Re: Newly made Gravis Ultrasound compatible cards ... what's the degree of interest?
Posted on 2015-03-08, 03:45
Isnt it possible to make like the ACE version of the Ultrasound? So it would easier to disable the adlib part.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2015-03-07, 00:59
Found nice desktop case for my 486-vlb project, with nice "188Mhz" 7-segment display. ~ 8 usd on local forums. http://kawai.spb.ru/photo/d/125132-2/IMG_4168.JPG . http://kawai.spb.ru/photo/d/125139-2/IMG_4169.JPG . http://kawai.spb.ru/photo/d/125146-2/IMG_4172.JPG . Like new, even with a nuts and …
Re: VOGONS Driver Library
Posted on 2015-03-06, 00:02
I have uploaded GraV UTIL V2.0 and V4.0.. Its software from gravis to calibrate your joysticks and gamepads in dos.. This software is also need for the gravis eliminator game card: http://www.vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?fileid=765&menustate= the software comes from the old gravis website from its …
Re: IBM Aptiva - AMD K7 550 Slot A. Any good?
Posted on 2015-03-04, 03:32
Why is is worst hightreason? I know that these machines could have some compatibillity problems with voodoo 2 cards.. But it seems that could be patched.. Iam also dont like that IBM case at all. Its really an ugly IBM tower.. Like the designers couldnt make the right design for that case..
Re: IBM Aptiva - AMD K7 550 Slot A. Any good?
Posted on 2015-03-03, 03:35
I would keep it, if you dont have a system in the Pentium III range.. Its indeed true that the AMD K7 would be faster then the pentium III ones.. They also getting rare nowdays..
Re: Best OS for a 286?
Posted on 2015-03-03, 03:32
Two minutes ago i installed MS-Dos 5.0 on my 286-12Mhz machine.. Very happy with it, and a lot of conventional memory! At least 655KB.
Re: Diamond Speedstar 64 ISA BIOS rom needed
Posted on 2015-03-03, 02:56
You can dump a video BIOS image using DEBUG.EXE included with DOS, just run it and enter these commands: r cs c000 r cx 8000 n video.rom w 0 q The majority of ISA video cards will have a 32kB video ROM -- some earlier ones might only have 16kB, some later PCI/AGP cards might be more than 32kB, so …
Re: Someone recognize this controller board?
Posted on 2015-02-28, 00:24
because i didnt found more information, iam now trying the jumpers to see what they actually do.. And register them on a self made document.. I dont know what i did, but if i read out the system setting with microsoft diagnostics tool that came with dos.. It says now on IRQ 2 0570:0057 Second 8259A …
Re: Someone recognize this controller board?
Posted on 2015-02-24, 02:51
I found a ISA controller card 16-bit that looks like from the same manufacturer: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Multi-I-O-Controller-ISA-Card-/161603114115?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_15&hash=item25a04bd483 Then i found this: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:fCgOlKI3dRgJ:yakuza.ga/index.pl/fa …
Re: Someone recognize this controller board?
Posted on 2015-02-23, 19:21
Anyone maybe have a idea what that logo P is from?
Someone recognize this controller board?
Posted on 2015-02-23, 02:27
Few months ago i got a pile of ISA cards and such.. And this controller came with it: http://i60.tinypic.com/jh820n.jpg Its an advanced ISA controller card from the year 1992-1993 Its having an bios and it also supports bigger harddisks and have a seperatie connector for an 2.88MB floppy drive.. On …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2015-02-22, 22:19
Then windows 10 would be crap too, because its based on the same windows 8 engine.. Hence "8+" At least they brought the start menu back but still it is ugly and not really designed as a desktop OS Did you already have seen how they modified that startmenu with A B C D E ect.. In my eyes its just …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2015-02-22, 20:23
Then windows 10 would be crap too, because its based on the same windows 8 engine..
Re: Benchmarked 17 cards on a p3-450
Posted on 2015-02-22, 15:20
I dont see any Geforce III in this test.
Re: Campers suck
Posted on 2015-02-22, 03:38
smeezekitty wrote: Sorry I am out of the loop. What is a "Camper"? Thats when a player commonly hiding ( or stay on the same place) when he is playing the game.. And hiding a such way he can easilly shoot his opponent to death..
Re: Cx486DLC ISA only mobo VGA suggestions + Audiotrix pro
Posted on 2015-02-19, 00:20
Why not just change the IRQ for the scsi card, might be lot easier then buying an LAN NIC again.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2015-02-14, 15:28
Indeed think that 256MB where the max sized memory back in that period.
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2015-02-14, 01:07
Not really retro.. From some old parts i made a technical windows 10 preview computer.. Its nice to test it to see if i learn how to can understand it quickly.
Re: Asus P5A don't boot [Update test card!]
Posted on 2015-02-12, 14:10
Did you used the same specific rom chip when reflashing to the rom.. Because different types of roms do use different voltages. So maybe you trying to use a rom chip with the incorrect voltage so the board wont boot.. What kind of rom image did you used.. I know that there where OEM and Retail roms …
Re: Did anyone seen BGA technology on DDR1 ramchips?
Posted on 2015-02-12, 03:07
I also have simm ram here with those called blob chips..
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