Re: A large 386-project, bringing back a Facit S333T to life and some upgrades

Posted on 2023-05-07, 20:35

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Oh, cool, didn't see this thread before now :) As I've probably told you already, I have a special place in my heart for Facit too. Together with Hasselblad's ditto, the company story is a school book example of what happens when you grow too big, become overconfident in your current products, and …

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Re: A large 386-project, bringing back a Facit S333T to life and some upgrades

Posted on 2023-05-07, 15:04

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Oh, cool, didn't see this thread before now :) As I've probably told you already, I have a special place in my heart for Facit too. Together with Hasselblad's ditto, the company story is a school book example of what happens when you grow too big, become overconfident in your current products, and …

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Re: [ASRock Z77 Extreme6] Troubles with the PS/2 Combo Port when using a Y-splitter

Posted on 2023-05-07, 14:23

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About USB to PS/2 : Not every USB mouse will work with PS/2 passive adapter (it needs to be "dumb enough"). As such, not all combo ports on boards support simultaneous mouse + keyboard inputs (as you now know). Actually it has to be "smart" enough to detect the connection type, and choose protocol …

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Re: Help me find a newer BIOS for this 486 Motherboard

Posted on 2023-05-06, 14:09

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Hi, Eprom was not the issue, I already tested the board with the new BIOS. A correctly flashed Eprom was provided by a friend of mine. He also provided me with already erased other Eproms for future use :) Also i have a programmer (Willem), it's not the most intuitive to use but gets the work done. …

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Re: Help me find a newer BIOS for this 486 Motherboard

Posted on 2023-05-06, 08:19

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Sorry for the long delay on replying, the Eprom I had ordered from China has yet to arrive and a couple of Eproms I bought from a local electronics store weren't new, and I don't have an UV light to cancel them at the moment. Long story short, a friend helped me and send me an Eprom already …

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Re: Accessing LInux share from Windows 95 isn't working, SMBv1 is theoretically enabled on Linux server

Posted on 2023-05-04, 07:24

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Curious if anyone has reliably let Windows 3.1 into Samba? I've gotten it to work intermittently, depending on which machine I'm using to connect with, but usually it throws an error or hangs the system. Running Win3.11 on my 486. Other than it of course can't handle long file names on the shares, …

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Re: Hi! i have to know the power switch pinout of a AT power supply

Posted on 2023-05-03, 09:26

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For AT power supplies: https://imgur.com/3DFeSFm.jpg If i'm connecting to this switch just using two wires from the adapter then i'm just connecting the blue and black diagonally opposite right? I have this switch from an old AT case. We'd need a photo where the terminal numbering is clearly …

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Re: Accessing LInux share from Windows 95 isn't working, SMBv1 is theoretically enabled on Linux server

Posted on 2023-05-03, 08:10

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I want to map a drive letter from my Windows 95 machine to a Debian share, so that all of my retro machines have the same shared E: drive. SMB on the Debian server has: ntlm auth = yes server min protocol = NT1 under the [global] section. I have network connectivity, and I can access the share from …

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Re: Modern Retro PC cases, whats your favourites?

Posted on 2023-05-03, 06:46

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Cooler Master Elite 361. https://i.ibb.co/qCJhYLM/cm361.jpg Did some research trying to find the slimmest possible full ATX capable tower case for one of my early retro builds, and ended up with this. Bought a couple more of them later. Size wise it's about the same as those Baby AT towers from the …

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Re: Your most shitty motherboard?

Posted on 2023-04-26, 15:40

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Without doubt ASRock 4CoreDual-SATA2. Sure, the build I attempted with it probably didn't make anything easier, but no other mobo has even been close to giving me as many headaches as this piece of junk. Got no personal experience of those PCChips boards though. Guess I should be consider myself …

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Re: Ethernet switch and router

Posted on 2023-04-25, 09:11

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Netgear GS105N or GS108N (5 and 8 port respectively). I have deployed dozens upon dozens of these switches over the past decade or so and have only ever had 2-3 develop issues. Same here. The GS series were the first reasonably priced compact Gbit switches that didn't generate lots of heat I found. …

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Re: Running DOS games in a real hardware. What issues am I going to encounter?

Posted on 2023-04-24, 07:11

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A socket 7 machine with an ISA sound card should suffice. Disabling caches can get the performance right down as others have posted about above. Thats probably the most cost effective way to do it. Else you could get a late 486 board with PCI and an Am5x86 but those can get expensive. Yep, the …

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Re: List of USB Mice that support PS/2 adapters, and PS/2 mice that support serial?

Posted on 2023-04-10, 21:06

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Logitech MX400 laser mouse, from around 2007 iirc. Works with everything I've tried, used it with my retro machines for ages. It also seems completely insensitive to what surface you use it on, unlike most old optical mice.

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Re: History Of The SPARC CPU Architecture and scoring some Spar Stations

Posted on 2023-03-30, 16:34

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I would agree with putting Solaris on them, which would present the least difficulty, though even that could be a struggle. I'm not sure of those specific models but from my research on later-90s Sun machines (I was looking into procuring an Ultra) - you'll probably need a specific Sun keyboard and …

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Re: Restoring a small form factor 486

Posted on 2023-03-22, 20:57

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That was a really fun read. I hope you can get the new system soon. Thanks! So do I :D Located the spare system aswell, and had a look inside. The SBC is a slightly more modern version than mine, SSC-5x86HVGA, with integrated Cirrus CL-GD54M40 graphics on internal PCI bus, and 128kB L2 cache. Also …

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Re: Restoring a small form factor 486

Posted on 2023-03-19, 21:40

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Updated the OP with an epilogue 😀

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Re: Any advice on small thermometers for devices that don't have them?

Posted on 2023-02-27, 11:33

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It really depends on your ambition with the project. As for the sensor itself, there are highly standardized resistive types (PT100, thermistors, etc) that are very easy to work with, and are available in countless shapes and sizes. Start by reading up on them :) I'd DIY something around a 5V …

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Re: Windows for Workgroups 3.11 on modern PC

Posted on 2023-02-25, 09:06

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Thank you for your replies. I read everything, but unfortunately nothing helped. BUT... Looks like I found a solution. I don't know if this is correct, but this helped: I downloaded new HIMEMX.EXE file and put it in C:\ location. Than I modify config.sys like this: DEVICE=C:\HIMEMX.EXE /MAX=262144 …

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Re: Windows 3.11 driver for ESS Audiodrive

Posted on 2023-02-22, 20:54

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Rawit wrote on 2023-02-19, 21:23: It might try to set the MPU to IRQ 2/9. Well, as mentioned I tried disabling the MPU port with esscfg before starting Windows and trying to install the driver. Did not help.

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Re: How to install Win98 without Floppy or CD-ROM?

Posted on 2023-02-22, 10:59

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Here's how I've usually been doing it when there's no CD drive available in the computer I want to install Windows on: - Install the HDD in another PC with CDROM. Disconnect any other HDDs to be on the safe side. - Boot from the Win98 setup CD, do not launch the setup. - Change directory to the …

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