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486 Update! HELP! AHHHHHH!
Chris:
What kind of motherboard is it? Does it take 36 pin SIMMs or 72 pin SIMMs? I might have some 72 pin SIMMs lying around....
Have you tried forcing a lower resolution video mode, like -320x200?
--Chris
bcard74:
--- Quote from: SirPoonga on October 11, 2002, 05:05:48 pm ---
And as I said, where you going to find SIMMs? I think a little more memory will help, but if you can get a pentium class computer that will be better.
Man, I still have my 486/133 around, but it doesn;t have the memory anymore:(
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Its frickin' 30 pin, so it is hard to find more than 1MB sticks. Only 4 slots, so unless I can find 4 MB sticks in 30 pin it will not be good. There are still a bunch of computer stores around here that have old SIMMS, but it is very hard to get anything substantial.
I am trying a 1MB vid card tonight, I will see what that does for it. However, it is all a moot point really now that I have this 200MMX which should easily do what I want it to, I hope.
Brent
Chris:
eBay?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2059743673
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2060857628
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2060883358
(This one has a $27.50 Buy It Now for Eight 4 MB, 60ns, 30 pin SIMMs)
SirPoonga:
--- Quote from: Chris on October 11, 2002, 05:44:47 pm ---
eBay?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2059743673
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2060857628
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2060883358
(This one has a $27.50 Buy It Now for Eight 4 MB, 60ns, 30 pin SIMMs)
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man, those prices are a rip off for 30pin simms.
Though you can't find them anymore:) It's suggest going with that pentium computer, your just asking for trouble with the 486. That;s weird though, a 120 486 that uses the older 30pin simms.
HeadRusch:
I have to agree: A free 486 is good, but not if you have to spend $150 to 'upgrade it' to make a handfull of games playable.
Again I say two days ago I got a 1.33Ghz Athlon, Radeon 7500, ATI MB, power supply and fans, and using a spare ram chip I had and a spare 8gig HD, I've got a mame monster for less than $200 bones total.
Case? Who needs one......screw it down to a piece of wood. Done.
From Pooga's post above:
>>IDE 25gig drive WD - $54
(You can find 10 gig drives for 1/2 this price, which will easily hold all the mame roms, windows, Mp3's ,etc...tho perhaps not much else and you're paying more per megabyte than you would if you spent a few more bucks than $53 to get get, say a 30 or 40 gig HD which is where the "sweet spot" is right now I think, maybe its 80gigs...)
>>ATI Radeon VE - $33
Good Choice....this board will even let you play modern PC games on it, tho at lower resolutions.....for another $20 I'd consider the Radeon 7500, which is significantly more powerful...on the other hand, if you absolutely will not play a PC game on the box.....its not necessary.
>>ATX 400W case - $43
Hmmm..to me this is too much. Buy a 300 watt power supply for $15 bucks
and skip the case...it just gets in the way.
>>Micron 265meg memory - $22
Yup....remember when ram was 300 bucks a meg? :D
>>CDROM 48x (a little over kill imho) - $20
$20 bucks is $20 bucks ;) Mcdonalds for 4, or 2 drinks at a decent bar ;)
>>AMD Athlon XP 1900 (1.6Ghz) + Shuttle mobo $138
Ehhhh.....ok......this to me is also overkill, way overkill if you want a budget.
Pooga..get an XP 1900 and only a 25 gig HD? :D
Stick with a Thunderbird athlon or a XP 1500 or 1600 to save money.....
All of course my 02 cents, your mileage may vary. Still the idea everyone here is chiming in with is the same: What you got for free is just that...free. I wouldn't spend a dime in upgrading it. If you're going to spend $50 bucks to upgrade, you should spend $150 to do it right.