Re: CPU for ASUS P5A rev. 1.04?

Posted on 2015-07-21, 20:27

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RavenholmDX wrote: Haha, yeah, decent list, but largely jibberish to me 😜 useful stuff: Good reading for people new to retro computing Good reading for people new to retro computing In particular it links Redhill which is good fireside reading when you want to get the basics of an era squared.

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Re: My new Apple iMac! Bondi Blue 233mhz! :D

Posted on 2015-07-20, 20:46

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zstandig wrote: It gets hot....supposedly Steve really hated fans. Seriously a future archeologist could mistake it for a space heater Now that you mention, I remember complaints about instability that turned out to be un-airconditioned homes in summer.

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Re: My KT133A DOS / Win98SE Build

Posted on 2015-07-20, 00:02

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I'm just trying to follow along. So... is the worry that your Soyo has an unkeyed universal slot, and that /might/ have just been laziness on Soyo's part and it's really a 1.5-only? They don't exactly say in the manual, though they say 1x/2x/4x so wouldn't it have to be true universal? Love that …

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Re: My KT133A DOS / Win98SE Build

Posted on 2015-07-19, 23:23

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This, perhaps? http://www.falconfly.de/identify-3dfx.htm Warning All Banshee, Voodoo3 and Voodoo5 AGP Cards are 2xAGP 3.3V only! Do not use in modern 4x/8x AGP 1.5V only Motherboards! Failure to comply can cause damage to both the Card and the Motherboard! Consult your Motherboard manual for 2xAGP …

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Re: Repairing Power to Fan on Video Card

Posted on 2015-07-19, 05:12

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nforce4max & 133MHz have the good advice. I only add that from what you wrote you haven't confirmed the fan and its replacement work. Murphy can be subtle so it's worth being thorough. Either confirm them on another source, or check the header with a multimeter. And of course these are 'diode' fans, …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-07-19, 04:59

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RacoonRider wrote: This. _Nice_.My 99 cel died a couple years back and I replaced it with the last of the basic Nokia candybars. When it goes I can only hope to find some refurb as nice as those.

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Re: MMX Dual Voltage on Single Voltage boards?

Posted on 2015-07-19, 02:27

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There we go, it /was/ in the datasheet: The V CC2 pins supply power to the Pentium processor with MMX technology core, while the V CC3 pins supply power to the processor I/O pins. But anyway, my guess is that since all plain Pentiums are 3.3 and all MMX are split 3.3 and 2.8, and since the P5TX-Bpro …

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Re: MMX Dual Voltage on Single Voltage boards?

Posted on 2015-07-18, 23:58

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Supported CPUs This mainboard can use CPUs from Intel, Cyrix, IBM and AMD. The board’s switching CPU power design and jumper con- figuration options allow the use of all Pentium class processors from all three vendors, including those with MMX features. The correct jumper configuration …

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Re: MMX Dual Voltage on Single Voltage boards?

Posted on 2015-07-18, 23:26

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The P5TX-Bpro does 2.5 2.8 2.9 3.2 3.52, but only one of them. Probably you can get away with any of those, as the old Pentiums were pretty tolerant chips. But my question is what you were /meant/ to do when faced with a single-option board like this one.

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MMX Dual Voltage on Single Voltage boards?

Posted on 2015-07-18, 23:05

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This is a curiosity rather than a worry. From the P5TX-Bpro manual, The CPU voltage specification should also be provided in information from the manufacturer or vendor. Standard Pentium CPUs are single voltage. MMX Pentiums are dual-voltage. You should set the CPU Voltage jumpers according to the …

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

Posted on 2015-07-18, 19:03

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It copies the data through the local network, not through the FTP so I don't know if my limited experience with rsync would allow me to do that? rsync will copy between sibling directories if you want; it doesn't care what the source and destination are, just that you state them. rsync's …

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

Posted on 2015-07-18, 16:05

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Not really retro but set up a couple of scheduled Xcopy commands that run every month to copy certain information from my desktop to my 24/7 local and ftp server. It feels nice to have a backup system in place. Check rsync. It was designed for this and mainly what it'll do for you is checksum that …

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Re: Is there such a thing as a robust mouse wheel?

Posted on 2015-07-18, 00:41

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Right then. If you have a Eureka-moment later and get it apart, I will add that all you need to do is tweezer the fuff/lint out of the wheel innards so the spokes are reasonably clear. It does not need pulling apart and washing. The LED shines through a little grime fine -- much better than one …

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Re: Is there such a thing as a robust mouse wheel?

Posted on 2015-07-17, 22:38

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Yeah this is the problem I'm primarily having with this mouse, but I'm not able to disassemble this mouse without permanently breaking it. There are no screws. Aw, fudge. If it's like the Logitech inside then you really can't reach where you need to reach without disassembly. No screw hidden under …

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Re: Is there such a thing as a robust mouse wheel?

Posted on 2015-07-17, 20:27

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Anybody got any tips for how to deal with the sticky/gummy rubber on a scroller wheel? That's interesting because I've never had this problem with the same mice. Mine only get a rare cleaning with Windex. Perhaps you're using something else that reacts with the rubber? (Or perhaps occasional Windex …

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Re: Is there such a thing as a robust mouse wheel?

Posted on 2015-07-17, 20:20

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I've become devoted to Logitech corded optical wheelmice. The only trouble the wheel mechanism ever develops is scrolling starts to become imprecise, like there's a random bounce-back. That's just dust building up in the wheel -- pull that out so the LED can shine clearly through those little spokes …

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

Posted on 2015-07-16, 22:31

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King_Corduroy wrote: Found this in the trash today! Haven't tested it yet because it's totally grubby but holy crap, An IBM Model M for free? Yes please. 🤣 Dang, man. We're years past when you could hope to find an M in the trash. That's just amazing.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-07-15, 04:29

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I've heard of those people. Oh, wait, I am one actually. FWIW I had no trouble parsing Craiglist in Texas.

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Re: 486 stuck in "low density" floppy mode

Posted on 2015-07-12, 02:54

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NOPE, spoke to soon. Components drift off spec as they age. Caps are notorious, but even simple resistors do it. Trying another PSU is a good idea, also see if you can notice a pattern in the capricious behavior based on temperature and how long the board has been running. Also maybe look up what …

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

Posted on 2015-07-10, 22:20

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I haven't tried any other versions, only mucked with the default. I don't have the slightest nostalgia for revisiting Dependency Hell. This Corel works nice out of the box FWIW. Other than Knoppix I usually expect some trouble with Pentiums, but this install and the hardware detect were butter- …

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