Pulled out a noisy #486dx system in my collection! Listen to that hard drive! This one is among the oldest machines in my collection! Where did I get it? I don’t know! But, it works! (By the way, old machines like this have mains voltage going to those power buttons - don’t mess with them!) #oldcomputer #retrocomputer #intel486 #dos #msdos #plopbootloader #vintagecomputer #retrocomputing #90s #90snostalgia

Which one should I use for an upgrade of my 486DX 33? Does either of them require a fan or heatsink? The Intel CPU seems to have had a heatsink before.
#retrocomputing #486dx #msdos

Ich bin so alt
Ich hab meinen ersten PC für eine vierstellige Summe in DM bei Vobis gekauft
486 DX 33 mit 14" Highscreen-Monitor, 4MB Ram, 80MB Festplatte und Soundblaster-Pro sowie einen StarLC24 Nadeldrucker

Hardware konfigurieren noch mit Jumpern für IRQ und hex-Adressen

Huch, Vobis gibts immer noch?

#IchBinSoAlt #Vobis #486DX #HighScreen

Holy wow look what I found! #386sx #486SX #486dx #386dx #vintage #intel #computer

Given that I want to target i486 with @OS1337 but don't want to deal with obsolete hardware that is dying of old age, I think it's more fitting to consider a sort-of mainboard to shove some 486SX-SOM with PC/104-Plus on and have the few necessities hooked up to it. Maybe even put it inside a THINN #Pizzabox-style #case?

It would also make a new "bridge" machine to interface old PCI & ISA hardware and allow connecting i.e. a #QuadFlop and roll with that...

https://github.com/OS-1337/tiny486

Thoughts, @rasteri @polpo @TechTangents @lazygamereviews @foone ??

#Tiny486 #embedded #EmbeddedComputing #retro #RetroComputing #Linux #EmbeddedLinux #Development #DevKit #DevelopmentKit #ideas #concepts #Hardware #OpenSource #OpenSourceHardware #Mainboard #i486 #i386 #i487 #486SX #486DX #PCI #ISA #BridgeMachine #Bridge #PC104 #PC104Plus #OS1337

Installed Windows 3.1 on my 486 last night ^^ Dedication to the whole playing retro games in real retro gear! I’m getting Myst installed for my first playthrough and was surprised to find it’s a requirement.

Turns out drivers for video and audio are quite the tricky ones when you need SVGA support on a VESA card and audio from a SB Awe64. Both are required to play the game properly.

I’ll need to find working drivers for my S3 Trio64v2/DX card as well as something that is actually willing to install wave support for the Awe64.

#retrocomputing #retrogaming #dos #486dx #windows3x #Streaming #twitch #vtuber #enVTuber

Os/2 WARP take 14 is online #os2 #retrocomputing #486dx

Still trying very unsuccessfully to get an OS/2 install working 🫠 #486dx #os2 #retropc #Retrocompting #wow90sMacWasSoMuchBetter

...obviously #demoscene fans already got it through it's paces achieving #demo recreations that are on-par with #486DX systems.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_67sF4onNQM

New bios battery, trackball is working, only the floppy is broken. But is the job for another day #SiemensNixdorf #486dx

I have learned I likely blew the fuse providing power to the external floppy drive on my Toshiba Portégé T3600CT. The crime? I plugged an IBM ThinkPad floppy drive with the SAME EXACT GODDAMN CONNECTOR into it. ThinkWiki says:

"ATTENTION!
Also Toshiba produced a cable with same connectors as IBM 74H0219. Toshiba 20mm connector pinout is different: at the very least, pins for power and ground are shorted relative to IBM. Tip by Ziginox."

😭

#retrocomputing #486dx

Ready battle bridge.

#486dx #retrocomputing

We hit #80486, baby! Time to get some #DOSgaming on in celebration! Thanks to all the donors who got us here!

#DOS #gaming #games #gamer #videogames #computergames #msdos #Intel486 #486dx #PC #PCgaming #PCgames

Turns out there was no battery in this Dolch PAC61 but a Dallas RTC chip.
I got it back together with no screws leftover and still working, so that's a win.
Bonus: I found the little round plastic part rattling inside the case, so I was able to close the hole.
#RetroComputing #486DX #VintageComputing