Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-19, 04:46

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by luckybob

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That was years before I started collecting. I have a small cache of interesting bits that I've bought up over the years for the purpose of trading. I suspect that at some point this will become an alternative currency between collectors if prices continue to trend upwards. https://coinmarketcap.com …

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Re: Building a new (old) computer.

Posted on 2022-01-14, 06:09

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by luckybob

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I'm hoping to put as much in as possible. That's what she said! *laughs like a school child for 5 minutes, and stops when I see nobody else laughing* But seriously. That board screams "ACER OEM". And the first board Bitwrangler posted looks right. Too many things line up. It looks like you need 5x …

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-11, 21:02

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I've gotten spoiled with my 2011v1 setup, its dual sockets and 128gb of ram. I'm in classes for cybersecurity and having a workstation capable of multiple simultaneous VMs is quite the bragging right. I don't really game too much, which is a waste of the 6900xt I got myself for Christmas. the only …

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-11, 19:11

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by luckybob

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I'm actually waiting for a cheap 2011 v3/4 setup to come by. Used prices for anything are nucking futs since the coof has made thing what they are. I was thinking about a new single socket board. But with the announcement of AMD's new socket with ddr5... now is NOT the time to buy any new setup.

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-11, 09:24

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by luckybob

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The same trap I fel into when I started. Unless SPECIFICALLY stated it is standard, it's not. Also, It's all just decorative, unless you get the whole system. And that's how I fell in love with Tyan and Supermicro.

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-11, 06:24

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by luckybob

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Man, that ibm board is SO CLOSE to being "ATX". It looks like it needs the 12/5 processors. I assume you have the massive memory board? I got really fortunate with my quad slot-2. They at least pretended to make it atx shaped.

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-11, 01:54

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by luckybob

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chris2021 wrote on 2022-01-10, 17:55: I bought a 4 cpu motherboard today, Intel s4600LH, e5-4600 v2 family. That's in addition to the quad pIII/xeon board I bought last week. Yes I'm insane. It's official. you come into this thread, tell us you bought cool stuff, and NOT leave a picture or two?

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2022-01-09, 21:16

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by luckybob

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Sweet setup! I have a soft spot in my heart for monitors with speakers and 286 setups. Most people stick with 808x or skip to 386.

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Re: Outrigger: an ongoing adventure with the OR840

Posted on 2022-01-05, 03:51

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by luckybob

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I took a picture of my converter: https://i.imgur.com/Zc8V4qa.jpg Its not perfect, but it should help

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Re: The Ultimate Retro project (formerly known as UH19) - a stason.org/TH99 alternative

Posted on 2022-01-03, 20:16

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by luckybob

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We have as well turned all the images in the right orientation (no longer upside down). Well, so much for the Australians.

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Re: scsi controller on 486 and boot from cd-rom

Posted on 2022-01-02, 08:11

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by luckybob

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1- I looked at ebay, there are several availible for ~$30. I can't control prices. Double so for non-us locations. 2- oh, its quite possible. HOWEVER. Unless you enjoy dicking around with memory addresses, IRQ's and DMA's, disable or remove IDE. Its just going to make your life easier. 3- nope. At …

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Re: scsi controller on 486 and boot from cd-rom

Posted on 2022-01-02, 05:56

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by luckybob

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Thanks for the replies.. 1) Wow! I saw on ebay that 1542 is very expensive! There are no alternatives as a card? 2) How should you set up your computer bios to boot from these scsi cards if it allows me to boot from floppy only or from "hard disk 0"? How do you bypass the ibm bios setting? 3) In …

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Re: scsi controller on 486 and boot from cd-rom

Posted on 2022-01-02, 02:37

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by luckybob

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my IBM 486 allows me from BIOS only to boot from A: or C :. would using a scsi controller allow me to boot from cd-rom in order to install operating systems? win95 / 98 os / 2 winNT etc .. tnks YES - provided you used one with a bootable bios chip, as mentioned above. The 1542CP is my go-to for ISA …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2021-12-28, 18:23

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by luckybob

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Ugg, my fat brain misread Tempra as tempura. Took me a good 30 sec to actually process it correctly. I guess I know what I'm having for my cheat day... But on a more serious note, I honestly miss the early 3d. Nobody does that acid-trip amalgamation of colors and textures like that box anymore. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-12-27, 22:21

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by luckybob

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damn, I got it based off of other people's advice here. Well there's your problem! People, in EVERY hobby, have a tendency (myself included) to have very strong opinions about what hardware is "THE BEST". My unsolicited advice? Get whatever you want, its not like you are limited to buying ONE card …

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Re: Thoughts on SBCs?

Posted on 2021-12-25, 22:39

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by luckybob

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That keyboard gives me anxiety

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Re: Thoughts on SBCs?

Posted on 2021-12-25, 02:16

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by luckybob

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I have a few, and they are neat, but unless you have a NEED for something they offer, its hard to justify the extra cost.

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Re: Tyan S1564S to S1564D single to dual processor conversion

Posted on 2021-12-24, 08:54

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by luckybob

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Write back or write through? write back is usually faster on single cpu systems. Does that hold up on a dual cpu with a shared L2? Does it matter? Once I get my medication sorted out, ill be available to test. Until then I have to deal with these little pink Christina Aguilera monsters.

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Re: Tyan S1564S to S1564D single to dual processor conversion

Posted on 2021-12-24, 07:32

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by luckybob

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I just finished a project and i saw my dual tyan board and it was easy to access! My board https://imgur.com/a/qEd0d1S My board is a s1562, but the numbers on the resistors are easy to read. As I recall, the chips are all identical.

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Re: Tyan S1564D to tyan s1564D dual processor conversion

Posted on 2021-12-23, 08:33

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by luckybob

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neat! i think you might need to set some 0-ohm smd resistors near the apic chip. i think i have one of these boards, but i have NO idea where it is atm.

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