Re: Choosing a hard drive for my DFI CS61-EC

Posted on 2022-06-10, 04:27

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by Cuttoon

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Saidian wrote on 2022-06-10, 03:20: Btw what do you mean about the cable should be ATA66? Tetrium said ATA133 didn't they? The step to the later cable was at 66. Controllers went up to 133, but with the same cable. Only those two types around, the 40 and the 80 wire.

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Re: Memorable game mods

Posted on 2022-06-10, 02:58

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by Cuttoon

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played it only once and very briefly, but yes, that was a thing: https://doom.fandom.com/wiki/Aliens_TC Also, I'd assume that the obvious ones like counter-strike don't count as "old games" in this context, but I spent copious amounts of time on the early "Day of Defeat" betas. Those took some …

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Re: Choosing a hard drive for my DFI CS61-EC

Posted on 2022-06-10, 02:38

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by Cuttoon

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Pretty sure. Win98 uses FAT32, which has several shortcomings when compared to NTFS, the Win NT file system of Win 2k and XP. But, it is way more advanced than FAT16 of DOS 6.22. Nowadays you could simply prepare the thing on a modern PC via some USB adapter or drive bay. Or on the same machine …

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Re: Choosing a hard drive for my DFI CS61-EC

Posted on 2022-06-09, 19:29

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by Cuttoon

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IIRC, many bios of that era still had a limitation to hard drives up to 120 GB. But that should be plenty and easy to find for very little money. There are pretty good 120 GB Seagate Barracuda with 7200 rpm but 80 GB pieces are even more abundant. Or a cheap SSD with sata adapter. Apart from that, …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-06-09, 19:06

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by Cuttoon

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That's the forum, yes. Didn't know about that user here, shall drop him a line. Thanks for all the info!

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Re: Cache and video memory upgrade questions - HP Vectra VE 4/66

Posted on 2022-06-09, 15:46

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by Cuttoon

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Might have found one of those cache modules, by coincidence. The designation "cym9252pb" brings up an entry that connects it to a Siemens Nixdorf motherboard, but may be the same here. https://www.ultimateretro.net/de/motherboards/6289

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-06-09, 15:34

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by Cuttoon

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From the bottom of some barrel. Can someone tell me right away what standard the one on the left ist? Some old notebook type? It's a cache module. Can you make more detailed pictures from both sides, please? Yes, if you google the writing on the white label, you find a forum entry that mentions the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-06-08, 15:26

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From the bottom of some barrel. Can someone tell me right away what standard the one on the left ist? Some old notebook type? I wonder if that's the module that goes into an HP Vectra VE 4/66 https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=64853 Can't recall seeing any other boards with a PCI-ish …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-06-08, 15:20

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PCI RAM :D hehe, it does indeed fit a PCI slot, if a bit too short, but how would that make sense? When you look up "PCI RAM", you find this though, which is fascinating: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYbCYgYZVT8 "WTF is this thing? - RAM on a PCI Card??" - Linus Tech Tips about the Gigabyte i- …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-06-08, 14:07

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by Cuttoon

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From the bottom of some barrel. Can someone tell me right away what standard the one on the left ist? Some old notebook type?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-06-02, 20:17

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by Cuttoon

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MSI K7T266 Pro-R for the usual tenner. Early "DDR" Socket 462 / Athlon motherboard with IDE RAID and AGP pro. Some random AM. Fat, good looking caps. Boots just fine. Apparently, the original VIA KT266 chipset has all kinds of funny bugs to look forward to... This came with surprise CPU that turned …

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Re: Rarest CPUs?

Posted on 2022-06-02, 09:31

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by Cuttoon

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...hard to define... not even close, but honorable mention: Beside the Intel 486 DX2-50 there's also the DX-50 without the clock doubling, for 50 MHz FSB. They get confused a lot and the DX-50 is very rare in comparison. Also, I have many DX2-66, like everyone else. But one was, IIRC, produced in …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-06-02, 08:46

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by Cuttoon

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MSI K7T266 Pro-R for the usual tenner. Early "DDR" Socket 462 / Athlon motherboard with IDE RAID and AGP pro. Some random AM. Fat, good looking caps. Boots just fine. Apparently, the original VIA KT266 chipset has all kinds of funny bugs to look forward to... This came with surprise CPU that turned …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-06-02, 07:14

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by Cuttoon

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MSI K7T266 Pro-R for the usual tenner. Early "DDR" Socket 462 / Athlon motherboard with IDE RAID and AGP pro. Some random AM. Fat, good looking caps. Boots just fine. Apparently, the original VIA KT266 chipset has all kinds of funny bugs to look forward to... This came with surprise CPU that turned …

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Re: Is there a Dual Head PCI video card?

Posted on 2022-05-27, 13:33

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So, can you guys suggest a PCI dual monitor card that has dual monitor drivers for Windows 3.1? Don't think there are any. Most were happy to afford one monitor. The few cards that existed were probably used with special drivers for CAD software... Be sure to report back here if you find a 3.1 …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-05-27, 13:28

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Decided to add a HX model socket 7 board to the collection since I dont have one and ran across a Gigabyte GA-586HX with a K5 Pr166, 48mb of ram and a ATI Mach GPU for a reasonable price and threw the seller a offer for it. @Sphere478 as soon as this arrives Ill throw the Parhelia 256 PCI-X into it …

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Re: Is there a Dual Head PCI video card?

Posted on 2022-05-25, 02:36

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http://www.vgamuseum.info/index.php/donations … gic-20-twin-pci as early as 1994. It actually appeared as a VLB card...

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Re: List of motherboards with SB-link (PC/PCI) header

Posted on 2022-05-23, 07:58

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by Cuttoon

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MSI MS-6117 or LX6 slot 1 based on i440LX https://theretroweb.com/hardware/motherboards/msi-lx6 Still would be nice to have this as a list in the wiki?

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Re: To upgrade or not to upgrade? That is the question. (i486 DOSBox)

Posted on 2022-05-22, 22:12

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I wonder if the shorter memory modules from the motherboard can be plugged into this sound card? That's my plan, if the system boots with the 16 MB SIMM without the currently installed modules... Yes they can be used there. But 2 MB is quite low for an AWE. It would be better if you had two 4 MB 30 …

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Re: I miss the 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s

Posted on 2022-05-22, 15:12

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I refuse to set foot in a self driving EV, especially if it's sold by snake oil salesman Elon Musk. Everything that guy is involved in is not all that innovative or an outright scam. Only the technologically ignorant think that guy is the second coming of Steve Jabs (another overrated con artist). …

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