[kwlug-disc] Old / Vintage components

[Ron Singh]

Thanks for the offer!

The specific ISA-486 mobo I am after is this one --
http://s192804805.onlinehome.us/ebayimages/3-12/xl_A186.jpg
and I plan to crank the cache to the max and install my 486dx4-100 CPU
along with a Weitek 4167-33 that I have been jonesing to put into play for
about 30 years now:-)
My gorgeous Weitek --
http://cdn.cpu-world.com/CPUs/4167/S_Weitek-4167-033-GCD.jpg

Sorry, I shouldn't waste bandwidth on this stuff, but, yeah, classic
hardware, which I will marry to an in-hand Chenbro AT-style desktop chassis
with a Jaba 4200 PSU(200w). Still have my original Hercules Monographics
card that I may use, but likely not as it is a slow-8-bit card. A Voodoo
ISA card is calling to me, heheh.


Thanks,

Ron Singh



On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 4:02 PM Charles M <chaslinux at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ron I’m pretty sure we do have a 486 motherboard. I’m not at work now, but
> I’ll check in the morning. I think we also have a complete Pentium I
> (remember seeing socket 7), but we would have to wipe the drive before we
> let that go. We are not seeing as much as we used to in the 386/486 range,
> even Pentium II and III are less common than they used to be, but we do
> still get the odd one in.
>
> I’ll check tomorrow morning for you, I think I have one by my desk along
> with a slew of parts someone brought in recently.
>
> On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 11:02 AM Ron Singh <ronsingh149 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Man, questions like these make me want to cry  -- just last year in May,
>> my local IT joint had a massive purge of older parts, ranging from 486 to
>> PIII and the associated ISA-bussed stuff, all e-wasted. Remarkable how many
>> brand-new ATI VLB video cards were tossed, a project that went bad.
>>
>> I think you would have the best of luck with a visit to a smaller
>> e-waster, where you tell them that you will tear apart some older PCs and
>> take what you want and they get some free labour. I would imagine most
>> e-waster will frown on an outside at their premises from a liability
>> standpoint, but mebbe not.
>>
>> I think it worth a try.
>>
>> I am personally looking for an ASUS ISA-486 mobo as it was best-of-breed
>> back in the day as I have a real nice Intel 486dx4-100 CPU in hand along
>> with the RAM/PSU/Video. Shockingly, we found a new DEC Alpha mobo that will
>> run Win NT and likely some Debian cut. That mobo was kept:-)
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Ron Singh
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 21, 2019 at 9:20 PM Colin Mackay <zixiekat at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Greetings,
>>>
>>> I'm looking to revive an old 386 I once had.  I've found an identical
>>> model on ebay and it's on it's way, but it got me wondering if there was
>>> anything in the K/W (or even Toronto) area where older computer parts may
>>> still be available?
>>>
>>> I've done a number of google searches, but most of the companies out
>>> there sell more recent systems (2010+).  I'm hoping for late 80's early
>>> 90's.
>>>
>>> If anyone knows, please let me know!
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks.
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