Went out yesterday and laid down forty dollars. Got a pc of ancient pre-86
vintage and a 3.5"floppy drive.
Well, I took the beast apart and was amazed to see the clock battery and
drive connectors on a separate board. Whatever, I packed them up.
The case doesn't fit the motherboard I have (a giant 386, thanks Boanne!)
So I just set it to the side and tried laying out what parts I had, looking
for matches.
Okay, so far I have no suitable vid card, my monitor is vga but both the
vid cards i have are cga except the svga which needs two isa slots in a
row. Don't have that, so forget that card.
So, I have a hard disk, and a 5.25" floppy drive, sound card, and 8meg
memory card that work. Keyboard and mouse too. I have cables and wires, pc
speaker with, led and switch panel with wires, power supply with switches
and the motherboard with bolts to hold it up off the surface. The floppy I
bought is weird, I think it's made for a laptop so I guess I might not be
able to use it. It's really slim and has no power input, just a really
short ribbon cable.
I think I'll need an IO controller card, though perhaps the one that came
with the beast would work. I doubt it.
okay, so where would I find specs on the motherboard, or at least start my
search? So I can find out what it has or needs and where to plug in the
various wires.
What other cards will I need to make it simply function, never mind
networking or modems? I dont plan to hook up a printer either.
What I want this one for is just to play with different O/S's to learn to
use them and see how they work.
Is it possible to hook up the 3.5" floppy drive to this pc or will I have
to find someone to barter it with?
No rush, I have, as I said, to fix the monitor problem and likely track
down an I/O floppy controller too.
bye,
Yolanda
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