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I very nearly succeeded in doing the above pictured mod, although it was significantly uglier and in the end did not seem to work. My only conclusion was either a dead battery or my leads weren't making good contact. I ended up getting frustrated with the whole project due to the cramped...

I believe you were, but i misunderstood something initially. Plus I just wanted to correct my original post in case it ended up confusing anyone. By the way, my cpu ended up coming in today and the board does indeed post with the dead clock chip, just can't save settings. Just dealing with a...

Hey, in this situation I'm not sure if it's appropriate to make a new post or to just edit my last one, feel free to let me know, but I just discovered an error in my original post which may end up leading to some insight. In the photo, the resistor is actually not connected to the top row of...

Ah, gotcha. Thanks, modem7. Well, hopefully I can successfully carry out this mod. This would be my first 486 system and I'm pretty excited for it. I don't have my CPU yet, unfortunately. Again, really appreciate you guys' time.

I actually saw this and pretty much figured that this is the route I'm going to take, that way I don't have to remove it and risk messing up the board. It's good to know that you were able to do it on tight boards, because this one will be kinda tight, but I think it's possible if I get a small...

Ah thanks for the info, that's just the kind of info I was looking for. So it seems like it's really not doing a whole lot. Makes me wonder why do it at all, honestly. Hopefully the chip is still functional, because my soldering skills are terrible.

Hello all! I recently bought an FIC 4386-VC-V motherboard from ebay. Unfortunately though, it has one of the Dallas clock chips. Now, I've seen the replacements for these, whether they be the Necroware stuff or just a new Dallas chip. However, on the back of my motherboard, near to the clock...

Yeah I've given up hope on getting this thing to work in any reasonable way for my purposes. I'm just hoping to get the software from TI and archive it just so in case if I ever decide to let someone else have it who had the skills to actually put it to use (if they wanted to) could and just for...

Since that's the case, I'm essentially left with reaching out to TI and seeing if they have some sort of software archive that perhaps has the software listed above contained in it. IF, and it's a big IF, I successfully hear back from them I'll definitely report back and archive it. Thanks for...

These two quotes had given me hope of using it for a while... "The Color graphics Controller Board has two DB9 video output connectors, P2 and P3. Connector P2 outputs an RGBI signal and connector P3 outputs an RGB signal at 1 volt peak to peak with 75-ohm drive capability. Both connectors have...

yeah I was wondering why your posts weren't showing up in this thread. as far as I know, it's the same thread and someone bumped it and restarted the discussion.

Awesome, thanks for the pinouts. Out of curiosity, would the 640x480 mode be recognized by programs/games/whatever as VGA or would it be some sort of frankenstein of other graphics standards? Is this signal, as well as the signal for the PGC, essentially proto-VGA? Also, man it would be pretty...

Well, there is no regular 15 pin VGA port, only 9 pin. Someone earlier in the thread (whose posts are now gone for some reason) mentioned that I could perhaps wire a specific cable up from a vga monitor to the de-9 port. I suppose the easiest way to do it would be to get a scrap vga and scrap...

Oh dang, I totally missed that. Where it was near the front page I just assumed it was recent. I guess that's where assumptions get you. My bad for the necrobumping!

I have essentially found a solution that works, although not greatly. It seems to be something to do with the EGA/VGA card. However, I'll still run your AV for the heck of it and let ya know. EDIT: Scanned the computer and it seems to be okay.

Hey, just wondering if any of those keyboards are mechanical.

is this still available?

I would be interested in one of those 16 bit isa trident vga cards. I believe they are vga, anyway. Potentially one of the Model M keyboards as well.

UPDATE: The solution has been found! I want to make a new post in order to share it with the community as much as I can. Ultimately, the root of the problem was my EGA/VGA card. It was configured for VGA, although it did the same on EGA. Once I put my terrible CGA card in, I could mess with the...

Reporting back with "progress" so far. Completely new DOS installation does nothing. Will keep trying other posted suggestions. Also, I have now put the real 1.44mb drive in to further reduce variables. It's still doing the same thing. Again, though, will report back throughout the day. UPDATE...