jheronimus wrote on 2023-11-04, 11:01:

ontrca wrote on 2023-11-01, 15:10:

I guess I'll start on a DFI 586ITBD :) It has 256mb ram at the moment. 166mhz CPU at the moment. But I'm gonna try the BIOS upda […]
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I guess I'll start on a DFI 586ITBD 😀
It has 256mb ram at the moment.
166mhz CPU at the moment.
But I'm gonna try the BIOS update that @Gmlb256 suggested 😀 I have an AMD-K6-2/400 😀

That's a 430TX board, it only caches 64MB of memory. Having 4 times that would actually give you worse performance.

I can drop it down to 64mb 😀
I'm still learning about "cacheable RAM/memory"? 😀

I have this NOS(new old stock) case also, it has an Amptron PM-8600A motherboard in it at the moment 😀
Can't decide if I want to put a different MB in it 😀

An AT motherboard has two 9-pin serial port connections..,
one can be used for a serial mouse.., what can I use the other one for? 😀

ontrca wrote on 2023-11-08, 19:36:

An AT motherboard has two 9-pin serial port connections..,
one can be used for a serial mouse.., what can I use the other one for? 😀

The other one could be disabled in the BIOS settings or used for doing a null modem connection.

Gmlb256 wrote on 2023-11-08, 20:00:

ontrca wrote on 2023-11-08, 19:36:

An AT motherboard has two 9-pin serial port connections..,
one can be used for a serial mouse.., what can I use the other one for? 😀

The other one could be disabled in the BIOS settings or used for doing a null modem connection.

Awesome, Thank You 😀