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First post, by denmes

Posted on 2023-07-19, 19:48

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Hello everybody. I have found a 486 PC. It's not working, the leaked NiCd battery destroyed quite a lot. The PC is some Vobis Highscreen, but no more information. Chipset is SIS 85C461.- I was quite surprised to be unable to identify the mainboard. Could anyone help?

Besides, what kind of slot is that strange one ISA-VLB in the middle? I cannot identify it either. It was used by a SPEA V7 VEGA video card which looks like a normal VESA card, but with only 8-bit part of ISA and normal VLB, so the slot parts with weird connectors were not in use.

Reply 1 of 3, by DrSwizz

Posted on 2023-07-19, 20:07

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Well, since the name of the board is PAT48SV, the manufacturer is likely TMC.

Reply 2 of 3, by denmes

Posted on 2023-07-20, 11:02

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DrSwizz wrote on 2023-07-19, 20:07:

Well, since the name of the board is PAT48SV, the manufacturer is likely TMC.

Thank you for the hint! Seems to be rather special model that it is unknown to Google.

Reply 3 of 3, by Disruptor

Posted on 2023-07-20, 11:28

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denmes wrote on 2023-07-19, 19:48:

Besides, what kind of slot is that strange one ISA-VLB in the middle? I cannot identify it either. It was used by a SPEA V7 VEGA video card which looks like a normal VESA card, but with only 8-bit part of ISA and normal VLB, so the slot parts with weird connectors were not in use.

Weird too. Can it be used for L2 cache?
Don't bother with that graphics card. It just lures your thoughts into a wrong direction.

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