Re: Where to get a 486 motherboard with PCI slots?

Posted on 2016-07-19, 12:46

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Hah, I don't mind it really since there is a door that covers up the bays. It is a huge case and I bet I could fit a couple of ITX systems in there if desired (but I would not)

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Re: Where to get a 486 motherboard with PCI slots?

Posted on 2016-07-19, 03:03

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Thanks! It's some Arche case and that's all I know about it. I got it for free along with a socket 7 mobo (complete system) and a few SCSI drives via craigslist some months ago.

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Re: Where to get a 486 motherboard with PCI slots?

Posted on 2016-07-19, 01:31

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Got it all up and running nicely. Pictures http://imgur.com/a/WLfPj Gigabyte GA-486VM AT board with a 66MHz 486 DX2 66 processor. 16mb RAM! Unfortunately the BIOS has a 504MB limit but I found a way of circumventing it. Those long cards are two VLB (VESA Local Bus) cards. One is a video card and …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-07-18, 12:30

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486DX2 66 + GA-486VM + 14.4K ISA modem + multi I/O card oh and it also comes with a Genoa 8500VL VLB card

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2016-07-16, 13:03

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mrau wrote: oeuvre wrote: Removed them while cleaning the case's exterior i hope its your wife who bathes the children :> sry, i saw an opening and i just felt compelled.. 🤣

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2016-07-15, 21:51

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MCGA wrote: oeuvre wrote: I put my retro tower next to my desktop for size comparison. Why are there wheels on the top? 😀 Removed them while cleaning the case's exterior

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2016-07-15, 14:18

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I put my retro tower next to my desktop for size comparison.

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Re: Where to get a 486 motherboard with PCI slots?

Posted on 2016-07-15, 13:13

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Anyone perhaps tell me if the Genoa 8500VL Rev G has 1MB or 2 MB VRAM? What's the highest resolution + colors it could display? I think it is based on a Cirrus Logic CL-GD5426 Thanks

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Re: Where to get a 486 motherboard with PCI slots?

Posted on 2016-07-15, 04:24

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I did get them off eBay and I spent a fair amount of time looking on there and found the cheapest Ukraine and Russian boards were said to be not working. Total for $70 for all that including a serial mouse and floppy drive which I did not have, I think it was a fair price.

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Re: Where to get a 486 motherboard with PCI slots?

Posted on 2016-07-15, 02:03

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So I kinda scrapped the idea of getting one with PCI slots since I do not want to spend that kind of money. But I did get that GA-486VM + RAM + 486DX2 66 + multi I/O card + ISA modem + Genoa 8500VL VLB card for a total of $50 shipped. Bought a 3COM 3C509B-TPO ISA card for cheap and scored a floppy …

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Re: Where to get a 486 motherboard with PCI slots?

Posted on 2016-07-14, 14:15

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I found a GA-486VM for $53 but made an offer for $45. Hopefully he bites.

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Re: Where to get a 486 motherboard with PCI slots?

Posted on 2016-07-13, 14:47

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I've gotten my 3C905 to work fine in DOS actually, even got on IRC with it. Thanks for the suggestions everyone.

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Re: Where to get a 486 motherboard with PCI slots?

Posted on 2016-07-13, 11:59

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My local CL has nothing except overpriced C2D Macbooks and P4s-Sandy bridge machines 😒 Made a post on amibay and vcfed as well. eBay ones are mad expensive

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Where to get a 486 motherboard with PCI slots?

Posted on 2016-07-12, 16:39

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Hi, I'm looking for a 486 motherboard with PCI + ISA slots. I have a spare SB16 + 3COM 3C905 + SCSI PCI card + drives, case, PSU for it so I would just need the board + processor and serial/parallel/PS2 mouse brackets. I'm in USA. Anyone know what to look for and where to get one? Thanks.

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2016-06-22, 21:41

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Thanks! Got it up and running now with El Capitan 😀

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2016-06-18, 20:53

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Scored two Macs for $50 on craigslist last week. Complete systems except both did not have HDs. I cleaned them up inside and out (though one of them still has some scratches on the outside case). One is a PowerMac G5 dual 2.5GHz with 6GB RAM. Pictures http://imgur.com/a/OzFq3 The other is a Mac Pro …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-06-17, 13:05

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Great, thanks. I will give the VCF marketplace a try.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-06-16, 12:05

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If I have some older hardware to sell, where is a good place other than eBay? Thanks

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2016-05-01, 14:29

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Finally completed this retro build and setup MS-DOS + WfW 3.11 + NT4 on dual boot. http://imgur.com/a/Mscg3

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Re: Scored a pretty cool retro PC for free

Posted on 2016-04-29, 01:06

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Aww yeah, got some SCSI stuff in the mail today. Adaptec 2940UW and all those drives seem to work fine (except the SCSI CD drive doesn't eject but I don't care cause I have a working IDE CD drive anyways). That giant ST43400N is a hoot to boot up. It had two empty FAT16 partitions... just one PKZIP …

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