Re: Are these leaking capacitors?
Posted on 2012-10-07, 08:22
When they leak on the bottom, its pitch black, or a dark purple. So thats probably glue or solder paste.
SIS CH-471B Mother Board info
Posted on 2012-10-06, 20:33
I today bought a 486 PC for about 5$. Its an German PC with lots of quality certificate stickers and stuff. The PC casing looks brand new, and i will clean it tomorrow (its currently at my uncles place, was too heavy to carry lol) and take some pictures. It has a SIS CH-471B Mother Board which id …
Re: Sound card tree
Posted on 2012-10-06, 20:26
Awesome! Ill read trough 😀 Im interested into LAPC - I and how compatible is my gravis MAX with MT-32 Also i found some Oak tech Mozzard 16 cards on flea markets and stuff. I like sound.
Sound card tree
Posted on 2012-10-05, 17:41
Does such a thing exist? I am extremely curious about sound cards. A few months ago for the first time i saw LAPC-I , it looks amazing! Does any one know a list of popular sound cards and place where i can read about what made each card stand out and stuff? Im really interested into the whole ISA …
Re: GAME IDEA: Contemporary, oldschool (DOOM 1&2-like) FPP shooter
Posted on 2012-10-03, 21:21
Any with old school graphics sounds awesome. And as some mentioned, music needs to be the bomb 😀 Id definitely enjoy and play such a game, even though im a person that likes the story. Sadly i dont have any usable skills in game development, but i definitely support such a project!
Re: S3 Trio64V+ or S3 Virge/DX [PCI]
Posted on 2012-09-30, 20:10
Cool, thanks! I'm kinda new to the whole story of old GPUs. I remember my first PC from 1999 had an Cirrus Logic card in it. Good times.
Re: S3 Trio64V+ or S3 Virge/DX [PCI]
Posted on 2012-09-30, 19:33
Well thats answered my question, i thought those were different class series. So Virge DX is the way to go?
S3 Trio64V+ or S3 Virge/DX [PCI]
Posted on 2012-09-30, 19:11
Which one is better in your opinion? I found quite a few for sale. The one im interested in is: ColorMax S3 Trio64V+ And if some one would be kind to give a little explanation/history onto this case (S3 PCI graphics and DOS/WIN98SE). It would be appreciated 😀
Re: Best Matrox PCI card
Posted on 2012-09-22, 05:35
By that i meant that i found those cards on sale on one auction site and am wondering is any worth buying? All of those are PCI models.
Re: Best Matrox PCI card
Posted on 2012-09-21, 21:04
I see, cool. I found these on sale: Diamond stealth64 3200 Diamond Viper V330 Diamond Fire GL 1000 Pro Which one should i buy?
Re: Best Matrox PCI card
Posted on 2012-09-21, 18:06
I have one Matrox G200 with 4MB of RAM. And i have S3 Virge DX 4MB ram. And i think i have TRIO as well. Hmm... Well, what cards are really good when it comes to windows98/DOS and PCI slot?
Best Matrox PCI card
Posted on 2012-09-21, 10:15
Which are the top 5 and the best Matrox PCI card? I want to upgrade my DOS PC, and ive heard Matrox was the best when it comes to 2D, so i was wonder, which card is the best and what are the next 5 alternatives? I saw an auction for Matrox G550 for 20e.
Re: Siemens Scenic Pro 5
Posted on 2012-08-29, 06:18
@ Slinderider That keylock is for the sliding green plastic, ive checked. The way to open it is to pus the plastic on the top up and on the sides as well, there is nothing on the bottom. @ Filosofia I found some 58kB pdf too, but sure, send it away!
Re: Siemens Scenic Pro 5
Posted on 2012-08-28, 20:50
Yeah, sad thing. We should document such cases, just in case some one else needs the info.
Re: Siemens Scenic Pro 5
Posted on 2012-08-28, 16:18
The plastic gotten dry and fragile from time and the part that holds the bumps in got broken. It was held in place by them, so to open it you need to take a screw driver or something wider and gently lift the top mask of off them, same on the sides. I can take a picture if you would like. I will …
Re: Siemens Scenic Pro 5
Posted on 2012-08-28, 13:37
Forced it open, a bit of damage, not much, silicon gun will fix this.
Re: Siemens Scenic Pro 5
Posted on 2012-08-28, 11:19
I cant seem to find anything on google, as if its top secret or something. I tried some force, but that wont work. Absolutely no screws or anything, i mean i know how to remove the cover, it says lift and pull, but the front panel is blocking me.
Siemens Scenic Pro 5
Posted on 2012-08-28, 08:20
How in the name of potato do you disassemble this crazy thing?
Re: windows8
Posted on 2012-08-13, 11:58
I am a windows user for 12+ years, all the way from 98. And windows 7 was a great update from XP. So far this system is pretty good, i dont see how can they upgrade it more.
Re: Zenith MiniSport ZL-1 busted capacitors on the PSU
Posted on 2012-08-07, 16:04
That only points the location of the capacitors in the scheme, no values.
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