Re: Win95 Retail and onboard USB
Posted on Yesterday, 22:43
Can't you disable USB in the BIOS ?
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-02-17, 08:36
Well I can help you designing that cage back by shooting photos of my PS/1's cage, pm me if you're interested (by the way, I won't have access to that computer before the end of the week)
Re: Looking for 486 Motherboard BIOS
Posted on 2020-02-17, 07:18
That sounds cool, how do you do that ? ^^
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-02-17, 07:15
I have a similar ps1 with a 386SX and a black case. It has a regular IDE port. As for the PSU, its shape may not be AT, but the plugs are iirc. What's bothering me though is that on your ps/1, the 3.5" bays are missing so you'll get an empty hole on the front of the case.
Re: My Motherboard/ISA video/Big old HDD motherlode
Posted on 2020-02-16, 20:26
You mean for the PCChips ? Yeah that's what I'm going to do I guess. However I haven't found any bad via, but some may be on the verge of dying and give "false negatives" ? That would explain why the board is working at first then the KBC doesn't work anymore.
Re: My Motherboard/ISA video/Big old HDD motherlode
Posted on 2020-02-16, 14:36
Here's a bonus information ; I've found the ad for the computer in which that XT board was and ... ugh judge it by yourself lol pub.jpg Furthermore, this computer was made far away in the south of France, but I live far away in the north, I wonder how/why it arrived here x) (and for your information …
Re: My Motherboard/ISA video/Big old HDD motherlode
Posted on 2020-02-16, 14:12
Hello there ! I haven't updated this topic in a while ... First thing first : @Kassiny very nice ! Can you send me your BIOS rom ? :D And now some good news about the Turbo XT motherboard : I've tried to use the landmark/supersoft diagnostic rom (http://www.minuszerodegrees.net/supersoft_landmark/ …
Re: Looking for 486 Motherboard BIOS
Posted on 2020-02-15, 11:25
Well that's still cheaper than a 3.3v adapter that fit in the socket or a new motherboard that support 3.3 chips out of the box ^^ Clones of this transistor must exist though but I don't know them.
Re: Sony 2x CDROM’s worth fixing ?
Posted on 2020-02-13, 15:46
I didn't know they had bad caps ! I have one but it still works. I'm going to look after brand new caps then. What are their refs ?
Re: AMD AM486DX4-100SV8B and AM486DX2-66: Interesting observation / CPU relabeling
Posted on 2020-02-12, 00:12
I also have a DX2-80 that's a DX4-100 under the hood and a DX4-100 that's a 5x86 under the hood (but it can't run at 160MHz, only 133). I'll take a picture of both of them if you want to.
Re: Am486 DX4-100V16BGC Multiplier - 2/3x or 3/4x?
Posted on 2020-02-11, 23:32
I was just testing today one of those amd 486dx4 100Mhz cpus with 4x multiplier. One of those that have been marked to have 8Kb of L1 cache but actually have 16Kb. Anyone knows if I can damage the cpu if I keep it at 4x multiplier instead of 3x long term? Same thing here. I tested my DX4s in …
Re: Looking for 486 Motherboard BIOS
Posted on 2020-02-11, 14:30
Yes indeed. I've checked the bios of mine with some software I can't find anymore, and there was a setting with L2 cache to always report the size that's been configured. However when real cache installed, it should work. It does on mine and I haven't modified the BIOS. Now for the transistor, …
Re: Looking for 486 Motherboard BIOS
Posted on 2020-02-11, 01:00
Thanks for the photo ! First thing I notice : the cache sockets are missing pins, I believe they've got all their pins underneath each chips, but just in case, are you 100% sure they make good contact ? Also, the board doesn't officially support your IBM 5x86 (and it's lacking the 3.3V transistor, …
[Game dev] Snake8088 (temporary name)
Posted on 2020-02-10, 23:43
Hello everyone, here's the little personal project I'm working on at the moment to learn 16 bits x86 assembly : a "Snake" game for 8088 ! At the moment, its control keys are the arrow keys to move, and escape to quit the game. Done The "bare" game engine (display the snake*, being able to control it …
Re: How can I add 9pin USB port to 10pin USB header on PPro MS-6103 motherboard?
Posted on 2020-02-10, 16:36
To avoid frying something, probe for +5V and GND on BOTH rows. Once you figure out where they are, you can try few configurations. I don't think Data- and Data+ being reversed would cause any issues.
Re: Connecting old machines to the internet: dispelling the superstition
Posted on 2020-02-10, 12:07
While I agree with the OP... but there is one way to get infected: How about the updates and other older software/games we download for our retro machines from sites that are not the ones who actually produced the software (which may be or not be actually abandonware, for example). These ones might …
Re: Looking for 486 Motherboard BIOS
Posted on 2020-02-09, 17:39
I think I have exactly the same bios as you (I remember it was from summer 1994). Can I have a picture of your board ? 😁
Re: Need drivers and BIOS for Intel VS440FX (Pentium Pro)
Posted on 2020-02-08, 18:06
Any Intel driver for i440FX chipsets should work.
Re: Looking for 486 Motherboard BIOS
Posted on 2020-02-08, 08:28
I have the same board as you (iirc mine is rev E) here's a manual : http://www.elhvb.com/webhq/models/486vlb3/sis471g.html The brand is Full Yes Tech (FYI). Mine also had fake cache, but real cache works fine on it. Have you populated the jumper headers ? Also who made the bios you have ? Award or …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-02-07, 07:53
I've done this on mine when it was working. Did your board break sometime afterwards did it? It broke because it's a piece of crap that's way too thin. I had issues running 3.3v chips after putting a chip backwards by mistake and after mounting and unmounting it in several cases, it stopped working …
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