Re: SCSI Termination Question

Posted on 2022-08-31, 13:08

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This SCSI stuff is so complicated :( I bought two 9GB Cheetah drives with SCA-2 interface. Also I have SCA-2 -> IDC50 adapter from AliExpress but I don't see any type of termination resistors on it - looks like plain converter. AFAIK SCA-2 drives never have terminators inside. One of the drives is …

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

Posted on 2022-08-31, 09:18

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bjwil1991 wrote on 2022-08-31, 09:00: CL-GD7543 video (between 1-4MB video RAM) Datasheet says it can have only 1 or 2 MB of VRAM. Two chips are 256x16 = 1MB, for chips are either 256x16 or 512x8 = 2MB.

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Re: When retro becomes retro?

Posted on 2022-08-31, 08:05

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You do have a lot of single player, offline Indie games, but basically if it targets at least DirectX9, it'll probably run on everything for the next 10 years. As I said, new Ryzen is just an old Ryzen on higher Frequency (with higher power consumption) - we are stuck. And new GPU - is an old GPU …

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

Posted on 2022-08-30, 16:19

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ThinkpadIL wrote on 2022-08-30, 14:56: And in general, I don't think it is wise to think that those who rise the prices are dumber than you. I still see the difference between: "I want $100 for this rare processor because I see demand" and "I want $7000 for this junk, because I've heard some stupid …

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

Posted on 2022-08-30, 13:39

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Same for coins and banknotes, books.... Offtopic: Ukrainian post issued a line of postage stamps starting with one with sunk Russian ship. It was impossible to buy them and they appeared on auctions immediately. But most of people don't even understand they stamps should be kept in special …

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

Posted on 2022-08-30, 12:12

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I mean the one who finds an old PC somewhere and thinks he can sell it for such a huge price even without checking just because he heard something about strange geeks paying the fortune for old junk. I've seen single floppies (untested for sure) for $10, CPUs for $100 and so on. There are …

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Re: When retro becomes retro?

Posted on 2022-08-30, 11:09

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Retro for me are systems and components that are no longer manufactured and are worth repairing or rebuilt in the community. They allow an experience (including bugs, problems and typical compatibility chalanges) that is not possible on current hardware without emulation. I love the 90s from 386 to …

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

Posted on 2022-08-30, 11:06

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ThinkpadIL wrote on 2022-08-30, 10:55: You can't argue with Adam Smith's invisible hand. If there is at least one crazy man who is ready to pay those $7000, then that is the market price of this piece of junk. Surely there is not 😀 It's a type of arrogant dumb (usually pretty old) people thinking …

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Re: When retro becomes retro?

Posted on 2022-08-30, 10:33

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ThinkpadIL wrote on 2022-08-30, 09:45: If any of Microsoft products is involved in control of nukes, we are in big trouble. Don't be afraid. If Russian nukes are not stolen, they are managed by stolen software.

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

Posted on 2022-08-30, 09:32

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Some ppl really suck at selling things, they want big money, but they dont even bother to test even to BIOS FK them... Yeah, some prices are really crazy. Like it's not a precious thing, it's just piece of junk you don't need anyway and can't use anyway. I just want to play with it a little to have …

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Re: When retro becomes retro?

Posted on 2022-08-30, 06:38

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the stuff when you're 12 That's retro personally for YOU. But what about young hipsters - these mad creatures that bought everything? :) If you are 25, for example, and play with stuff older than you? My scale (developed few minutes ago): V - Vintage - Hardware that is designed to work under …

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Re: When retro becomes retro?

Posted on 2022-08-30, 06:31

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leileilol wrote on 2022-08-29, 21:00: the stuff when you're 12 That's retro personally for YOU. But what about young hipsters - these mad creatures that bought everything? 😀 If you are 25, for example, and play with stuff older than you?

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When retro becomes retro?

Posted on 2022-08-29, 20:23

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I remember how I piled some old hardware back in 2006-2007 to try some 'retro'. There were some gems as for today like Voodoo 1 adapter, Dual Socket A motherboard (where ordinary Athlons could be used), Matrox Myllenium. Or how I sold my old 486 in 2001 to get new shiny Duron thinking 'who can use …

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

Posted on 2022-08-29, 13:21

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TrashPanda wrote on 2022-08-29, 12:17: I got a case today with a SCSI Zip 100 drive in it, hopefully it works. They are not as fragile I suppose, as drives, rotating in server for years at 10-15k rpm speed.

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

Posted on 2022-08-29, 11:42

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SCSI drives. AGAIN.

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Re: My Retro Struggle

Posted on 2022-08-28, 17:37

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PC-Engineer. Thank you for detailed explanation. I will try playing with a little bit modern hard drives.

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Re: Showing some love for Adaptec's ugly ducklings: Adding big drive support to EISA and VL controllers

Posted on 2022-08-28, 12:16

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I wanted to elaborate README a little bit more, but ok:) As for Aspi - my SCSI drive has died (like lots of others before). I ordered a party of newer ones and will try them instead. Then I can tell more about Aspi7DOS.sys problem.

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Re: My Retro Struggle

Posted on 2022-08-28, 11:06

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The "S/B" button could be a Stand By function for motherboards supporting that feature? Is it something from early Pentiums? There was an Asus Pentium board in it with Green PC connector - probably that's it. But Pentium motherboard will go to the tower case eventually, I want desktop case for my …

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Re: My Retro Struggle

Posted on 2022-08-28, 11:02

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PC-Engineer, thanks. SCSI CD-ROM is very rare guest here. And the best choice to me would be to buy the LMSI drive that is supported by PAS16 card but they are expensive as hell and even more rare. I tried 6x IDE and that's the best choice I could possibly find. I like typical builds of a time - not …

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Re: XT-IDE occupies 16/32KB on 8KB chip

Posted on 2022-08-27, 19:19

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Oh, that's interesting. Thank you, I will try.

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