Flooded with old PCs

Posted on 2017-04-09, 22:43

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Hey you know that feeling/situation, when you are absolutely flooded with PC hardware and absolutely can't decide which PCs have to go to the basement/attic/whatever? I have no space in my apartment for any more PCs but still there are lying around mainboards begging to be built into some case ( …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-01-23, 20:41

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Got this today, for 35€ 😀 Filename Photo-2017-01-23-21-31-51_1532 - Kopie.JPG File size 2.34 MiB Views 1760 views

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Re: 286 motherboard DIP memory question (size mismatch)

Posted on 2016-11-21, 23:19

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anyone? 😢

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286 motherboard DIP memory question (size mismatch)

Posted on 2016-11-19, 12:42

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Hey so I've got this motherboard from amoretro (picture taken by amoretro): 286.PNG On board I can see 18x NEC D41256C-12 memory chips soldered 18x OKI M41256A-10 memory chips socketed I assume there must be some kind of parity so when i calculate 32 x 256kbit = 8192kbit / 8 = 1024KB, the …

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Re: so i've got a case for my huge 286 board finally. BUT!

Posted on 2016-11-18, 20:24

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Try EZ-Drive or OnTrack Disk Manager. They intercept the disk calls into the BIOS to get around size limits. Normally for the 504MB limit, but I think they might work here, too? Edit: Are you saying it won't even boot if you just pick the largest size available? So long as it boots these programs …

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Re: Soyo 5TE2 any good?

Posted on 2016-11-13, 18:02

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didn't have 72pin simms to be installed in pairs?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-11-11, 14:55

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@nemail Oh what a nice system! The sound card is a nice find! They are typically very rare! I'd say the sound card alone is worth more than what you paid for everything. There are MANY, MANY quirks of this system. If you ever need some 1 on 1 advice, hit me up. I have 3 of these machines and I like …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-11-10, 23:10

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Got my IBM PS/2 Model 95 including a bunch of accessories today (100€). It has an XGA card, an Audiovation Soundcard (!), SCSI controller, some Logitech PS/2 Mouseport card (what for???) and 486 DX2 (don't know yet which one exactly) 64 MB RAM HP cd drive tape drive including tapes one or two hdds …

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Re: so i've got a case for my huge 286 board finally. BUT!

Posted on 2016-11-09, 21:45

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ok so now: the news! floppy started to work suddenly. dunno what i did. nevermind. now there's the next challenge: i've got a seagate ST3250A with 204MB but can't get it to work because the BIOS does not support custom type disks. I used a utility to read all supported drives with params from BIOS …

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Re: so i've got a case for my huge 286 board finally. BUT!

Posted on 2016-11-09, 07:51

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tayyare wrote: Might be a stupid question but did you setup your FDD type in your BIOS? did that. even tried to set it up as first and second drive. also tried to select 720k cause I wasn't sure what drive this is but after googling it was clear that it is a 1,44MB drive.

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Re: so i've got a case for my huge 286 board finally. BUT!

Posted on 2016-11-08, 22:45

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On a serious note, I have both 8086 and 80286 Models 30s. My 8086 came with a dead 20MB drive (no surprise), and missing floppy bezel. The 286 is complete, but it's the single 1.44MB variant (8530-E01). I have some SCSI cards and an old (Mac) NuDesign external 340MB drive that I think will work …

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Re: Got an AT&T/NCR Globalyst 530 - ever seen?

Posted on 2016-11-07, 23:24

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true. it opens like if it was a desktop case.

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Re: so i've got a case for my huge 286 board finally. BUT!

Posted on 2016-11-07, 23:19

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Brickpad wrote: Do I spy an IBM PS/2 Model 30 8086 under that 286? indeed, you do 😉 edit: look at our post counters and join dates 🤣

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Re: so i've got a case for my huge 286 board finally. BUT!

Posted on 2016-11-07, 22:52

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i dont think so, but I'll check that.. thanks!

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Re: so i've got a case for my huge 286 board finally. BUT!

Posted on 2016-11-07, 22:34

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thanks for that side note! regardless of that, i tried booting with only one floppy attached -> same result

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so i've got a case for my huge 286 board finally. BUT!

Posted on 2016-11-07, 21:49

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Hi! finally I managed to come across a nice AT case which will take my huge 286 board. The board seems to work fine, has 512kb memory onboard and a ceramic intel 286-10 socketed. my trident card is recognized and works (it has 512kb memory, just like the motherboard :lol: ). BUT the I/O card doesn't …

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Re: Soyo 5TE2 any good?

Posted on 2016-11-07, 21:37

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thanks! but i've got sooo many backup parts already.. if this isn't a board which is special in some way, compared to other good socket 7 boards, and because of that will gain value, I guess I'm gonna sell it at some point. I was never a big fan of soyo boards. nearly all soyo boards I had, had some …

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Re: Got an AT&T/NCR Globalyst 530 - ever seen?

Posted on 2016-11-07, 21:16

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hey! it runs, speedsys results aren't too surprising, though. compared to other DX2/66 systems. so far it seems to work perfectly. unfortunately I've got plenty of 486 systems already. so I don't really know what to do with it :lol: DX4-100 doesn't seem to work either. besides, I've got DX4 systems …

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Got an AT&T/NCR Globalyst 530 - ever seen?

Posted on 2016-11-07, 18:26

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Hi! I've got an AT&T/NCR Globalyst 530 486DX2/66 today. Anyone seen this or a similar system ever? It seems to be a late 486 motherboard with PCI, coin cell battery, Trio64(!) GACC2 graphics onboard (memory unknown and expandable, 60ns), 72pin 70ns memory (FPM, I guess) and ISA slots on both sides …

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Soyo 5TE2 any good?

Posted on 2016-11-07, 18:18

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Hi! I recently acquired a "new" Pentium 1/Socket 7 system, which came in a really nice AT case including a 5,25" floppy drive for around 30€. Inside was a Soyo 5TE2, now I have a buttload of good and excellent Socket 7 and Super Socket 7 boards (Tyan, Asus P5A(-B), P/I-XP55T2P4, GA-586HX, GA-586ATS …

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