Re: Does anyone recognize this pentium 3 PC from the brand Funai?

Posted on Yesterday, 23:39

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Impressive spotting dionb. Especially the CPU! Beginning to doubt that one as I've also found the original listing on a local ad site and it claims it to be a "P3". That said, that's definitely an SECC1 and I'm not aware of any P3 being released in SECC1. And the seller says he removed HDD, and now …

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Re: Does anyone recognize this pentium 3 PC from the brand Funai?

Posted on Yesterday, 19:35

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[...] My hero! Thank you so much for this in depth response. I don't have a P3-build yet, so I'm looking for a system to start with. I already assembled some components such as a Voodoo 3000, a Coppermine P3 933 MHZ and a Asus P2B motherboard so I got something to work with. I'll probably hit this …

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Re: Does anyone recognize this pentium 3 PC from the brand Funai?

Posted on Yesterday, 14:03

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Not familiar with Funai, but I see enough I do recognize: - case is an InWin IW-A500P - motherboard is a Chaintech CT-6BTM - sound card is an Ensoniq AudioPCI (aka pretty near SoundBlaster 64 PCI, possibly already labeled as such if it has an ES1371 chip, otherwise it's an ES1370) - video card is …

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Re: ASUS p3c-d, looking for high res pictures

Posted on 2022-01-22, 11:01

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pshipkov wrote on 2022-01-22, 05:34: I tried before but didn't work. Dionb, did you try to push the vanilla board past its specs ? 133 fsb with tulies at least ? No, I have two P3-933EB on it running at 133MHz FSB (in-spec). GIven how fragile these P3C-D boards seem to be I don't want to push it. I …

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Re: Asus P3c-d no post, weird beep sound

Posted on 2022-01-22, 10:11

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Also, failure rate of those P3C-D seemed sky-high. I had at least 7 in my hands at various times in the 00's and even with correct memory setup with CT-RIMM not one booted, retail or (more common) HP. Was very happy to find a retail board two years back that did work at last.

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Re: ASUS p3c-d, looking for high res pictures

Posted on 2022-01-21, 15:28

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Here's the best I can do without the microscope: Filename IMG_20220121_162137.jpg File size 1.65 MiB Views 172 views Hope it's good enough - I can read most of the SMD stuff ...

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Re: I have just bought my first PC.... sort of

Posted on 2022-01-21, 14:24

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by dionb

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Just check for the datasheet of the DS1287, the original one on the board is a 1:1 clone. The only difference is the century register at 32h on the 12887, making it Y2K compliant. Only reason it would fail is if the board uses the general register at 32h on the DS1287 - which is highly unlikely. To …

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Re: New to DOS builds, need a sound card but not sure where to start

Posted on 2022-01-20, 22:20

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[...] all things being equal, I'd rather have the external box - it looks cool Also, with a suitable MIDI switch/patchbay you can share external boxes between multiple (retro) systems. But er... that's deep, deep down the rabbit hole. Only go there if you have a room, a bucketload of time and lots …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-20, 22:06

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Nice sound card time 😀 Filename 16426648470140.jpg File size 201.43 KiB Views 514 views Terratec Maestro 32/96 CS4232 plus Dream SAM9233 goodness. Hope it's a bit nicer in the driver department than my EWS64XL...

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Re: ASUS p3c-d, looking for high res pictures

Posted on 2022-01-20, 15:20

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I might be able to, I think I have the retail version. That said, wasn't the HP version green? To get you pics good enough to see resistor values I need to use a microscope (no decent camera with macro function), which gives a much smaller field of view than this pic. Could you perhaps indicate …

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Re: A nice late socket7 motherboard: PCPartner TXB820DS 35-8333-03

Posted on 2022-01-20, 11:20

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Just for fun I did some stability tests with the P200MMX. At 75x3=225 it is completely stable. At 83x3=250 it crashes randomly even if I raise Vcore to 2.9V. I did not want to go to the next notch which is 3.2V. I guess it makes sense why Intel didn't sell PMMX above 233MHz. :) What happens if you …

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Re: New to DOS builds, need a sound card but not sure where to start

Posted on 2022-01-19, 15:48

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Set the 'clone' card with good MIDI to A220 I5 D1 P330 U9 T4 and the AWE64 to A240 I7 (or 3) D3 (or 0) H5 (or 6) P300 E620 T6 and you're good to go for pretty much anything. That is good if you are want to configure games based on what card you want to use. But there is another way to do things ( …

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Re: New to DOS builds, need a sound card but not sure where to start

Posted on 2022-01-19, 13:02

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Azarien wrote on 2022-01-19, 12:21: dionb wrote on 2022-01-19, 09:48: Set the 'clone' card with good MIDI to A220 I5 D1 P330 U9 T4 and the AWE64 to A240 I7 (or 3) D3 (or 0) H5 (or 6) P300 E620 T6 What is U9? IRQ 2/9 for MIDI MPU.

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Re: Mixer for computer collection

Posted on 2022-01-19, 12:14

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by dionb

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Actually I like the 19" mount, it matches perfectly with my Roland A-880 MIDI patchbay and my Aten KVM switch. I have them mounted in one of these:

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Re: New to DOS builds, need a sound card but not sure where to start

Posted on 2022-01-19, 12:04

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Also, there's a simple way to nullify them: this board has three ISA slots. Instead of chasing the unicorn of the perfect card, or even the 'best' card, it's far easier to just use two cards that cover each others weaknesses. This option is nice, and has been done by quite a few folks here. One …

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Re: Mixer for computer collection

Posted on 2022-01-19, 09:55

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I have a Rolls MX42, which looks functionally identical to the one you linked. It worked well but I needed more channels. I'm currently using a Behringer RX1602 and I really like that it has quick mute buttons so I can toggle the sound sources quickly. What I don't like about it though is the …

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Re: New to DOS builds, need a sound card but not sure where to start

Posted on 2022-01-19, 09:48

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The AWE64 value cards are readily available and relatively cheap too - I think they're great. Pretty soon people will start posting walls of text in support of their idea of what a good ISA sound card looks like and why Creative cards suck - it's just that sort of a topic 😂 I had to physically …

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Re: PS2 keybord is not recognised but usable.

Posted on 2022-01-19, 08:14

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Possibly (although not something I've seen) - all the more reason to have exact PC and keyboard model numbers.

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Re: PS2 keybord is not recognised but usable.

Posted on 2022-01-19, 00:49

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What keyboard and what IBM PC exactly? Old IBM keyboards (Model F, Model M) were notoriously power-hungry, drawing many times as much as say a simple Cherry board. That meant that some systems (and KVM switches, and USB adapters) specifically have trouble with them if they can't supply all that …

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

Posted on 2022-01-18, 11:25

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BitWrangler wrote on 2022-01-17, 19:13: dionb wrote on 2022-01-17, 18:21: He'll probably be able to out-play me by the end of the week 😉 Build him a 386sx25 Doom rig and network it to yours. 🤣 No room on his desk with all the Wii-U modding he's doing - not bad for a 9-year old 😉

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