Re: NAS for retro stuff

Posted on Yesterday, 13:48

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by Boohyaka

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Fellow industry worker for 20+ years. The fatigue is real. Retrocomputing is so refreshing! 😁 I've also setup a FTP on my Synology NAS for all my retro machines. Works wonders and I don't need anything more.

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Re: Old IT storage at new job - some finds and unknown RAM

Posted on 2023-11-30, 15:31

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by Boohyaka

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

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Necroposting my own thread as I'm doing some cleaning and just stumbled upon those 64p SIMMs again...I have no use for them but I just hate throwing stuff away. Would anyone want them? Maybe to reuse the RAM chips, or whatever?

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Re: Failed BIOS update (award) - Dead PC :-(

Posted on 2023-11-21, 11:03

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by Boohyaka

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Ah, late to the party but as another suisse-romand if you ever need anything just hit me up 😉 got a TL866 and plenty of spare parts.

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Re: PicoGUS: ISA sound card emulator with Raspberry Pi Pico (Gravis Ultrasound, AdLib, MPU-401, Tandy, CMS)

Posted on 2023-11-17, 07:29

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by Boohyaka

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oof, sold out in a couple of hours? Congrats 😀 any idea when you could be restocking? I'd happily try to grab one if there's a chance, I love to support such projects and toy with them!

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Re: AWE64 Legacy

Posted on 2023-10-30, 19:42

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by Boohyaka

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and nobody gives a poop.

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Re: T-04YBSC-A, new YMF71x based sound card + SETYMF utility

Posted on 2023-10-20, 06:14

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by Boohyaka

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Thanks for the update and glad to see this project coming along! 😀

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Re: Core 2 Duo E8600 / Foxconn P35AX-S / X800 GTO / Audigy2

Posted on 2023-10-18, 12:59

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by Boohyaka

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thanks so much joseph_joestar! I had used your 2 ZS Win98 guide in the past and I was now having issues with a regular Audigy 2 (SB0240) in another build. My understanding was that the drivers weren't the same between 2 and 2 ZS, put this post of yours saying the same procedure would work with the …

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Re: T-04YBSC-A, new YMF71x based sound card + SETYMF utility

Posted on 2023-10-13, 10:29

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by Boohyaka

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Not a problem mate, I have plenty of machines ready and I would gladly test it for you! 😁

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Re: Warcraft 1 like: Polans (Polanie) English language version

Posted on 2023-10-04, 12:56

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by Boohyaka

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There is even source available :) www.polanie.prv.pl yesterday I discovered that a certain Thomas Strasser made a source port (apparently) of this game: https://sourceforge.net/projects/polanie-game/ ooof....why would anybody do that to these poor pixels :( original game looks good https://a.fsdn. …

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Re: Choosing the right capacitors for a recap

Posted on 2023-10-03, 15:22

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by Boohyaka

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OK next board, any help in identifying those? Can't find much about this "GSC" brand... caps.png - GSC M (black) have no other marking. - GSC RE (teal) are labeled Y08A and Y09A. Looks like they're identical in specs, but Y08A slightly smaller? I suppose they picked some smaller ones around the CPU …

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Re: Choosing the right capacitors for a recap

Posted on 2023-10-03, 10:50

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by Boohyaka

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Yes, the Nichicon cap that you found is a perfect replacement. You can also see that different manufacturers often have very similar specs (in this case, identical) for a particular series. Almost like they copied each other's datasheets. I would also like to add Panasonic and Nippon Chemi-Con to …

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread *** LT board now available ***

Posted on 2023-10-02, 17:56

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by Boohyaka

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I can confirm Jazz is one of the first games I've run on my Orpheus 2 and it worked fine following these steps. And sounded awesome 😀

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Re: Choosing the right capacitors for a recap

Posted on 2023-10-02, 14:47

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by Boohyaka

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Thank you for the interesting info and discussion so far. So yeah...looks like caps will always generate debate :D @zyga64 thanks in particular for the badcaps sticky posts, lots of interesting stuff that answered some of my questions. OK so let's stay on the use case of the ASUS A7A266. Main …

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Re: Choosing the right capacitors for a recap

Posted on 2023-10-01, 19:20

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by Boohyaka

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Thank you! Well I understand that my precious vintage motherboard won't see heavy load, but when electronics are still kinda like voodoo magic to you, you don't know where the cursor precisely is between "not optimal but it's not that important" and "it just won't work". But thinking about it, as …

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Choosing the right capacitors for a recap

Posted on 2023-10-01, 18:20

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by Boohyaka

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I've looked into recapping many motherboards over the years but always delayed it in the end, just set them aside to fix them "later". Now I'm ready to get into it. I've searched vogons and the internet on information about how to choose the right capacitors and I'm a bit overwhelmed with the …

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Re: What can you tell me about this old PC?

Posted on 2023-09-27, 21:40

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by Boohyaka

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In any case it will work without drivers for basic function. But to reach faster PIO modes and therefore faster transfer speeds, drivers would be necessary.

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Re: What can you tell me about this old PC?

Posted on 2023-09-27, 20:36

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by Boohyaka

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Mmm.... gosh I have also other old PCs on the loft under the roof.... 😥 But I'm not equipped right now to do this kind of job... and don't have the time... Is there a way I can at least 'wrap' it in something so that it doesn't keep leaking on the mobo? Thanks! If you're not ready for a desoldering …

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Re: What can you tell me about this old PC?

Posted on 2023-09-27, 20:32

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by Boohyaka

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My understanding of VLB BUS Mastering is that it doesn't really matter. I usually put the VLB IO card in one of the BUS Master slots, and I believe for VGA it doesn't really matter (but may be wrong). The VLB IO card, according to the FCC ID is a Holtek LCMVIO-3A . All jumper configuration are …

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Re: What can you tell me about this old PC?

Posted on 2023-09-27, 20:22

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by Boohyaka

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Motherboard is SOYO-025P1 https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/soyo-sy-025p2 Hard to tell from the pictures but the green barrel battery may show signs of leakage and needs to be removed asap, and if there's any corrosion clean it with white vinegar hoping it didn't start to eat stuff up!

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Re: Trouble doing a BIOS recovery on ECS P4VMM2 V7.3

Posted on 2023-09-27, 19:03

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by Boohyaka

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oh and additional info I just thought about, to be clear: without the ctrl-home boot to restore BIOS, when it starts and freezes when Checking NVRAM, there is absolutely nothing I can do. No access to BIOS or anything. The "press del to open setup" is the next step in BIOS routine I believe. And of …

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