Re: I5 650 vs Pentium G3240
Posted on 2018-10-10, 21:53
I think you can get ATX format cases with mount positions for ITX, then a standard PSU would fit
Re: IDE CD Drive recomendations
Posted on 2018-10-10, 21:48
You could try a DVD-RW from CEX - a single layer (probably not the fastest) is 75p - the p&p will be more! PS. the faster Sony models based on Liteon tend to drop a speed down unless you turbo them (5 seconds press on the button) The 52X generally deturbo to 40x - the 32x does not have a turbo mode …
Re: How to setup big and small floppy drive with the same Cable?
Posted on 2018-10-06, 17:49
The other thing, you may find a terminator option on the drive (abbreviated to TM)... deselect termination for the drive in the middle
Re: Phenom II X6 for modern pc?
Posted on 2018-10-05, 22:54
Only just about to retire my X4 from being my mainstay, going to a LGA1155 build (mainly because I just happened to turn up a usable board in a bundle, ran the CPUBOSS numbers on the medium/higher CPUs and ended up getting an ok deal on an i7-3770 The X6, as the top of the pre-FX range, tends to be …
Re: OpenGL ICD for Rage Pro cards?
Posted on 2018-10-03, 00:31
http://www.oocities.org/ziyadhosein/rprow98.htm - looks like this may be a working archive of the "mix your own" drivers page
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2018-09-18, 23:01
Not as exciting as the other stuff on above me, but necessary none the less. 10 blank IO shields for under 1€ a piece. Will come in handy when my Biostar MB-8433 will get in his new ATX sized home. Wow, I need to find one of these. The round holes for PS/2 & audio could just be drilled, but the …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2018-09-17, 22:22
Every bit of RGB adds 1 FPS, so if your system is too slow, it just doesn't have enough RGB - it's like the go faster stripes on a car, you just need to add more of them
Re: RE: Western Digital FASTDISK Software - What is it?
Posted on 2018-09-15, 00:59
http://www.techadvice.com/support/w/wdc/wd_uti.htm I'd guess the Win3 32BDA driver, needed to support larger WD drives - there were some others, I think the one from the Ontrack worked pretty generally. The WD one, with Wd drives (not sure if it would run with others), also allowed you to set the …
Re: Identify network card and find Windows 3.1 drivers
Posted on 2018-09-06, 01:20
http://manual.longshine.de/5_Old_Product_Driv … /1st-readme.txt - list of the drivers in http://manual.longshine.de/5_Old_Product_Drivers/LAN/ Not sure if there is a suitable packet driver in those
Re: Electric Discharge when connecting vga cable
Posted on 2018-09-06, 00:53
If something is supposed to be grounded and isn't, the suppression Y capacitors from hot to ground and cold to ground will cause the case to float at half mains voltage. This can give an unpleasant tingle to anything which provides a ground path.
Re: Need help identifying a card from an auction
Posted on 2018-08-22, 22:57
The Memory chip layout seems to be common to FX5500 - though they usually go VGA + DVI
Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today
Posted on 2018-08-20, 00:25
My bundle with the retro stuff also included an Asus P8H61MX USB3, had a few wonky pins but I got them lined up. Tested with a cheap G630, and now have an i7-3770 on the way … My old AMD X4 will be relegated to secondary and may have to donate its case too, though I might go for a new case with a …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2018-08-12, 18:15
Got a bundle of stuff (mainly for the not retro LGA1155 motherboard) but also included: A number of IDE hard drives A number of IDE DVD-RW (ok, not THAT retro) A Power Mac G5 (are these worth anything now, the last of the PowerPC generation) And these little retro gems http://i68.tinypic.com/20k3clt …
Re: Next Dosbox update?
Posted on 2018-08-12, 17:46
When will one be blessed with the number "0.75" …. or maybe even "1.0"? Is there too much movement to tie down a "next release"?
Re: A Tale of PCI Woe
Posted on 2018-08-09, 23:42
Is there a "clear ESCD" anywhere? One other thing, 12 is one of the PCI Interrupts, but is also PS/2 port - it may help to disable unused serial and parallel ports so that their IRQs become available, it might shake the configuration up. Also try "PCI Irq activated by: Level" - as the PCI standard …
Re: Weird floppy drive (5.25 in) issues
Posted on 2018-08-07, 01:34
The problem with 360k disks on a 1.2MB drive, is that it writes half the track width - if you start with a clean erased disk and write 360k only using the 1.2MB drive, then they may read ok in a 360k drive. Anything written to the disk by a 360k drive cannot be properly rewritten by a 1.2MB, if you …
Re: An intriguing question about DOS memory
Posted on 2018-08-04, 01:09
With 1MB, there is usually a BIOS choice as to how to use the extra 384k 1. shadowing the ROM (usually forced if more than 1MB is fitted) 2. Extended memory (for HIMEM / HMA) 3. If supported, chipset based EMS (driver required) I remember a 286 with 1MB that had been brought in to demo, in the Win …
Re: Change Volume Serial Number in Windows 95?
Posted on 2018-07-18, 00:19
https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/5825/Cha … s-serial-number This one says it supports Win9x
Re: AMD 750 what to expect
Posted on 2018-07-18, 00:09
AGP 2x 3.3v, but may be limited to 1x. The later version, supporting super bypass, was better https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd,155.html
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2018-07-11, 22:56
This is a Radeon 7500 PCI (64 MB) for Alpha workstations. So pretty much useless unless there is one in your possession. Any reason why it wouldn't work in any other PCI slot? A Radeon 7500 PCI would be a very welcome card for me, I could use it in my Socket 7 and i810 PCs. The BIOS for it will be …
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