Please don't hesitate to make offers, regardless of how low. Most offers will be accepted as I want to get rid of this stuff to make space, even if low. I just don't want to throw things away, I want them to go to good homes.
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Tetrium
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You happen to have any 486 motherboards with PS2 mouse connector? Preferably one which uses a coincell battery and made by a reputable manufacturer? (like ASUS, AOpen, Gigabyte etc).
Or perhaps a socket 4 board that's not one of those standard Intel ones?
Or perhaps a socket 4 board that's not one of those standard Intel ones?
EddieDX4
Veteran Member
I don't think Asus/AOpen/Gigabyte where well known during the 486 era... A lot of motherboards were manufactured by random Taiwanese companies, but used known chipset manufacturers (such as CHIPS, etc...).
dorkbert
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IIRC, Asus was already pretty well known at the time; I worked at a industrial automation company that ships turn-key PC machines in the mid 90s and we were qual-ing 386/486 boards from IBM (blue lightening) ASUS (intel Saturn II) and a few others.
Tetrium
Experienced Member
Well, as long as it's not some el-cheapo board like pc-chips...
I have one 486 board with an AT and PS/2 connector right next to one another. I believe it also has a coincell battery. If memory serves it also has a really nice BIOS with a Windows 2/3x look and lots of features.
I don't keep crappy boards around, by the way, unless they're special for some reason. All of the stuff I have is pretty decent to great quality.
I don't keep crappy boards around, by the way, unless they're special for some reason. All of the stuff I have is pretty decent to great quality.
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Tetrium
Experienced Member
Which board is it? I might be interested in buying it from you. Might as well check what else you have for combined shipping.
Edit: You happen to have any AT 2 ATX adapters? (For connecting an ATX powersupply to an AT motherboard) and/or any of those AT ATX-backplates? (For putting an AT motherboard in a more modern case so the backside is closed properly)
I'm also looking for AT motherboards above super 7 (slot 1, socket 370 etc),
and for ISA floppy adapters that support 2.88meg floppydrives (including SCSI adapters which have a separate floppy connector)
Cheers!
Edit: You happen to have any AT 2 ATX adapters? (For connecting an ATX powersupply to an AT motherboard) and/or any of those AT ATX-backplates? (For putting an AT motherboard in a more modern case so the backside is closed properly)
I'm also looking for AT motherboards above super 7 (slot 1, socket 370 etc),
and for ISA floppy adapters that support 2.88meg floppydrives (including SCSI adapters which have a separate floppy connector)
Cheers!
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I have no AT->ATX adapter, but I do have an adapter for putting an ATX board in an AT case, i.e., a power switch adapter for the hard power switch in an AT case to soft power on the ATX board.. I have one AT backplate for an ATX case, but I'm not looking to sell it really. I have one additional one, actually, but it's slightly nonstandard. If you don't mind cutting some thin metal you can have it for free just for "shopping with me". As far as I remember all of my post-SS7 motherboards are ATX only.
I have lots of ISA floppy adapters, but I have no idea which ones support what. Most of them have IDE on them too, as well as some other stuff like parallel/serial.. I imagine they all top off at 1.44MB but I don't really know. I also have some SCSI controllers but I don't recall if any have FDCs onboard too.
(Sorry the pictures are blurry - took them in crappy lighting where the board happened to be at the time).
I have lots of ISA floppy adapters, but I have no idea which ones support what. Most of them have IDE on them too, as well as some other stuff like parallel/serial.. I imagine they all top off at 1.44MB but I don't really know. I also have some SCSI controllers but I don't recall if any have FDCs onboard too.
(Sorry the pictures are blurry - took them in crappy lighting where the board happened to be at the time).
Tetrium
Experienced Member
Cheers!
I see you modded the dallas chip with a new coincell I presume?
Whats the model number of the 486 board?'Does it really have a gold colored keyboard connector?
I'm also interested in what SS7 boards you have, both ATX and AT.
I'll have to take a look at th99 to see which ones will support 2.88 floppy drives. iirc there were a few ones (some normal multi i/o ISA and some scsi with added floppy connector). That will have to wait, kinda late here right now!
I'd love to have the AT2ATX backplate, I don't have any and can't seem to find anyone selling them in Europe.
I'm also interested in getting a Geforce card (non-MX and not a GF2) but that's not a must have for me.
I'll get back to you later when I find which floppy controllers th99 tells me support 2.88 drives (and hope it's not wrong)
I see you modded the dallas chip with a new coincell I presume?
Whats the model number of the 486 board?'Does it really have a gold colored keyboard connector?
I'm also interested in what SS7 boards you have, both ATX and AT.
I'll have to take a look at th99 to see which ones will support 2.88 floppy drives. iirc there were a few ones (some normal multi i/o ISA and some scsi with added floppy connector). That will have to wait, kinda late here right now!
I'd love to have the AT2ATX backplate, I don't have any and can't seem to find anyone selling them in Europe.
I'm also interested in getting a Geforce card (non-MX and not a GF2) but that's not a must have for me.
I'll get back to you later when I find which floppy controllers th99 tells me support 2.88 drives (and hope it's not wrong)
I have some TNT2 cards iirc, but I'm not sure - they're AGP though.
I didn't mod that board, dunno who did something with the Dallas chip, but it does have that wire-tie, yeah..
If it looks like it has a gold keyboard connector then it probably does, but the lighting was slightly yellowed in that area. I'll get some clearer pictures when I can, as well as take stock of SS7 boards that I'm not using.
I didn't mod that board, dunno who did something with the Dallas chip, but it does have that wire-tie, yeah..
If it looks like it has a gold keyboard connector then it probably does, but the lighting was slightly yellowed in that area. I'll get some clearer pictures when I can, as well as take stock of SS7 boards that I'm not using.