Re: i486 DX2 66 vs Am486 DX2 66 and the winner is...
Posted on 2017-09-13, 21:31
🤣 they are basically identical...
Re: Loving my new 486!! Asus VL/I-486SV2GX4
Posted on 2017-09-13, 10:19
wouldnt overclocking this board introduce instabilities with the VESA LOCAL BUS? im using 2 vlb cards - ive had issues already so far.. thats why i have my current chip running as at 66mhz because i read that u had to have it be a multiple of 33? for stability
Re: anyone able to help ID this 586 Socket 7 mobo?
Posted on 2017-09-12, 13:29
You should be able to mount it in most early ATX cases. There are usually mounting points for AT and ATX in available. what year is early ATX? 1997? i kind of either want to do this "Right" and make it look like a proper pentium 133Mhz or 166mhz (its got a pentium 75mhz right now) hopefully with a …
Re: anyone able to help ID this 586 Socket 7 mobo?
Posted on 2017-09-12, 12:59
trying to find a case now that fits this motherboard.. as its just sitting on my desk its about the size of a peice of paper 8.5 x 11" so i think its a BABY AT form factor? cant seem to find any vintage AT towers for sale in Canada
Re: looking for 16bit I/O Controller that can boot ATAPI
Posted on 2017-09-11, 19:28
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=47421 ive just been viewing this thread on the EIDE MAX by promise it seems this is exactly what im looking for, the card contains addon bios corrections and the original poster of that thread says that the ports on teh eide max card are for ATAPI devices …
Re: anyone able to help ID this 586 Socket 7 mobo?
Posted on 2017-09-11, 17:10
fitzpatr wrote: It looks like a PCChips m507. dont know how i didnt see thsi comment before.. thank you
Re: anyone able to help ID this 586 Socket 7 mobo?
Posted on 2017-09-11, 09:42
i thought the VRM was that jumper block ting next to the cpu? ok so as long as i get a p200 (without MMX and 1.5 multiplier) than i am good? theres no COAST modules on ebay atm
Re: anyone able to help ID this 586 Socket 7 mobo?
Posted on 2017-09-09, 16:46
the only thing i see is the absence of the keyboard bios on the drwing.. sucks that the web archive didnt pick up the image for that board actually the m507 cant be right because it doesnt show the VRM either on the drawing.. could that be human error? err wait - the other diagram i posted above …
Re: anyone able to help ID this 586 Socket 7 mobo?
Posted on 2017-09-09, 13:53
http://www.motherboard.cz/mb/amptron/pm-7600.htm this looks like a closer match too
Re: anyone able to help ID this 586 Socket 7 mobo?
Posted on 2017-09-09, 13:34
https://web.archive.org/web/20160808091248/ht … cchips/m507.htm ok this might be it i think.. because it has the printer port next to the ide ports !!!!
Re: anyone able to help ID this 586 Socket 7 mobo?
Posted on 2017-09-09, 13:29
ok maybe this is it.. PCChips m519 v1.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20160320004408/http://motherboards.mbarron.net/models/pcchips/m519.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20160506121758if_/http://motherboards.mbarron.net/models/pcchips/m519p.jpg still some differences with the IDE ports.. so its not a …
Re: anyone able to help ID this 586 Socket 7 mobo?
Posted on 2017-09-09, 13:07
hmm ok that board seems to have 4 pci + 3 isa.. + 1 dimm slott so that cant be right its still very similar despite those differences maybe its an diff revision? https://web.archive.org/web/20170308091138/http://motherboards.mbarron.net/models/pcchips/ the m520 seems closer.. https://web.archive.org …
Re: anyone able to help ID this 586 Socket 7 mobo?
Posted on 2017-09-09, 12:52
Anything on the flip side? not really - otherwise id have shown pic on both sides theres a number 9546-16 after searching for "coast module" on google i got a link back to another vogons thread: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=38914&start=40 seems to be the exact same motherboard i have! …
anyone able to help ID this 586 Socket 7 mobo?
Posted on 2017-09-09, 01:50
😀 from 1994/1995?
Re: looking for 16bit I/O Controller that can boot ATAPI
Posted on 2017-09-08, 21:13
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/BOCA-IDE-16-BIT-ISA-HARD-DRIVE-FLOPPY-DRIVE-CONTROLLER-IDE002-/172720820864?hash=item2836f69280:g:iPMAAOSwvflZOYpa what about this one? would this support CD drive booting?? alternate solution: get a SCSI cdrom? but will it boot off of an Adaptech 1502E ISA card?? found the …
Re: looking for 16bit I/O Controller that can boot ATAPI
Posted on 2017-09-08, 20:58
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Promise-Technology-DC … vcAAOSw5n5ZijAk would this card support CD boot?
Re: looking for 16bit I/O Controller that can boot ATAPI
Posted on 2017-09-08, 20:07
it doesnt say anything about requiring a 486/586 so i assume it will work on an AM386DX40?
Re: looking for 16bit I/O Controller that can boot ATAPI
Posted on 2017-09-08, 19:36
ok i found the link Supports up to Four EIDE/IDE Devices including IDE CD-ROMS and Tape Drives On-board LBA BIOS supports 4 High-capacity EIDE drives without software drivers or updating motherboard BIOS Boost ISA IDE Performance up to 80% Two High-Speed Serial Ports for High-Speed Data/Fax Modems & …
Re: Goldstar 16-bit ISA multi I/O PC controller card, model IDE Plus V3L, 002.
Posted on 2017-09-08, 17:51
in my brief time on the forum looking at older posts researching topics of interest to me, of course I remember coming across many insightful posts started by him and i was wondering what happened to RG100 😀 im glad you have found your way back to your passions;)
looking for 16bit I/O Controller that can boot ATAPI
Posted on 2017-09-08, 17:01
question 1: looking for ISA 16-bit i/o controller that can recognize + BOOT from an Optical CD-ROM and also support 2GB compact flash hard drives larger than 540MB? some kind of disk size barrier?? i read a forum post by someone else that they found a promise card that was capable of this but they …
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