First post, by Baoran
I upgraded my pc to 386 in 1992 and I think many others were still using 386 PCs in early 90s. I decided to build a 386 from my parts that would be as close to possible period correct from that time period.
I finally had the parts so spent most of today building it.
Here are parts I used:
I only had 1 choice for the motherboard. Been saving this one for couple of years now. I don't know exact model of it (perhaps FE386). There is a date on the other side, so I know it was made in 1992
The motherboard didn't have any kind of battery so I made a battery pack from battery holder and optical audio cable.
Case and power supply from 1993. I don't know the model, butI like the looks of the case and I would like to be able to retrobright the front panel some time, but plastic is very brittle and I have never done retrobright before.
Teac 5.25" 1.2Mb floppy drive from 1992
Conner CP30104 120mb hard drive from 1991