33/40WB (Model 347)
CACHING TECH CORPORATIONC386MX
CAF TECHNOLOGY, INC.C325-4
CHAINTECH COMPUTER COMPANY, LTD.325SCD/333SCD/340S...
CHAINTECH COMPUTER COMPANY, LTD.333AC/340AC/333ACB...
CHAINTECH COMPUTER COMPANY, LTD.333UC/340UC/333UCB...
CHICONY, INC.CH-386-33/40H(L)
CHICONY, INC.CH-386-33/40H(L), CH-486DLC-33/40H(L)
CHICONY, INC.CH-386-33A/40A
CHICONY, INC.CH-386-33F/40F
CLUB AMERICAN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.EAGLE 300 SERIES
COMPUSYSTEMS, INC.PEARL 4900
COMPUTREND SYSTEMS, INC.CONTAQ-386 (MS-3124)
COMPUTREND SYSTEMS, INC.MX-386/486 (MS-3132 Ver. 1...
COMPUTREND SYSTEMS, INC.UMC-386 (MS-3131 Ver. 1.1)
CORE PACIFIC ELECTRONICS, INC.386 MAINBOARD
DASH COMPUTER, INC.DC 386 WB WRITE BACK-CACHE
DASH COMPUTER, INC.DC-386 33/40C
DATAEXPERT CORPORATIONOPTI-386WB
DD & TT ENTERPRISE USA COMPANYDT-340P
DEICO ELECTRONICS, INC.386C
DEICO ELECTRONICS, INC.WB-386C
DESTINY COMPUTERS, INC.386 ACE ADVANTAGE
DIAMOND FLOWER, INC.386-25UCB/386-33UCB/386-40UCB
DIAMOND FLOWER, INC.386-33/40UCE/UCQ
DIVERSIFIED TECHNOLOGIESMBC986
DTK COMPUTERS, INC.PEM-0030Y(S)
DTK COMPUTERS, INC.PEM-0036Y(S)
DYNA MICRO, INC.MBA-386A-33,40/64
EDOM INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION386DX (MA013)
EDOM INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION386DX (MA014)
ELITEGROUP COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INC.CG386DX
ELITEGROUP COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INC.PD 386
ELITEGROUP COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INC.UM 386
EMPAC RESEARCH INTERNATIONALERI MAGNUMCACHE386 HT
EMPAC RESEARCH INTERNATIONALERI MagnumCache386 LC
EVERSOURCE COMPUTERS, INC.ETEQ 80386 33/40
EVERSOURCE COMPUTERS, INC.USA386
FIRST INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER, INC.386-25/33/40SC (...
FIRST INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER, INC.386-25/33/40SI (...
FIRST INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER, INC.LEO 386-25/33/40...
FIRST INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER, INC.LEO 386-25/33/40...
FORCOM TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONB678/B679
FREE COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY, INC.CACHE 386 ISA
FUJIKAMA USA, INC.PEAK/DM-386
GENOA SYSTEMS CORPORATION386 BABY AT (32MB)
GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.386-40PM
GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.GA-386ES (33/40)
GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.GA-386PM (VER. 2)
GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.GA-386TS
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GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.GA-386UM 33/40 MAIN B...
GOLDSTAR ELECTRONICS INTERNATIONAL, INC.GS386
ILON USA, INC.M-319B
ILON USA, INC.M-321
ILON USA, INC.M-321 (VER. 2)
INFORMTECH INTERNATIONAL, INC.IT-AM33/40-DLC
INFORMTECH INTERNATIONAL, INC.IT-AM40
INFORMTECH INTERNATIONAL, INC.IT386LM CACHE
INFORMTECH INTERNATIONAL, INC.IT386SK VER. 1.0
INFORMTECH INTERNATIONAL, INC.IT386SM-P
J-BOND COMPUTER SYSTEMS CORPORATIONA340C-G01
J-BOND COMPUTER SYSTEMS CORPORATIONA340C-G02
J-MARK COMPUTER CORPORATION386DX 25/40 NON CACHE
J-MARK COMPUTER CORPORATION386DX 25/40 NON CACHE
J-MARK COMPUTER CORPORATION386WB CACHE
J-MARK COMPUTER CORPORATION386WB Cache (Version II...
J-MARK COMPUTER CORPORATION386WB Cache (Version II...
J-MARK COMPUTER CORPORATION486WB Cache
J-MARK COMPUTER CORPORATIONJET-386E CACHE
J-MARK COMPUTER CORPORATIONJET-386WB
JETPRO INFOTECH COMPANY, LTD.MB-3M(MB-340C4M)
JOINDATA SYSTEMS, INC.G386KS
JOINDATA SYSTEMS, INC.G386U
JOINDATA SYSTEMS, INC.G386UH
JPN CORPORATIONMB386DX-33/40
KOUWELL ELECTRONIC CORPORATIONKW-326
KRIS TECHNOLOGIESP386 33 & 40MHz
KT TECHNOLOGY PTE LTD.KT333OP3C-WB/BI PQFP 386DX M...
MAGITRONICS386-40UM
MAGITRONICS386DX/486SX/486DX/486DX2
MAGITRONICSA-B341 386-40 MAINBOARD
MAGITRONICSA-B341/A-B341Q
MAGITRONICSA-B341H
MAGITRONICSA-B345G/A-B345H
MAGITRONICSA-B348
MAGUS DATA TECHNOLOGY, INC.DX386 EDITION 1.0
MECER CORPORATIONB615/B616
MECTEL INTERNATIONAL, INC.AMW 386
MICRO COMPUTER SYSTEMS CORPORATIONMCS386-AG42
MICRO EXPRESS, INC.80386-33/40
MICRO EXPRESS, INC.FOREX 386 CACHE
MICROMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.80386-WBH
MICROMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.386-AD
MICROMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.386-U
MICRONICS COMPUTERS, INC.BABY GEMINI-386 ISA/LB
MICRONICS COMPUTERS, INC.BABY GEMINI-386DX
MICROWAY, INC.NUMBER SMASHER-386M
MODULAR CIRCUIT TECHNOLOGYMCT-C386-33/40
MONOLITHIC SYSTEMS, INC. (COLORADO MSI)MICROFRAME ...
MORSE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.80386-33/40 EAGLE CACHE
MULTI MICRO SYSTEMS, INC.NW386DXC
MULTI-DIMENSION RESEARCH, INC.CACHE FM-S386C
MULTI-DIMENSION RESEARCH, INC.FM S386/25 (1/3 BABY...
MULTI-DIMENSION RESEARCH, INC.FM S386/25 (BABY AT)
NORTHGATE COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INC.386/486/486SX (386...
NOVACOR, INC.OPTIMUM 386-25/33/40
NOVACOR, INC.OPTimum 386DXBB - 4A4B1
NOVACOR, INC.OPTIMUM 386WB CACHE
OCEAN INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC.JAGUAR IV 386
OCEAN INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC.JAGUAR IV 486DLC
OCTEKJAGUAR V 386
ORCHID TECHNOLOGYPrivilege Gold 386-40C
PEACOCK AG80386DX-40 (SYMPHONY)
PINE TECHNOLOGYPT-311
PIONEER COMPUTER, INC.VANTAGE 386 CACHE 25/33/40MH...
POLOTEC, INC.MBA-503B
QDI COMPUTER, INC.P386
QUICK TECHNOLOGY, INC.80386 WRITE BACK CACHE
RECTRON ELECTRONIC ENTERPRISES, INC.386DX-33 PEAK ...
RELIALOGIC CORPORATION PRIVATE, LTD.R386DX33 MBC
RELIALOGIC CORPORATION PRIVATE, LTD.R386DX40 MIBBC
RELIALOGIC CORPORATION PRIVATE, LTD.R386XX MBC
RINGO TECHNOLOGY, INC.RT386DX
ROBOTECH, INC.GMB-386UN
SERITECH ENTERPRISE Co., Ltd.SER-386-AD III
SHUTTLE COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL, INC.HOT-307
SHUTTLE COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL, INC.HOT-307H
SILICON STAR INTERNATIONAL, INC.386DX-FA3
SILICON STAR INTERNATIONAL, INC.CACHE 386/486 SYST...
SILICON STAR INTERNATIONAL, INC.FA3 MAINBOARD
SILICON STAR INTERNATIONAL, INC.FA4 MAIN BOARD
SILICON STAR INTERNATIONAL, INC.FA433, FA440
SILICON STAR INTERNATIONAL, INC.FS333/FS340
SILICON STAR INTERNATIONAL, INC.FU3 (VER. 2)
SILICON STAR INTERNATIONAL, INC.FU325/FU333/FU340
SILICON STAR INTERNATIONAL, INC.FU3T
SILICON VALLEY COMPUTER, INC.386WB
SOYO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.SY-015G
SOYO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.SY-019H/SY-019I
SOYO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.SY-19G
SOYO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.SY-19J/K
SPRING CIRCLE COMPUTER, INC.MDX340C/FOREX386
SPRITE, INC.SM 386F (version 1.0)
SPRITE, INC.SM 386sx-20c
TECHNOLOGY POWER ENTERPRISES, INC.TP386 SONIC SERI...
TMC RESEARCH CORPORATIONPAT38PM
TMC RESEARCH CORPORATIONPAT38PX (REV. 1.0)
TMC RESEARCH CORPORATIONPAT38PX (VER. 4.0)
UNITRON COMPUTER, INC.80386DX-33/40
WINCAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION386WB 33/40
WISEWARE COMPUTER, INC.ETEQ 386 33/40
YOUNG MICROSYSTEMS, INC.VEGA 386 33/40F ISA

Good luck 😁

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no problem, I appreciate all help, thank you ^^

I've already looked through the TH99 archive a few times (trying to identify boards with a similar layout) but never found anything that maches 100%

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Deksor wrote on 2020-05-03, 20:03:

If that can help, here are EVERY boards that should support a 386DX-40 from TH99 (245 of them)

And here every motherboard that support a 386DX 40 AND that support 32MB of RAM at most (as I think I can see 8 30 pin RAM slot and many boards max out at 4MB per stick) (203 of them)

Good luck 😁

Hahaaaa Good work !

Hate posting a reply and then have to edit it because it made no sense 😁 First computer was an IBM 3270 workstation with CGA monitor. Stuff: https://archive.org/details/@horun

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Do you remember some more of that design that you could draw using ms paint or image editing tool ? Which bios did it have ? AMI ? AWARD ? Phoenix ?

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unfortunately I have little recollection of that time... I don't even remember what my first sound card was, the only brand I remember from back then is shuttle because I have an old box from them laying around, but that might just as well be from an old office machine.

I've had a long look through TH99 again and found a board that looks to have a somewhat similar layout: https://arvutimuuseum.ee/th99/m/I-L/31101.htm
but the chipset/cpu section seem to be a bit too stretched out compared to mine, really hard to tell without finding a picture of the actual board.

and I've never heard of "J-Mark Computer" or if they were available in europe at the time.

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Well just look at that Re: help me identify motherboard

Apparently jmark = jetway

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well I've found the correct gameport card... something at least ^^
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/B1oAAOSwWy5eHi3g/s-l640.jpg

QuickShot QS-163, apparent by the blue cap
so that was indeed the reason why the PC was opened up there ^^

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ok so I think I've come a big step closer...
I've now pultiple times traced the perspective of the bottom card and the VGA connector at the back, and it seems that the monitor is plugged into the bottom card and not what I assumed was a VGA card above that.

...but you can clearly see there are what seems to be serial/parallel headers plugged into the card as well, so this seems to be a VGA and multi I/O combo card...there are not that many around, but so far I have only found one on TH99 and the layout doesn't match... that's good news and bad news, good because that severly limits the possibilities of what card it is... bad news because it's probably going to be next to impossible to ever find one x3

you can make out what is probably the VGA bios (white label on chip) at the back of the card towards the front of the PC, next to it a few chips with what looks like a whole array of thin ceramic caps (or resistors?), as often seen on multi I/O cards of the time.

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yep, and as you're pushing this thread, please ignore the above picture, I have since concluded that the I/O and VGA might in fact be 2 seperate cards, and that the VGA card is just hiding under the I/O card and you can barely see any of it:

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I'm still not any closer to identifying the motherboard/vga and other hardware though unfortunately 🙁
I've still not found a motherboard that has the same layout of powerconnector, bios and ram with the chips around that area...

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some progress! :3

on a casual search lately I found the correct motherboard on ebay US, unfortunately the listing had already ended, but at least I have a clear picture of it now, and it seems to fit very well with the previouisly posted TH99 link.
looking at the chips and resistor networks above the top ISA slot this clearly is the one, you can also make out the chipset, cache and even the same CPU on the right if you look really closely, the graphic on TH99 just doesn't seem to be 100% accurate.

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