Reply 36180 of 45964, by LewisRaz
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Aublak wrote on 2020-09-27, 01:44:Aublak wrote on 2020-09-23, 19:39:So I've been drinking the 486 Koolaid lately and I decided I wanted to get into it. I don't really have a history with the 486 a […]
So I've been drinking the 486 Koolaid lately and I decided I wanted to get into it. I don't really have a history with the 486 and yet here I am. I believe my first (family) computer was a Packard Bell with an early Pentium. Well maybe one of those school computers were likely a 386/486.
Anyways I bought this 486 mainboard (Epox GXA486SPM) along with a DX2, a Am5x86, and some unknown ram. Its missing it eprom chip, but I have a programmer arriving today. So we'll see how that goes.
Then I bought an entire 386sx computer because I just wanted the case. So now I guess I have a 386 as well. I don't even know how to get started with this, but I guess I'll figure it out as I go along.
The main thing I'm worried about is that PSU. I wouldn't know how to check it for safety.
So that Epox board isn't working out.
So I bought another 486 board (Biostar M B - 8433UUD - A). This one is going to need a bit of work.
Those are resistor packs but a bit of surface rust should not be a problem.