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Re: Disk I/O error on Pentium I machine.

Posted on 2016-07-21, 17:10

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

To be quite clear, I would expect the floppy drive and the IDE controller to be pretty much entirely independent one one another. If both components are starting to randomly fail, then your motherboard probably has serious problems and there is no point in trying to patch it up with a "PCI solution …

Re: Disk I/O error on Pentium I machine.

Posted on 2016-07-21, 16:35

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Tried all the methods suggested here, different drives and cables. The cables are definitely the right way round, but alas, still the same outcome. Il have to see if eBay yealds anything for a PCI solution. Thanks anyway guys. Oh and there's no BIOS option I can see that might alter the A: drive in …

Re: Disk I/O error on Pentium I machine.

Posted on 2016-07-21, 14:26

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thanks for the suggestions, il have a play with the cables and get back to you. To answer some questions, I know the drives work fine on other computers. Just for some reason, the CD-ROM and floppy drives won't read on my PI setup.

Re: Amstrad Mega-PC on another monitor??

Posted on 2016-07-21, 14:23

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Apparently, the MegaPC is meant to work on an Acorn AKF50 monitor, though it may not fill the screen. Can't test properly as for one reason my MPC isn't switching down to 15Khz.

Disk I/O error on Pentium I machine.

Posted on 2016-07-19, 18:47

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I hate asking for help here all the time, I feel like a scrub but I'm out of ideas and Google hasn't come to fruition this time, sorry... So, I managed to bag an old AT mini tower from a car boot sale (flea market in the US?) with a Pentium I @ 100Mhz installed and also came with a bunch of other …

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

Posted on 2016-03-25, 19:00

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Got a bizarre Vibra 16C with a built in modem for a pound here: http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/131751607156 I know Vibra's are a bit crap bit it was too unusual to pass up. Arrived today and is currently in my 386 Compaq Deskpro, just to make the 20Kg beast a little heavier. Oh and I got a Etherlink III …

Re: packard bell question

Posted on 2015-02-24, 19:09

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Personally if you are ever overclocking something, i'd atleast put a heatsink on the CPU just in case, especially since they are so easy and generally I never bother with paste but that wouldn't be a bad idea. As for the speeds, if the diagram on the board/manual only goes upto 200Mhz, chances are …

Motherboard BIOS problems.

Posted on 2015-02-24, 15:41

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hi chaps. I am having issues with a motherboard I aquired some months back (maybe a year now or so). It's a Gigabyte BX-2000 board with a rather handy "DuelBIOS" feature. Both had an older version on the chips that didnt allow Hard drives much above 20GB to be read but I tried installing two 80GB …

Re: 386 & 486 laptops with proper sound cards?

Posted on 2014-07-14, 13:34

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

There is a really really really good existing thread on the topic of PCMCIA sound cards! The challenge is finding it though... :dead: Well I see plenty of Audigy 2 ZS cars but I should think they are for Win98 and later (so probs not ideal for 486's), by that time they started to use actual sound …

Re: 386 & 486 laptops with proper sound cards?

Posted on 2014-07-13, 22:59

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

There was a thread not long ago about IBMs with external docking bays that could take ISA cards (ElectricMonk linked to it), but as far as something built-in nothing comes to mind until you get many years down the line. There may be something to be found with PCMCIA cards, but again, that's into …

Re: 386 & 486 laptops with proper sound cards?

Posted on 2014-07-12, 09:03

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

No hate intended, I was just wanting to know I'd love a luggable but it's off the topic. The IBM is pretty cool kinda not what i'm looking for since I am wondering if there's laptops with them built in (I.E. Not full size cards). Plus the sound card technically isn't in the laptop but infact inside …

386 & 486 laptops with proper sound cards?

Posted on 2014-07-12, 02:03

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I'm just curious, Not so long ago gotten into DOS gaming on laptops, it started with an AST Premium Exec and later a couple of 486's but the limited sound capabilities made me wonder, did they ever have laptops that came with on-board sound cards, specifically the Pre-Pentium era? I have never seen …

Re: Sound Blaster 16 Clones

Posted on 2014-06-20, 23:49

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

The TeleVideo Multimedia: Telesound Pro16. Never heard of it but it has what appears to be IDE headers for certain brands of CD-Drives (and a Sony floppy header?). I assume it's a Soundblaster 16 clone anyway. Driver package for this card shows files named "Snd929p.vxd" etc. which is associated …

Re: Sound Blaster 16 Clones

Posted on 2014-06-19, 23:18

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

I can't remember if I uploaded this before or if anyone has seen it but this is what my CT3980 AWE32 replaced, came with the 486 machine I bought: http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/ss235/Solvalu/DSC_0029_zpsnvpxc4ad.jpg?t=1403133237 The TeleVideo Multimedia: Telesound Pro16. Never heard of it but …

Re: The MegaPC & 486 that Vogons built.

Posted on 2014-06-18, 19:12

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

One day I dream that I would be able to get a complete MegaPC setup... it's an awesome machine with a huge cool factor :D The trouble is spares, their scarcity is their own downside. Like I said I got an issue with mine with it not syncing down to 15Khz and I know it isn't a monitor fault. There's …

Re: Athlon CPU tempratures

Posted on 2014-06-18, 19:07

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The Skt.A's were always a little on the warm side, my old 2600+ and 3000+ ones were always running hot in relation to the P4's at the time. Just aslong as they dont go well above 65-70 degrees I should think you're alright. It isn't helped by the fact they don't use heat-spreaders like the Intel's. …

Re: The MegaPC & 486 that Vogons built.

Posted on 2014-06-18, 00:49

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The MegaPC is cool, another Amstrad oddity :lol: I had a CPC464 w/green screen when I was a kid. Don't think I've ever seen a MegaPC in person. Sorry for the late reply and not putting pics up. It was more of a "thank you" thread than anything, the machines are in storage but i'l see if I can get …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-06-18, 00:47

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Jugt got an AWE-32 to replace the CT-3600 I swapped for a Gravis PnP. Now I have a CT3980 and a Gravis PnP in 1 machine. 😁

Re: Info on "Duel Video Adapter" card.

Posted on 2014-06-15, 14:55

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Just to add, this is the display on the 5151 (with the contrast and brightness up anyway):

Re: Info on "Duel Video Adapter" card.

Posted on 2014-06-14, 19:35

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thanks for the info, you clearly have some real guru knowlage on these chips. I guess i'l have to try and find a compsite phono for the other display. I suppose if it displays something on my TV, that would suggest it's the 5151 at fault. EDIT: Here it is on my TV, the screens differe, looks like …

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