Re: Need help finding the model number of an MFM controller card
Posted on 2023-06-17, 08:57
Sure it's MFM? Never seen a standard AT MFM controller with a boot ROM. Looks more like ESDI than MFM to me.
Re: Brandless 386 laptop with ISA slots and fried keyboard controller.
Posted on 2023-06-02, 14:34
Looks like a couple of broken traces under the battery?
Re: Old IT storage at new job - some finds and unknown RAM
Posted on 2022-07-07, 12:38
NCR used 64 pin dual ported SIMMs in 486 based servers such as the 3550. I don't know if they are interchangable with the ones that Apple used (only in the IIfx from memory).
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-03-01, 10:52
Bit of a stretch to assume that any random seller of hardware in Russia supports Putiin.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-02-04, 10:46
Doornkaat wrote on 2022-02-03, 15:44: TrashPanda wrote on 2022-02-03, 15:43: Doornkaat wrote on 2022-02-03, 15:39: Ooorrr 12 Quantum Bigfoots. Please!🤩 Uhh thats a bold assumption there .. that there are still 12 bigfoots functional. 😄Sad but true! RAID 12 x ZIP drives - how many will have click of …
Re: Dos gaming on the go
Posted on 2021-12-22, 10:25
DSTNs were found in the cheaper models as back in the day a TFT would add around $1000 to the price of the laptop. They have poor contrast, color and response time. Even scrolling and mouse movement will blur, let alone games. If they're side by side and the Thinkpad looks that much better then it's …
Re: Dos gaming on the go
Posted on 2021-12-22, 10:05
The 4000CDS will have an absolutely unusable DSTN display. The 365XD could have either a DSTN or a TFT depending on configuration - ideally you'd want the one with the 640 x 480 TFT for DOS as the scaling on the 800 x 600 is nasty.
Re: IBM PS/2 MODEL 30 unknown 386 upgrade??
Posted on 2021-08-11, 11:26
Hypertec? They did a lot of PS/2 upgrades. It's doesn't look like the one I have (which is for a model 60), but there some similarities - 4 dip switches, the font on the PCB.
Re: Leak of Windows 11
Posted on 2021-06-26, 12:37
Heh, the W3550 the VM is on is actually my daily driver - so I won't doing a real install on that anytime soon. I'll throw it at some real systems soon - probably even older just to see what I can get it to run on.
Re: Leak of Windows 11
Posted on 2021-06-26, 11:35
It installed on a Xeon W3550 (1366) in a VM - so at least for now the higher requirements are not enforced.
Re: new dos games! (in development)
Posted on 2021-01-01, 12:12
Re: Windows 95 OSR2.5 vs Windows 98 SE for a 486 build with 32MB of ram
Posted on 2020-09-02, 12:03
98lite is another option - It's Win98 without IE and IE integration (So Win95 shell while allowing you to run software that wouldn't run on Win95). I used to run it on a 486DX4-75 with 24MB ram, that was my daily driver laptop for a while.
Re: help ..who know what is that card
Posted on 2020-08-30, 10:44
Altera Apex are FPGAs - programmed for a specific product by the manufacturer, so identifying the FPGA doesn't indentify the card. Have the markings on the Intel looking IC been removed? The connector is a 5W2. I've seen them on lab equipment and RF gear, but I can't find anything else identifiable …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-08-14, 12:20
The only people I know who actually used TV cards back in the day were those using them to watch analog cable TV. When you signed up for cable internet it didn't take long to realise you connect the incoming cable to a supported TV card and decode the encrypted channels in software. I could never …
Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.
Posted on 2020-06-13, 09:18
Not directly computer related, but I was dumpster diving a few day ago, and I found, as it seems a TV box multimedia player. Nonetheless I take these components due to the parts which can be harvest out of them. Well inside this one there was also a 320gb HDD, which is in a good condition as …
Re: Ultimate Win95?
Posted on 2020-05-23, 12:24
Same here - I was still running a 66MHz 486SLC2 until mid 97 when I bought one of those swap meet upgrade packages with 6x86-200, 32MB ram and a motherboard. I ran 95 on this and continued to run 95 when I upgraded to a k6/2 450. I remember having to put the old 6x86 back in to apply a patch as 95 …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-05-02, 10:16
What do you think of this pair ? they work, but one drains the lithium battery flat in 3 weeks and after that it does not retain the cmos settings, utter crp.. IMG_1307.JPEG Ah, the cheapest upgrade package at the computer swap meet (if anyone remembers those). Sold back in the day for around AU$ …
Re: Pentium III + Windows 98, Slow network transfers
Posted on 2020-04-08, 11:26
I've had auto negotiation fail under Win98 with some cards. I had to force 100mbit full duplex in the network card properties to get it to connect at full speed.
Re: ISA PATA/IDE adapter vs HBA vs ? for larger drive, ISA-only PC
Posted on 2020-03-28, 13:12
What model is it? I had a Compaq Deskpro 5/60 Pentium 60 back in the day and it had EISA slots - The hard disk was SCSI drive connected connected to an EISA SCSI card. Someone currently has new old stock adaptec AHA-2740W on Amazon for $30 - This will out perform any ISA IDE. They have an 8GB BIOS …
Re: Why is this ET4000 so expensive?
Posted on 2020-02-14, 09:39
It was part of a piece of medical equipment - Any hospital still using that machine can only replace parts with exactly the same part or the machine is no longer certified. If they replace the video card with an ET4000 from a different manufacturer the machine would have to be re-certified which …
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