386_junkie wrote:

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jheronimus wrote:

Got a Fuyu 20V0 Rev S3D motherboard today, complete with 386DX@33, 387 and 4 megs of SIMM30 RAM. Really hope to find a similar board later.

Could you test and post the results over on the Forex thread?

FOREX 386 motherboard thread

Thanks

I removed the battery today and tried to clean the acid with vinegar. It looks like the acid has actually eaten through several traces on both sides of the board, into the AT power connector and into the keyboard controller. So I really doubt this board is salvageable.

Deksor wrote:

So many barrell batteries that didn't leak ... You're really lucky !

They all leaked but luckily they didnt do any damage 😀

They are all such dirty...just removed all chips from the 486, cleaned the battery residue with vinegar. Then cleaned the whole board with lots of water and a toothbrush (dont kill me.. 😎 ) Then rinsed with Ethanol, dried with a hairdryer. After 10 minutes of work it looks like new now and after reseating the chips it powers up 😎 😎 😎

Predator99 wrote:

Received these boards today. Not very clean but seem to be intact. Hope the XTs will work. […]
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Received these boards today. Not very clean but seem to be intact. Hope the XTs will work.

Anybody interested in the PS/2 386 and the non-standard 286? PM me...

Interesting collection of boards. Glad those boards survived and are running without issues.

I won't kill you for puting old boards in water, I've been doing this myself for a while now ^^

Nothing big, but I found this little board in a pile of junk today:

It's a UNIQUE FDC-344 8 bit floppy controller with it's own BIOS (It came with no EPROM at all - I just burnt one using the image I found at Minuszerodegrees site). It allows IBM PC/XT and similar machines to use 1.2 or 1.44 mb drives. I guess I was lucky to get one for free just like that, as they seem to be relatively hard to find.

@tikoellner

oh that is just neato

tikoellner wrote:

Nothing big, but I found this little board in a pile of junk today:

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It's a UNIQUE FDC-344 8 bit floppy controller with it's own BIOS (It came with no EPROM at all - I just burnt one using the image I found at Minuszerodegrees site). It allows IBM PC/XT and similar machines to use 1.2 or 1.44 mb drives. I guess I was lucky to get one for free just like that, as they seem to be relatively hard to find.

First I've ever seen one of those. Very cool and so unassuming. I might have overlooked that little guy in a pile of junk.

Predator99 wrote:

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Received these boards today. Not very clean but seem to be intact. Hope the XTs will work.

Anybody interested in the PS/2 386 and the non-standard 286? PM me...

Now I have the 486, the 286 ond the XT on the first photo running.

The XT is quite irritating as my diagnostic card is totally going crazy. Nevertheless I inserted a 16-bit VGA in the 8bit slot and it powered up 😀 Next problem is the keyboard...do I really need a XT keyboard? I have a IBM Model M and a Cherry, but they do not work 🙁

EDIT: Hah, the other XT is also running. Diagnostic card also displaying garbish here. Seem they are of no use on an XT? Thats new to me...
Same issue with the keyboard however...

EDIT2: Looked through my collection and found another cherry with a XT/AT switch...now its starting IBM Basic 😎 😎 😎 😎 😎 😎

This was a lil while ago, but it was one hell of a haul
Consisted of:
2 AST Power Premium 486's (both have some corrosion but one is in way better condition, and gives me a beep code. the other one is dead in the water)
2 Mac SE's (one with a dim CRT, but they both work and one even has a turboSE upgrade)
2 Mac Classic II's (one has a bad CRT, gonna turn the case into something useful and maybe sell the board, the other one is a wip)
a PS/2 8513 monitor (dead in the water, gonna turn it into an LCD case)
a CGA/EGA monitor (not tested)
a ton of mac software/documentation (BUT THE SYSTEM 7 BOX WAS MISSING ITS DISKETTES??!? whatever, I'll write some w my mac G4)

Received the 1GB (512MB x 2) DDR-266 for my ThinkPad R40 in the mail today, installed the RAM, and Windows XP runs better than before.

Also went thrifting and I got a game (Delta Force Land Warrior) and a 19" or so Medion MD 1998 OF monitor. $21.31 well spent ($20.20 + tax).

1Delta Force: Land Warrior

1Medion MD 1998 OF (rear)

1Medion MD 1998 OF (front)

Holy picture size Batman!

Bancho wrote:

Holy picture size Batman!

When I share something from imgur, it always does that. Fortunately, I put the links for each picture. Had to add the letter b before the .jpg extension... AGAIN. Darn Imgur. My other post didn't do that when I shared the CDs I got a few weeks ago.

$5 for both at the local thrift store:

i feel pretty good, even if the speakers dont work.

bjwil1991 wrote:

Bancho wrote:

Holy picture size Batman!

When I share something from imgur, it always does that. Fortunately, I put the links for each picture. Had to add the letter b before the .jpg extension... AGAIN. Darn Imgur. My other post didn't do that when I shared the CDs I got a few weeks ago.

Just select "Large Thumbnail" which adds a lower case L at the end. Lower case B is for big square.

Predator99 wrote:

Received these boards today. Not very clean but seem to be intact. Hope the XTs will work. […]
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Received these boards today. Not very clean but seem to be intact. Hope the XTs will work.

Anybody interested in the PS/2 386 and the non-standard 286? PM me...

The non-standard 286 is a Olivetti M290S motherboard

http://www.supervinx.com/OnlineMuseum/Olivetti/M290S/

probnot wrote:

bjwil1991 wrote:

Bancho wrote:

Holy picture size Batman!

When I share something from imgur, it always does that. Fortunately, I put the links for each picture. Had to add the letter b before the .jpg extension... AGAIN. Darn Imgur. My other post didn't do that when I shared the CDs I got a few weeks ago.

Just select "Large Thumbnail" which adds a lower case L at the end. Lower case B is for big square.

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Thanks for the tip. Good thing I still have the links for the pictures.

Samsung SyncMaster 997DF DynaFlat - $65 (CAD)

Not a "true" flatscreen (you can tell it's slightly curved behind the flat glass) but more flat than regular monitors. Very happy with it. There is some fuzziness in the corners so I might have to adjust the focus inside because it may have shifted over the years, but very good even picture.

Nice compromise between CRT and LCD (has more modern LCD-esque styling). Doesn't have the Trinitron Grille lines, though I've never actually noticed these on trinitrons anyway. Should serve nicely with my fast Windows 98 build I am working on.

verysaving wrote:

Predator99 wrote:

Received these boards today. Not very clean but seem to be intact. Hope the XTs will work. […]
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Received these boards today. Not very clean but seem to be intact. Hope the XTs will work.

Anybody interested in the PS/2 386 and the non-standard 286? PM me...

The non-standard 286 is a Olivetti M290S motherboard

http://www.supervinx.com/OnlineMuseum/Olivetti/M290S/

Yes you are right. Olivetti is also noted on the board. I have also found the ISA-riser card. If somebody has a use for it let me know...

Picked up an Epson 3590 scanner at Goodwill. It can scan PCBs. It also has better specs (it's from the mid-2000s) and much better OS support than the late 90s scanner I already had.
I played with it a bit, scanning a video card at a stupidly ridiculous resolution, just because I could. Unfortunately the platter isn't big enough for a lot of motherboards, but that's typical.

It momentarily makes the sound of a grinding plastic gear every time the scanner thingy finishes retracting to it's resting position. I haven't tried to investigate why that would happen or if it can be easily fixed. Wild guess - maybe there's some sensor that has failed and so it's not stopping until it triggers a high torque switch?

Between 2 drivers on Epson's web site, it is supported on every desktop Windows release from Windows 98 through Windows 9imean10, both 32bit and 64bit versions of each. Handy.
The only OS in that range they fail to identify a driver for is XP64, which just happens to be what I hooked it up to. Turns out XP64 works with the driver they labeled for Vista onward. XP32 and older use the older driver.

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Samsung SyncMaster 997DF DynaFlat - $65 (CAD)

Not a "true" flatscreen (you can tell it's slightly curved behind the flat glass) but more flat than regular monitors. Very happy with it. There is some fuzziness in the corners so I might have to adjust the focus inside because it may have shifted over the years, but very good even picture.

Nice compromise between CRT and LCD (has more modern LCD-esque styling). Doesn't have the Trinitron Grille lines, though I've never actually noticed these on trinitrons anyway. Should serve nicely with my fast Windows 98 build I am working on.

I was going to say that's a bit expensive for a CRT considering most people here get them for free or very cheap but then I googled it. 20mm dot pitch with 1920x1440 @ 60hz max res and 1600x1200 @ 75hz recommended. That's one hell of a monitor if it has good contrast and color.