From: Philip Trickett (philipt at domain informatic.ie)
Date: Thu 27 May 1999 - 17:23:54 IST
Owen, I have a 486 board you can have, but I don't have the instructions for
it. It is a tomato board, by Zida, and it looks quite modern.
It has an SIS 85C497 chipset on it if that is of any help, and an Award BIOS.
Built in FDC/HDC, EIDE by the looks of it. Even has a dedicated mouse port.
The catch, no instructions or cables, but you can have it for free if you
like.
Phil Trickett
Owen Kelly wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> I have an old 486 I got for 30 quid and Im trying to set up Linux on
> it. The BIOS is reporting that the FDC controller is dead. Im thinking
> its either that or the lead. Does anyone have an old FDC/HDD controller
> lying around with cables they want to donate?
>
> Chancing my arm as usual,
> Owen
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