Subj : My new* 486 (*=old)
To   : xbit
From : dozo
Date : Wed Feb 15 2023 16:58:13

 xb> I have the following retro PC currently being shipped: x-bit.org/retro486/
 xb> Fingers crossed that it makes its way to me safely.
Nice! I hope it arrives safely. I bought an AMD 386DX40 mainboard a short while ago, with 4 MB ram. I still have to mount in one of my very old cases and find a suitable PSU for it, since I don't want to toast that 'new' mainboard.

 xb> My first PC ever was a 486sx 25 that i later upgraded with a Cyrix 486-100
 xb> don't want to say what i did with it years later as it makes me sad/mad :/
I lost some stuff too. Luckily, I do have all my hard drives from 40MB onwards. The only one I _don't_ have is from my Novell server that held my BBS files :/

 xb> Looking forward to some 486 era gaming and i'll also install a spitfire bb
 xb> just to get the init strings working so it says "waiting for call". 
Can relate, I look forward to using the 386 with an IDE to CF adapter and a Gotek FDD emulator, so I can Telix to BBS'es :D

 xb> One of the first upgrads I'm going to do is to replace the badge on the ca
 xb> from this place geekenspiel.com/collections. 
Thanks for the link, great stuff!

 xb> Anyone else have a early era PC? Please share the specs and what your doin
 xb> with it if so. 
I also have a Pentium 200mmx I had earlier, with 850MB HDD and a Matrox GPU. I'm checking this board and PSU for bad caps and intend to power it on one of these days. I wonder what's on the HDD :D

Cheers,

dozo

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