sf78, nice!

I'm dreaming of getting a good free howl like this, it's been a year and a half since I got my hands on a big pile of goodies... 🙁

Best part, the 486 had this inside:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-486-Socket-3- … d-/261948919163

And it actually works! I finally got a decent retro tower with a reset and turbo buttons. Couldn't be happier. 😊

Whats the brand of the second case? The one under the square-ish one with all missing bay covers? My old P3 had one of these, but without a photo I could never look it up.

They are all generic made in China/Taiwan cases used in many clones.

Yamaha YMF-724F-V soundcard. 15 US Dollars including shipping.
So cheap that I just had to have it. Plus the fact that it has a SB-Link.

<--- totes jel of sf78. Would love a VLB system.

sf78, is that 486/50 running a 50mhz DX or DX2 chip?

I got a bunch of PSU:s, one slot 1 mobo and a AM2 mobo.

The slot1 mobo is a Abit BE6, which seems pretty good. Does anyone know what's the fastest CPU I can put on it? P3 Katmai? Or could it handle Coppermine CPU as well?

http://www.anandtech.com/show/362

pojo wrote:

I got a bunch of PSU:s, one slot 1 mobo and a AM2 mobo.

The slot1 mobo is a Abit BE6, which seems pretty good. Does anyone know what's the fastest CPU I can put on it? P3 Katmai? Or could it handle Coppermine CPU as well?

http://www.anandtech.com/show/362

Tualatin should work with slocket and C-mine > Tualatin adapter

I myself bought an Asus PC-DL. Need to find nice cpu's for it now 😀

soviet conscript wrote:

sf78, is that 486/50 running a 50mhz DX or DX2 chip?

DX2

Was browsing Gumtree and very nearly overlooked an ad for a Toshiba T1600. It was only its claim that it was a 90s laptop that piqued my interest. Looked up some pics and exclaimed "90s my arse - it's a 286 with a monochrome screen!" (a sentence that makes sense to very few people). The owner probably had it in her possession since the 90s when her company got rid of it. The only info I can find is that it dates from 1988.

It's in almost mint condition externally but I was of course immediately concerned with the internals - it registers power but will not start up. I think I will start a new thread dedicated to getting this working.

Check out the size of the power brick!

Nice find! My T1200's third-party Astec PSU detonated itself before I even tested my system, so I'd also want to check the PSU in your case - just because some power is getting through doesn't mean that the voltage or current levels are sufficient for it to actually boot. 😀

I got another 486 motherboard today.

Its an Asus PVI-486SP3, it wasnt very cheap, ~60 Euro with shipping but it seems to be the going rate and the board has the B4 rev SIS chipset and is in perfect condition so Im happy. I also bought an Intel DX2-66 for 18 Euro shipped with the board. Intel 486 CPUs have gotten alot more expensive lately, I could not find a better deal for a tested 5V DX2-66 with shipping cost. I need a 5V 486 CPU for testing an old unidentified ISA only board, the Asus board will likely run an AMD 5x86-pr75.

The board

The board running

edit: k ---> x

Skyscraper wrote:

I need a 5V 486 CPU for testing an old unidentified ISA only board, the Asus board will likely run an AMD 5k86-pr75.

I have one of these. Where are you? I could send it to you as I'm not using it.

Skyscraper wrote:

the Asus board will likely run an AMD 5k86-pr75.

Did you mean 5x86? I was under impression that 5k86 is an older name for K5, a pure Socket 5 chip.

5x86 is the 133mhz AMD 486 chip 😀 I have two of them not in use currently.

RacoonRider wrote:

Skyscraper wrote:

the Asus board will likely run an AMD 5k86-pr75.

Did you mean 5x86? I was under impression that 5k86 is an older name for K5, a pure Socket 5 chip.

brassicGamer wrote:

Skyscraper wrote:

I need a 5V 486 CPU for testing an old unidentified ISA only board, the Asus board will likely run an AMD 5k86-pr75.

ODwilly wrote:

5x86 is the 133mhz AMD 486 chip 😀 I have two of them not in use currently.

Well the Socket-3 486 with extra L1 cache so 5x86, I have one but I dont know if its working or not since the board it came with was dead and I have not had another 3.3V Socket-3 board up until just recently.

If my chip is dead Im open for trading for another one but its best we not discuss such things here 😀

Shoot me an IM I one of them is in a Powerleap adapter that is missing a pin.

Skyscraper wrote:

The board running

Nice case! What is the name/brand?

easy_john wrote:

Skyscraper wrote:

The board running

Nice case! What is the name/brand?

I do not really know but here are 3 photos I took two years ago. The only thing missing in these pictures is the PSU as it was missing at the time, I have found it again though. The PSU has enough cables for 3 complete systems.