I have a very old school 386 motherboard. The BIOS chips say Arche (1990)
and the board has Turbo Bus 386 Motherboard (Made in USA) printed on it.
This may have been one of the first 386 motherboards made. The thing is huge and doesnt even have any on board memory. It does have a socket at the edge of the board , which looks to be for a proprietary memory card. It has a large socket (about the size of a 16 bit socket) near the front of the board, and another small socket with 10 pins, near the rear.
Does anyone recall this brand of motherboard ? I'd like to get this thing working but I think it's hopeless without the special memory card. I tried powering on the board, but without memory I get nothing as I would expect. It does have a green LED on the board which lights up. I've never seen a 386 motherboard without some type of onboard memory.
and the board has Turbo Bus 386 Motherboard (Made in USA) printed on it.
This may have been one of the first 386 motherboards made. The thing is huge and doesnt even have any on board memory. It does have a socket at the edge of the board , which looks to be for a proprietary memory card. It has a large socket (about the size of a 16 bit socket) near the front of the board, and another small socket with 10 pins, near the rear.
Does anyone recall this brand of motherboard ? I'd like to get this thing working but I think it's hopeless without the special memory card. I tried powering on the board, but without memory I get nothing as I would expect. It does have a green LED on the board which lights up. I've never seen a 386 motherboard without some type of onboard memory.