seedat77
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I know I'm looking for something ancient that I probably won't even find in the Joburg Museum, but 1 of the machines in our factory runs on a 486. We need 1 urgently, if anyone has one or comes across one, please let me know.
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Venomous
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Does the PC run specialised machinery?
(sorry can't help you)
I had a client with specialised machines. He also always went looking for dino PCs coz apparently due to various factors if he wished to replace the machine he needed new connector cards & software that woulda set him back over 1mil / machine.
The last I saw him he'd decided to take the plunge & change 1PC every 3years 'til he replaced them all.
(sorry can't help you)
I had a client with specialised machines. He also always went looking for dino PCs coz apparently due to various factors if he wished to replace the machine he needed new connector cards & software that woulda set him back over 1mil / machine.
The last I saw him he'd decided to take the plunge & change 1PC every 3years 'til he replaced them all.
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KhoisanX
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Yes, is there a specific reason that you need a 486?
This ^^
Give us a bit more details wrt specialised hardware, OS & applications. Maybe you can use something else.
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Try cash converters maybe they got some
snugglez64
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I have one at home, just standing there.. I was gonna take a few piccs of it just for kicks.. pm me if you interested.
Most of the old P1 machines should have ISA slots. I'm a bit fuzzy if they are 8-bit or 16-bit.
They would be 16 bit ISA slots, IIRC they were 16 bit since 286 days.
You can still get modern boards with ISA slots for industrial replacement applications, one such manufacturer here:
http://www.adek.com/ATX-motherboards.html
You can still get modern boards with ISA slots for industrial replacement applications, one such manufacturer here:
http://www.adek.com/ATX-motherboards.html
seedat77
Senior Member
Guys, thanks a lot for all the input. I'm not a pc fundi, and also thought that an old pentium pc might work. I suggested trying a P1 or P2, but the technician insists it has to be a 486. I'm not sure what slots it supposed to have. According to him it must be: 486 DX2, 8MB RAM, SR632 32 bit, v3.17.
That's what he wrote, and it must be able to run DOS
That's what he wrote, and it must be able to run DOS
seedat77
Senior Member
The slots look like the long black ones in the pictures
What software and interface cards is thing running?
I think he's talking out of his rear end.
KhoisanX
Expert Member
I suggest you ask him to explain why, if that's all that's required you could go out and buy a brand new PC.
LCBXX
Honorary Master
A Core i7 Black Edition can run DOS. It must have something to do with how the PC interfaces with some instrument/machinery, i.e. using a serial port or interface card that fits on a ISA slot, as mentioned.
seedat77
Senior Member
I'm going to try and post some pics of the board and slots.
I bet it's just the ISA slot.
Actually I also have a machine with a similar setup which needs an ISA slot for the interface into a VME rack which then does all the machine specific control/monitoring.
When the ten year old Samsung HDD finally croaked about a year ago I replaced it with a 2GB IDE SSD, now it boots to Win98 super fast!
Actually I also have a machine with a similar setup which needs an ISA slot for the interface into a VME rack which then does all the machine specific control/monitoring.
When the ten year old Samsung HDD finally croaked about a year ago I replaced it with a 2GB IDE SSD, now it boots to Win98 super fast!
Also add details about the controller/interface card you are using.