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Have anyone bought 486 industrial motherboards from esapcsolutions.com ?

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First post, by markot

Posted on 2016-06-23, 06:45

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Have anyone here bought or tried the new 486 motherboards available for order at http://www.esapcsolutions.com?

I believe they are quite expensive, but it would be nice to have a modern 486 computer. It also looks like you can connect an external speaker to the motherboard instead of using the piezo speaker which isn't good at all.

http://www.esapcsolutions.com/ecom/drawings/E … 2010_10-08a.pdf

Reply 1 of 40, by PhilsComputerLab

Posted on 2016-06-23, 07:29

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Please buy one and let us know how it is!

How much do they sell for?

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Reply 2 of 40, by Jade Falcon

Posted on 2016-06-23, 12:11

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http://www.esapcsolutions.com/electronic-solu … cache-p-82.html

I wonder what they cost?

Reply 3 of 40, by brostenen

Posted on 2016-06-23, 12:44

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They might be darn expensive.

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Reply 4 of 40, by nforce4max

Posted on 2016-06-23, 12:50

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They have been known here for years but the cost scares everyone away, some got deep pockets but no one is willing to spend that much.

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Reply 5 of 40, by keenerb

Posted on 2016-06-23, 13:33

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I think most 486 industrial motherboards I've actually seen priced are in the $400 range.

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Hah, I thought this thread seemed familiar...

486 Industrial Baby AT Motherboard

$331

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Reply 6 of 40, by brostenen

Posted on 2016-06-23, 13:38

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Yeah.... Industrial spells: Reliable, stable and expensive to the max.

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Reply 7 of 40, by PhilsComputerLab

Posted on 2016-06-23, 13:42

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$400 sounds obscene now, but fast forward 5 to 10 years...

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Reply 8 of 40, by nforce4max

Posted on 2016-06-23, 14:12

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PhilsComputerLab wrote:
$400 sounds obscene now, but fast forward 5 to 10 years...

^This so much

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Reply 9 of 40, by Kahenraz

Posted on 2016-06-23, 16:24

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This looks so cool but surely expensive. 😀

Reply 10 of 40, by Unknown_K

Posted on 2016-06-23, 16:40

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PhilsComputerLab wrote:
$400 sounds obscene now, but fast forward 5 to 10 years...

Why are 486 motherboards going to be extinct in 5 to 10 years?

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Reply 11 of 40, by tikoellner

Posted on 2016-06-23, 16:59

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Well, I think they'll be quite hard to get, as the demand for them seems relatively higher than for 286 or 386 systems, for example. Just more versatile.

Reply 12 of 40, by Kahenraz

Posted on 2016-06-23, 17:45

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486 and VGA grapgics is as low as I'll go. I just can't imagine life without an FPU. 😵

Reply 13 of 40, by nforce4max

Posted on 2016-06-23, 18:01

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Unknown_K wrote:
PhilsComputerLab wrote:
$400 sounds obscene now, but fast forward 5 to 10 years...

Why are 486 motherboards going to be extinct in 5 to 10 years?

Limited supply and rising demand then there is people like myself who are still buying just to build or maintain our collections. The pain inflicted by the resellers will be the final nail in the coffin and people will really go after anything that can reliably emulate 486 performance wise ie socket5/7.

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Reply 14 of 40, by Errius

Posted on 2016-06-23, 19:15

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10 years from now you'll be able to 3D print this stuff in your home.

Is this too much voodoo?

Reply 15 of 40, by PeterLI

Posted on 2016-06-23, 19:21

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10 years from now the people who have nostalgia for the DOS era will be really old or will have moved on.

Reply 16 of 40, by Rhuwyn

Posted on 2016-06-23, 23:30

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those boards look awesome.

Reply 17 of 40, by stamasd

Posted on 2016-06-24, 00:19

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Kahenraz wrote:
486 and VGA grapgics is as low as I'll go. I just can't imagine life without an FPU. 😵

Um, why? Unless your hobby entails processing really big spreadsheets...

I/O, I/O,
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Reply 18 of 40, by Kahenraz

Posted on 2016-06-24, 02:25

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stamasd wrote:
Kahenraz wrote:
486 and VGA grapgics is as low as I'll go. I just can't imagine life without an FPU. 😵

Um, why? Unless your hobby entails processing really big spreadsheets...

It's what I grew up with. CGA and EGA were before my time. And I'm very partial to software rasterizers. 😀

Reply 19 of 40, by PhilsComputerLab

Posted on 2016-06-24, 02:57

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Everyone will have their own "cut-off" time. For me it's the 386 😀

My first PC and I got very fond memories. 286 and earlier is just not my cup of tea.

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