Re: Anyone know this ISA Network card?

Posted on 2022-09-18, 17:52

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by SteveC

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The UM9003F drivers expect a PnP card so they're no good, but I used the generic e16pkt.com and with a bit of trial and error it turns out both jumpers on equals 0x360 as the address!

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Re: Anyone know this ISA Network card?

Posted on 2022-09-18, 17:32

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by SteveC

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Thanks I'll try that 😀 Just found some UMC UM9003F drivers that weren't viruses too!

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Anyone know this ISA Network card?

Posted on 2022-09-18, 17:27

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by SteveC

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Hi all, I have this ISA NIC (says TopWare on the back, nothing else) and am wondering jumper settings (IRQ one is the only obvious one) and what drivers for DOS/Windows 3.1. Cheers, Steve

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2022-09-18, 17:09

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by SteveC

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IBM PC 330 Model 466DX2 (486 DX/2 66MHz) DBG and LOG file

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-09-16, 17:14

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by SteveC

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Another IBM PC 330, this one a 486 DX/2 66 (I think). Not opened it up yet but it does boot and beep 😀

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Re: Vogons Video Announcement Thread

Posted on 2022-09-13, 23:05

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by SteveC

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The HDD Clicker Remember the clicking sounds of spinning hard disks? One “problem” with retro computing is that we replace those disks with Compact Flash, SD Cards or even SSDs. Those do not make any noises that you can hear under usual circumstances. Which is partly nice, because the computer …

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Re: Vogons Video Announcement Thread

Posted on 2022-09-13, 22:56

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by SteveC

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Fixing an old Apple Mac LC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LS9z9bHSDk

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2022-09-07, 23:07

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by SteveC

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Been working on a Macintosh LC I recently picked up cheap... First power on I hear odd noises... I open the PSU to check capacitors etc. Turn it on and have sparks and fire 🤣 Look on eBay for replacement PSUs, see the price and give up. The PSU is +12V, +5V and -5V... I realised I don't need …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-09-02, 10:11

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by SteveC

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This beauty came today. I think I have a VLB card addiction... I found a DOS packet driver for it and was able to ping Google, so it works. I can't find a darned thing about this card, but I just love the odd-ballness of a VLB ethernet card with a semi-obscure SMC chip. Go figure. QUICK EDIT: Also …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-08-31, 11:39

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by SteveC

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Just won something a bit different for me (seller's photo) s-l1600 (2).jpg A complete Apple Macintosh LC that is dead... be a fun little project! Had an eye on that as its very local. Glad its gone to someone likeminded! I have no idea about apple stuff but it could be an interesting project. Yeah …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-08-30, 20:54

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by SteveC

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Just won something a bit different for me (seller's photo) s-l1600 (2).jpg A complete Apple Macintosh LC that is dead... be a fun little project! Had an eye on that as its very local. Glad its gone to someone likeminded! I have no idea about apple stuff but it could be an interesting project. Yeah …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-08-30, 12:59

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by SteveC

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Just won something a bit different for me (seller's photo) Filename s-l1600 (2).jpg File size 237.44 KiB Views 1536 views A complete Apple Macintosh LC that is dead... be a fun little project!

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An original Google rack

Posted on 2022-08-26, 18:00

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by SteveC

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This might be old news to many people, but first time I've seen it and I thought it was interesting - one of Google's original racks. Made up from commodity Pentium II PCs (appear to be stock Intel coolers, Intel NICs, SuperMicro boards, and I think they're DeskStar hard drives), squashed into a …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-08-24, 13:06

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by SteveC

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Photos not videos. I can't really put a screenshot up here haha! All from about 20-22 years ago so no huge files...

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-08-24, 12:33

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by SteveC

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This was advertised on eBay as "10 office CDs, and holder, IBMcompatable, iomega. back up file drivers" but it was obvious from the photo they were not CDs! Just going through them and of course none are wiped - full of personal info, accounts etc Oh "Internet Files" is a gallery of porn all nicely …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-08-24, 12:25

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by SteveC

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This was advertised on eBay as "10 office CDs, and holder, IBMcompatable, iomega. back up file drivers" but it was obvious from the photo they were not CDs! Just going through them and of course none are wiped - full of personal info, accounts etc

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-08-18, 22:51

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by SteveC

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Been picking up some more weird & wonderful retro hardware, my latest acquisition this very dirty and in need of some maintenance Philips CD-I 210: cdi210.jpg Didn't cost me a lot, but does need a fair bit of work to get it working 100%, as well as cleaned up etc. As the pic shows, I've removed the …

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Re: Vogons Video Announcement Thread

Posted on 2022-08-16, 23:02

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by SteveC

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Quick video trying out a Matrox DualHead2Go VGA splitter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0D3N3QQpWs

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-08-16, 19:16

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by SteveC

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I looked up what this does, and it appears to be a display resolution doubler that allows you to connect two monitors to a single output. Does this mean that the two monitors appear to the device as a single monitor? This sound awkward if you wanted to maximize a window on one of the two attached …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-08-15, 13:54

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by SteveC

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And staying on the Matrox theme, picked this DualHead2Go (VGA) up for a tenner from eBay too - I always wondered how these work

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