Re: Using Win98 USB/Gameport FFB Controllers on a modern PC

Posted on 2023-07-12, 08:59

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There are a couple of longish threads specifically about the MS Sidewinder digital sticks here: https://www.descentbb.net/viewtopic.php?t=15526 and https://www.descentbb.net/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=19061 Looks like there are various forks of the FFB version are around; these look like useful github …

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Re: Where to obtain 110 MHz RAMDAC for ARK1000VL graphics card?

Posted on 2023-07-05, 21:50

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Does refresh rate come in to it as well? 1280*1024 is 1.3M pixels. Allow a factor of say 1.4 for blank times for horizontal and vertical flyback, so 1.8M. I think that with a clock of 110MHz that gives around 60Hz max, without any worries about colour depth and memory data rates? And maybe high …

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Re: Motherboard Recap - Questions Before buying - How are you choosing replacements?

Posted on 2023-07-05, 21:38

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So, i am opening this topic since i have a couple of motherboards (and video cards) that i really wish i could bring them back to pristine condition, and i don´t want these to break. Both motherboards are from the AthlonXP era/Pentium4 era. And you know how capacitors were bad during that time ( …

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Re: Toshiba Satellite 200CDS 810 - troubleshooting and general info (KBC error - trying to solve, help needed)

Posted on 2023-07-05, 10:30

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It's been a while, but I've just given up on trying to repair some battery damage on a 110CT that it turns out had eaten ~5 legs of the CPU, debris from which has gone under the CPU. I'd need to remove the CPU to clean it up and since I've already had to replace several corroded pads that lifted off …

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

Posted on 2023-07-02, 10:40

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I've got a couple of photos and a BIOS for the MS-6147 which show some of the differences between (I guess) the retail version and the Packard Bell version: MS-6147 Packard Bell extra headers

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MS-6147 Packard Bell extra headers

Posted on 2023-07-01, 14:32

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I've just been fixing an MSI MS-6147 motherboard from a Packard Bell Club 85. The board is listed here: https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/msi-ms-6147-bx7 It's a slot 1 440BX board with an ATi Rage Pro Turbo (looks to be AGP 2x) and Creative ES1373. It looks like the PB version is slightly …

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Re: PCChips M715 (and similar boards) CMI8330 audio pinout?

Posted on 2023-06-27, 08:18

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This looks to have the keying pin in the same place, and there are enough pictures to get the pinout, so might be a useful starting point to check: https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/25069/25-pin-sound-game-ribbon-cable [edit to add what might be the pinout from those pictures: …

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Re: 486 Mainboard Identification Help

Posted on 2023-06-22, 16:28

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Based on it looking similar to the ECS FA386 here: https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/ecs-fa386 I looked up ECS FA486 and found: https://archive.org/details/pc_engineers_vol2_motherboards/page/n201/mode/2up Which has this for jumpers: FA486_Jumpers.jpg No idea if it is the right board though. [ …

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Re: Vampower 8-84 confusion

Posted on 2023-06-15, 12:33

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Looks like maybe embedded industrial systems or gaming/slot machines from DataDisplay / DisTec: https://www.distec.de/en/products/tft-components/tft-controller/controller-boards/ (page mentions a customer looking to replace a Vampower 3 board) https://www.displaytechnology.co.uk/assets/files/ …

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Re: PS/2 Pinout

Posted on 2023-06-06, 19:35

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I don't think there's any harm in getting clk and data the wrong way around, so you could just try it one way and if it doesn't work try it the other way.

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Re: Creative Sound Blaster PRO 2 (CT1600) and Mitsumi CD ROM?

Posted on 2023-06-06, 19:09

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Yeah, I think Creative used the MKE bus (Matsushita and Panasonic I think), and I don't recognize that Mitsumi drive as one of the few MKE drives. I know the Matsushita cr562 and 563 were two of them. This page: https://unitedandco.net/2021/07/24/mitsumi-lu005s-cdrom-interface-card-how-to/ suggests …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-05-26, 15:30

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You might check out archive.org: https://archive.org/details/winner-99-f I don't know which drivers are included, but it should be fairly complete, being a full cd ... I did check a few ELSA images on there, but none of them worked for me. They were either too old (pre-2001) or didn't want to …

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Re: Please, can you help with this Turbo display puzzle???

Posted on 2023-03-01, 21:21

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Looks like the usual 'T' arrangement. Top row is units, middle is tens and bottom is hundreds. You can see the letters A-G on the units header pins which correspond to the bars on the 7-seg digits: a f b g e c d Jumper from the center pin to either 1,2 or 3 to make the bar come on in low speed, high …

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Re: Old pc case set cpu speed display jumpers? cdisp-201701

Posted on 2023-02-16, 22:31

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They're normally arranged as a series of 'T' shapes. For each bar of the 7-seg there's one jumper going from the centre of the 'T' to either the left, right or middle branch. Right/Left makes the segment light up when either High or Low, middle makes it always light up, remove the jumper makes it …

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Re: help wanted turbo display settings

Posted on 2023-02-16, 22:10

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Bit of guesswork here, but they're normally arranged as a series of 'T' shapes. For each bar of the 7-seg there's one jumper going from the centre of the 'T' to either the left, right or middle branch. Right/Left makes the segment light up when either High or Low, middle makes it always light up, …

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Re: PC "waits" for 15 seconds on boot

Posted on 2023-02-10, 17:06

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Maybe try version 1010 from here https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/asus-p5a-b#downloads , it would still be an update from your current 1007. Looks like the beta BIOS POST string went for a 4 digit year code which might be confusing things. Perhaps the year is intruding in to the model string …

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Re: Identify motherboard thread

Posted on 2023-01-30, 11:45

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I think the 20K line says that they're made by Kemet and are 20V rated. Replacement doesn't have to be Kemet, just 22uF and 20V rated. Actually, depending on which voltage supply it's connected to then other voltages might also be ok. Not sure about the size, maybe 2917 (7343 metric, so 7.3mm long …

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Re: Identify motherboard thread

Posted on 2023-01-26, 15:47

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Looks pretty close to this: https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/dec-pc-386sx-ce-p3348 https://theretroweb.com/motherboard/manual/33997.pdf Not sure about the DEC listing there. Looks like it was used in the Philip P3348: https://www.it-info.hu/2020/09/08/retro/

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Re: Asterisk (*) sign at CPU during POST?

Posted on 2023-01-15, 20:16

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Since it shows CPU1, I wonder if the BIOS supports SMP, even if the board doesn't, and the * indicates the default CPU? I found a picture of an SMP boot on the Award Medallion BIOS here:https://www.askwoody.com/forums/users/dave3283/replies/ which shows CPU2 with a *.

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Re: AwdFlash part number mismatch error

Posted on 2023-01-14, 10:02

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Had a quick look at the datasheets and the original w29c011a supports 5V erase and programming, but the mx28f1000ppc needs a 12V supply. So it's possible that the motherboard can't write to the mx chip. I haven't checked to see if there are other differences, but things like block sizes might cause …

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