OLD VESA MB for my collection

From: John Boffemmyer IV <john_boffemmyer_iv_at_boff-net.dhs.org>
Date: Sun Dec 28 21:15:41 2003

i have one teo, it's got i think 3 vlb's and 3 isa's, a 486dx120 intel on
it already and a pair of 72 pin simm slots.

-john boffemmyer iv

At 04:09 PM 12/28/2003, you wrote:
>I recently got a few parts together to build a 486 computer to mess around
>with OS/2 warp 3 and a few other old OS's.
>Now that I got the system together I find the motherboard is dead, my
>other boards are PCI so I cant use them.
>Anybody have an old 486 socket 3 motherboard they dont need? Has to have
>at least 2 VLB slots and no pci slots. Boards with 72 pin memory slots
>would be nice but not necessary since I have 30 pin simms around here. I
>will need a processor also if I cant use my AMD 486/120 or 486/133 on it.
>The board I have has a 486/66 but I am not sure if its dead or not.
>
>The reason I want VLB is to use my promise IDE caching controller and the
>Diamond stealth 64 VRAM (with expansion memory board) VLB cards which were
>pretty fast in their day, that and I dont have an old world VESA machine
>to mess with.
>
>If you have a board let me know and we can work something out.

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