Commodore 386SX-25 - Pictures

[stecdose]

I got a Commodore 386SX-25 equipped with:

6MB RAM (4MB was original)
42MB Conner CP3000 ATA HDD
1.44MB 3,5" Floppy
Cirrus Logic CL-GD5402 VGA with 512k video RAM (which is a AVGA2 after bought by cirrus)
Chipset VLSI VL82C311.

I have a spare SoundBlaster CT4170, an AD1848 and an ESS688 (IIRC the last one). One of this will work in this machine and goes in there. LAN is still missing.
Also I have some spare configurable ISA controllers to add a second IDE port for CD-ROM. Also a second hard disk goes in there. The 42MB conner I want to replace with a CF-IDE as the conner still has no bad sectors, don't want to waste this disk by endless standby-running.

I wonder how much effort it takes to teach PCem this machine, if i take the ROM dumps. If that chipset is already in there, it shouldn't be too hard.

I am just about to compile a 2.6.x Linux Kernel for this machine and build a rootfs - which is not easy because of dropped 386 support a few years ago. Not easy to get an old gcc up and running...

All the pictures I have taken in big resolution are here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-ZwUx-5YE0KbyDKu8lzoKBJ6XJ04GTp4
And here's a short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raUXyGg4_f0&feature=youtu.be

 

[vwestlife]

The case is very similar to that of the Amiga 4000. They were probably both from the same manufacturer.

 

[stecdose]

Now I finally found a keyboard in my mess and got into BIOS SETUP and more.
Here I attached a picture of BIOS Setup (Award 4.20).

Also I dumped the ROMs (BIOS and Video BIOS). Is it OK to attach here for public or not okay?



I also made a few short videos:
PacMan Clone Graphics scrambled, but still playable: https://youtu.be/oBpVW9jS9ZI

Turbo Button makes a big difference (SYSCHK measuring speed): https://youtu.be/67GKi8MI184

Driving Dr. Sbaitso crazy with bad language: https://youtu.be/87sl5ReC0_8