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Re: 486 Time Machine Build

Posted on 2012-01-30, 00:16

I'm interested to know what you used to mount the motherboard in the case? It took me a while to find screw-in plastic risers of the right height since the screw holes in my case aren't threaded. Yes I was lucky that the case came with all the original mounting stuff because it's not standard. The …

486 Time Machine Build

Posted on 2012-01-29, 23:04

Can a grown man - mid 30’s, 2 kids, mortgage - recapture a moment from his youth? Specifically, would it be possible to experience the thrill I’d felt 20 years ago sitting in front of my 486, tracking Tie Fighters through the pixelated voids of space, or fighting back the insidious Ordos of Dune? I …

Re: Hardware score at the recycle center

Posted on 2012-01-26, 10:51

Yes that 386 HDD (all 85mb's of it) has quite a few games, DOS, and Windows 3.1 on it. There are a couple of war sims, Sid Meier's Civilization, Trump Castle 3 (never heard of it), Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure, Keen, Lemmings, etc. And also there's a game with the ridiculous title of "Battletech: the …

Re: Barrel style CMOS battery question

Posted on 2012-01-24, 22:11

Thanks very much for the replies, I'll take the advice get rid of it. I've de-soldered one from a another board and used the external battery header, which worked OK. So I'll go that route again if I can. The 386DX40 board I mentioned in the original post is dead - can't get it to post. But I can't …

Barrel style CMOS battery question

Posted on 2012-01-22, 22:33

I've seen first hand recently what a mess these things can make when they leak - I found an otherwise perfect 386 board which has been badly corroded. But I've also found a 486 board which has a barrel battery that hasn't leaked, and amazingly still holds a charge. So my question is - can I leave it …

Hardware score at the recycle center

Posted on 2012-01-21, 11:48

I got lucky at the local recycle center today and thought I'd share my finds here. First up is a 486dx2 66 - quite a cool old case and still complete, sporting DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.11! It booted up first try. Lots of games and period software included for the price of entry (all this stuff was …

Re: Wow - this takes the cake

Posted on 2012-01-20, 01:50

Out of interest why are they clowns for selling (or trying at least) to sell a 486 MB for 100 bucks? I've seen that sentiment a few times on this board. I know you can get them far more cheaply - or even free - if you're patient, but is the seller doing the wrong thing for putting big prices on …

Check out this bad boy

Posted on 2012-01-18, 04:52

Just noticed this beauty on eBay - if I was in driving distance I'd make an offer, but unfortunately, I aint. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1985-ms-dos-comput … 4#ht_500wt_1413

Re: A sad hardware story, please help me.

Posted on 2012-01-16, 23:11

OK thanks for the reply, I will get a multimeter and test it. I could easily switch the PSU out for another one I have but it's a nice clean one, so I'd prefer to use it if possible. The reason I suspected the connector is that - by looking closely at the molex plug - I could see a cut section of …

Re: A sad hardware story, please help me.

Posted on 2012-01-16, 22:06

An update on this - eBay to the rescue once again. I found this 4-pin to 2-pin adapter to replace the dodgy one I suspect caused the burnout previously: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/160639806633?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649#ht_500wt_1180 And I found a similar looking LED unit …

Re: I want an "Ultimate DOS" gaming rig but... is this too powerful?

Posted on 2012-01-12, 23:06

in DOS
"Hey, wasn't I doing this to play video games? Eh, whatever," and go out dumpster diving again. Thank goodness this isn't just me. I finally put together my ideal 486, I love it, I sit down to play some classic games at long last... then I start wondering "what would that broken down old box with …

Re: A sad hardware story, please help me.

Posted on 2012-01-09, 21:44

You're dead on there I think. I pulled a similar part from another machine and connected it to the case in question, and the display did function correctly for a time, but then started to heat up and fry before my very eyes. On closer inspection it looks like someone has messed around with the …

A sad hardware story, please help me.

Posted on 2012-01-09, 00:37

I have a shameful habit of taking unwanted hardware to my local recycle center and, while the attendant isn't looking, browsing other people's discards and often coming away with more things than I arrived with. On my last raid I found a beautiful AT case which is in near new condition - it even has …

Re: Games in vesa mode, hardware required.

Posted on 2011-12-30, 10:51

in DOS
Thanks for the helpful replies as always on this board, I'll give fastvid a go and try to be a bit more realistic with my expectations. I'm having a ball messing around with this old hardware - most of which I couldn't afford back in the day - but, due to being corrupted by modern PC gaming I think, …

Games in vesa mode, hardware required.

Posted on 2011-12-29, 10:41

in DOS
Like most things in life there's probably no easy answer for this, but what hardware is required to run games in vesa mode at a decent frame rate? I ask because I've recently been messing around with early pentiums (started with a 200MMX, now using a P2 300 MMX) to play DOS games and am not getting …

Re: Who Else Uses Anti-Static Wrist Straps?

Posted on 2011-11-25, 03:16

in Milliways
Nah I've never used one and never had a problem. The only trouble I've run into with regard to zap's is mistaking an AT case for an ATX and trying to test a broken power switch by shorting it with a swiss army knife's scissors. Pretty moronic in hindsight but you know, I was young. I did sit on a …

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