Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-03-19, 17:23

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by TheMobRules

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Another week, another visit to the car boot sale :happy: Got a big box full of various stuff for 5 Euros from one guy. Most of the stuff was junk or not working, however it did contain some worthwhile goodies: S370 board, i815 chipset. Can't find anything that would ID the manufacturer. 4 total …

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Re: ASUS VL/I-486SV2G BIOS update

Posted on 2017-03-18, 23:57

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Thanks, I will give that BIOS a try then!

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ASUS VL/I-486SV2G BIOS update

Posted on 2017-03-18, 05:14

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A while ago I acquired an ASUS VL/I-486SV2G motherboard. I've seen a few threads here and judging by the comments it's a solid VLB board, in particular the VL/I-486SV2GX4 version which also supports lower voltage processors, with the possibility of "transforming" the SV2G into an SV2GX4 by adding a …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-03-16, 20:16

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Yeah, try getting your hands on an AT backplate for an ATX case and tell me about it :lol: Actually I have about three of those :-D This one I got with a FIC PT-2003 motherboard, although I don't think it came originally with that board. It's the most "standard" of all three, just like any modern …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-03-16, 15:07

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appiah4 wrote: Never would I have thought the hardest part of collecting a retro AT PC would be finding these: Ahhh yes... finding one that matches your case and doesn't look completely out of place is no trivial task.

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Re: Troble running retro PC with modern PSU (was "getting -5v on modern PSU")

Posted on 2017-03-14, 14:34

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Yee, however we need dat shiz on the 5v and 3.3v rails not the 12v For a Pentium 600 with V2SLI you really don't need that much power... I seem to remember someone here testing the power consumption of a P3 with a much more power hungry VGA and it used less than 90W from the wall while loaded (and …

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Re: Pentium 166 build

Posted on 2017-03-12, 23:22

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Very nice! I really like that case. I used cheap spray. The gray frame turned out really really great, but the white one for the case, not so good. Although is already dry, I will keep it in the garage for a couple more days because the spray smell is really nasty. Will take a picture soon. Overall, …

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Re: A Tale of Two 486 Motherboards (ALi vs SIS)

Posted on 2017-03-09, 17:05

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Do you know if the SIS 496/497 chipset will automatically use the parity bits when available, or does it ignore them? I'd like to be sure it's an even comparison... I've taken a look at the SiS496/497 datasheet posted by NJRoadfan here: http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=36024 It looks as if the …

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Re: A Tale of Two 486 Motherboards (ALi vs SIS)

Posted on 2017-03-09, 16:05

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Interesting results. It kind of surprised me, since the SiS496/497 is considered one of the fastest 486 PCI chipsets. I suspect the memory performance differences may be related to the fact that you are using EDO memory, which not always means better performance in 486. Can you try the same tests …

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Re: DFI CS62-TC

Posted on 2017-02-17, 20:23

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Actually this board never got any heat outside of the factory since the box was still sealed when I got it, as I mentioned it's new old stock. So, the capacitors failed while the board was still in storage (which is not surprising, I've seen the same thing happening with power supplies from that era …

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DFI CS62-TC

Posted on 2017-02-17, 19:38

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Greetings! Recently I got a new-in-box socket 370 board from a computer store that was clearing out old stock. It's a DFI CS62-TC, Intel 815EP B-step chipset, P3 support up to 1.26GHz. I happen to have a P3-S 1.26GHz and a GeForce 3 graphics card that would be a good fit for this board, so I thought …

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Re: Any Super Socket 7 motherboards with AMI winbios?

Posted on 2017-02-17, 17:52

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yeah, supermicro seemed to like it (using it on the slot1 board) but otherwise it was getting a bit old and the award became more popular. It was mostly seen on Sis based boards anyway it seems as that is all i can find and my 486 also has a sis chipset. I also have the AMI WinBIOS in a couple of …

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Re: P-4 laptop what can be used for ?

Posted on 2017-02-06, 15:37

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I've got an actual P4 laptop--a Toshiba with a 3.06GHz Prescott w/ HT. Mint condition, not a speck of dust in the heatsinks. And yet, it still throttles to around 1.86GHz after more than 6 minutes of CPU benchmarking, which makes it near impossible to obtain accurate results. There's a reason why …

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Re: Intel DX4-100, Asus PVI-486SP3 desktop system

Posted on 2017-02-05, 23:24

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It seems flash storage devices works fine in Windows 95 OSR 2 even if you only get USB 1.1. I used the XUSBSUPP.ZIP driver pack which installed without hassle. Just curious, what kind of USB flash devices are you using? I just cannot get mass storage working on my Kingston DataTraveler USB flash …

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Re: Ideas to Create Installation GUI Screen for DOS Floppy Disk Games?

Posted on 2017-02-05, 22:52

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EDIT: just realized the first post is from 2013 :dead: In any case, I still would like to find that "Instalit" software! ----- I also have some weird fascination for installers, DOS installers in particular :-D . It was the first thing that lead me to pursue a career in programming, along with data …

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Re: Can somebody identify this socket 3 motherboard?

Posted on 2017-02-04, 03:32

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Hmmm.... 486 board with white ISA slots, stickers on the chipset and "Secondray IDE" misspelling? Smells like PCChips or one of its rebrandings! :-D This one, maybe? http://motherboards.mbarron.net/models/486pci/80486vip.html It even has the SECONDRAY IDE misspelling! :-D EDIT: looks like your board …

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Re: 386/486 as main pc

Posted on 2017-02-03, 16:27

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I know this is a self-imposed limitation, but what do you mean by "main pc"? Is it intended for any serious work or just fooling around with it? I guess you could get away with a DOS-based 386/486 if you only need it for basic text-editing and e-mails, but for anything more advanced you're going to …

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Re: 486 VLB mobo with only one IDE channel?

Posted on 2017-02-02, 23:18

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The ASUS VL/I-486SV2G/GX4 manual states the following about IDE controllers: System BIOS support for Enhanced IDE including up to four IDE hard disks or other IDE devices and support for hard disks larger than 528MB and up to 8.4GB. When used with a separate IDE controller card that supports …

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Re: 1991 Dream Machine (386 DX/33)

Posted on 2017-02-01, 05:53

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Beautiful machine!

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Re: Hello, World! :D - Robert B's PC builds - oogle away freely :)

Posted on 2017-01-27, 15:55

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Near the Odin battery there is a jumper setting for 5V and 12V. I think that jumper controls the voltage for programming the BIOS chip. Regarding the Odin RTC, I don't know if just soldering a button cell battery holder will work without disabling the Odin chip first. Maybe another member has some …

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