FX5200 Cards Hang PC

Posted on 2017-03-27, 03:42

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by CelGen

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I have two cards marked VIDEO-228PCI-TW which google tells me is the JATON GeForce FX 5200. The 64-bit card but with 128mb vram. I drop them into a machine with a fresh 98SE install and with the default Windows driver they work albeit at 16 colors and 640x480. My problem comes when I try to load the …

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Home Automation Controller (AKA: a Rebranded Industrial Machine)

Posted on 2017-03-25, 21:14

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by CelGen

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This was found at a used construction supply and demolition salvage center last time I was in Vancouver. They labelled it a "Home Automation Computer" and they said it and a bunch of other stuff was pulled from a house they demolished in West Vancouver. I couldn't find anything else that might be …

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Re: Retro UPS ideas.

Posted on 2017-03-16, 05:24

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by CelGen

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I also second the older APC units like the Back-UPS 500. You can find a LOT of half decent old UPS units available often for their (batteryless) weight at scrapyards. Finding replacement batteries is not that hard.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-03-15, 20:08

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by CelGen

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Love this old iron! What will you be running in it? I could only find this info about ContrALTO - http://www.righto.com/2016/10/simulating-xerox-alto-with-contralto.html - as links to the download seem to end up at the generally interesting but unhelpful LCM website ... It's exactly as you've found …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-03-15, 01:55

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by CelGen

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Because screw calling PCIe mobos and sdram era machines retro, I picked up an empty chassis from Northgate Computer Systems. http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a166/ballsandy/Computer%20related/IMG_7396.jpg http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a166/ballsandy/Computer%20related/IMG_7397.jpg http://i11. …

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

Posted on 2017-02-13, 19:58

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by CelGen

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Managed to repair a power supply in a 70's HP computer that had been tormenting be for a year. One of two op-amps in the 5V regulation watchdog circuit had failed. http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a166/ballsandy/Computer%20related/IMG_3702.jpg New chips are now on order. In the meantime I spent the …

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Re: Old Valve Games

Posted on 2016-11-23, 05:31

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by CelGen

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Agreed, for sure. As mentioned it was barely playable on the 586 I had at the time, and tolerable on a PII. I was mainly looking for the memberberries... may or may not be worth the money. I can say otherwise. It will run on a 200mhz Pentium Pro and windows NT or a 166mhz Pentium under 95 but 3D …

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

Posted on 2016-11-19, 21:22

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by CelGen

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Completed refurb of a PS/2 model 55SX with the Reply planar upgrade. Now all that is left is to repackage the machine and ship it back to the customer.

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Re: External battery on 486 motherboard

Posted on 2016-11-07, 00:08

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by CelGen

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SRQ wrote: I legit don't understand why those were a thing at all and I was so happy to find out the 486 I was getting in a trade didn't have one. It's not like they were expecting the machines to be in service almost 20 years later or something. 😒

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2016-11-05, 21:47

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by CelGen

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candle_86 wrote: CelGen wrote: Asus P4T. Correct. […] Show full quote gdjacobs wrote: i850 chipset / S423? Asus P4T. Correct. I would build a system with it, love these dead ends in computer history! P4's aren't historical, nor are they retrocomputing. They're junk. P4's are historical, as a …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2016-11-05, 19:18

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by CelGen

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gdjacobs wrote: i850 chipset / S423? Asus P4T. Correct. I would build a system with it, love these dead ends in computer history! P4's aren't historical, nor are they retrocomputing. They're junk.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-11-05, 18:00

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by CelGen

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I'll probably stuff this into one of my Sun boxes.

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2016-11-05, 17:56

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by CelGen

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Went to recycle some electronics stuff at work (doing it myself instead of delegating it since I got bitten by the retro bug :D) and scored this gem: DSC_0604.JPG A Black Box SW622A-R2 4-port KVM switch. Its exterior was quite dirty, but otherwise it is as good as new. Found it with only two KVM …

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Re: How to fix your dead on-board floppy controller

Posted on 2016-11-03, 23:55

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by CelGen

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Yeahhh, I'd verify the connectivity and traces on that chip. It looks disgusting.

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Re: PCI video card price gouging

Posted on 2016-10-28, 01:12

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by CelGen

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Is there some reason for these prices, or am I looking in the wrong place? It's almost as if right now there's an emerging market for "retro" (shudders) 90's gaming computers. I wouldn't doubt there's a forum somewhere almost completely dedicated to the genre. 😉

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Re: Unacceptable OpenGL Performance

Posted on 2016-10-25, 02:35

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by CelGen

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Thank you for the response. Now are you positive this is an OEM'd Realizm and if so which of the 3DLabs drivers does it want? There's several different driver releases at your linked downloads page. For sanity I looked at the Intense3D series driver and it just offers me the Wildcat 4000 driver. : …

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Re: Yellowing Plastic

Posted on 2016-10-25, 01:39

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by CelGen

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Don't plastics crack easier after using hydrogen peroxide on them though? Haven't tested it, but always wondered about negative consequences of retr0brite-like substances... There's too much information out there on whether it's dangerous or not, I don't really know who to believe. There have been …

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Re: IBM Microchannel-based server systems

Posted on 2016-10-22, 22:38

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by CelGen

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Microchannel sound cards on their own are uncommon so I'm ballparking the market value (IE: not what I'd pay for one) is $150. Pentium MCA machines WITH PCI also indicate it is one of the last MCA machines IBM made. Regardless it sounds like it's worth the gamble.

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Re: Unacceptable OpenGL Performance

Posted on 2016-10-22, 00:10

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by CelGen

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It says the ELSA driver is not running. This isn't an ELSA card.

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Re: Unacceptable OpenGL Performance

Posted on 2016-10-21, 04:22

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by CelGen

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So any ideas? Theories?

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