Re: Socket 7 build, which direction should I go?

Posted on 2022-08-06, 20:12

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I didn't use either of my Voodoo's yet, was just testing the board. I tried with a few spares. A Radeon 9250 AGP, a Radeon Mobilty 2x card and A Trident 9680 PCI. I have not tried a Radeon 92xx AGP in my system I believe. A bit too new for me. Not sure which mobility card you have? I have tried a …

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Re: Socket 7 build, which direction should I go?

Posted on 2022-08-06, 00:30

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I just noted you said you were going to try a voodoo 3 agp in the board in the first post. Did you try this card and any other card (pci & agp)? I have a voodoo 3 agp as well, and while it does work, just want to make sure you checked this.

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Re: Socket 7 build, which direction should I go?

Posted on 2022-08-06, 00:26

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I also have a SY-5EMA. The caps are still good. But there has been known issues with the memory slots themselves. Have you tried moving a known good memory stick through each slot? I have a bad slot 2, which if a stick is inserted, it will not post.

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Re: I miss the 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s

Posted on 2022-06-28, 18:27

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GAH! The MS natural keyboard! The horror! Once you're getting old (25 and up) and develop tendonitis, you'll learn to value it. 😁 That's still pretty young, but I'd admit some people do develop tendonitis, and some people did like the feel of the MS Natural Keyboard. But I prefer the Model M …

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Re: Genoa Video Drivers

Posted on 2022-06-19, 22:24

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The Super Spectrum does not provide EGA -- it does not have a BIOS. It is a more integrated version of the Spectrum 4600, and also has a plantronics mode, and references some kind of "2nd card" support. It is otherwise just a regular souped up CGA compatible card. I had tried to also find the …

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Re: Genoa Video Drivers

Posted on 2022-06-19, 21:17

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So the Super Spectrum card is supposed to have a mode switching program, similar to what ATI had. It would help explain what the card is fully capable of doing. All I've found is the Genoa Spectrum programming manual on archive.org, Ralph's interrupt list has additional programming information (more …

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Re: PiGUS: Gravis Ultrasound emulator on an ISA card with Raspberry Pi

Posted on 2022-06-18, 01:48

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The limits of emulation come to the simple fact that it will never be exact without being a 100% identical fabrication. And emulating as close as possible is hard anyway, because no one will have full specs or enough knowledge of everything that is happening to something that is closed source. Even …

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Re: PCIe RAM Disk - TAKE MY MONEY!

Posted on 2022-06-16, 20:11

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Wouldn't a disk cache help in much the same way? If you are talking about loading times. Just max out your RAM or upgrade. You can also still create a RAM drive, and put in your own battery backup.

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Re: PiGUS: Gravis Ultrasound emulator on an ISA card with Raspberry Pi

Posted on 2022-06-11, 22:57

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by the3dfxdude

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Dr Scott M. Baker has done a more complete ISA-to-PI card for emulating a floppy drive, here: https://www.smbaker.com/raspberry-pi-virtual-floppy-for-isa-pc-xtat-computers It includes some useful things like power and reset signaling. I definitely would like to see a complete ISA-to-PI reference …

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Re: IrDA port - how to hook up with old Tyan S1571 System

Posted on 2022-06-11, 04:29

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by the3dfxdude

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So, what do I use? I checked the four pin IR header (IR1). One pin is ground. Two are getting 5V. One doesn’t register anything. Can you be more specific which pins register as ground, 5V, and nothing? So, here’s several pictures: 1) The IR harness with pins Did this labeled IR connector come with …

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Re: Windows 11 - MS wants to get rid of HDDs for drive C:

Posted on 2022-06-09, 20:50

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DosFreak wrote on 2022-06-09, 20:15: May as well just merge an ssd the size of the os with the cpu with just enough space to last 3yrs so you have to buy a new machine..... Considering what passes as IC design these days, that's probably just around the corner for all kinds of computing devices.

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Re: The first ATX case?

Posted on 2022-05-19, 23:39

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by the3dfxdude

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I have one of these cases with the original board. It was made in 1997. The first pics above from '99 seem to be a late run of them. I had another identical one that I gave away. Sorry no extra slot covers.

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Re: A free/open-source hex comparision tool

Posted on 2022-05-19, 18:04

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So I don't what you are asking about advanced features beyond just viewing or editing. So I will answer about some commands you can use that are free and open source that are readily available in the linux environment, and you can probably find for other systems. For quickly viewing a file in hex, …

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Re: GA-5AX prices on Ebay are outrageous; why?

Posted on 2022-05-13, 12:53

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I see lots of ridiculous prices for old hardware on the bay (especially Super 7 motherboards, but many other things as well), but what does it actually mean? Are people actually paying this much, or is something else going on? There are a number of listings between two and three hundred dollars for …

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Re: Anyone know about Rockwell ISA cards? (RWA010 and RWA030)

Posted on 2022-04-21, 22:03

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So what I remember about rockwell is their modems, which were somewhat common, probably low end market. Which for me, I didn't like them and eventually avoided and tossed them. It doesn't surprise me they made dedicated sound cards either. I wonder if I did come across at least one back in the day …

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Re: Anyone know about Rockwell ISA cards? (RWA010 and RWA030)

Posted on 2022-04-21, 02:56

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So what I remember about rockwell is their modems, which were somewhat common, probably low end market. Which for me, I didn't like them and eventually avoided and tossed them. It doesn't surprise me they made dedicated sound cards either. I wonder if I did come across at least one back in the day …

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Re: Anyone know about Rockwell ISA cards? (RWA010 and RWA030)

Posted on 2022-04-21, 00:49

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If you read the patch notes for the ALSA driver, the guy said it was inspired by an OSS driver that was available, because there was not enough information out there otherwise. The people responsible for OSS was a commercial company, so they probably got the info when supporting a customer or had …

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Re: HUGE collection for sale on eBay

Posted on 2022-04-20, 01:16

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There wasn't really much valuable things being offered up in the end, but ... thankfully the right people (a refurbishing business) showed up at the end and took the last of it. Even in LGRs last video I saw piles of stuff I would have gladly taken if there was some way to get it from the other …

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Re: HUGE collection for sale on eBay

Posted on 2022-04-19, 16:18

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Oh, so this is all from the same place! Computer Reset I assume. I hate to say it but that's a little OCD. I would have picked a few good items and been happy. This is just crazy. I see multiple copies of the same system, at least from the outward appearance. It's mentioned in the listing. I was …

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Re: HUGE collection for sale on eBay

Posted on 2022-04-19, 13:33

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Oh that guy. I was wondering when I saw your post. He collected all that, all from the same place, because he thought it'd be cool, and now doesn't want it, and selling all of it at once for around $100 bucks on average for each item. I warned people the way things were being done that it was …

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