First post, by fierarul
Hello,
I'm restoring my first PC, a Cyrix 6x86 with 16MB of RAM.
I have an A-Trend ATC-1030 motherboard which is more capable than I remembered it: supports upto 128MB RAM and even has pins for USB.
The machine boots but sadly I don't have an ATC keyboard so I'm waiting for the PS/2-AT adapter.
I also bought an USB board because I don't have a serial mouse either.
I read here for the first time the 'period correct' term which is interesting. Indeed, my first idea was to upgrade it as much as possible and maybe replace the IDE drive with some IDE-SD card adaptor or somesuch. But after thinking a bit, it does make more sense to reduce such 'modern' improvements.
One thing I would like to improve is the RAM: 16MB was always a pain, even back then. I'm looking to buy some EDO RAM (found a seller with some Compaq DeskPro that has EDO RAM, I might buy the whole machine just for the memory and spare parts).
I'm also attaching some pictures. Feel free to give me any hints about how to proceed.
I used Windows 98 on the machine, but I'm thinking about giving 3.1 a try first. It would be interesting to see if I can actually use the machine for anything (which means I would need some Ethernet first too?)