Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-04-27, 11:04

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by ChrisK

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This thing... I wonder if it will obey me and open the pod bay doors... well, in case it will go rebel I will have two reset buttons at my disposal... Anyway, I don't think I will stick to this machine, I have too many of these already so I will probably clean it and put it on sale... I'd be …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-04-18, 05:55

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by ChrisK

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Yes, no doubt! I can't resist adding fans! Too fun. As far as video capture, the ATi Theater 200 chipset from this era is considered cream of the crop by the VHS digitizing forums. You can definitely get good results with the hauppauge stuff too but the ATi stuff is considered to be as good as it …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-04-17, 12:06

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by ChrisK

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Scored a 9600 AIW for a VHS digitization rig I am building, based on S939/XP. New in box from CompUSA! I felt very strange opening it, but glad to have something I know is reliable and in excellent shape with the accessories. Hi, would it be possible for you to check if the pins 19-24 in this table …

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Re: The Retro Web submissions thread: suggest edits and/or add new boards here

Posted on 2023-04-14, 06:57

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by ChrisK

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Board picture for this: https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/jetway … 542bs#downloads

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-04-14, 06:33

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by ChrisK

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An AMD K6-2+ 400MHz arrived today, a cpu with integrated L2 cache (128KB), this can be used on motherboards with VCORE lower than 2.0V, but I know that they can also be used with voltages up to 2.1V, obviously if you is below 2.0V will be better. A lot depends on the motherboard, usually the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-04-13, 06:37

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by ChrisK

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Recently bought an EIZO S2133 1600x1200 LCD. Though not really needing it for some reason I had it on my watchlist for some time now. Never thought about actually buying one because of the ridiculously high prices for used ones (mostly starting at 150 EUROs here in the old world). But then some …

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Re: List of USB Mice that support PS/2 adapters, and PS/2 mice that support serial?

Posted on 2023-04-11, 10:37

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by ChrisK

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USB Mice that DO work with PS/2 adapters: - Logitech MouseMan Optical Dual (from around 2001)

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Re: Custom interposer module for TI486SXL2-66 PGA168 to PGA132 - HELP!

Posted on 2023-03-22, 14:11

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by ChrisK

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maxtherabbit wrote on 2023-03-22, 13:57: Idk about silk screen, but JLCPCB's solder mask is kinda shitty in general. It flakes off fairly easily I can confirm that. But it depends on manufacturing lot and/or solder mask color. I had both good & bad green ones and good black ones so far.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-03-03, 11:45

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by ChrisK

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Good spot, was going to go over it while cleaning it, any idea what these caps should be ? Also noticed the Slotket may also have one missing (EC6) - Jinx Take the value of CE19 for the board. Same for the slotket, use the value of one of the still existing ones. Appear to be 6.3v 1000uf caps, …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-03-03, 08:46

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by ChrisK

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Nabbed this untested Asus P3V4X 1.02 board today, comes with a iWill FC-FPGA compatible slotket too. No idea what CPU it has under that cooler and the seller doesn't want to pull it apart, which I can understand so itll be a surprise to find out. The board looks like it has been pulled and left as …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-03-03, 08:32

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by ChrisK

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Nabbed this untested Asus P3V4X 1.02 board today, comes with a iWill FC-FPGA compatible slotket too. No idea what CPU it has under that cooler and the seller doesn't want to pull it apart, which I can understand so itll be a surprise to find out. The board looks like it has been pulled and left as …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-03-02, 09:12

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by ChrisK

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It's always a good idea to clean the AGP (or PCI or whatever) contacts with some alcohol (aka IPA) in such cases. Even if they are gold finished and don't seem to be polluted/oxidized in any way. I had cases where cards just didn't run before a little cleaning session. Could also have been that …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-02-27, 14:46

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by ChrisK

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Do you have a caliper that you'd be able to measure the thickness? I'd like to get a board and try a 3D printed version, though I wonder if there'd be enough interest to put in a order with SendCutSend or similar. I do, and i'm working from home today... mesure.jpg I'm reading 0.65mm (can someone …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-02-27, 13:18

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by ChrisK

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With shims you have to keep in mind that not all S462 CPUs are the same height, so you can either end up not making good contact with the CPU die or the shim not taking any of the pressure. 3D printing them also has problems, considering that every printer has its own margin of error and making …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-02-27, 13:12

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by ChrisK

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Today I got for cheap a ASUS A9550GE/TD/128M/A AGP8X video card, a ATI Radeon 9550 128MB, with active cooling. I wonder if it is the 128bit version. Any opinions? Should be 128 Bit since it has 8 x16 memory chips. I have a 9550 (no-name), too, but haven't done very much with it yet. What I can say …

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Re: The Retro Web submissions thread: suggest edits and/or add new boards here

Posted on 2023-02-24, 09:00

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by ChrisK

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This: https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/ecs-k7sem-v1-x looks pretty much the same as this: https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/shuttle-ms21l Even the BIOS setup is the same. So may be a link could be set between them.

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

Posted on 2023-02-23, 10:44

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by ChrisK

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Anyway, looking forward to when you post the cable pinout and share any details about where you can get that goofy connector from. A bit late a reply but I had to dig out my notes on that at first. Here's what I've got so far. The pinout is correct for the two VGA ports. All others are a bit of a …

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

Posted on 2023-02-22, 13:48

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by ChrisK

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Awesome work, there's quite a few of these cards around cheap because the cables are unobtanium. K7SEM tho... not a great board as you might have figured by now, all of the ones I've seen have had advanced cap rot. Even when those are replaced I think it might be short on AGP power, since it's a …

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

Posted on 2023-02-21, 16:08

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by ChrisK

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Made a display out cable for a AiW 9600Pro that came without that super special all-in-one-with-non-standard-connector-cable. It's not finished yet (still needs a case), but I'm finally able to connect up to two monitors to get at least any picture out of that card. Not sure if it's worth the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-02-21, 16:00

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by ChrisK

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Another thing I remember is that it depends on the revision of the northbridge (aka the AMD part of the chipset as the southbridge is from VIA) if it supports that SuperBypass thingi. I'm not that much into AMD tech from that time but this was something with relatively large impact on memory/overall …

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