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From: kd@doc.ic.ac.uk (Kostis Dryllerakis)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: RESULT: 486 Motherboards Compatible with 386bsd 0.1
Date: 22 Mar 93 11:36:36 GMT
Organization: Dept. of Computing, Imperial College, London
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Summary: A list of compatible motherboards for 386bsd
Keywords: 486, motherboards
Here is the list of compatible motherboards for 386bsd that I managed to collect
off the network. Thanks to all of you who contributed to this effort. If some
of you have knowledge of a different motherboard and want to add it to the list
please send me e-mail.
Disclaimer: This list is NOT a commercial oriented effort. It is not an attempt
to promote brands of computer machinery; it merely reports "happy"
customers. The validity of information supplied is based solely on
the validity of the statements made by the contributors. If more
information is needed on a particular product please contact the
contributor directly via e-mail.
Kostis
(kd@doc.ic.ac.uk)
Here is the list:
======== ISA MOTHERBOARDS ===========
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Manufacturer : Zeos
Country of origin : USA
Architecture : ISA (serial/parallel ports and cotroller on board)
Bus Slots : 7 16-bit and 1 8-bit
Chipset :
Processor/Speed : 486SLC/25
Processor Cache : 8K(?)
BIOS : Award w/ built-in setup (no password, though)
Max Memory : 16 megs
Country of availability :
Price estimate : This machine was $1995. (out of production)
Points of attention :
Other Information : I would most likely not recomment this system,
or any other system using a 486SLC...the 16 meg limit
is a real pain. Also, the system has No processor
upgrade options (unlike a real 486SX)...the
motherboard itself would have to be replaced. :(
Contributor : Matt Beal (publius@wam.umd.edu)
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Manufacturer : Micronics
Country of origin : USA
Architecture : ISA
Bus Slots : 8 (all 16 bit :-)
Chipset : Not Known
Processor/Speed : 486/25MHz
Processor Cache : 256K
BIOS : Phoenix
Max Memory : 16Meg
Country of availability : Australia (at least)
Price estimate : Not Known
Points of attention :
Other Information : Needed "fixed" boot floppies otherwise system
would not boot from hard disk.
Contributor : Brett Lymn (blymn@awadi.com.au)
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Manufacturer : VOBIS / HIGHSCREEN
Country of origin : Germany
Architecture : ISA
Bus Slots : 8
Chipset : OPTI / uP INTEL
Processor/Speed : INTEL 80486 DX 50 Mhz
Processor Cache : 256 Kb
BIOS : AMI 1992
Max Memory : 32MB
Country of availability : Europe
Price estimate : 3000 US $ with the following configuration:
486/50 - 8 Mb RAM - HDD 210 Mb - 2 floppies -
VGA card - 14" VGA Monitor -
DOS/Windows/& other software.
Points of attention : I paid 6000 US $ for the following configuration:
486/50 - 16 Mb RAM - SCSI card (Adaptec) 425 Mb
SCSI disk - 2 floppies - 1 Mb VGA card (ET4000) -
17" professional monitor etc. The hard drive alone
costs 1250 US $, but it is from a third party. The
monitor alone (PHILIPS, remarked as VOBIS)
costs 1000 US $.
All prices are valid in Italy.
Other Information :
Contributor : Piero Serini (piero@strider.st.dsi.unimi.it)
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Manufacturer : OPTI
Country of origin :
Architecture : ISA
Bus Slots : 8
Chipset : OPTI
Processor/Speed : 486DX/33
Processor Cache : 256K (can use from 64K - 512K)
BIOS : AMI
Max Memory : 32M
Country of availability : USA, at least
Price estimate : $850 (w/ 8M) ??
Points of attention : Make sure cacheable region setting matches actual
size of RAM. Probably don't want BIOS shadowing.
Other Information : Uses 1- or 4-Meg 80ns SIMMS, in sets of 4.
(8 sockets).
Contributor : Bill Warner (wtw@wpi.wpi.edu)
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Manufacturer : unknown (board is called PAT48SA)
Country of origin : unknown
Architecture : ISA
Bus Slots : 6x 16bit, 1x 8bit
Chipset : SIS
Processor/Speed : 486 33MHz
Processor Cache : 256 KByte
BIOS : AMI BIOS
Max Memory : 32 MByte
Country of availability : Germany (at least)
Price estimate :
Points of attention : none
Other Information :
Contributor : Jan Klier, Berlin - Germany (klier.cs.tu-berlin.de)
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Manufacturer : NICE USA
Country of origin : U.S.A
Architecture : ISA
Bus Slots : 8
Chipset :
Processor/Speed : 486DX/50MHz
Processor Cache : 256K
BIOS : AMI
Max Memory : 32MB
Country of availability :
Price estimate :
Points of attention :
Other Information :
Contributor : Tom Wye TJW00@charon.amdahl.com
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==== EISA MOTHERBOARDS ===
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Manufacturer : A.I.R. (Advanced Integration Research, Inc.)
Country of origin : San Jose, CA USA
Architecture : EISA/Local Bus
Bus Slots : 8 Total - 5 EISA, 3 EISA/Local Bus
Chipset : SIS
Processor/Speed : 486DX33 (20-50mhz)
Processor Cache : 256Kb (64-512kb)
BIOS : AMI
Max Memory : 256MB max using 16M X 36 simms
Country of availability : U.S.A
Price estimate : $475 US with 256kb cache, No processor or Memory
Points of attention :
Other Information : Only tested with Tiny Kernel with Adaptec 1542B and
ET4000 video card. EISA and Local Bus not tested
yet. Will post again with further results.
Contributor : Joe Gervais joeg@Novell.com
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Manufacturer : NICE
Country of origin : USA
Architecture : EISA/Local Bus
Bus Slots : 8 total - 5 ISA + 2 EISA/VLB + 1 EISA
Chipset : HiNT
Processor/Speed : 486DX/50MHZ
Processor Cache : 256K
BIOS : AMI
Max Memory : 128MB
Country of availability : USA
Price estimate : $950 + memory
Points of attention : none
Other Information : easy boot, mini AT footprint
easy boot, sudden death. first motherboard failed
after one week due to temperature sensitive component.
Contributor : duncan@zycad.com (Donald Duncan)
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Manufacturer : Partner (according to supplier - board is unlabelled)
Country of origin : Taiwan
Architecture : EISA
Bus Slots : 8
Chipset : Opti
Processor/Speed : 486 DX2 66
Processor Cache : 8k internal 256k on board
BIOS : AMI
Max Memory : 32Mb
Country of availability : UK
Price estimate : 599 ex VAT including (necessary) heat sink for 486.
Points of attention : Board works with 386BSD straight out of the box
with defaults.. When adding memory you must use
the BIOS setup to make all of the new RAM cacheable.
Other Information : This board is cheap and it works. I got mine from
Jupiter Systems (081 570 1011). They do a fairly wide
range of boards and accessories. See Micro Mart for
an advert.
Contributor : David James (dwj@btcase.bt.co.uk dwj@doc.ic.ac.uk)
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Manufacturer : Synerco, Inc. Richardson Texas (214) 669-0023
Country of origin : U.S.A.
Architecture : EISA
Bus Slots : 8
Chipset : SOYO Motherboard
Processor/Speed : Intel/486/66MHz
Processor Cache : 256K
BIOS : 1990 American Megatrends
Max Memory : 32 MB
Country of availability : Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.
Price estimate : US 3,000
Points of attention :
Other Information : 1 IO card with /dev/com1=DB9 and /dev/com2=DB25
EtherCard PLUS "Elite16 Series"
(io base=0x280, irq=2,iomem=0xd000)
(jumper change to SOFT)
(Do NOT use default setting, must use)
(SMC SuperDisk a:ezsetup to adjust)
Logitech MouseMan Serial Mouse (M/N: M-CJ13 -9F)
plug in /dev/com1
Contributor : Jongjay Liou (jongjay@mistxt.oc.com)
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Manufacturer : Gateway2000
Country of origin : U.S.A.
Architecture : EISA
Bus Slots : 8 (6 master and 2 slave?)
Chipset :
Processor/Speed : 486DX2-66E
Processor Cache : 8 k internal 128 k external
BIOS : Award (?)
Max Memory : 16MB
Country of availability : U.S.A.
Price estimate : $4750
Points of attention : (Set Adaptec 1740 SCSI to "standard" mode)
Other Information :
Contributor : Daniel Ortmann <ortmann@plains.NoDak.edu>
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Manufacturer : Micronics Model: 5050-00-ICP/E2/256 Revision: A-1,
plus rework ECN E2A07 to fix CMOS/clock problem
Country of origin : USA/Taiwan
Architecture : EISA & Local Bus
Bus Slots : 8 EISA. 6 are bus master capable, two are not. One of
the slots that can not be used for a bus master has
a connector at the other end for a local bus card.
So, for this slot you decide whether to plug in an
EISA card or a local bus card.
Chipset : Intel 357, Intel 358, and a Micronics ASIC.
Processor/Speed : 486DX50
Processor Cache : 256 KB external secondary cache, 8 KB internal
BIOS : Phoenix 80486/EISA, ROM BIOS PLUS version 1.01.23-2
Max Memory : 64MB
Country of availability :
Price estimate : $1700.00 US
Points of attention :
Other Information : built in floppy controller, 1 parallel port, and two
serial ports.
Contributor : Chris Shaker (shaker@cisco.com)
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