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Re: Off the shelf component(s) to display PC speed. Does it exist?

Posted on 2011-09-11, 16:47

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Something like this? http://www.ebay.com/itm/LED-Speed-Readout-computers-goes-up-199-/330387480268?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4ceca0decc This vendor has a couple of cases with built in speed displays like this one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/350372111632?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423 …

Re: Multiple soundcard question (GUS MAX/SB16)

Posted on 2011-09-09, 18:49

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Got it working on the 486. Kind of a convoluted setup but boy, does it sound good! Phew! At least I know the GUS itself isn't toast. :dead: The Windows 95 drivers I found and some tweaking in the DOS files seemed to do the trick. It still comes up with an error when booting to windows 95 that it …

Re: Multiple soundcard question (GUS MAX/SB16)

Posted on 2011-09-09, 15:40

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Okay, back at it again this morning. Plugged the card into my 486 system and it booted right up. I have the DOS install floppies, so I used them. They installed a program group and said they would modify the autoexec but didn't. I manually added the lines to the autoexec (thanks elianda) and the GUS …

Re: Multiple soundcard question (GUS MAX/SB16)

Posted on 2011-09-09, 07:09

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hmmm... didn't think of that. I'll check.

Re: Multiple soundcard question (GUS MAX/SB16)

Posted on 2011-09-09, 06:45

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hey, thanks for all the info! I rolled up my sleeves and went to work - plugged the card in and no video. Unplug card and reboot - video's ok. I'm using a GA-5AX mobo which has (for me) a somewhat complicated array of PCI/ISA settings. I'm assuming it's some kind of address conflict but the SB16 I …

Multiple soundcard question (GUS MAX/SB16)

Posted on 2011-09-09, 04:01

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I recently picked up a Gravis Ultrasound MAX rev. 1.8 that I'd like to put in the P200MMX box I'm building. From what I've read the SB emulation isn't real hot on the GUS MAX so I was wondering if I could use the GUS for midi and use a SB16 (CT2290) for the fx. Checked the web and here for some info …

Re: Swap meet finds...

Posted on 2011-08-27, 06:05

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

RogueTrip2012 wrote: awesome finds. Would love to get that PA-2013 off ya and figure whats wrong with it! Heh... Funny thing - I decided to give the board a second chance with a different power supply and it POSTs. Now I'm wondering about those other two socket 7's...

Re: Swap meet finds...

Posted on 2011-08-23, 21:59

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

And the board is standard ATX too :D The board has a green jumper wire soldered on the back between a pin on a 2 pin header labeled "wavetable" and a pin on the chip immediately to the right of the battery. Wierd. So, are the PII OD procs rare? I hadn't ever seen one before this - but that's not …

Re: Swap meet finds...

Posted on 2011-08-23, 16:39

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Tetrium wrote: Finally, grabbed a desktop for $5.00. Disassembled to find a socket 8 mobo and a Pentium II 333 Overdrive proc. This POST's, as well. You lucky git! 😁 😁 Also forgot to mention that I grabbed a new-in-box Celeron 1.6 for $1. Really just wanted the heatsink/fan.

Swap meet (and craigs list) finds...

Posted on 2011-08-23, 16:22

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hit up the local swap meet and scored a few items: 3 Socket 7 boards. Got these for free... http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/9513/dsc00082hw.jpg ...Which is good because they were all dead. :dead: A 286 board and what I believe is a video card that I didn't have high hopes for, but it did POST! - …

Re: What old game would you like to see remade?

Posted on 2011-08-18, 20:28

in Milliways

in Milliways

X-Wing and/or TIE Fighter.

Re: Voodoo passthrough cable

Posted on 2011-08-10, 16:00

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Old Thrashbarg wrote: It should be pretty easy to come by an 18" VGA cable. I know Monoprice has some nice ones, though I don't know what shipping prices would be like for people outside the US. Seconded. These works perfectly.

Re: Socket 3 processor options

Posted on 2011-08-07, 05:25

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thanks for the tips, guys. I was at Fry's Electronics yesterday and, believe it or not, they still stock 486 fan/heatsink units (like the one swaaye posted). I picked one up and ordered a bit of thermal tape to try out (the little clips don't do it for me). If the tape doesn't hold up, Fry's also …

Re: Socket 3 processor options

Posted on 2011-08-05, 20:06

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hmmm... Couldn't find any hs/fans that appeared to fit. Here's the socket: Are the circled tabs what I should be able to attach a clip to?

Re: Socket 3 processor options

Posted on 2011-08-05, 19:56

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I think I have a couple of socket 7 coolers. I'll see if they fit. Thanks!

Re: Socket 3 processor options

Posted on 2011-08-05, 18:40

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Just an update: The PC Chips board fired right up using a DX2-66 and corresponding jumper settings. Also, the ISA Trident video card and the VLB IDE interface card I pulled from the same "junk" bin work! Not bad for a couple of bucks. Question: What kind of cooling does the DX2-66 need? I just have …

Re: Socket 3 processor options

Posted on 2011-07-22, 21:38

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Model numbers are: PC Chips M912 ver 1.7 aka DX-6900 UM4980 v2.1 I'll get some pics up asap. According to the documentation I've been able to dig up, both will support the DX2 (with the UM4980 supporting just about every 486 under sun!). I guess my real question is - do I need to find procs with the …

Socket 3 processor options

Posted on 2011-07-22, 18:34

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Picked up a couple of socket 3 mobo's at the local computer swap last weekend (along with a buch of pci and isa cards!) and was wondering what the prcessor options were for this socket. I'm a little confused as the info I've seen lists the socket 3 as being 237 pin but it will accept a 486DX2-66 …

Re: New guy and hardware...

Posted on 2011-07-07, 06:31

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

ratfink: I think you're right about the amount of RAM. I've been meaning to pull 3 of the sticks to see how it ran. I also recently read about issues Longbow has with RAM. Never could get that game to work. What card did you end up using for 2D with your Voodoo 2's? Sound card for the 486 is …

New guy and hardware...

Posted on 2011-07-07, 05:21

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Hey all - new guy here. After fiddling around with DOSBox a couple of years ago (to satisfy my craving for X-Wing and TIE Fighter), I built a retro pc to play some of the old classics. I soon learned that the PIII wasn't retro enough for some of the other classics I wanted to play. Spent a lot of …

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