Re: Yamaha PVL issues....
Posted on 2018-05-05, 03:21
Maybe this issue? Yamaha S-YXG100 PVL Installation
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2018-05-05, 03:17
Yamaha PLG-100VH for 60 bucks.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2018-05-01, 17:19
I'm probably not gonna grab them (unless you guys tell me they're AMAZING or something) as I have more than enough speakers, but thought this was funny. They're only five bucks, but they're also a 45 minute drive away which I don't feel like doing just to continue a forum joke. :P Those speakers …
Re: The AT cases with built-in stereo speakers thread!
Posted on 2018-04-30, 09:08
NEC made some old-school looking LPX systems that had the speakers in front of the case (one of them in a door that hid the CD-ROM and floppy drives) in their ValueStar NX range: Filename pcnx.jpg File size 16.57 KiB Views 4584 views (Japan-only models, unfortunately - Pentium II/III based)
Re: 486 pc questions.
Posted on 2018-04-30, 08:50
Just coming back to drop this one: Sure, AFTER you know what to look for it's pretty obvious. Just posting a link to Wikipedia with no explanation didn't help anyone that didn't know what to look for. (As evidenced by the way the conversation went afterwords.) . Yeah, because reading (comprehension) …
Re: Socket A with ISA soundcard problems
Posted on 2018-04-29, 15:48
I'm pretty sure resource assignments for PCI devices are deterministic when the list of devices is constant. Even if you wipe CMOS, they just go back and grab the same way they did before. Some motherboard manuals even list which resources will be assigned to each slot, so if you have the manual it …
Re: 486 pc questions.
Posted on 2018-04-28, 15:44
I thought you could see in the pictures that there were 2 isa cards, video card and the I/O card and you could also see the model number of I/O card in the pictures. I just changed the lithium battery in the battery holder that was wrapped with tape and I also tried 2 different floppy cables and …
Re: 486 pc questions.
Posted on 2018-04-28, 12:10
If it's not EISA they why do you need an EISA configuration utility? You don't. Only for EISA cards. EISA is a 32-bit variant of ISA that was mostly used in high-end systems for companies. It is backwards compatible with the 16-bit and 8-bit ISA cards that were found in consumer systems. The board …
Re: 486 pc questions.
Posted on 2018-04-28, 06:16
Did you change the settings for the FDD type in the BIOS? The seller could have removed the drive and put it in a different machine to load it. That's a common way to do it. Yeah, I always changed the FDD types in bios when I changed drives while I was testing. The bios looks like it is specific to …
Re: 486 pc questions.
Posted on 2018-04-27, 17:39
After bit of testing the computer seems to work except couple of things. When I set the year to 2018 in bios, the next time I go to bios it is changed to 1998, which I assume means that it only knows years from 1980 to 1999? Year 2K issue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2000_problem Also, your …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2018-04-27, 17:22
IMG_9304.jpg Casio portable color LCD TV, looking like new, including pouch. Of course, with the analog signal gone it's pretty useless, but since it also has a connector for an external antenna I might be able to hook it up to something outputting an analog signal. IMG_9305.jpg Sitecom networking …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2018-04-27, 17:16
So, my King's Day 2018 haul: IMG_9299.jpg 3Com Ethernet III ISA card from early 1990s, the model without 10BaseT port (but it has a boot ROM socket, so suitable for XT BIOS eprom to bypass hard disk limits). IMG_9300.jpg Unknown manufacturer ISA 2x serial/1x parallel expansion card, with sockets for …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2018-04-23, 17:38
The Intel board seems pretty interesting to me. It's a less common chipset (as compared to 430TX), a form-factor that will allow me to use a cheap PS/2 KVM and a working turbo function (via keyboard shortcuts). Intel's manual states that this board will work at "AT 23MHz system" speed in turbo, but …
Re: 5170 Related Stuff
Posted on 2018-04-21, 17:54
Doesn't the Adaptec 1540CF have a 8Gb size limit?
Re: How to enable "It's Now Safe To Turn Off Your Computer"
Posted on 2018-04-21, 11:03
Disable ACPI in the BIOS. Doing that when Windows was installed with ACPI enabled will render the system unusable. You can only enable ACPI afterwards, but not disable it. Interesting, because I did disable it on a system with a Japanese copy of Windows 98 installed, and Win98 simply reinstalled …
Re: How to enable "It's Now Safe To Turn Off Your Computer"
Posted on 2018-04-20, 14:41
Disable ACPI in the BIOS.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2018-04-17, 19:35
Most sound cards from that time had Mitsumi and other CD-ROM interfaces. I have an OPTi card from 1996 that even still has the Mitsumi interface. I sold mine (a long time ago) to someone who tried to get it going with a soundcard, and it didn't work for them. IIRC, the manual stated the drive was …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2018-04-17, 19:12
That is an Mitsumi single speed CD-Rom drive. Yes it is unique, the way you load it. That model was actually the first drive that I ever had. And I was stupid to sell it back in 1995. The downside of this drive is the fact that it is operating in single speed, and as far as I remember, I had a …
Re: Surprisingly demanding old 3D games
Posted on 2018-04-15, 09:25
Also, the MMX version of Virtual On: Cyber Troopers needs some serious CPU power. This game has a hidden 60 fps mode. I don't really blame Sega for hiding it; no 1997 machine even comes close to 60. To play in high res mode and sustain 60 through even the most demanding scenes, you need a 1GHz+ P3. …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2018-04-14, 15:40
Received my Yamaha YS-200 FM synth, which looked almost pristine except for the leftmost key that was sitting way lower than it should. There also was something rattling inside the synth. Popped it open, and discovered the key was broken at the internal end and also found some other bits of plastic …
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