Re: Looking for storage advice for a 98SE build.

Posted on 2022-09-24, 03:45

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by darry

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Given choice of SSD or SD card I would go SSD. Both need proper use of a Trim util. Many prefer a real HD, no Trim as well as keeping things close to original in aspect what was in the old box. I am of the latter group though have some CF and SSD in certain vintage boxes... Never heard of using m.2 …

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Re: XT IDE BIOS as a device driver

Posted on 2022-09-24, 02:27

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Gustavo wrote on 2022-09-23, 19:08: Is it possible to load the XT IDE BIOS as an early DOS device driver in CONFIG.SYS? Something like 2M-XBIOS does? I usually boot my XT machine from floppy/GOTEK and would like to use a 16bit/AT IDE/multi IO card without burning an EPROM. https://github.com/ …

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Re: Neat article about one of the last floppy disk businesses.

Posted on 2022-09-23, 22:49

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The Amiga hardware scene is way worse, maybe. It doesn't charge for an arm and a leg, but both pairs of them. :D Well, when someone charges sky high prices for something that I can't find at half a price around a corner, I have no problem. But when this very moment on eBay I can buy the same 50 …

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Re: Neat article about one of the last floppy disk businesses.

Posted on 2022-09-23, 12:25

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Can't complain about those prices when this is a business that solely deals in floppy disks, has a decreasing or fixed inventory, and supplies many disks to "artists" who cause destruction to the disks or businesses who want a stable source of disks. Anyone can go on eBay or to thrift stores and …

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Re: 15kHz why does it matter,what is the fuss about?

Posted on 2022-09-23, 04:12

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so i was playing chex quest on my P120 with a newish 22inch widescreen LCD and it makes the images look pretty awful.. apparently chex quest runs in 640x400 but that doesnt seem right to me given it is based on doom, and i thought doom was a 320x200 game..(vanilla doom).. so i went looking for a …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-09-23, 04:10

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Not sure if it is worth sharing in the current context, but the only Asus board that I have had completely and suddenly die on me was X58 based ( P6X58D variant), which is apparently rather common for that model. I have had ICH9 USB ports die on an Asus P5B (likely ESD damage). Also, I have had an …

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Re: What is the asus p5a-b bios chip?

Posted on 2022-09-23, 03:14

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Based in this https://i.imgur.com/6JQwyP1.jpg from https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=841031#p841031 , a Winbond W29EE010 or compatible should be fine . EDIT : AFAIK, pretty much any 1 Mbit (128K x8) EEPROM (29EE010 variant) in DIP-32 format (I presume it's not PLCC) that works at 5V should be …

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Re: Replacing case/power supply fans

Posted on 2022-09-22, 20:34

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by darry

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Getting one of those cheap temperature probes and monitoring PSU case temperature before and after the fan change could be an option. If you get a PWM controllable fan and and a controller you could do some additional airflow tweaking for noise vs temperature . If you're really motivated, you could …

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Re: ARGUS Project thread - Now with gerbers and documentation in initial post!

Posted on 2022-09-21, 22:15

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Thought this was interesting for followers of topic. Raspberry Pi Pico on ISA board to emulate GUS. https://github.com/polpo/picogus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4iWSnTc9Ag&t=82s polpo is a member here and has posted about this really nice project : https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=62&t= …

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Re: Bad idea to share a power supply between MIDI equipment?

Posted on 2022-09-21, 20:45

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- A good quality high power multi-port USB PD power adapter that supports 9V output. Thanks! I've used those adapters before for many other projects (including a bench power supply) but I don't think many multi-port USB PD power adapters exist (and if so they are probably very expensive?) (I'm …

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Re: Bad idea to share a power supply between MIDI equipment?

Posted on 2022-09-21, 20:31

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Thanks for the reply! I'm looking at using something like an Anker PowerPort 5 which is basically a USB wall charger supporting 5V/2.4A per-port. I would then connect the Roland equipment using a USB DC 5V to 9V cable (making sure the polarity is correct). I could also power other small equipment …

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Re: Backing up a laptop without USB or Ethernet - Any cheaper options than pcmcia card?

Posted on 2022-09-21, 18:27

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PCMCIA to Compact Flash adapter is an option as well. Keep in mind that anything you buy for this could come in handy for future projects as well, so you don't have to think of it as sinking $ into one cheap laptop. That's how I convince myself to keep buying shit anyway. I tell myself the same …

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Re: Backing up a laptop without USB or Ethernet - Any cheaper options than pcmcia card?

Posted on 2022-09-21, 14:04

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rasz_pl wrote on 2022-09-21, 14:02: > (Hitachi M120D) Pentium 120MHz 16MB something. There is one on ebay and judging by the pictures passive matrix screen. Thanks. I somehow missed that.

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Re: Backing up a laptop without USB or Ethernet - Any cheaper options than pcmcia card?

Posted on 2022-09-21, 13:31

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I would consider replacing the internal drive with an adapted Industrial Compact Flash or SD card . Such cards can easily be read from and written to using a USB card reader on a modern PC . What brand and model is the laptop ? Some models may present challenges with the above.

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Re: What is the current state of VGA/DOS -> DVI/HDMI/LCD scaling?

Posted on 2022-09-20, 17:14

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Following. I’d like to find a simple active cable that lets me use dos to 1600x1200/1920x1080 vga to hdmi Quality of image would be nice but not gonna be super picky about it. If your monitor supports forcing arbitrary resolutions to 4:3 , you wouldn't need to have the active cable be able to do it …

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Re: What is the current state of VGA/DOS -> DVI/HDMI/LCD scaling?

Posted on 2022-09-20, 04:01

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I purchased a Gefen VGA->DVI scaler. It works, but its scaling algorithm is trash (pixels both fuzzy AND misshapen, somehow) and won't output 1440p, only 1080p, so it can't produce sharp uniform-for-all-practical-purposes pixels from 320x200 anyway. Back to the drawing board. Maybe I wait for OSSC …

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Re: Memtest86+ throws up entire-stick memory errors

Posted on 2022-09-19, 05:45

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The Chaintech 6BTM has a 440BX chipset which is rated at 100MHz FSB and RAM. Though this board supports 133MHz (being an "enthusiast" overclocking capable board), I would start testing with overclocking anything (ie. run RAM and FSB at 100MHz) . Incidentally, running at 133MHz will run the AGP base …

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Re: EVGA Terminates NVIDIA Partnership, Cites Disrespectful Treatment

Posted on 2022-09-17, 19:32

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Although EVGA doesn't sell in my country, the fact that they are leaving the business will allow other vendors to freely increase their prices if ever so slightly. There are still plenty of add-in board brands around, so I wouldn't worry too much in the long run. If this starts becoming a trend, it …

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Re: EVGA Terminates NVIDIA Partnership, Cites Disrespectful Treatment

Posted on 2022-09-17, 02:22

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The only real "takeover" move that Nvidia can execute right now is pushing Tegra into the PC space, to take some share of the ARM-powered PC market, with their SoC designs. The latest Tegra designs are well-suited for mini-PC, notebook, and AIO desktop designs. While the chips couldn't provide a …

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Re: EVGA Terminates NVIDIA Partnership, Cites Disrespectful Treatment

Posted on 2022-09-17, 02:20

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My last EVGA graphics card was an 8800GT . I tend to go with Sapphire for ATI/AMD cards and Gigabyte/Asus/Zotac for Nvidia, but I'm not married to any one of them . Then again, I tend to target 150W TDP, while having a 200W TDP hard limit for GPUs, so the cards I buy don't need "extreme" power …

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