i'll take advantage of this thread and i'll ask... what the heck is this card? Taken from a really old 286 ages ago, along with a Paradise Vga. I'm guessing it's an audio card ? There's an rca output (or input?) but why the serial port? Filename 8bit card.jpg File size 647.06 KiB Views 646 views

NIce Build, FFXIhealer! Keep experimenting with the SLI, i'm sure you'll find the problem. I did my 1998 gaming pc too! inside1.jpg Specs : Qdi Legend Motherboard (bx chipset) pentium 2 400 256 mb ram Creative Voodoo Banshee 16 mb agp Lan card pci SB Live! ( i was tempted to put an awe 64, but i did …

I did use the 'hair developer' cream ( i think it's the correct english name?) The one with high concentrated hydrogen peroxide. IMG_20161018_122757.jpg It's cheap and i've obtained good results. This PC case in the photo was literally cooked, not even yellow, but orange in colour. It's not 100 …

Back to square one! I did not understand the 1st try, if by pressing the power button the mobo started working (fans on cpu and psu went on) or remained completely dead. Anyway start again from step one. That mobo showed signs of working. Check psu connections, clean'em with contact cleaner and …

Well, my monitor has a really subpar amplifier, so i end up turning the volume always nearly maximum- but not too much- because i hear a RF interference coming ouf my modern core i5 pc, and amplified by the sound system.Seems coming from the ide channel,i hear it when the hard drive is working. I …

Few days ago I scored free Socket 7 board, so finally today I got the time to test it. I haven't heard about ST X86 company before. Free is always nice! I'm glad it's working fine. Aaahh ST microelectronics. It's currently an half Italian half French company that produces transistors and IC's. Back …

I've found for 10 euro a quite old and yellowed pc case.Also rusty! Looking in the back there was the old DIN keyboard connector, so i was sure it was a pentium or a 486. Well, the motherboard was a tx chipset Asus, but instead of a pentium mmx i did find an AMD K6II 350... well wow! A bit of a …

I've read this thread, nice! I'll build a 1998 pc too! As always , sorry for my poor english. In 1998 i was still using a p200mmx ,matrox mystique 220 paired with a voodoo2.The Voodoo 'magic' was awesome, but a bit overkill. Quake 2 looked great. All my friends all had pentium 2 equipped with the …

Nice portable, Deksor! I have recently bought at a flea market this 286. 40eur with its original carrying bag. Probably a bit too much , but it is rare to see old pc's in flea markets in my country, you mostly see classy and antique furniture and non-electronic stuff, so i decided to buy it! It's a …

I've just returned home, and i discovered that my uncle visited my family today, when i was at work. I did find some unusual boxes in the garage and... shock! He left me a wonderful gift, his complete c64 setup, with 1541, 1541-2 complete with box ,datassette, manuals,a nice pair of joysticks, old …

First one i got was a Vic 20 ,it was a gift from my uncle. He upgraded to c64 and gave the Vic to me. That was around 88 -89 (still have it but i need to repair it) Dad had a Sinclair Zx 81 (still have it and it works!) but it was really hard to load games with our cassette recorder. Vic was really …

Let's try this experiment :) I'm trying to write this on my 486 dx2 66 with 32 mb ram Firefox 1.0 Explorer 5 has very big problems with java, mostly all sites are loaded with errors so is Vogons, i can only read posts Firefox 1 is REALLY slow. 1-2 minutes loading time,all the buttons are on the …

First of all sorry for my poor english,it is rare for me to write in this language. Well, i had a bunch of Pci and Isa cards sitting in a box.Also a nice Abit Pb4 motherboard (really tiny 486 MB) which i recently upgraded with a PnP bios. Problem is i still don't have any pc case available for such …

I did it, Adalbert! 2016-07-02 10.06.23.jpg I have tried this intel 1 megabit eeprom. I've programmed it with my tl866 programmer, a cheap but nice chinese programmer you can find on Ebay. It's plcc32 so i had to use that DIP adapter you can see in the picture. It all went smooth, i did change the …

2016-05-31 20.01.38.jpg Hello, i have a sound blaster 16 ct2950,probably quite similar to yours. I have tried this card on a 486 dx2 66, expertboard exp8046 motherboard, in both dos and windows 95 In windows 95 this 2950 shows the same 'unknown' or 'unsupported' device problem with win95 drivers …

Thank you very much, this is really helpful. I agree, eeproms usually work at 5 volts , eprom Vcc is 12 volts if i remember correctly, so i must be really careful to set the right jumpers too Once i'll find the right eeprom i'll do some experiments too!

Wow, that's very interesting, i might want to do that too! i already have the right equipment to read eproms (also UV light to erase' em and so on) but i also have some programmers i use for microcontrollers. May i ask where did you find this new BIOS and what kind of flash chip you need to replace …

Hi, i've just registered to this nice forum to answer your question :) actually i have the exact same problem. I also have the abit pb4, seems to have some issues with isa pnp audio cards in windows 95. my pc: 5x86 133 , 32meg ram , 256k cache , s3 pci video I've tried : awe 64 - not recognized ct …