WANTED: EISA 386 Motherboard

[Anonymous Coward]

I am looking for an EISA 386 motherboard that supports the full EISA specification. By that I mostly mean support for all 32 address lines. Examples of boards I do not want include anything that uses the HiNT chipset, Mini-EISA or Super-ISA. It would also be nice to have a board that fits in a standard AT case. Full size AT boards are okay.

 

[BarbOnline]

386 Motherboard

386 Motherboard

We have a system we are getting rid of that says ISA386C on the motherboard and there is another 386 that I haven't opened up yet. Do you still need one? What should I look for on the exterior to determine if it is the kind you require?

Barbara

 

[Amigaz]

Not an EISA motherboard but a damn good 386 motherboard made by ASUS
Own one myself

 

[Terry Yager]

I just spent the afternoon trying (unsuccessfully) to recover my battery leakage damaged 386 motherboard. I could use a baby AT size ISA board, preferably a 386DX/33 or 40MHz, with 30-pin SIMM sockets. I'd even settle for a 486 or low-end Pentium. Must have at least 2 16-bit and 1 8-bit ISA slots.

--T

 

[Anonymous Coward]

Asus boards are normally pretty good, but what bothers me about that one is that it uses proprietary SRAMs, so if there is a problem with the cache or need to upgrade it to a larger or faster one, you're SOL.

Terry, do you have any good 0WS 12MHz 286 boards?

 

[Terry Yager]

Uh-uh.

--T

 

[Unknown_K]

I gave my only spare 386 SX/33 board to a friend a few months ago, only have my 386 DX/40 currently in use.

I have yet to see a 386 EISA machine (unless its a 386/486 hybrid), finding one will be a pain.

I passed recently on an AMB 286/8 system, probably should have snagged it but the case was crap and I have little room left anyway.

Somebody back in the 286? era made a system that used SRAM instead of DRAM because it was cheaper for a very short period of time. Very fast system whatever it was, anybody recall?

 

[Anonymous Coward]

There is an active backplane EISA 386 system made by AST, but the problem is that it uses proprietary 64-pin cupid memory. There are definitely other 386 EISA systems out there because I've seen them on TH99.

I don't recall the SRAM based 286, but it sounds pretty interesting. There is a certain everex 286 motherboard (EV1820) that appears to have an SRAM cache, though that system uses daughter cards and I am not sure if the SRAM cache is active while running the 286 chip.

 

[MikeS]

I just spent the afternoon trying (unsuccessfully) to recover my battery leakage damaged 386 motherboard. I could use a baby AT size ISA board, preferably a 386DX/33 or 40MHz, with 30-pin SIMM sockets. I'd even settle for a 486 or low-end Pentium. Must have at least 2 16-bit and 1 8-bit ISA slots.

--T

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What do you really want - 386, 486, P1/2 etc.?
Should have at least a couple of whatever.

No 386 EISA though, but maybe some 486s.

m

 

[Terry Yager]

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What do you really want - 386, 486, P1/2 etc.?
Should have at least a couple of whatever.

No 386 EISA though, but maybe some 486s.

m

The ideal would be a baby AT 386DX/2 @33 or 40MHz, with 8x 30-pin SIMM sockets and 2x 16-bit & 1x 8-bit ISA slots, and basically nothing else on the MOBO, especially no video (my UCI box is an all-in-one luggable with a special (16-bit) video board for the internal monitor). My SCSI board is also 16-bit. Those are the specs I'd like to have, but I'm willing to settle for whatever I can get, just to get 'er back on 'er feet for now.

--T

 

[MikeS]

No sweat; short baby ATs, some 7", some 10" - no batteries. Have to take some pix ASAP for someone else anyway; PM me & we'll see.

Then again, Barbonline may be quicker & cheaper.

BTW, why specifically 386 (as opposed to 486 e.g.) ?

m

 

[Terry Yager]

BTW, why specifically 386 (as opposed to 486 e.g.) ?

m

Authenticity...it was born a 386 and I like to keep it somewhere near original spec. I did have it upgraded to a 90MHz Pentium for awhile, but decided to build it back down again.

This machine is important to me because it's my media exchange box (in case anyone who's waiting for disks from me is wondering what's taking me so long, that's why).

--T