Re: Just bought a "New old stock" XT computer... what to expect / look for?
Posted on 2016-04-01, 15:28
NOS XT computer... April 1st... hmmm, I dunno. Hope it's not a cruel scam.
Re: piii tualatin 1.4ghz vs athlon xp?
Posted on 2016-03-30, 14:15
I'm comparing to find the fastest system with an isa slot and it seems that the 266fsb via kt133a was the best, some boards could support Palomino 2100+ or Thoroughbred 2600+ but with only sdram. How will this affect the comparison since ddr is out of the picture? Those KT133a boards supporting …
Re: How many bad sectors are too many....on your oldschool computer hard drive?
Posted on 2016-03-30, 06:24
Only on rare occasion have I had a drive go bad, mechanically. I've come into possession of so many hard drives with "bad sectors" on them, over the years and they always come back after a Low-Level Format in as much as the bad sectors are gone and don't seem to come back. I keep an eye on the SMART …
Re: Screen/gfx card issue
Posted on 2016-03-27, 16:46
Just looks like signal degradation. I would still point at the cable, or a dirty VGA jack. Make sure you're set to 60Hz on this particular video card. Barring that the card could be old and tired, component-wise.
Re: can't get s-yxg50 plugin + vsthost + loopbe1 + vistamidimapper to work correctly
Posted on 2016-03-26, 17:37
I can't speak for the 64-bit part as I know many of the versions of the S-YXG50 software are not 64-bit compatible (maybe none), but I saw this, this morning: http://m.friendfeed-media.com/622954a1c011f90 … 0893847fd489cb0 Shouldn't this be in Marvin?
Re: PSU problem?
Posted on 2016-03-20, 17:29
Oh, really? Let us know how that goes. If disabling ACPI fixes the problem, then I'd assume you just have a strange driver problem or hardware conflict.
Re: PSU problem?
Posted on 2016-03-20, 16:56
Always a good idea to list the manufacturers name and the model of the PSU you're using as there are many users here from other electronics forums who recognize a poor-quality manufacturer or simply a particular model line from an otherwise good manufacturer that had problems. But in my experience …
Re: Computer constantly reboots
Posted on 2016-03-10, 13:56
sf78 wrote: Also check the caps on the mainboard and PSU for any leaks. Usual symptoms are random boots when the power goes bad. This should be the first thing you check. All that other testing is for not if you have bad caps on the motherboard or in the power-supply. Matthew
Re: Do you connect your old systems to the internet?
Posted on 2016-03-08, 13:29
yea mine is online and so are my virtual machines. I see it this way its been 10 years since the last update for Windows 9x, and its been 13 since it was used in any large amount. What are the odds today of coming across a windows 9x virus. No one targets 9x anymore and if by some small chance you …
Strange card I have humoured buying
Posted on 2016-03-02, 20:37
At my local surplus shop, while going through the boxes of loose cards, I keep running across a random video card (some sort of radeon with dvi and VGA outputs) which has two lines of gold-plated text etched into the backside of the board, which reads on the upper line "How could I dance with …
Re: Aztech Sound Galaxy BXII help needed.
Posted on 2016-02-29, 14:56
This is relevant to my interests as I believe I have one of these cards sitting around the garage. Could you list the specific driver version of the CT1350B drivers you used so I don't have to fuss when I get around to installing mine?
Re: earliest isa video card to support 16bit/24bit color?
Posted on 2016-02-26, 16:31
But SS24x has TrueColor only in Windows 640x480. Mostly ISA-Cards which support Vesa 1.2 have High/TrueColor. I always use quickview 1.3 which is fantastic and ultra-fast. I was not aware of this. But it was a long time, ago. My card was a 1MB unit, which I thought was AMAZING at the time. 640x480 …
Re: 1995 IBM Aptiva build, 66mhz 486DX2, to i7 6700k!
Posted on 2016-02-26, 14:20
I like where the user was going with that case. I'm more interested all the detail-work while retaining stock hardware, but there are several old cases I would like to have a modern PC in so I'm certainly not complaining. This has got me all riled up to do a build, now.
Re: earliest isa video card to support 16bit/24bit color?
Posted on 2016-02-26, 14:12
No, not all cards with integrated ramdacs support true/high colour. It was a feature that initially appeared on cheap low end cards. I think support for 15/16/24-bit started appearing on VGA cards in the early 90s. Perhaps 1991 or so. I know the VGAWonder XL was the first card from ATi to do it. …
Re: Best pci audio card for Win 9x/Me
Posted on 2016-02-18, 15:00
Are you using headphones or desktop speakers or a stereo? I wonder how outputting, digitally to a real surround-sound receiver would sound compared to a sound-card.
Re: Best Slot1 440BX Boards
Posted on 2016-02-13, 04:07
Does the 440BX chipset officially support 133MHz FSB? I noticed my P6DBE is only listed as having 100MHz FSB and up to 700MHz PIII's. Perhaps, it is simply a BIOS limitation implemented by Supermicro because it's meant as a server board, and they are more concerned with stability? Just curious.
Re: Compaq LTE/286 - capacitor plague?
Posted on 2016-02-06, 17:13
Oh, man! Even if you replace capacitors, you gotta get that junk off the motherboard--there is way too much oxidation and corrosion going on. I would be tempted to use some sort of agent to get rid of it. The long, arduous way would probably be to use a white-vinegar and water mix, and a toothbrush …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2016-02-04, 07:52
There was also an Altec Lansing ADA885. http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a166/ballsandy/Computer%20related/IMG_2414.jpg I've had one of these sets before in 2011 but it was in black and once it had warmed up it would occasionally give out a fart-like sound. Ended up ditching it but alas, this on …
Re: KEW 580C USB PCI card
Posted on 2016-02-03, 01:34
I found this card in one of the boxes and got an idea but I'm not sure it would work and I don't want to damage my motherboard. It has space for an 8 pin connector next to the PCI connector and I thought this would let me solder the connector and connect the front case USB ports. However it looks …
Re: Graphic card with best VGA output
Posted on 2016-01-30, 21:08
Professional-grade cards such as the Quadro series of cards are known to have better output and clarity than their Geforce counter-parts. I'm not certain if base-model Quadro cards also enjoy this luxury but generally they are regarded as better. I would imagine the FireGL cards, which I believe are …
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