theelf wrote on 2026-02-12, 23:36:

Hi! i know this is unrelated and not productive post... but im soo happy […]
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Hi! i know this is unrelated and not productive post... but im soo happy

I went to argentina to have some holidays to my childhood house, more than 20 years i did not went!!! well, when i was kid, after commodore 64 and ZX i had a XT computer my father bring home, after this i buy my first personal computer, a 286 16mhz, i was super happy until 93 first 94 that i decide to upgrade to a 386 computer, I went t a computer shop near my house and I went out with a Cyrix 486DLC 33mhz! love this computer, without turbo was EXACTLY the speed of my old 286 16mhz, then i did not miss the 286 and without L1 and L2 the speed was similar to my 286 without turbo! amazing board, and very fast, remember having amazing times with doom and doom 2, etc

Well, i think this board was sell or missing dont know, but i found it in a lost box in a deposit my father have for tools!!! i cried

Digicom DIGIS-386L

https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/digicom-digis-386l

Now is time to build this computer again!!!! i still have the cirrus logic ISA card i use and the AT case!!! i can buil almost same

Sorry post, im so happy i want to share, sorry my english

Be sure to post pics of the board and of your progress.
Well, I do understand your happiness and actually I felt happy too 😀

Have lots of fun making it come back to life!!!

Nexxen wrote on 2026-02-12, 23:46:

Be sure to post pics of the board and of your progress. Well, I do understand your happiness and actually I felt happy too :) […]
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theelf wrote on 2026-02-12, 23:36:

Hi! i know this is unrelated and not productive post... but im soo happy […]
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Hi! i know this is unrelated and not productive post... but im soo happy

I went to argentina to have some holidays to my childhood house, more than 20 years i did not went!!! well, when i was kid, after commodore 64 and ZX i had a XT computer my father bring home, after this i buy my first personal computer, a 286 16mhz, i was super happy until 93 first 94 that i decide to upgrade to a 386 computer, I went t a computer shop near my house and I went out with a Cyrix 486DLC 33mhz! love this computer, without turbo was EXACTLY the speed of my old 286 16mhz, then i did not miss the 286 and without L1 and L2 the speed was similar to my 286 without turbo! amazing board, and very fast, remember having amazing times with doom and doom 2, etc

Well, i think this board was sell or missing dont know, but i found it in a lost box in a deposit my father have for tools!!! i cried

Digicom DIGIS-386L

https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/digicom-digis-386l

Now is time to build this computer again!!!! i still have the cirrus logic ISA card i use and the AT case!!! i can buil almost same

Sorry post, im so happy i want to share, sorry my english

Be sure to post pics of the board and of your progress.
Well, I do understand your happiness and actually I felt happy too 😀

Have lots of fun making it come back to life!!!

thanks, im so happy, i believe i will never see this board again, and worst, i did not remember the model to buy again, like happen to my 286, i cant remember what board was

Im just begining to build, is amazing, still have guarantee seals jeje, maybe i can ask for a refund 😀 remember the 387 was soo expensive, but back on time i work on audocard R10 and i used a lot

Wow, it looks like it is in amazing condition! Did the board suffer any battery corrosion damage after all those years? That 486DLC is just so clean and and nice looking...

I'm happy for you! Enjoy the build! 😁

Ozzuneoj wrote on 2026-02-13, 00:17:

Wow, it looks like it is in amazing condition! Did the board suffer any battery corrosion damage after all those years? That 486DLC is just so clean and and nice looking...

I'm happy for you! Enjoy the build! 😁

thanks!! i take care a lot back on time of the board, and when i swap for a pentium 150, i *thank god* remove the battery, wrapp, and put in the box... 30 years later ifound again!! jeje, and work like first day!

Installing windows 3.1 right now.. jeje

theelf wrote on 2026-02-13, 00:37:

Ozzuneoj wrote on 2026-02-13, 00:17:

Wow, it looks like it is in amazing condition! Did the board suffer any battery corrosion damage after all those years? That 486DLC is just so clean and and nice looking...

I'm happy for you! Enjoy the build! 😁

thanks!! i take care a lot back on time of the board, and when i swap for a pentium 150, i *thank god* remove the battery, wrapp, and put in the box... 30 years later ifound again!! jeje, and work like first day!

Installing windows 3.1 right now.. jeje

Wow, that was some amazing forethought! If everyone had done that when they retired their 286, 386 and 486 systems there would probably be millions more of those old boards still working today.

Fun story man I enjoyed it! Makes me miss my own first PC I bought back in the day..

It will be good to upload photo of this motherboard to theretroweb (an BIOS image).

Ozzuneoj wrote on 2026-02-13, 01:00:

theelf wrote on 2026-02-13, 00:37:

Ozzuneoj wrote on 2026-02-13, 00:17:

Wow, it looks like it is in amazing condition! Did the board suffer any battery corrosion damage after all those years? That 486DLC is just so clean and and nice looking...

I'm happy for you! Enjoy the build! 😁

thanks!! i take care a lot back on time of the board, and when i swap for a pentium 150, i *thank god* remove the battery, wrapp, and put in the box... 30 years later ifound again!! jeje, and work like first day!

Installing windows 3.1 right now.. jeje

Wow, that was some amazing forethought! If everyone had done that when they retired their 286, 386 and 486 systems there would probably be millions more of those old boards still working today.

I was "lucky" back on time, because i already had problems with batteries leakage in a old radio, and then i was aware of the problem. Since then i always remove battery when store motherboards and other electronic stuff

Babasha wrote on 2026-02-13, 01:29:

It will be good to upload photo of this motherboard to theretroweb (an BIOS image).

I was thinking same!! because realized no picture, just a draw, i will do, promise

And bios too, i relize no bios. Sadly i have no manual!

Beerfloat wrote on 2026-02-13, 01:08:

Fun story man I enjoyed it! Makes me miss my own first PC I bought back in the day..

Thanks, i miss my 286. I have my second 286, when i buy pentium i used for work in the living room, then i build a 286-25mhz for my bedroom, this boards still keep

This is epic.

The board looks beautiful.

Hi, thanks all, here picture, and bios if someone have same and need to compare

Bios

theelf wrote on 2026-02-12, 23:36:

Hi! i know this is unrelated and not productive post... but im soo happy

I feel you man. Sometimes it's great when something from one's childhood unexpectedly turns up, and brings back all those fond memories.

I hope you are able to build a nice system with it, when time permits. Enjoy!

theelf wrote on 2026-02-13, 13:11:

Hi, thanks all, here picture, and bios if someone have same and need to compare […]
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Hi, thanks all, here picture, and bios if someone have same and need to compare

The attachment 386L.jpg is no longer available

Bios

The attachment 386L.zip is no longer available

Can i upload it to theretroweb?

Joseph_Joestar wrote on 2026-02-13, 13:19:

theelf wrote on 2026-02-12, 23:36:

Hi! i know this is unrelated and not productive post... but im soo happy

I feel you man. Sometimes it's great when something from one's childhood unexpectedly turns up, and brings back all those fond memories.

I hope you are able to build a nice system with it, when time permits. Enjoy!

Thanks, yes is like go back to late 80s and first 90s... when i was 10-12 and all in computers was still new, to discover, like star trek episode. This is the exact feeling, was like this, discover a new world every day

When i found/buy something old i have a little of this feeling back

Im now building a Harris 286 25mhz, with similar board i have when young, same case, etc and this momments i feel exactly like before, something new to discover and learn every time

Babasha wrote on 2026-02-13, 13:33:

theelf wrote on 2026-02-13, 13:11:

Hi, thanks all, here picture, and bios if someone have same and need to compare […]
Show full quote

Hi, thanks all, here picture, and bios if someone have same and need to compare

The attachment 386L.jpg is no longer available

Bios

The attachment 386L.zip is no longer available

Can i upload it to theretroweb?

No sorry, i already did this morning, will be duplicated! i send by mail, of course if you have a better way, feel free to do, thanks

theelf wrote on 2026-02-13, 13:40:

No sorry, i already did this morning, will be duplicated! i send by mail, of course if you have a better way, feel free to do, thanks

I can do it with Discord

Babasha wrote on 2026-02-13, 13:48:

theelf wrote on 2026-02-13, 13:40:

No sorry, i already did this morning, will be duplicated! i send by mail, of course if you have a better way, feel free to do, thanks

I can do it with Discord

No problem if a better way, but please say i send by email already

ok, i found two more card that i used in this build in early-mine 90s

My first XT have MDA, but when i move to 286 i buy a VGA card, i remember was a Western i think, not sure, but yes i remember my next a trident, was fine, but in 93?¿ become slow has hell, and i swap for the Cirrus Logic CL5422, a very ver good card

About sound, in XT i have a homemade speach thing and pcspeaker, but when i move to 286 i buy a adlib (compatible for sure?¿) card, and in 93?¿ i buy a brand new Mitsumi LU005S cdrom that came with his own controller card and with RCA outputs, i think was first in town to have cdrom!! less than one year later i miss FX sound and in other hand remember was short of isa slot, then i buy the Opti Card 929, MAD16, this is a very nice card, solid SB Pro (even stereo with a tsr), and WSS support in windows, but best, was that have mitsumi controller, then no need to use two ISA cards

Thank good still keep this cards, for now i have from my original setup

motherboard + sound card + video + case + cdrom! i will put pictures later of this!

Sorry this post is nonsense, is just im very happy to recreate this computer 30+ years later...