Re: Asus A7V266-E... Usefull or not?

Posted on 2015-10-20, 10:31

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Nice! I had the Abit equivalent back then - died 🙁 Then I had a used Asus A7V333 - died shortly after the Abit 🙁 One of those I killed with stupidity (inserting a stick of RAM the wrong way). Can't remember which one though.

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Re: Help identifying 286 board

Posted on 2015-10-20, 10:26

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kixs wrote: Benchmarks are quite interesting... haven't seen 286 so fast 😁 I'll make a new thread about this project and all the benchmarks with pictures 😎 Cool - make those 386SX's run away in fear 😎

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

Posted on 2015-10-20, 10:24

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🤣

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2015-10-20, 10:23

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I dedicated a room for my computing area, currently in need of a good dusting and serious cable management. Needs a matrix screensaver! :lol: Seriously, nice setup! Do you game on the upper monitors? Isn't this uncomfortable? @Phil: I appreciate your concept of doing things. Tinkering with hardware …

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

Posted on 2015-10-20, 10:05

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Ha, you're right! It needs a sticker "Designed by the Empire" 🤣 Or a Darth Vader decal on the side!

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Re: Asus A7V266-E... Usefull or not?

Posted on 2015-10-20, 09:54

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The KT266A is the successor to the KT266 with better memory performance. So definitely an advantage. And the KT266(A) is the first Athlon chipset to utilize DDR memory, i.e. not bottlenecking the CPU. And if the caps are okay - definitely worth keeping!

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Re: Asus A7V266-E... Usefull or not?

Posted on 2015-10-20, 09:45

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Working Socket A boards without leaking capacitors are always worth keeping, IMO. And the KT266 is not a bad chipset, despite it's reputation.

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Re: 10 Reasons for a Pentium 4 Windows 98 DOS Retro Gaming PC :)

Posted on 2015-10-20, 09:41

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3.06 GHz! Wow, that is super fast for a Windows 98 machine :) Yeah, but why not? That way, it's fast enough for games up to around 2004, and I don't use it much for DOS if at all. It's actually running ME and I'm thinking about dual booting 2000 or XP. I would still go for Radeon. (though it is …

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Re: 10 Reasons for a Pentium 4 Windows 98 DOS Retro Gaming PC :)

Posted on 2015-10-20, 09:16

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Thanks Phil! Without you, I never would've thought about using a Pentium 4 for this, but It's close to perfect - PLENTY of speed, and the Intel board has nice features and is nice to work with. Really fast boot combined with the SATA hard drive too. Specs: - Intel D865GLC mainboard - Pentium 4 …

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

Posted on 2015-10-20, 09:01

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Had no Internet over the weekend, so I got productive :lol: First, cleaned up a case and rebuilt my P4/ME rig with that one: http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=44547&p=452598#p452598 Second, not retro at all, but I finally got a Core 2 Duo mainboard to replace the Pentium D in my Linux …

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Re: 10 Reasons for a Pentium 4 Windows 98 DOS Retro Gaming PC :)

Posted on 2015-10-20, 08:48

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Well, look what I found! http://i.imgur.com/rJh7Lrrl.jpg I'm going in... So, finally got a replacement for the POS Packard Bell case... got a Micro ATX Fujitsu Siemens case that had been submerged in water, with the dirt of years of use baked on. Cleaned it up (sorry, didn't take a before picture) …

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Re: Socket 7 PowerLeap PL-K6-III (ultimate upgrade)

Posted on 2015-10-20, 08:08

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Interesting, I didn't think the different interposers would make that much of a difference... Forgive my ignorance, but did those normally come with the CPU and heatsink glued on? I don't see any latches on the socket.

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Re: Do you leave empty slots between cards?

Posted on 2015-10-20, 07:49

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Sound cards always at the bottom to reduce interference and bus noise, video cards get one or two empty slots below them for better airflow, everything else gets crammed together. If possible.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-10-16, 08:12

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Allright, I give: what's the reverse PCI slot at the bottom of this thing? I'm aware of 3.3V PCI slots but they're not offset towards the back of the board like that one is. It looks like you could stick a normal PCI card up-side-down in there if you took off the end plate? Nah... IIRC they were …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-10-16, 08:11

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The DX-50 predates the VLB era, and considering the VLB bus, depending on the indivdual cards, sometimes has problems even running at 40 MHz, you can see why it is hopeless running at 50 MHz. I think that was one of the reasons for the introduction of the DX2-50. I had a 486DX-50 system with VLB …

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Re: Hyundai SUPER-16TE xt clone: restoration and info

Posted on 2015-10-15, 08:51

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Can I just say that I find the dedication to your projects amazing? Well done! 😀

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-10-15, 07:32

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Cool machine! I would upgrade RAM, add a oundcard, and maybe add a hard drive or CF card. Otherwise, keep it that way. DX-50 is cool in it's own right. And the DX-50 is definitely the one to have from that era. Surprised there's no VLB on the board though. The DX-50 predates the VLB era, and …

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

Posted on 2015-10-14, 09:29

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That's a great idea, if you're already using an external mixer anyway!

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-10-12, 15:20

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Well, you won't have a shortage of SCSI controllers anytime soon 🤣 Just kidding - congrats!

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Re: It's 286 time!

Posted on 2015-10-12, 08:37

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dr.zeissler wrote: Some of my 286 Machines: https://www.flickr.com/photos/94839221@N05/se … 157659570777142 https://www.flickr.com/photos/94839221@N05/se … 157657266763213 Wow, Schneider really had some interesting and good-looking designs back then!

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