retro-pc_user
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Bought me another computer and this time a 386 system. It currently has a 1.44MB 3.5" FDD, 1.2MB 5.25" FDD, and some size IDE HDD installed along with a generic (possibly a WinBond chip) ISA I/O controller card and some VGA video card.
Specs of the system:
Unknown motherboard (will look for any markings to identify the board later on)
Cyrix Cx486DLC CPU (either 33GP or 40GP)
Math Co-Processor (might be a Cyrix Cx487DLC, will get a better photo)
Board has 2 EISA slots, 5 ISA slots, has cache chips populated, 4 sticks of SIMM-30 installed, and a bad clock battery (will do a swap and check for any damage and if there's minimal damage, it'll be easy to fix and do a CR2032 battery swap, but I'll follow traces to install a diode to prevent the charging circuitry from blowing the battery up)
The system itself was only $10 at a consignment shop close by, which $10 for a 386/486 system is actually a great price (better than eBay prices).
Going to let the system set out for a while and do some more with it. My plans are to use it as a gaming system with 3 sound cards, plus a CD-ROM drive (proprietary one) to use it as a multimedia system and to play games that are overly speed sensitive for certain MIDI modules and games that were meant for 80386 machines. The Cyrix CPU is a 386 chip (PGA-132 LIF) with 486 instruction sets and 1KB cache.
Stay tuned for further updates, adventures, and computer lab setup for my older systems.
Specs of the system:
Unknown motherboard (will look for any markings to identify the board later on)
Cyrix Cx486DLC CPU (either 33GP or 40GP)
Math Co-Processor (might be a Cyrix Cx487DLC, will get a better photo)
Board has 2 EISA slots, 5 ISA slots, has cache chips populated, 4 sticks of SIMM-30 installed, and a bad clock battery (will do a swap and check for any damage and if there's minimal damage, it'll be easy to fix and do a CR2032 battery swap, but I'll follow traces to install a diode to prevent the charging circuitry from blowing the battery up)
The system itself was only $10 at a consignment shop close by, which $10 for a 386/486 system is actually a great price (better than eBay prices).
Going to let the system set out for a while and do some more with it. My plans are to use it as a gaming system with 3 sound cards, plus a CD-ROM drive (proprietary one) to use it as a multimedia system and to play games that are overly speed sensitive for certain MIDI modules and games that were meant for 80386 machines. The Cyrix CPU is a 386 chip (PGA-132 LIF) with 486 instruction sets and 1KB cache.
Stay tuned for further updates, adventures, and computer lab setup for my older systems.