Re: Good mb for 486?

Posted on 2014-06-09, 14:58

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by chinny22

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486 boards are getting hard and expensive to find these days. I would recommend seeing what you can find 1st then confirm if it runs a DX4 120 You may never find the perfect board. Just remember PCI is nice but buggy. VLB is cool but cards are $$$$ Very few use PS2 connections, less of a problem for …

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Re: SoundBlaster Live! DOS Driver issue on real PC

Posted on 2014-06-09, 14:49

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by chinny22

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I cant see which board/chipset is being used. but I've only tried SBLive on BX motherboards so cant really offer much help. I have gotten an Audigy 2 ZS working in dos with a PCI only Intel 845 chipset board just to see if I could. (Think they were really Audigy 1 drivers) Maybe a newer card may …

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Re: Dual XP-M rig - it is done!

Posted on 2014-06-09, 14:37

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by chinny22

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Duel CPU's are always cool! And you have managed to keep the setup simple and clean (something I fail at)

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Re: 486 pci and pci nic's

Posted on 2014-06-09, 14:19

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by chinny22

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Another happy 486 owner using a 3C905C-TXM here (it was lying around) Intel gets bonus sexy marks in my book though

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Proliant 1600 Barn (well shop office) Find

Posted on 2014-06-03, 21:53

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by chinny22

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I found this server when I got sent to site to setup a new PC. When I went to patch the PC I noticed the server wasn’t patched in (the switch was on top of the server) in fact the only cable that was plugged in was the power cable. I asked what the server was used for and told “oh we don’t use that …

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Re: windows 95 and internet

Posted on 2014-06-03, 16:12

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by chinny22

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As your just starting out, I would set the PC to get an address from DHCP like the Atari, If the PC still doesn't get an address then you know the problem with TCP on that PC. This link will show you how http://www2.slac.stanford.edu/comp/net/dhcp/windows95.htm In the Start/Run box type Winipcfg …

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Re: Another orphaned 486

Posted on 2014-06-03, 15:58

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by chinny22

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Really hope the motherboard/RAM is OK, everything else is easy to come by. Good work saving it!

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Re: The MegaPC & 486 that Vogons built.

Posted on 2014-06-03, 15:53

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by chinny22

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I come and go here when time allows, and one of the 1st places I come when I don't know something. Its a nice friendly place to hang out, no one puts you down for not knowing something.

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Re: Another 486 on planet Earth.

Posted on 2014-05-18, 11:19

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by chinny22

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Nice complete system, with CRT and all 😀 Got to love these old PC's they take a beating so will forgive you and your mistakes, yet at the same time will drive you crazy over some hardware or config clash

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Re: My 486: Digital Equipment DECpc 433 MT

Posted on 2014-05-18, 10:32

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by chinny22

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That's a nice honest PC you have there. Nothing extreme like the fastest CPU or best sound card. 12-24x CD-Roms were common to find on 486's ether as a late upgrade or to replace a failed earlier drive. I wish you luck on holding out not spending money, a Sound blaster can be had cheaply, as can ram …

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Re: Vga selector/switch box that doesn't suck, possible?

Posted on 2014-05-18, 10:15

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by chinny22

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I have a strange setup where my S3 Virge wont display using my Compaq 8 port KVM but works when connected to a no name 4 port PS2 KVM I got of ebay around 2006. The Compaq has its own power source where the no name draws it from the host PC so I would think if anything it should work better on the …

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Re: 486 Thinkpad with genuine Sound Blaster Pro 2

Posted on 2014-05-13, 16:54

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by chinny22

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Even with the docking station its till portable, cool!

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Re: Where can I get old PCs in the UK?

Posted on 2014-05-11, 11:05

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by chinny22

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I got a full working 486 for £3 on gumtree and a P3 500 for around £10 although the P3 was sold as working but was missing RAM (I would have upgraded anyway) The trick is to look for the cheaper PCs, say anything under £100 Most of these will either be scams or someone offloading their old PC I've …

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Re: Stuff you did with the PC's at school

Posted on 2014-05-11, 10:59

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by chinny22

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I finished school in 98 and we still didn't have a network! best we did was Stunts and compare lap times. I remember using them as a software distribution point. Someone would copy a game to the HDD and that's where we would get it from. It would always take a few tries as this was back when you …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2014-05-11, 10:08

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by chinny22

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You did what I want to do! green fans on green boards and in a nice modern case. But then you go and top it with a duel slot 1 system with 2 Voodoo 2 cards (A secret fantasy of mine) Re the SCSI drives. I've just successfully tried a Ultra 72GB in my old Prolant 1600 even though all the …

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Re: Stories of unloved computers getting a second chance

Posted on 2014-05-09, 11:06

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by chinny22

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Whenever I replace peoples PC's at work I give them the option to keep the old keyboard, these are just cheap HP ones that come with the PC Often people who can actually type will go for the nice new one for a day or so then ask for the old dirty one back as it feels right. I've never thought about …

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Re: my new dual PII machine

Posted on 2014-05-09, 10:52

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by chinny22

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If it was me I would put the P2 400 in the Abit BX6. As you say it was one of the defacto CPU's for a long time and temperature isn't much of a worry. And a duel 800 Mhz Coppermine is sexy. Not that useful but sexy. To me, Win2k seems a bit slower in games then 9x so the 2nd CPU may offload some …

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Re: Best floppy emulator?

Posted on 2014-05-09, 10:37

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by chinny22

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I'll add my vote for the Gotek drives. I'm sure the HxC drives are much better but you have to keep in mind its just a FDD end of the day. I use mine exactly the same as a 1.44 drive and it works exactly the same (accept without the disk errors) I've never messed around using it as a 5 1/4 drive or …

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Stories of unloved computers getting a second chance

Posted on 2014-05-07, 15:11

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by chinny22

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I’ve just finished rebuilding my laptop, which keeps finding new leases of life which got me wondering about other people’s similar stories. My story is about a Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook S6120, nothing special but that’s the point! It was the end of 2010 and I was off to Canada for a ski season when …

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Re: My first retro builds...

Posted on 2014-05-06, 18:50

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by chinny22

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You have a nice mix of PC's therefor Dos. 386 for the old games, P3 for anything else and some in the middle just because. Your just missing a 486 to complete the group although there isn't much use for it really.

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