Re: Motherboard cleaning

Posted on 2023-09-30, 03:27

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I agree with Shponglefan. It's the same technique I've seen used by trusted retro YouTubers like Adrian Black (Adrian's Digital Basement). He basically suds the board up with warm tap water and dish soap, scrubs with a soft brush, rinses clean, then blows compressed air to get water out from under …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-09-30, 02:09

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Awesome to see some other GTA 4 fans here! It really does feel more detailed and realistic compared to GTA 5 in some ways. I spent many hours modding GTA 4, just messing around and playing with trainers. Some nights to relax I would spawn in a cool car and get an NPC to drive me around on empty …

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Re: Best place for shareware/freeware? (re: trustworthy downloads)

Posted on 2023-09-30, 02:02

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Although it doesn't work for big collections or large files like ISOs, I like to run any sketchy executables through VirusTotal first. It will at least give you a hash and let you know if the file has been seen before, and if so, how long ago. If a file lists as clean and has been around for ages I …

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Re: Does any of these 486 CPUs exist with Write-Back L1 cache?

Posted on 2023-09-30, 01:31

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I've been doing this research myself recently. I used this link during my research where one can review individual S-specs for features: https://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/80486/Intel-A80486DX2-66.html

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Re: Rescue Socket 7 PC with weird CPU and motherboard combo -- advice needed

Posted on 2023-09-28, 01:02

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The big heatsink below the CPU socket is a giveaway for a linear voltage regulator. Later boards would have more efficient and smaller switching regulators. Not a big deal, but the former runs hotter so keeping it cool may increase longevity. A CPU sink and a fan in front of the board would also …

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Re: Building a 486 VLB system

Posted on 2023-09-09, 01:06

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CL-GD5428 VLB + 486DX2-66 is a pretty archetypal 486 Another nice thing about the 486DX2-66 is that it is the last CPU where the 486 was at the top of the x86 world as opposed to being a budget Pentium alternative The 486DX2/66 is just one of those processors that i) it seems like everybody had, ii …

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Re: Return/refund etiquette on eBay

Posted on 2023-08-18, 19:57

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Hi everyone, thanks for all the great replies and feedback so far. I have one more question... I'm dealing with another DOA Quadro card, a 900 XGL. The seller insists it was working before shipping, but it arrived inside plain white bubble wrap without an antistatic bag. Do you think I should use …

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Re: Return/refund etiquette on eBay

Posted on 2023-08-18, 17:11

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Hi everyone, thanks for all the great replies and feedback so far. I have one more question... I'm dealing with another DOA Quadro card, a 900 XGL. The seller insists it was working before shipping, but it arrived inside plain white bubble wrap without an antistatic bag. Do you think I should use …

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Re: Ultimate AGP Machine ( Windows XP ) Project - "Retrozaur" aka "Retrosaurus"

Posted on 2023-08-17, 20:32

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Sounds like a pretty interesting build! Would love to see the results after it's complete. What would the fastest non-bridge chip Nvidia AGP card be? I believe for ATI it's the X850 XT PE.

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Re: Hitachi HL-500 - question about HDD

Posted on 2023-08-09, 01:52

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Not likely MFM which was 34-pin, but 50-pin matches SCSI. SCSI-1: The original SCSI-1 specification used a 50-pin connector for its primary interface. This connector provided both data and control signals. It is also sometimes referred to as the Centronics connector. SCSI-2: SCSI-2 introduced the …

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Re: How can i make an 1:1 copy of my HDD on a 486 machine.

Posted on 2023-08-09, 01:45

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If you want to get everything, including the MBR and partition tables etc. for a full backup, hook up both drives to a Unix/BSD/Linux system: dd if=/dev/wd0c of=/dev/wd1c The disk names are OS dependent and may be "sd1" etc. on Linux. This way you can clone the entire disk. I'm an OpenBSD fan, so ` …

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Re: CRT experience

Posted on 2023-08-06, 02:16

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I enjoy having a CRT for my retro machines. I agree with Joseph_Joestar in that it makes DOS games look great. I'm playing Warcraft 1 for the first time which I believe is 320x200, yet I find myself studying all the little details and love how the same pixel looks a little different depending on …

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Re: Looking for help putting OS to hardware

Posted on 2023-08-06, 01:57

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I think Ill be running Windows 98SE on a GX270. So you think those two PCs are to powerful for 3.1 and or 95c? I think Windows 95 would be cool to play around on with this hardware. The unofficial "OSR2 SP1" seems to add quite a lot in terms of patches and support, and I noticed a slowdown on the …

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Re: Help id this VLB I/O controller

Posted on 2023-08-06, 01:44

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I came across this card in my collection today and found this post. In case anyone else is looking for the jumper settings, here are pics of the card the instructions sheet. Does anyone have the floppy disk image with the drivers on it? Looks like the driver can be found in the Vogons archive, …

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Re: FPM vs EDO memory for 486 (SiS 85C461)

Posted on 2023-08-02, 04:00

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Thanks everyone for all the replies. I learned a lot more about FPM and EDO than I expected. And thank you Jake for the datasheet. I'll proceed with plain FPM for this build!

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FPM vs EDO memory for 486 (SiS 85C461)

Posted on 2023-08-01, 21:13

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Hi everyone, I found an intact and fully working 50MHz 486DX system yesterday. It has a DTK PKM-0037S motherboard (RetroWeb: https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/dtk-pkm-0037s ). It has a SiS 85C461 chipset with 256K cache and comes with eight 30-pin SIMM slots, currently all populated with 8x 1MB …

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Re: Manual for 370CPU Card slotket adapter

Posted on 2023-07-25, 22:02

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Hello Vogons, I got this very same Slotket lately, but I didn't dare using it as of yet. I don't know how to handle these Vid Jumper block on the right side of the card. And I also don't see, whether it is also to be used for Coppermine CPUs or solely for Mendocino Celerons. What would you suggest, …

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Re: Unreal 1 / UT 99 best versions to play?

Posted on 2023-07-25, 21:56

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I had no idea UT99 had such a complicated history regarding its patch level. Maybe there should be a table describing the changes across time? I love UT99 like many here so this thread is pretty interesting to me. To add my small piece of history, my friends and I stored a copy of UT99 on a Novell …

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Re: Best Configuration PCEM

Posted on 2023-07-02, 20:15

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That 11% is meaningless because it shows the overall load across 6 cores. PCem's CPU emulation is single threaded, since it's emulating single core processors. A 2600 is not powerful enough to emulate a pentium 2. Okay, what other processors that has most powerful single thread? Cheers, I was …

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Re: SFF Ultimate Windows XP Machine (<10 liters, 4790k, 980 Ti, X-Fi Titanium)

Posted on 2023-06-16, 16:44

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This is insanely nice. I love & hate that your specs are almost the same as my daily driver 😂 this is a gorgeous build and I see a lot things I would have done the same way which makes me really love it. It's small, clean, the desk setup and CRT are excellent. Software side is very clean as well and …

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