Wanted: Nice clean beige AT desktop case

[eightbit]

I would like to try to build another 486 machine into a nice AT desktop case. I have all of the parts...but the case

 

Ultimately I would like to find a case with at least two or three 5 1/4 bays and one or two 3 1/2 bays, a turbo button and LED readout. It must be a true AT style case (case with slots and an accommodation for the larger 5-pin DIN keyboard connector) with an all metal design that can allow a crt monitor to sit on top. The LED CPU speed display is not necessary nor is the turbo button, but I would absolutely prefer those to exist! And, power supply is not necessary, I have an AT power supply already. To give an idea of the type of case I am looking for, something that looks something like this. 

 

At least that is the best picture I could find for what I am thinking

 

If you have something let me know!

 

 

 

 

 

 

[+-^CrossBow^-]

Were turbo buttons even a thing on 486 computers? I know my 486 I bought in '94 didn't have a turbo button on it. Just power and reset. But...my 286 that I bought back in '89 did have a Turbo button on it and it would drop it down to 8mhz from the default 16mhz it ran at when I used it. Although aside from curiosity, I always kept my 286 at the 16mhz speed when playing all my games back then. 

 

But yeah, I thought the turbo buttons weren't even a thing much less a pin header on the mainboards to support it once the 386 and 486 systems hit the market?

 

[Keatah]

Yes they were. But.. Little known fact is that most all 486 machines with turbo didn't really change the clock speed.

 

Turbo on = 0 wait states and native speed, like 25MHz or 33MHz..

Turbo off = 1 or more wait states inserted by the chipset. I also heard that some disabled the cache. But in any case the 486 always operated at its intended/labeled frequency.

Edited March 29, 2022 by Keatah

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1 hour ago, -^CrossBow^- said:

Were turbo buttons even a thing on 486 computers? I know my 486 I bought in '94 didn't have a turbo button on it. Just power and reset. But...my 286 that I bought back in '89 did have a Turbo button on it and it would drop it down to 8mhz from the default 16mhz it ran at when I used it. Although aside from curiosity, I always kept my 286 at the 16mhz speed when playing all my games back then. 

 

But yeah, I thought the turbo buttons weren't even a thing much less a pin header on the mainboards to support it once the 386 and 486 systems hit the market?

 

The 486's I built had turbo buttons,   the cases also had an LED display where you could "program" it (via jumpers) to display your clock frequencies when you toggled the button.   Eventually I changed mine to just read "HI" and "LO" so that I didn't have to redo it when I upgraded my system

[eightbit]

Every 486 my friends had and the two 486 boards I have here have turbo button headers, so yep, it was a thing. One great thing about one of my boards (ASUS brand) is that they had included a key sequence to activate and deactivate turbo mode by pressing CTRL-ALT + minus (or plus). I never saw that before in any other board and its just pure awesomeness.

[0078265317]

I have not seen AT parts in a while.  And even ebay is super expensive.  But this looked interesting.  Its not desktop but is very slim and has turbo.  And there are 5.25 to 3.5 adapters available.

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/194958651425?hash=item2d6470f021:g:sfkAAOSwVbhiTLur

[eightbit]

On 4/6/2022 at 12:29 PM, 0078265317 said:

I have not seen AT parts in a while.  And even ebay is super expensive.  But this looked interesting.  Its not desktop but is very slim and has turbo.  And there are 5.25 to 3.5 adapters available.

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/194958651425?hash=item2d6470f021:g:sfkAAOSwVbhiTLur

 

Yeah, definitely cool. I just have no room for that beast

 

I have a 486 tower right now that is pretty tall...just not that tall. 

 

Still on the hunt for a desktop case....

[0078265317]

Here is one but super high shipping.

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/325016747341?hash=item4bac81fd4d:g:kTgAAOSwXvZh8UmZ

 

or this but only 2 bays.

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/304421827359?hash=item46e0f4731f:g:26EAAOSwCAxiRejS

 

Also sometimes goodwill might have old computers.

Edited April 8, 2022 by 0078265317

[0078265317]

And also just for looks sake this looks cool.  Never seen anything like this before.  Even back then.

 

bing

 

And there is more apparently.

 

https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=59897

Edited April 8, 2022 by 0078265317

[0078265317]

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Edited April 8, 2022 by 0078265317

[3DFXgamer]

I think that I have some AT cases laying around. I'll see what I can dig up. I don't believe I have anything with the LED screen anymore, but maybe something with a turbo button.

[eightbit]

On 4/8/2022 at 1:44 PM, 3DFXgamer said:

I think that I have some AT cases laying around. I'll see what I can dig up. I don't believe I have anything with the LED screen anymore, but maybe something with a turbo button.

 

Great! If it has no LED it is what it is. Beggars can't be choosers Thanks!