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

Posted on 2016-04-21, 21:50

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by dogchainx

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I finally went through my monstrous AT computer I bought last year. Inside was a very rare CompuAdd ESDI HARDCache controller! https://books.google.com/books?id=dTAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA51&lpg=PA51&dq=compuadd+esdi+controller&source=bl&ots=XEOaTZ-xnE&sig=3MxyAsxX_DCHJlvM4N3IVAK-A6E&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj …

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

Posted on 2016-04-21, 20:10

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by dogchainx

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I finally went through my monstrous AT computer I bought last year. Inside was a very rare CompuAdd ESDI HARDCache controller! https://books.google.com/books?id=dTAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA51&lpg=PA51&dq=compuadd+esdi+controller&source=bl&ots=XEOaTZ-xnE&sig=3MxyAsxX_DCHJlvM4N3IVAK-A6E&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj- …

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Re: Opti 82c941 daughterboard - should I get it?

Posted on 2016-04-18, 17:58

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by dogchainx

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Yes, awesome collectors item. I'd get it...

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Re: Long-term storing of your precious hardware

Posted on 2016-04-06, 19:42

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by dogchainx

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I work in a pharmacy, so I come across a LOT of extra small silica gel desiccant canisters for free. I throw four or five of those in each of the cases and in each antistatic bag to keep humidity off of the electronics. I should start selling those things, since we throw away about 50 a day and …

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Re: A case study in utter stupidity or why chimpanzee should not build computers.

Posted on 2016-03-15, 16:48

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by dogchainx

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Some builds can be just plain awful, to the point you really wonder if the person who built it eventually died of a something worthy of a http://www.darwinawards.com/ I happened upon one build where they put thermal paste in the memory sockets....MEMORY SOCKET THERMAL PASTE???? Or maybe it was …

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Re: Adlib Gold 1000 ISA card on eBay

Posted on 2016-03-11, 19:27

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by dogchainx

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And to think I remember this sitting on the shelf of my local mom and pop computer store back in the 90's on sale cheap because no one wanted it.

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Re: Adlib Gold 1000 ISA card on eBay

Posted on 2016-03-11, 18:39

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by dogchainx

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Kaysville, Utah? That's only about 45 minutes away from me... ~$1500 now. That's insane!

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Re: Newly made Gravis Ultrasound compatible cards ... what's the degree of interest?

Posted on 2016-03-06, 04:41

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by dogchainx

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I really don't understand any of the conversation for the past few pages...but glad to see progress! =)

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Re: dallas rtc

Posted on 2016-03-03, 19:16

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by dogchainx

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If the internal battery of the dallas RTC is dead, you can cut into the chip and add an external coin battery to it. I've done it to three dallas RTCs now, works great, and when the external battery dies you just add another coin battery.

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Re: Newly made Gravis Ultrasound compatible cards ... what's the degree of interest?

Posted on 2016-02-25, 00:03

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by dogchainx

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keropi wrote: shock__ wrote: Two more mockups since I won't be able to solder anything til tomorrow: http://i.imgur.com/ETCN7VB.jpg http://i.imgur.com/OzDhXBX.jpg looks AWESOME! Very awesome... Going to be PM'ing you soon Keropi! 😎

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Re: Newly made Gravis Ultrasound compatible cards ... what's the degree of interest?

Posted on 2016-02-24, 13:24

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by dogchainx

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Awesome! Every time I hear good news on this project going forward I start rubbing my hands together like Mr Burns.... Excellent.....

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

Posted on 2016-02-22, 05:56

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by dogchainx

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Setup my BH6 with 768MB of PC133 Cl2, and installed my tualatin 1.4GHz with Abit Slocket!!! . AGP is overclocked and so is PCI, but stable. Installed Win98SE and Windows XP on different drives. Messed up both boot partitions trying out PLOP...had to reinstall because couldn't fix them. Meh. This is …

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Re: Worth buying a 386?

Posted on 2016-02-22, 05:40

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by dogchainx

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I have my 386 computer mainly for playing Wing Commander 1&2 at true "game speeds". Worth it to me, yes. Worth it to someone else who didn't grow up with a 286/386...hmm...maybe not?

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Re: Has anyone else had their system catch fire?

Posted on 2016-02-17, 22:48

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by dogchainx

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Not my own system, but I was building (back in 2004) a server computer for my brother. High-end Athlon64, PCI-X Raid with the new SATA connectors with 4x36gb Raptors, etc. I was installing the floppy drive, and the power cable came out. I plugged it back in, then proceeded to turn on the system to " …

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Re: Jaz drive freezes system, SCSISelect Bios timeouts...

Posted on 2016-02-16, 20:26

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by dogchainx

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Cloudschatze wrote: Bah, sorry, I'd missed the edit where you mentioned that a third internal Jaz drive worked fine. Thanks for the help though! 😎

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Re: Jaz drive freezes system, SCSISelect Bios timeouts...

Posted on 2016-02-16, 17:04

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by dogchainx

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Its terminated by the last SCSI drive (and only) which is the Iomega Jaz. I even tried a few different cables, both with the Jaz drive in the middle of the cable with a SCSI terminator at the end. The working drive I tested is configured with jumpers exactly the same (SCSI ID 0, sometimes 1 or 2) …

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Re: Jaz drive freezes system, SCSISelect Bios timeouts...

Posted on 2016-02-16, 00:43

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by dogchainx

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Thanks for the heads up. I don't trust ZIP or Jaz, but transferring a few things between systems makes it a bit easier. I'm creating an all-in-one media station that can read any media. I doubt I'll use the Jaz drive much, but I have had it requested a few times in the past. I'll just use the …

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Jaz drive freezes system, SCSISelect Bios timeouts...

Posted on 2016-02-15, 04:35

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by dogchainx

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I'm wondering if anyone has had issues with an internal Iomega Jaz 1GB drive freezing their system when accessing it in Windows 98SE? I have an internal PCI Adaptec 2930 scsi 50 pin with a SCSIselect BIOS and two different internal Jaz SCSI drives with 5 different Jaz disks. Also, on boot up I can …

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Re: Newly made Gravis Ultrasound compatible cards ... what's the degree of interest?

Posted on 2016-02-11, 21:10

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MrEWhite wrote: http://i.imgur.com/vwMin.gif?noredirect […] Show full quote I'll see your Ron Paul and raise you a Tevye!

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Re: Have you opened your SC-55 to check the battery inside?

Posted on 2016-02-08, 03:40

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by dogchainx

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Checked mine. No corrosion at all, kept the battery in there just for the hell of it.

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