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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on Yesterday, 10:23

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Couldn't help myself today at the recycling station's shop ... GTX285 1GiB for DKK 50, that's less than US$ 7.50. Don't know I'll be using it for, but too cheap to ignore :lol: The guy at the counter told me that if I'm into older hardware, I should come by more often, as they sometimes throw stuff …

Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2023-09-30, 06:45

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I found a big box of CPU's. A big sturdy box with MSI on the side, but it smelled like basement & death, so I emptied and discarded it as quickly as possible. Photo Sep 29 2023, 4 31 34 PM.jpg Had at least 2 of each Slot 1 Pentium II from 233 up to 450 along with a number of what look like slot 1 …

Re: How 'mandatory' are 486s internal clock multipliers?

Posted on 2023-09-29, 12:20

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

H3nrik V! wrote on 2023-09-29, 12:19: Intel's 486DX4-100 in sSpec SK050 may be qualified to run at 2x50 according to https://www.cpu-world.com/sspec/SK/SK050.html Apparently the SX877 as well ..? https://www.cpu-world.com/sspec/SX/SX877.html

Re: How 'mandatory' are 486s internal clock multipliers?

Posted on 2023-09-29, 12:19

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Intel's 486DX4-100 in sSpec SK050 may be qualified to run at 2x50 according to https://www.cpu-world.com/sspec/SK/SK050.html But I would think that the multiplier was set by the jumpers on the motherboard. But whether or not an x2 multiplier is "always" supported by a DX4, I'm not sure ...

Re: What kind of computer towers did you choose for your retro systems?

Posted on 2023-09-28, 08:19

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Oh, if only I could find a good, cheap AOpen HX08 ... Loved that back in the day ...

Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2023-09-26, 03:59

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

A friend asked: "Hey, we've got two really old ThinkPads donated to our (philanthropist) organization but we have no use of them at all; one has no AC adapter and the other is password protected. They'll head for e-waste unless you're interested." Me: "Sure! I've got both types of adapters; at very …

Re: My VLB 486 (December 2022)

Posted on 2023-09-25, 12:39

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Are you sure it's an AMD Am5x86 "DX5-133" I'm pretty sure it would run 133 MHz at 33 MHz FSB and 160 at 40 MHz? I’m 100% sure, it runs at 3x 40MHz right now. To use 4x multi I would need to upgrade bios (see notes above) Ah, I get it ... Apparently I TL;DR'ed that part :face_palm: That's a weird …

Re: My VLB 486 (December 2022)

Posted on 2023-09-25, 12:18

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Are you sure it's an AMD Am5x86 "DX5-133" I'm pretty sure it would run 133 MHz at 33 MHz FSB and 160 at 40 MHz?

Re: Windows 7 on 586-class PCs

Posted on 2023-09-23, 21:15

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Sphere478 wrote on 2023-09-19, 00:19: It’s worthlessly slow. Not really worth it other than to say you did. Which would be more than enough reason to go through with the project? 🤣

Re: Need Help finding RAM type for Pentium-lll-s , 1.4ghz CPU

Posted on 2023-09-22, 16:25

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

That stick of RAM in question seems to have a broken (now missing) component, which probably doesn't help matters... Good catch. I did not notice the broken diode. I will try another memory stick. This is STRANGE. The computer was working fine before the Hard drive died. I put in an SSD and Maybe …

Re: Need Help finding RAM type for Pentium-lll-s , 1.4ghz CPU

Posted on 2023-09-22, 16:25

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

shevalier wrote on 2023-09-22, 13:43: Again, what prevents you from reading the manual at the same link and updating the BIOS. https://theretroweb.com/motherboard/manual/49 … 21881940900.pdf I don't think I'd dare updating a BIOS on an unstable board to be honest ...?

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-09-21, 21:32

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Got lucky at the flea market this past couple of months so I tought I'd share some of my findings. 386 motherboard with L2 cache and an AMD 386-DX40 sitting on some kind of interposer - untested, but looks like it's all there, and I can't see any corrosion. No barrel battery witch is a plus, but on …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-09-20, 18:32

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thanks. I still need to learn to solder. Hopefully whatever the problem ends up being is an easy fix. +1 to Shponglefan's estimate it is 99.5% solder cracks on the connectors it's an easy fix that does not require a huge solder experience, basically with the board removed you flip it over , …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-09-19, 14:06

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Is that a Varta battery near the back of that chassis? In that case, hopefully it hasn't leaked ... Pretty sure it didn't. According to the description he changed it as well. And he even provides a close-up. Looks fine and even new to me. JP 10 and 11 look a bit crooked. But I don't mind that. …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-09-19, 14:06

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I think a lot of us had those kind of holders for our mice back in the 90's. I had four my Amiga 500

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-09-19, 07:47

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Just scored a Siemens Nixdorf PCD-4H on German eBay for an awesome price. Hope it's working. Except for the CPU (which I will replace with the "appropriate" 25MHz one) it resembles my very first PC I got as a 12yo -> PCD-4hsx with an 80486 SX25, 4MB Ram. I was on the lookout for this thing for a …

Re: Fake painted Pentium CPUs

Posted on 2023-09-18, 09:24

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I think that faking CPUs was part of the reasons why Intel started to lock the multiplier back in the day ...

Re: DosFreak All System Specs 4-14-2022

Posted on 2023-09-12, 22:21

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Wow, that's massive, cool with a never ending backup ... Wonder how many of my old DVDRs are still readable 🤣

Re: List of UNLOCKED Pentium II CPUs - A Quick Glance

Posted on 2023-09-12, 13:58

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Wouldn't a Klamath at 350 be pretty much winning the silicon lottery? Were they even made with cache chips capable of 175 MHz?

Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2023-09-11, 05:35

in Milliways

in Milliways

appiah4 wrote on 2023-09-11, 05:19: Wat? Lol https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Danis … %20*etogtredive. The Wiki explains pretty well - all though I might be biased being a native Danish speaker 🤣

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