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OK, i was bored, so i decided to dig through my giant pile of used and old computer parts.
I happened to come across this beautiful little chip known as an AMD 5x86 133mhz, thats a 133mhz 486!!!! for crying out loud! i was using a 33mhz DX intel model when i was a kid, and i was happy to run doom at 30fps.
so, i set out to look for a suitable motherboard.
I found an Aopen PCI form motherboard with 3 PCI slots, and 3 ISA slots,
so after some experimentation, i found a few matching 64mbyte 72pin edo ram modules, and (thats 256mbyte! LOL 486's came equipped with 4, 8, or 16mb if i remember correctly)
anyway, so i have a beast CPU, and a beast memory set (although anything over 64mb is just overkill and useless with dos, but whatever, i wanted the numbers.)
Next comes the video card,,, hmm... i tried a Geforce 6200 pci and apparently this motherboard doesnt comply with PCI 2.1 standard, (its only 2.0) and its not supplying enough power to run the 6200 *cry*.
after some Ebaying i came across a Voodoo 3 3000 (and the specs said 2.0 or higher PCI compliance, JACKPOT!!!)
I can honestly say that after installing a few apps, games, the OS, and yadda. I have Counterstrike *original, not source* running...
on a 486!!!
i get about 10fps max at 640x480, but it WORKS, =)
so now, i am the proud owner of the best 486 i have ever seen
oh and by the way , this chip is 133mhz right? well i got it running at 199 with a few tweaks, and a pentium 4 heatsink that i cut to size.
=D <3.. its so useless and pointless, but... <3 <3... i think im gonna .... yeah..
im gonna make out with my dinosaur computer, i'll be back later..
I happened to come across this beautiful little chip known as an AMD 5x86 133mhz, thats a 133mhz 486!!!! for crying out loud! i was using a 33mhz DX intel model when i was a kid, and i was happy to run doom at 30fps.
so, i set out to look for a suitable motherboard.
I found an Aopen PCI form motherboard with 3 PCI slots, and 3 ISA slots,
so after some experimentation, i found a few matching 64mbyte 72pin edo ram modules, and (thats 256mbyte! LOL 486's came equipped with 4, 8, or 16mb if i remember correctly)
anyway, so i have a beast CPU, and a beast memory set (although anything over 64mb is just overkill and useless with dos, but whatever, i wanted the numbers.)
Next comes the video card,,, hmm... i tried a Geforce 6200 pci and apparently this motherboard doesnt comply with PCI 2.1 standard, (its only 2.0) and its not supplying enough power to run the 6200 *cry*.
after some Ebaying i came across a Voodoo 3 3000 (and the specs said 2.0 or higher PCI compliance, JACKPOT!!!)
I can honestly say that after installing a few apps, games, the OS, and yadda. I have Counterstrike *original, not source* running...
on a 486!!!
i get about 10fps max at 640x480, but it WORKS, =)
so now, i am the proud owner of the best 486 i have ever seen
oh and by the way , this chip is 133mhz right? well i got it running at 199 with a few tweaks, and a pentium 4 heatsink that i cut to size.
=D <3.. its so useless and pointless, but... <3 <3... i think im gonna .... yeah..
im gonna make out with my dinosaur computer, i'll be back later..
