Re: The AT cases with built-in stereo speakers thread!

Posted on 2020-08-12, 01:12

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These must have not been very popular in Silicon Valley because i sure did not see very many of these around. In fact I dont even think I have seen one even in computer component stores. Mini tower cases were very popular in Silicon Valley and still are. Most computers in Silicon Valley only use …

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More fun with CGL (Creative Graphics Library) - some SDK bits and some reverse engineering

Posted on 2020-08-11, 03:42

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Hi, For the past several days I've been using some free time to try and dig into CGL more and get a background understanding of how the library works, find more information on it, and have been doing way too much disassembly and debugging. I figured I'd document a little of what I've discovered. I …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-02-01, 17:08

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Lately I've been obsessing over WiNDy 星野金属 (Hoshino Metal) cases that were made in Japan in the late 90s. I finally decided to buy this guy to put my 24 core ARM board in (not retro I know, but the case is). Meet the WiNDy JAZZ LV Ω OMEGA Red: https://i.imgur.com/umebJYm.png https://i.imgur.com/ …

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Re: Welcome to the updated VOGONS

Posted on 2020-02-01, 00:51

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I hate the post numbers at the bottom just give me arrows. Or make it so that posts with more than 50 pages load the last page of the post first, rather than the first page (that probably costs a lot of bandwidth anyway, when people open a thread just to go to the last page). I don’t understand …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-01-26, 20:19

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MITSUMI FA404M floppy with built in card reader, couldn't pass it up. Also 5 Yamaichi BQFP-132 sockets, they look like this but are for JEDEC BQFP-132 386/IBM 486 BLx.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-01-25, 22:16

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luckybob wrote on 2020-01-25, 21:55: not to be "that guy", but the 370-DE6 is coppermine only. Now thats out of my system, its awesome to see anyone do a dual-cpu setup. I love dualies! Good to know! Thank you! Sometimes that guy is necessary!

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-01-25, 21:49

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Working on my "OpenGL Workstation" build. I'm building a machine around the HP Visualize fx10 NT (AGP Pro). After unsuccessfully trying to just order an HP Visualize workstation I decided to build my own. This is all going in an InWin A500 case. I got Noctua fans to replace all the regular fans, so …

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Re: VOGONS Driver Library

Posted on 2020-01-22, 21:13

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yay! Thanks!

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Re: VOGONS Driver Library

Posted on 2020-01-22, 07:27

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HP Visualize Personal Workstation (HP VISUALIZE fx2+, fx4+, fx6+) OpenGL video driver for WinNT 4.0 Post Date: January 14, 2000 Driver Version: fx000205 for NT 4.0 File: https://www.dropbox.com/s/eos5tom408yf51j/fx205_NT.zip?dl=0

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Re: VOGONS Driver Library

Posted on 2020-01-22, 07:13

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HP Visualize Personal Workstation (HP VISUALIZE fx5, fx10) NT https://i.imgur.com/GlMWiCD.png OpenGL video driver for Windows 2000 March 11, 2002 Driver Version: 1.18 for Windows 2000 File: https://www.vogons.org/download/file.php?id=22724 (yes, it is on vogons.org as an attachment, but not in the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-01-22, 04:28

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I've been trying to thumb through how I want to build a dual proc NT OpenGL workstation, and I just realized I have a dual PII-400 HP Kayak XAs that would be perfect for this. So I went hunting, and found a big daddy OpenGL card - the HP Visualize fx10 NT: http://www.vgamuseum.info/index.php/cpu/ …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-01-21, 22:43

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That's going to be an unique system :) I have never installed NT 4.0 on one of my retro game pc's because of the lack of USB support, but you can of course use a NIC, optical drive or CF card for exchanging large files. I hope I got the specs on the Intergraph cards right. I always put a CF drive …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-01-21, 20:20

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SpectriaForce wrote on 2020-01-21, 20:12: I want one too 😀 Where are you going to use it for? Windows NT 4.0 Dual Pentium Pro Intergraph OpenGL machine build. 😀

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Re: Weird idea: 83mhz overdrive for 386 sx.

Posted on 2020-01-21, 19:54

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Oh yeah, that should work. I think some DX mobos only test bit A31 and if it's set then: - a memory access is mapped to BIOS ROM (initial post-reset boot sequence, also BS8# is usually asserted) - an I/O access is FPU nice. Oh, I didn't mean to say it's incorrect. Just not clear at times the way …

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Re: Weird idea: 83mhz overdrive for 386 sx.

Posted on 2020-01-21, 18:44

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BDRY# is permanently tied high and so each and every bus cycle is then a 286-compatible one. So you can, it seems, have the internal cache working after all. Frankly I got a bit lost on your FPU explanation, what do you mean by 32-bit FPU? Do the later IBM 486SLC chips have one internally? As I've …

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Re: IBM 486SLC/2 Mega Thread (was Weird idea: 83mhz overdrive for 386 sx.)

Posted on 2020-01-21, 17:20

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By the way, I thought you couldn't get the 66MHz TI in BQFP-100 form, but it turns out I was wrong. Now I need to find a couple: https://i.imgur.com/zFIUusG.png The B in BQFP stands for "buffered" - it's part of the JEDEC standard for the BQFP100/BQFP132 that describes the "wings" that come out from …

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Re: Weird idea: 83mhz overdrive for 386 sx.

Posted on 2020-01-21, 16:25

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As for connecting a true 486 (or Pentium OD) to a 386 system, forget it. All 486 class CPUs will attempt to burst in entire cache lines, in fact even if you disable internal cache (and that's why a 486 with iCache disabled is usually horribly slow, way slower than 386 even). Please have a look at …

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Re: Weird idea: 83mhz overdrive for 386 sx.

Posted on 2020-01-20, 03:34

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I'm glad that you seem to understand what 5V I/O tolerance mea Yes, you are talking to a hardware/software engineer. I make FPGAs talk to old hardware for fun, and typically my logic level is 3.3v and I'm going in the other direction. Thanks for posting the links to what you have. I think I have …

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Re: Weird idea: 83mhz overdrive for 386 sx.

Posted on 2020-01-19, 01:38

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Stiletto wrote on 2020-01-19, 00:52: furan wrote on 2020-01-18, 21:13: I may have found a guy who has it. Message him and let us know how you make out! I've been asked to help find these docs before too! (maybe by you?) Working on it, I'm certain we've discussed it in the past. Thanks!

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Re: Welcome to the updated VOGONS

Posted on 2020-01-18, 23:13

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I hate the post numbers at the bottom just give me arrows. Or make it so that posts with more than 50 pages load the last page of the post first, rather than the first page (that probably costs a lot of bandwidth anyway, when people open a thread just to go to the last page). It seems weird to do a …

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