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

Posted on 2025-06-08, 05:04

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by clownwolf

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Finally had time to test zxc64's voodoo 1 replica today. It is a replica of Quantum3D's Obsidian SB50-4440, with the extra TMU + 4MB add-on module. I bought it a while back but was too busy to actually try it on actual games. Unfortunately the official Quantum3D drivers are broken, the card would …

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Re: New 5.25 Floppies, what are the small rectangular stickers for?

Posted on 2025-06-06, 04:43

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by clownwolf

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PD2JK wrote on 2025-06-06, 04:33: You're correct, here: Filename write_protect_notch-3095149784.png File size 1.44 MiB Views 118 views File license Public domain Used for back-ups and such I guess. Thanks!

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New 5.25 Floppies, what are the small rectangular stickers for?

Posted on 2025-06-06, 04:24

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by clownwolf

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I usually buy bulk floppies, but this time I bought boxed DS/DD 5.25 floppies to make backups. It came with some stickers, one set to use as labels, and another set of smaller rectangular ones. Can anyone tell me what these are for? Am I supposed to cover a hole or something? Filename 20250605_ …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2025-05-30, 22:03

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by clownwolf

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Got two packages today. One was a motherboard I sent back to its psychopath seller. The other one thankfully made my day, which is a cool boxed K6-2 350 20250528_185907.jpg 20250528_185926.jpg Can you post a picture of the cooler? Unfortunately I can only post a photo of the cooler as shown in the …

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Re: 486 and CF to IDE strange behaviour

Posted on 2025-05-29, 05:45

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by clownwolf

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My advice is always have multiple models for each component. Sometimes things work out just by changing the parts. Do you have any other cards or adapters to use? For example, only 1 model of CF adapter works on my Socket 8 motherboard. The others just wont read any cards. Then only 2 out of 7 …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2025-05-29, 02:43

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by clownwolf

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Got two packages today. One was a motherboard I sent back to its psychopath seller. The other one thankfully made my day, which is a cool boxed K6-2 350 20250528_185907.jpg 20250528_185926.jpg Psychopathic ??? You cant leave a cliff hanger like that .. do tell ! The motherboard bag was already …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2025-05-29, 02:04

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Got two packages today. One was a motherboard I sent back to its psychopath seller. The other one thankfully made my day, which is a cool boxed K6-2 350 Filename 20250528_185907.jpg File size 526.11 KiB Views 1705 views File license Public domain Filename 20250528_185926.jpg File size 459.12 KiB …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2025-05-24, 03:38

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by clownwolf

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Got a Gainbery P120 Upgrade CPU for socket 4. While I am happy to have it, there's not much use-case for retro computing. In my opinion the point of using a Socket 4 is to use the P60 or P66 after all. 20250523_025553.jpg It's nevertheless an interesting piece of hardware which I've never heard of. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2025-05-23, 10:11

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Got a Gainbery P120 Upgrade CPU for socket 4. While I am happy to have it, there's not much use-case for retro computing. In my opinion the point of using a Socket 4 is to use the P60 or P66 after all. Filename 20250523_025553.jpg File size 488.37 KiB Views 1991 views File license CC-BY-4.0

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Re: m396f Replica chipset help

Posted on 2025-05-15, 09:13

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by clownwolf

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If you want to buy it off of me at cost, I already have all the parts and the PCB. I have enough to build 5, I can send you enough to build 2 but I have to calculate what I paid for them.

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Re: Two FIC SD11 Slot A motherboards wont turn on

Posted on 2025-05-15, 08:58

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by clownwolf

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LOL! I'll just put these 2 boards and PSU back into storage and postpone testing them for now, I dont have time to recap this thing. Thanks for the warning, and btw the coin cells are all new so its not the issue. I opened it up and it looks like the capacitors are ok. But they are Chun Shing …

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Re: m396f Replica chipset help

Posted on 2025-05-14, 10:43

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by clownwolf

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I have 5 of these SARC chips I bought from UTsource. No bent pins when they arrived, they looked fine. Unfortunately I cant tell you if these chips works since I put the project on hold. The issue I had for this project are the CPUs. I bought several AMD and Cyrix variations, and the issue are …

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Re: Two FIC SD11 Slot A motherboards wont turn on

Posted on 2025-05-14, 10:36

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Update: I bought an Asus Slot A motherboard, and the TX-850M PSU ran it just fine. I managed to test the board will four different Slot A CPUs. As for the FIC SD11 boards, I bought a new old stock (still sealed) PSU. If the Boards still wont run, then these FIC boards are going to be harvested for …

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Re: ISA Sound Cards - List of single-chip solutions

Posted on 2025-05-09, 11:37

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by clownwolf

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ES1887-based ES1887 Preliminary Datasheet ES1887 ( unconfimed ) Not sure what unconfirmed means, this is used in the Dell Latitude XPi MMX laptop, I posted a picture of the daughterboard . The non-MMX variant uses the ES1888. Thanks for the example. I edited the list to make it a little clearer …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2025-05-02, 08:33

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by clownwolf

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Finally bought a PowerVR PCX2. Its a Matrox M3D REV: A I paired it with a Virge DX and ran benchmarks. It is smooth and had no issues in Final Reality, but is missing half of the textures in 3Dmark 99. I havent played SGL capable games on it yet, but it came with an Evaluation CD that has about 10 …

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Re: Two FIC SD11 Slot A motherboards wont turn on

Posted on 2025-05-01, 22:44

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by clownwolf

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On a 478 mainboard the cpu is powered by a seperate 12V power line, while here everything including the cpu is powered by the +5V rail. So your PSU might have a weak 5V rail and be unable to power up the SD11 mainboards while having no issues with socket 478. OR both SD11 have bad contacts in the …

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Two FIC SD11 Slot A motherboards wont turn on

Posted on 2025-05-01, 06:50

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by clownwolf

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I bought two of these new old stock Slot A boards about 4 years ago, and stored them in a clean dry place so they are pristine. I have just gotten around to testing them today, as I was fully occupied just before they arrived years ago. The issue is neither of these SD11 boards wont turn on. I even …

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Re: S3 Savage MeTal API 3D Accelerated Games List

Posted on 2025-04-28, 03:10

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by clownwolf

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Games with S3 MeTal: Adventure Pinball: Forgotten Island - From release (VGA Capture) Deus Ex - From release (1) Dr. Brain: Action Reaction - From release (VGA Capture) Nerf Arena Blast - From release (VGA Capture) Rune + Halls of Valhalla (Add On) - From Release Rune GOLD (= Rune + Halls of …

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Re: Non BGA 3D compatible video cards

Posted on 2025-04-27, 09:53

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by clownwolf

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1st option: Go to retroweb. Go to "Chips" > expand the search options and select "Video". You should be able to visually see which chips are not BGA. You can then just click it and it should have a link to cards that used the chip, if any. 2nd option: Go to vintage3d.org. Go to the database and …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2025-04-26, 08:40

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by clownwolf

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Its Thermal Epoxy and doesn't need to be replaced, nVidia and others used this stuff till the Geforce FX, its a bitch to remove. The only cards I would reccomend doing this to are Voodoo 5500 and Geforce 4 both of which came with woefully inadequate cooling. Personally I leave it alone as its not …

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