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First post, by Retromania

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Hi you guys,

Ive a OEM 486 DX4 100mhz with with a Motherboard Jetway J-426B (socket 3) that has ISA + PCI slots, can i install one of these?
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/PCI-32bit-to- … mStoreLevelAB=3

Thanks in advance for your help 😉

Note: (MSDOS 6.22 + Windows 3.11 installed)

Last edited by Retromania on 2017-12-05, 15:17. Edited 1 time in total.

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Reply 1 of 4, by Retromania

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Can anyone help me? 😢
Any of you guys ever tried to install a ps/2 adapter card on a 486?

Last edited by Retromania on 2017-12-05, 15:17. Edited 1 time in total.

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Reply 3 of 4, by Retromania

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keropi wrote:

the product's page states: note:doesn't support MS-DOS.
so this is most likely a usb controller that uses ps2 ports instead of usb for keyboard/mouse , useless for dos/win3x

Thanks so much for your help keropi, i didnt notice that and the information was there all a long 😉

BTW its difficult to find a original (back in the day) ps/2 adapter card? whats the average price?

Ive a KVM SWITCH like the pic below, and my goal its to connect it to this 486 and a pentium I.

kvm.jpg

My pentium I already has a ps/2 adapter card, i just need another one for my 486, so i can use only one keyboard/monitor/mouse between the 2 machines.

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Reply 4 of 4, by vladstamate

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Rather than ISA card adapter I used plug adapters. I also use a KVM switch to connect between vintage computers. The good news is that it works for keyboard but I could not get the serial-to-PS/2 to work for mouse. So I just have a mouse plugged in each computer but share keyboard and monitor. Now it is possible I did something wrong or maybe use the wrong mouse or wrong adapter.

Here are some examples:

Keyboard: https://www.ebay.com/itm/AT-Female-to-PS2-Mal … MSL37wa0AaWb7MQ
Mouse: https://www.ebay.com/itm/PS-2-PS2-Female-to-9 … gkAAOSwJtdaFh4M

YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7HbC_nq8t1S9l7qGYL0mTA
Collection: http://www.digiloguemuseum.com/index.html
Emulator: https://sites.google.com/site/capex86/
Raytracer: https://sites.google.com/site/opaqueraytracer/