Re: What vintage PC hardware is considered highly collectible or ordinary and unwanted?

Posted on 2020-04-10, 08:28

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by flupke11

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To the list of highly collectible or ordinary and unwanted? Because working SCSI HDDs are getting more and more sought-after and pricey. In old Macs for example, you can't just stop using them. Well, you can by using a SCSI-to-SD/CF adapter, but these are expensive as well. I do not bin them, but …

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Re: What vintage PC hardware is considered highly collectible or ordinary and unwanted?

Posted on 2020-04-10, 08:10

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by flupke11

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I'm gradually adding SCSI-HDDs to that list. Apart from the odd SCSI optical drive, I've stopped using SCSI controllers in my systems for HDDs*. The trade-off is just not worth it. Which means I have lots of spare ISA, PCI and PCI-X controllers. * I'll make an exception if ever I try restoring the …

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Re: Coppermine on LuckyStar AT S370 Mainboard

Posted on 2020-04-07, 16:20

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by flupke11

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https://www.scrigroup.com/limba/engleza/87/PVBX-MAIN-BOARD-Users-Guide-Ha23264.php That's the first hit when googling P6VBX7. I suppose it's that one out of the three, as the V must stand for VIA? Looking somewhat further, a russian site hosted a .bin file: see here https://forum.ixbt.com/topic.cgi? …

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Re: Matrox MGA-IMP+/A

Posted on 2020-04-07, 15:57

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Thanks Darry! Always great to get some background story to a card, even if it's not a good one 😊.

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Re: Matrox MGA-IMP+/A

Posted on 2020-04-06, 21:44

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by flupke11

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I tried it, and it did not work. I should have mentioned that in my opening post. 8-bit is definitively not my area of expertise. Thanks for the information on the dipswitch, it seems logical indeed that these are for IRQ rather than anything else.

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2020-04-06, 21:33

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kolderman wrote on 2020-04-06, 21:15: Is all that in an attic? Looks like a retro workshop. It's just the smallest room in the attic, about 4 meters deep and at its widest, at the windowside, not even 2,5 meters across. Restriction of space is the best way to keep things in check, although I do try …

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Re: Matrox MGA-IMP+/A

Posted on 2020-04-06, 21:13

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by flupke11

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Thanks for the link, but I'd really like to know if this card is capable of functioning in an 8-bit slot, and which actions (jumpers, dips) I need to take to have it work. The PCI-version has none of these headaches, of course.

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2020-04-06, 21:05

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I've been allocated a few m³ of home space outside to indulge in my hobby. Not as crisp and clean as most here, but still a quiet place to retire from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. Crib1.JPG Projects in waiting or finished projects on the shelves, spare equipment in IKEA containers. …

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Matrox MGA-IMP+/A

Posted on 2020-04-06, 20:38

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by flupke11

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Hi all, I have an MGA-based Matrox card in 16-bit ISA-format. Does anyone know whether this card is capable of working in an 8-bit setting? I suppose the dip switches might come in play, but I have no documentation and the internet is not helping me either. The idea is to use this card as a …

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Re: G550 info

Posted on 2020-04-06, 20:12

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I've used both the 450 and the 550, and both output a crisp VGA image. Matrox is known for high quality output, and has never failed me.

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Re: Outrigger: an ongoing adventure with the OR840

Posted on 2020-04-05, 12:13

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For future reference, I have the Compaq AP550 in a stock version (2*128, 2*C-RIMM, 1 CPU PIII866) In singe slot, the following adapters are functional with a 1,4 Tualatin PIII-S: - Upgradeware Slot-T adapter - Soltek SL-02A++ with Lin-Lin - Powerleap iP3/T - Asus S370-DL rev 1.02 with Lin-Lin I've …

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Re: CUV4X - Powerleap Tualatin Build

Posted on 2020-03-28, 15:28

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Via 694T-based mainboards often have one ISA and should be natively Tualatin-compatible. Intel 815e lacks ISA support, so you if any (industrial) mainboard has an i815e + ISA, it's using an extra bridge chip, I presume. My SIS-based Tualatin DDR/SDRam board does not have ISA, nor does the …

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Re: Netburst troll PC part 2: Budget boogaloo

Posted on 2020-03-28, 08:21

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Wonderfully witty and poignant posts! Greed is obviously creed at Intel.

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Tualatin and OC'ing on TUSL2-M

Posted on 2020-03-27, 10:19

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by flupke11

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While rearranging my "hobby room", i.e. the sparse few m² which have been allocated to me by the supreme leader, I came across a M-ATX case, an ASUS TUSL2-M and a Tualatin 1,4. So a new Win98Se project has been born. The idea is to overclock the Tualatin as far as my knowledge and the available …

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

Posted on 2020-03-26, 21:52

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Tested an ASUS TUSL2-M (m-ATX with on-board audio and Ethernet) with a Tualatin 1,4. It booted at 10,5*150= 1575 on stock voltage and performed well in speedsys (1794,06 pts compared to 1595,43 @stock on the ECS P6S5AT). Board is in jumper-free mode and with a large cooler the temperature is around …

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Re: Where to get standard ATX I/O shields ? (Pentium 1/II/III era)

Posted on 2020-03-25, 21:39

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by flupke11

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matze79 wrote on 2020-03-25, 18:32: if you live in EU i can send some.. Same here, if the EU (or Britain) is your turf, I can also help out.

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

Posted on 2020-03-25, 21:35

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Worked on my main daily system: delidded the 3770k and applied "liquid metal". For a moment I thought a Terminator would rise up from the perfect needlepin-sized sphere of quasi mercury that the syringe put on the die. In all, I'm happy I did not kill the cpu, and as a bonus, the system runs a lot …

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

Posted on 2020-03-15, 21:59

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It's extremely easy to damage the copper plating or annular ring of the through hole with a drill bit. I'd highly advise against it, else you could cause an unintended open circuit. It is very risky on multilayer boards. It is far safer (and actually easier) just to use a solder sucker. Do not …

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

Posted on 2020-03-14, 21:25

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Ah, ECS...I've seen so many purple P4 boards rife with utterly toasted caps. Glad the Intel board in my Gateway and the MSI AMD board in my Compaq only have a handful of bad ones. I've finished replacing the crapcaps with Panasonic ones. It's been 15 years since I've recapped a mainboard (back then …

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Re: Supermicro X7DAE+ - running build

Posted on 2020-03-11, 11:31

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Ubuntu did not boot, whether with 1 stick or with all 4 slots populated, wether the GTX960 was attached or a simpler VGA was attached. The only part not switched out, was the PSU.

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