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I'm really worried about something. I was hoping I could remove an old (AT style) 486 motherboard, and put it inside a brand new (ATX style) case, and use all new modern components with it. Can it be done?
ATX PSU: use an AT to ATX PSU converter adapter. Example: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ATX-to-AT-power-supply- … A1%7C240%3A1318. (Please note, I don't know whether this works)
IDE hard drive: use a new PCI IDE controller card, then attach a modern HDD to it.
(SCSI hard drive: use a new PCI SCSI controller card - same idea as above)
For a VLB/ISA system, I don't know what HDDs you can attach to these older controller cards - can you attach modern HDDs to them? (This concerns me ATM.)
Keyboard: use a converter adapter. Example: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-PS2-Female-to-AT-Ma … A1%7C240%3A1318
Mouse: use a converter adapter. Example: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/15CM-9-PIN-SERIAL-DB9-T … A1%7C240%3A1318
Case: use typical workman's tools (hacksaw, etc) to cut any necessary holes, etc!
CDROM drive: any one will do. (I think!) I guess you could use some kind of (IDE or SCSI) controller card (PCI or VLB), if you didn't want to attach it directly to a sound card for instance.
Floppy drive: any one will do!
If you think some of these ideas may fail, please could you let me know. Thanks!!!