Re: Help identify 286 Bord and troubleshoot

Posted on 2018-04-29, 17:58

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by tabm0de

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I removed everything except the two bios ( figured out it was a high and low chip ) everything almost always the same except when i remove the keyboard bios chip then i get FF06

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Re: Help identify 286 Bord and troubleshoot

Posted on 2018-04-29, 17:12

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by tabm0de

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Im unsure about the ami bios chip ( not the keyboard ), i the chip next to the ami bios is the exact same chip but they have marked it with a H. Anyone know what the other might be for?

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Re: Help identify 286 Bord and troubleshoot

Posted on 2018-04-28, 22:32

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by tabm0de

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Finally got my diagnostics card, still no picture when booting the motherboard, info from diagnostic card is AA06 which i translate to: AA = Init after e000 option rom control has completed. displaying the system configuration next. 06 = Uncompressing the post code next

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Re: looking for Orchide kelvin video64 windows 95 drivers

Posted on 2018-04-21, 12:34

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by tabm0de

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Notice the drivers was on the first disk, but for some reason i cant seam to change the mouse pointe to like 3d with out the mouse going black mode only with 16bit color.

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looking for Orchide kelvin video64 windows 95 drivers

Posted on 2018-04-21, 12:23

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by tabm0de

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At the moment i can only find example: http://www.video-drivers.com/drivers/89/89642.htm but it should be more then one floppy and this file which i find everywhere only contains one floppy 🙁

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Re: Compact Flytech 386.

Posted on 2018-04-20, 04:45

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by tabm0de

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The case has one 50mm fan which is loud and going to be changed, the box did not come whit hd and I already installed a cf adapter. As you said the chips seams to be for the video to go from 256kbs to 2mb. Changed the speed to 40mhz which didn’t do anything speed wise hehe Whit the memory at 4 mb I …

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Compact Flytech 386.

Posted on 2018-04-18, 20:25

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by tabm0de

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Bought 2 flytech computer without knowing what it really was, only thing the computer case showed was the ports and a 3.5" floppy drive so with that conclusion i thought it couldnt be anything then a 486... well i was downgraded since it was a 386 haha, still nice, the price for the two identical …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-04-17, 21:51

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by tabm0de

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Needed it since I’m a turtles fan 😀

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Re: Calling any Compaq Armada experts ? (1592DT)

Posted on 2018-04-12, 18:11

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by tabm0de

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Some Compaq has ”bios” installed on a partition at the beginning of the drive, which is called by F11. I tried once to get it installed but never got it working.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-04-12, 07:46

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by tabm0de

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NVM found it 😉 But i have model QP-4321-33 , i it could be a 486 at 33 if the last number defines the cpu speed. Good thing is the seller hade 2 of them and asked if i wanted to buy the other one which i did. It really interesting what i will have Monday.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-04-12, 07:29

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by tabm0de

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Unsure about what it is still since eta is Monday but bought it because of the back ports and size, hopefully something good from 1996 ;) I've been watching a similar machine on eBay! No idea if the internals are remotely similar, but the one I'm looking at has Pentium 133, 4 RAM slots, an ISA slot …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-04-12, 05:01

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by tabm0de

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Unsure about what it is still since eta is Monday but bought it because of the back ports and size, hopefully something good from 1996 😉

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Re: Help identify 286 Bord and troubleshoot

Posted on 2018-03-07, 20:56

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by tabm0de

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There was no simms with the board only dips, i have tried 3 diffrent simms with the dips and 3 diffrent simms without the dips and no luck.

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Re: Help identify 286 Bord and troubleshoot

Posted on 2018-03-07, 20:13

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by tabm0de

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Sadly i dont have any POST diagnostics card, problebly need to buy one but would been nice to find it in sweden then ordering from china. If the bord is "on" for a minute the temperature for cpu goes up and the chips on the graphic card as well. The board dont react to scroll/caps/num after the …

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Help identify 286 Bord and troubleshoot

Posted on 2018-03-07, 19:06

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by tabm0de

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I have attached picture of the bord, sadly I get no picture trying to start it, keyboard flashes as normal but nothing more, I don’t even get any sound from pc speaker and tried different memory’s and vga cards. The Bord was nos and no battery leakage has been seen at all, and I can’t see any real …

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Re: Looking for black at mini case

Posted on 2018-03-05, 18:41

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by tabm0de

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They do have some others alos, example: http://www.movesurplus.com/product/rare-case- … er-supply-040df this one is even on ebay somewhere

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Looking for black at mini case

Posted on 2018-03-05, 18:33

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by tabm0de

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Does anyone know where to find a black at mini case? Something like: I found that on a page but they dont seem to sell it anymore 🙁

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Re: My Tulip Vision Line DC 486dx TC38 Restoration Quest [update 1]

Posted on 2018-02-26, 17:59

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by tabm0de

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Nice that you find real keyboard from tulip 😀

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Re: Need help identifying cache on 486 Motherboard

Posted on 2018-02-24, 21:37

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by tabm0de

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Great to see you in this thread, how's your tulip doing these days? While you're here: Can you please tell me which method and paint you used for repainting your case? :blush: I might use some peroxide for the front panel, but it looks okay enough already. To be honest its sleeping in the closet at …

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Re: Need help identifying cache on 486 Motherboard

Posted on 2018-02-23, 08:01

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by tabm0de

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I Have a Tulip also, almost the same as yours but with different mb, sadly it won’t do you any good with overdrive if l2 cache don’t exist I think, you can check my old project here on vogons: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=52855&p=568580 saw after posting that you did comment in my old post …

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