wrote:aug 2018
Sony CDU-55E 2x CD-ROM IDE
finally i found a good condition 1994 drive. it is less yellowish, than my 1995 sony drive!
That's the first CDROM drive I owned back in 1993 I think.
It came with a Sony CDROM controller.
the 55e is an atapi drive from 1994.10. your drive should have been the 33.
byebye gorgeous gx4 2.1 😀
Asus VL/I-486SV2GX4 rev 2.1 SiS 85C471 ST
Intel DX4 100 WB SK096
passive heatsink
Sharp 72 pin FPM 60ns 8M x2
Asus VL/I-486SVGOX4 rev 1.2 SiS 85C471 QR
Intel DX4 100 WB SK096
Socket 3 cooler
Samsung 72 pin FPM 60ns 8M 2x
I think you could use a nicer case and maybe paint the inside white with some type of fuse on the power supply atx connector to keep it from ever blowing out and destroying those nice cards.
If you really want a period correct PC back in 1993 my 486dx-33 had 4mb ram , 8mb max, ISA motherboard , 2x sony cdrom, sound blaster 16, oaktech ISA graphics, 5.25 and 3.25 floppy drive.
IDE ISA controller, 14” svga display, keytronics 101 keyboard and Logitech serial mouse 3 button.
Conner 120mb hard-drive. Windows 3.11. DOS 6.22
But very nice setup.
This config is targeted the end of 1994 (please check the first post), and everything is period correct, except:
* the psu - which is nos, very latest fsp AT psu, with “modern” inside (active pfc, overload protections). I dont want to replace it, this the safest solution. I have a 250w version, they rechecked at a professional lab.
* the hdd - the model is authentic, but later revision. The 1994 version was black.
* the hdd controller - maybe it is newer, but i am not sure, simply no information about it (just the manifacturing date)
I plan to restore the original color of the front, but anyway it is also period correct. Until now, I did not find a nicer case - very hard to find one. The typical inside was the grey or the shiny version at these cheap cases.
here is the list (test, etc in the news):
Asus VL/I-486SVGOX4 rev 1.2 SiS 85C471 QR => Jul 1994
Intel DX4 100 WB SK096 => Oct 1994
Socket 3 cooler => ?
Samsung 72 pin FPM 60ns 8M 2x => ?
Genoa Phantom 64 2M VLB S3 Vision864 => Aug 1994
Creative Sound Blaster Pro 2.0 CT1600 rev 06 ISA DSP3.02, YMF262 OPL3 => Jun 1992
Gravis Ultrasound 3.74 1M ISA => Dec 1992 (this rev from 1994)
Roland MPU-IPC => Sep 1988
DTK PTI-265W VLB controller Winbond W83759AF => ?
Western Digital Caviar 2700 730M => May 1994 (this rev from 1995)
Sony CDU-55E 2x CD-ROM IDE => Oct 1994
Mitsumi => ?
Baby AT (Pentium style) => Apr 1994
FSP SPI-300G => Feb 2002
external devices:
Roland MT-32 PCM v1.05 Control v2.00 => 1987
Roland SC-55 Firmware 2.0 => Mar 1992
XT/AT 101 US => 1991
Logitech First/Pilot Mouse M35 => 1991
Logitech Wingman Extreme => Dec 1994
from this document looks, the silver version of the wdc 2730 was available from Oct 1994
black series (2730 + 31000):
https://stason.org/TULARC/pc/hard-drives-hdd/ … -ATA2-FAST.html
silver series (2730 + 2850 etc), so the silver 2730 is also period correct.
https://stason.org/TULARC/pc/hard-drives-hdd/ … -ATA2-FAST.html
I like those WD silver medalist drives. They are fast and quiet and perform well.
I have a bunch of WD 540mb. IDE drives that I use with my 486 computers.
The old bios supports them well and auto detect.
If you are looking for a hard-drive with authentic 1980’s ticking sound when reading and writing on the hard-drive then the Conner 540mb. Is hard to beat. These drives sound really nice and very retro.
But are limited in storage so sometimes i use an IDE CF card adapter with 8gb. Sandisk extreme card.
Which also work well with old bios.
In widows-95 the CF card gives you better performance in multitasking and performance.
I can run MacAfee antivirus scan on the 5x86-133 and play a music cdrom and browse the internet at the same time.
So I would say that for best performance and audio play back I would go with a CF card.
If smooth performance and audio play back from your sound cards is most important to you.
But if you are 1994 and just using DOS and Win3x then the conventional hard-drive should do fine.
even more backup 😀 the ct1600 is more typical, than the another backup ct1390
wrote:byebye gorgeous gx4 2.1 :) […]
byebye gorgeous gx4 2.1 😀
Asus VL/I-486SV2GX4 rev 2.1 SiS 85C471 ST
Intel DX4 100 WB SK096
passive heatsink
Sharp 72 pin FPM 60ns 8M x2Asus VL/I-486SVGOX4 rev 1.2 SiS 85C471 QR
Intel DX4 100 WB SK096
Socket 3 cooler
Samsung 72 pin FPM 60ns 8M 2x
i switched back - i used on the weekend, but had some serious problems, sound card detection issues, the bios detected the master2 drv, but the dos not, etc.
the main chip is resoldered, works well 😀
