Re: Tualatin PIII 1400-S + Geforce FX5900 Ultra Windows 98 build

Posted on 2014-02-03, 06:29

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Because the plan was to use a board with Intel 440BX chipset. ... I dont think the TUSL2 does anything better than a CUSL2 other than accepting unmodded FC-PGA2 CPUs? CUSL2 isn't BX. It's 815. Yes, I think that is the main difference between the CUSL and the TUSL (I believe the TUSL used a later …

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Re: A tale of two PSUs

Posted on 2014-02-03, 05:51

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I misspoke... I just checked my Delta NPS-250KB (manufacture date of the 18th week of 2002), and it does not have the -5V rail. My Enermax does though, and the PCB is very similar to yours.

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Re: New AT power supply

Posted on 2014-02-03, 05:41

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InWins in general are decent. They have adequate input protection, IC-based 5VSB rail, and sufficient secondary filtering. This model's only caveat is that it uses all OST caps (All 16 of them are RLP series plus two primary RGU series caps). In fact, that's why I have had the PCB here sitting in …

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Re: New AT power supply

Posted on 2014-02-03, 04:56

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There are three types of ATX PSUs. First were the original 20-pin models without the +12V 4-pin connector (Otherwise known as the "P4" connector) that were released with the first Intel ATX motherboards that had the LX chipset. Then came the 20-pin ATX PSUs with the "P4" connector. Then, finally …

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Re: Ancient DOS Games Webshow

Posted on 2014-02-03, 03:26

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There was terrible video tearing for this video. Please fix this for the next one. Also, can you please do a review of a game from the 80s called Street Fighting Man? Thanks

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Re: New AT power supply

Posted on 2014-02-03, 03:11

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That is actually a very nice PSU. Good input protection and filtering, plus good output filtering and decent quality capacitors (Looks like Teapo SC series). The two big primary caps are nothing to write home about, but they should do their job quite well considering input caps are not stressed that …

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Re: A tale of two PSUs

Posted on 2014-02-02, 07:20

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Find an old Delta PSU from a P4 Dell tower. They're 20-pin, and they have -5V and are pretty good quality...

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Re: A tale of two PSUs

Posted on 2014-02-02, 02:02

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I don't think that PSU has -5V.

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Re: Ideas for a Pentium MMX System?

Posted on 2014-01-31, 05:06

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Is there any advantage in using a S7 platform where you're stuck with a PCI Voodoo2? The Voodoo3 AGP is keyed for AGP 3.3V, so why not use SS7 if you need Glide?

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Re: A tale of two PSUs

Posted on 2014-01-31, 04:59

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I've got the EG301P-V E Those PCE-TUR capacitors need to be replaced before you can use it. Don't chuck it, because you'll probably need the -5V voltage rail which newer PSUs lack, so if you can't re-cap it yourself, get someone to do it for you. I think I have a list of the caps that need to be …

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Re: Ever get the feeling you missed the boat?

Posted on 2014-01-31, 04:00

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I tried some really old Sudafed I found lying around (Must have been more than 20 years old) because I had stuffed sinuses. Worked, but I'm not anxious to use it again since it's not my cup of tea... Amphetamines are far far more powerful than ephedrine or pseudoephedrine.

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Re: Kali II on DOSBOX ft Windows 98 IMG

Posted on 2014-01-31, 03:51

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Goodness... Are there still people who use Kali?

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Re: Ever get the feeling you missed the boat?

Posted on 2014-01-30, 07:14

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snorg wrote: Or start taking amphetmines so I can work my day job and still spend 8-10 hours a day on my side projects. Amphetamines may sound like a good idea in the begining, but they are highly addictive and can eventually lead to stimulant psychosis... You should watch the SciFi flick "Outland …

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Re: ESS AudioDrive (ES1868) - a surprisingly good ISA sound card

Posted on 2014-01-29, 02:39

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I think I remember some games natively supporting the ESS688 (As in being able to select it specifically from a sound configuration utility)... It may have been Warcraft II or it may have been some Apogee game. Memory is fuzzy on specifics.

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Re: Help me identify my Creative cards?

Posted on 2014-01-28, 06:30

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You sure about that? I thought I saw someone with a card identical to mine in the thread that claimed it worked fine... This is a very late model SB 2.0 judging by the datecode on the Yamaha chip (26th week of 1993)...

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Help me identify my Creative cards?

Posted on 2014-01-27, 02:41

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Hi, I have what I believe to be an original SoundBlaster as well as a SoundBlaster 16. I was wondering if anyone could give me any specifics on these two, namely, is there anything noteworthy about them or are they just plane jane? Thanks. Sorry about the crude panoramic for the SB16: final1.jpg …

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Re: ESS AudioDrive (ES1868) - a surprisingly good ISA sound card

Posted on 2014-01-20, 05:15

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IIRC, and FWIW I think the 186 9 added full duplex support. Was a great card back in the day, excellent value and the compatibility was amazing. Would change the caps on these though. They've got to be 20 years old now, and they were off-brand caps to begin with. I have several of these cards still …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-01-19, 03:09

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I only see two or three capacitors on the A7M266-D that need replacing. Two Teapos to the left of the Northbridge, and possibly one more at the top of the board behind the I/O panel, specifically the one right behind the two USB ports. The rest of the caps on the board are Rubycons and Fujitsus. The …

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Re: What do you miss about the old web (internet)?

Posted on 2013-11-15, 07:50

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Bonzi Buddy

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Re: Caps on motherboards and other parts

Posted on 2013-11-14, 05:40

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I just call it like I see it, and what I've seen is that most of the Samxon caps I've encountered have been bad. That covers multiple different series (GF being the most troublesome and most commonly encountered, but also GD, RS, LP, and KM, with the LP being primarily in audio equipment and the KM …

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