Which motherboard should I keep?

[andromeda92]

Hi,
In a few posts before I talked about two motherboards, KT216WB 16Mhz RAM 1MB and WD286-LPM 12.5Mhz RAM 1MB.
both have 286 processor, I would like to invest in one board not both, I will keep one in the closet waiting.
Which do you think I should keep?
the first is quite complete with two serial ports, a parallel and VGA port integrated into the card, FDD and HDD connector integrated into the motherboard, second with 6 16bit ISA ports including an 8Bite but nothing is integrated, no serial port, port parallel, neither IDE controller nor integrated VGA, I added a video card, an XT-IDE card, or a multi I/O HDD, serial, parallel, and diskette controller, but the diskette controller does not work, even with another 16bit ISA card.
What interests me is above all the stability.
the second motherboard (KT216WB), is hard to find documentation.
If anyone knows these two types of card and could advise me
Thanks for your help.

 

[Chuck(G)]

I think your board order is swapped; The first describes the WD286-LPM with only a single 16 bit ISA slot; it can clock to 20MHz according to the specs. My recollection is that Western Digital purchased Faraday's chipset business. It's a nice little board, but without much expansion. It might be perfect for a low-profile case, but it would be too limited for my taste. See the "pizza box" case here So, if you're adding an expansion card, you'll certainly need a right-angle riser for a "pizza box" case!

The second, is a someone older design, but with lots of expansion options and requires a full-sized case. Speed seems to be best at 12Mhz tops. Same RAM limit (4MB) as the WD board above. Winbond chipset. Not the greatest board and you'll nee HD/FD/VGA cards at a minimum. I'm not sure that I like this board at all--a little too dated. Not a lot of documentation on this one.

It boils down to your eventual need and application, I suppose.

 

[andromeda92]

I thought like you, for the box, for the moment I leave them in the open air, the WD286-LPM motherboard worked the first time without problem.

 

[andromeda92]

I will keep the WD286-LPM, it is complete, VGA port, 2 Serial ports, a parallel port, an FDD and HDD connector,
I put an XF-CF everything works, the only problem is the size of the pizza-box motherboard.

the other motherboard also works but I have two problems, one half solved but which works, to avoid the reboot continues with the error keyboard is locked.. unlock it,
I put a reset button , once I press it, it boots normally and I no longer have the message,

the other problem is when I turn off the power and wait for a good time 1h or the next day, it puts two minutes to boot, when it's hot it reboots instantly, surely a capacitor problem may be.

[EDIT]
The WD286-LPM has 5 slot 16 bit isa with connector expansion.