Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-02-22, 22:21

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by bjwil1991

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And for inserting a big Daughterboard, you would need a 2x13 (26-pin) ribbon cable for that, right? It's cool to see a card that has 4 different CD-ROM controllers on there for every proprietary CD-ROM out there, and the WaveTable header is the icing on the cake.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-02-22, 18:57

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by bjwil1991

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Got an Edison Gold 16 today http://i.imgur.com/hf71a3ym.jpg It's based on ESS AudioDrive 688FC-based card, it's non-PnP and has a dedicated OPL3 chip. I like cards that are bigger and have a lot of circuitry, so this is probably the reason I wanted this card for a long time. It's going to be used …

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

Posted on 2019-02-22, 14:09

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by bjwil1991

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That's one cool MIDI device and setup, too.

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

Posted on 2019-02-20, 22:47

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by bjwil1991

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Fancy schmancy.

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Re: Packard bell PB450 repair / mods / upgrade

Posted on 2019-02-20, 14:37

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by bjwil1991

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This is the module I used: AT&T ATT7C187P-15 64Kx1 15ns 22-pin. I bought new IDT SRAM chips from Digikey (both 12ns and 15ns 28 pin 32Kx8). It's something, however, I'm planning on purchasing 1Mb (128Kx8) SRAM chips from eBay so I can have 512KB L2 cache installed. Also, my other plan is to upgrade …

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Re: Packard bell PB450 repair / mods / upgrade

Posted on 2019-02-20, 04:22

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by bjwil1991

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Good news for my Packard Bell: 1) Finally got my Pack-Mate 28 Plus (PB450) system to accept the L2 cache (128KB, 4x 32Kx8 12ns, 1x 32Kx8 15ns 28 pin, and 1x 64Kx1 15ns 22 pin) and it boots without issues. 2) Got an NOS Evergreen 586 from Amazon in the mail, set the L1 cache from WT to WB, and the …

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

Posted on 2019-02-20, 04:04

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by bjwil1991

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Got my NOS Evergreen 586 processor in the mail today from Amazon, wrote the Evergreen Diagnostics diskette, and got these results: 39682 - Intel i486 DX4-100 OverDrive 16KB WT cache 56818 - Evergreen 586 (AM5x86-P75) 16KB WB cache enabled My Packard Bell Pack-Mate 28 Plus didn't complain about the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-02-19, 21:24

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by bjwil1991

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"If I fits I ships" - cat, probably. I have the CT4170 in my Socket 7 machine, and the CQM synth is crappy. Wish I can redirect the CQM to an external MIDI device that contains a real OPL3 chip, or swap it with an ESS AudioDrive ES1688F card.

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

Posted on 2019-02-19, 03:00

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by bjwil1991

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The case for my 386 build arrived today so i got straight to work on it! This case is really solid unlike my other AT case which has my Pentium housed. I managed to get the LED MHZ display to show 40mhz. Need to work out the turbo function on it though. The module is a SK-188 which seems to be well …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-02-18, 20:54

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by bjwil1991

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It's not you. I see it as well.

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Re: The great Pentium Pro haul of 2018

Posted on 2019-02-18, 20:52

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by bjwil1991

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A clean computer component is a happy component.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-02-18, 19:05

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by bjwil1991

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Bancho wrote: Managed to finally find a decent case for my planned 386 build. Well happy with this as AT cases are really hard to come by in good condition. Good looking case.

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

Posted on 2019-02-17, 04:55

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by bjwil1991

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Finally got 128KB L2 cache installed in my Packard Bell Pack-Mate 28 Plus (4x 32Kx8 12ns SRAM*, 1x 32Kx8 15ns SRAM*, and 1x 64Kx1 15ns SRAM**). I get 69FPS in the Doom benchmarks. I need to find software to look to see which type of L1 cache is installed on the DX4-100 OverDrive prior to installing …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-02-17, 04:50

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by bjwil1991

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Bought a Reveal Musicstar MIDI keyboard (CIB, mostly) that has the MIDI-Joystick adapter, software on CD, manual, AC adapter, and the keyboard itself for $23.99 + tax.

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

Posted on 2019-02-15, 21:52

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by bjwil1991

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I bought myself a Y splitter to install 2 Gamepads or Joysticks to my Packard Bell Pack-Mate 28 Plus (might look into and see if Windows 95C complains about having 2 joysticks on the same machine). In the future, I'll be playing NHL Hockey 95 with 2 players and I'll have to look and see if there're …

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Re: The Weekend Thread (Fri-Sun)

Posted on 2019-02-15, 14:34

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by bjwil1991

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Friday: installing L2 cache in my 486 and watching Perry Mason. Saturday: bowling, lunch with the family (birthday for both my mom and myself), and going to the junkyard to buy a couple of power steering pulleys for my car. Sunday: working on the car and laundry day.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-02-14, 20:49

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by bjwil1991

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Me neither.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-02-14, 17:31

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by bjwil1991

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That's rather interesting to see something like that. Will there be a video about this in the future?

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Re: Music Quest MPU clone cards, anyone interested in them?

Posted on 2019-02-14, 15:05

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by bjwil1991

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That's the one. Unfortunately, all of that is overseas and not sold locally in the US. However, I have no idea if Amazon sells them locally in the US.

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Re: ATX I/O shield models for 3D printing

Posted on 2019-02-14, 14:57

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by bjwil1991

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Subbed to the thread.

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