First post, by Capybara
Hey Vogonites. It's me, again.
This time me and the fiance are looking to build what we call the 'work PC'. Basically, a PC that we have loaded up with as much and as many drives, ports, and connectors as we can. Why? Data recovery. He is going to (re)start his "I come to you" computer repair business, and we want to be able to offer data recovery for older formats into newer ones as we have a large population of elderly in the area who may not have documents or photos on a newer format. We're sticking to DDR-era due to our spec requirements (see below)
However, we've hit a snag. Our current board does not support a 1.2 and a 1.44 floppy on the same channel, and only has one port. I'm looking for MB suggestions based on these requirements:
Minimum 4GB RAM
Support for 5.25" 1.2MB Floppy and 3.5" 1.44MB Floppy (ideally on one port, but 2 if present is fine)
Minimum of 1 IDE port (2 would be ideal)
At least 3 PCI slots. The more the merrier
Minimum 2 5.25" bays and 1 3.5" bay at front (more appreciated)
Additional optional specs:
as many USB ports as possible
Firewire (if present)
Serial/Parallel built in (if possible)
