i386 anyone?

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Fri, Jan 27, 2006 at 10:15:44AM -0500, Chris Friedt wrote:
> Hello all, 
> 
> I'm working in Ryerson's networking department, and we're getting rid
> of unused equipment & moving to a new room. I'm not available to give
> out a list of hardware by any means, but this particular unit is a bit
> of a collector's item :D We will not be salvaging any of the parts
> because they're close to two decades old, which is why I've been able to
> make this one available. 
> 
> here are the specs on the chip itself:
> http://www.cpu-collection.de/?l0=co&l1=Intel&l2=i386%20DX#A80386DX-33IV,i386DXlogo,%A9'85
> 
> I can't find any identifying labels on the motherboard unfortunately,
> but it is in full working condition, PC's are just not built to last
> these days ;-) . There is a FULL 8MB of RAM inside too!!! The
> motherboard is an old one, with hand-soldered through-board connections,
> and I believe that the board only has two layers - top & bottom. 
> 
> The case includes:
> 
> four DRAM SIMMS - 2MB each 
> an ISA network card - half duplex ethernet
> an ISA DB25 / DB15 card 

Sounds like parallel and joystick.

> a DB9 serial and DB25 serial interface (for some reason they're both
> labelled as COM ports??) 

So a 9 pin and a 25 pin serial port.  Labeling as com makes good sense.

> a 3.5" AT IDE disk - 340 MB 

Hmm, giant drive for that old a system.

> a VGA graphics card 
> AT keyboard interface - minus the keyboard 
> a 3 1/2" floppy disk drive - not sure for what capacity 

Probably 1.44M since most 386 and even a lot of 286 machines had that.

> a 5 1/4" floppy disk drive - 1.2 MB - with a bunch of disks
> 
> Does anyone need something for their museum or antique shop ? Maybe for
> some sort of modern art ?
> 
> I will be listening for 24 hrs only, so unless I get a response by 10
> am tomorrow it is trash ! Also, I'm not going to do any part-swapping,
> so the box is available as all or nothing. 

I already have x86 hardware, so no need for me. :)

Len Sorensen
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