Re: MS-DOS DoubleSpace and DriveSpace, anyone use it?
Posted on Yesterday, 13:20
I tried it back then, thought it was shit
Re: Newly made ISA CL-GD5434
Posted on Yesterday, 12:54
I am waiting for this to happen - 4mb is certainly not worth it , maybe keep it 2mb and sockets to upgrade to 4? higher resolutions and depth don't like iSA much but maybe some ISA 486DX2 could use them I completely disagree. The ability to run higher resolutions and color depths without high …
Re: Can Modern ATX Power Supplies cause noise in video?
Posted on Yesterday, 12:46
Possible? Yes. Likely, hell no.
Re: SB2AWE EEPROM flasher utility.
Posted on 2020-06-01, 23:44
There is a Dell published AWE64 flash utility that will let you flash the EEPROM of an AWE64 into a CT3670 without desoldering . It was meant to recover AWE64 cards with a corrupted EEPROM . I used on my CT3670 to get rid of the IDE port . The card is now detected as an AWE64 . EDIT: Corrected …
Re: How about a MR-BIOS ROM file repository?
Posted on 2020-06-01, 23:41
I just tried the generic 286 MR BIOS on my 286-15. The system was 100% working on the AMI BIOS but with MR BIOS it hangs when trying to load Win 3.1. Anyone seen this before? It works just fine in DOS What happens if you start windows with win /s as I have seen this posted as a fix/workaround …
Re: Floppy disks: emulator or not?
Posted on 2020-05-31, 14:49
it is very possible to have a 99% reliable floppy system in the modern era, but it requires a substantial investment of time, effort and testing
Re: Trouble adapting a new power supply to an old 486 ISA motherboard (Seems Solved Ty all)
Posted on 2020-05-30, 14:15
get that barrel battery out of there bro
Re: My Dream Pentium MMX Build
Posted on 2020-05-29, 16:17
starcube wrote on 2020-05-29, 16:03: Tetrium wrote on 2020-05-29, 15:54: No need for you to turn it into some kind of personal thing. I 'm not. You complained I'm ruining your fun, but the truth is my privacy takes priority over your fun. Then why did you post them in the first place? This whole …
Re: 70Hz in pure DOS at 1600x1200 (or other) over DVI on an old card (FX5900) with modern monitor is possible
Posted on 2020-05-28, 02:14
Neat
Re: Gold vs silver plated memory
Posted on 2020-05-24, 17:28
I have been doing this stuff for decades and have also never witnessed any ill effects from mating tin and gold contacts.
Re: Gold vs silver plated memory
Posted on 2020-05-24, 16:28
Silver? Do you mean tin?
Re: Turbo 286 - Build Log
Posted on 2020-05-23, 16:20
I really don't understand where this notion that "period correct" means "affordable by the average person" came from. If there were external SCSI caddy loading drives being sold for professional use for $10k at the time, that would still be period correct.
Re: Dual Pentium Pro Build Thread
Posted on 2020-05-23, 16:18
45.6MHz FSB what? Is that thing running at 366 for real?
Re: How to get a packet driver onto my IBM XT
Posted on 2020-05-22, 13:09
If you want to make a habit of working on 80s PCs you really need a 90s or early 00s PC to act as a go between.
Re: Universal PnP Sound Card Enabler for DOS v0.70c (UNISOUND)
Posted on 2020-05-21, 02:11
You got a shoutout in the retro rgb podcast today
Re: ESS vs SB16 match, please post your opinions!
Posted on 2020-05-19, 02:54
ESFM >>> CQM
Re: Windows 2000 on single Pentium Pro
Posted on 2020-05-19, 02:13
2k will run ok on it but you *really* need at least 256MB RAM Yeah, I was planning to go up to 256MB already so I might as well do that. But even with 256MB I feel like the CPU speed might be a liability. I'd rather avoid NT4 because everyone I know who's used it tells me getting it configured and …
Re: Getting a Serial / COM port PCI card work in DOS
Posted on 2020-05-19, 02:06
I've owned PCs since the early 90s and literally never have come across one of the "old" standard dongles
Re: Windows 2000 on single Pentium Pro
Posted on 2020-05-19, 01:39
2k will run ok on it but you *really* need at least 256MB RAM
Re: IBM PS/2 Model 55SX won't boot, even with reference disk.
Posted on 2020-05-19, 01:37
bad drive or bad disk, if it was a seek failure you'd get a 601 so it's data related
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