PCI variant and came with v1.5.2 drivers and also a set of 2.2 floppies all for PCI.

After a whole night tinkering, still havent gotten the 9600 booted successfully yet.I may stick the old board back in and have a play with the positioning of PCI cards later as I suspect that may have been the issue it had with inconsistent booting. I am suspecting the new board has deteriorated over time but eh... nothing a recap wont fix!