Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-12-13, 02:22

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by Dmetsys

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Did some investigation work on the dead M577 / Amptron PM-9900A. Turns it has broken traces all over the place, especially in the FSB jumper area. Who ever had this board didn't treat it that well. Well, now it becomes wall art. 😜

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-12-11, 21:12

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by Dmetsys

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Joseph_Joestar wrote on 2020-12-11, 19:35: Dmetsys wrote on 2020-12-11, 19:29: Aren't the drivers already on vogondrivers' website? The CD is, but I don't think the floppies are. I think the floppies are for the DOS drivers, CTCM, and the sound files for the DOS applications. PhilsComputerLab has …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-12-11, 19:29

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by Dmetsys

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Got a AWE64 for my slot A build I'm working on. Sadly no box. Great to see one with a full set of accessories and disks. Could you possibly image the floppies and the CD and upload them to archive.org or someplace else? My own AWE64 gold should be arriving sometime next week but I got it loose, …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-12-11, 19:18

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by Dmetsys

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Bought a Goldstar Prime 2 C VLB I/O controller card to replace the Prime 2 ISA controller in my 486 build. Slowly on my path to making it a bit faster, with slowly being the operative word due to Canada Post. 😁

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Re: Voodoo 5 with K6-III+ or PIII

Posted on 2020-12-11, 18:53

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by Dmetsys

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Just my few cents; I've also had K6-2's bottleneck Voodoo 3's. A Voodoo 2 SLI would probably be the limit of video card options for such a system. Glide can be CPU intensive, and I noticed night and day improvements comparing K6-2 builds to Pentium II builds.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-12-11, 18:17

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by Dmetsys

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Nice, very nice. One of these days, I'll have to look for one of these to replace my CT4520 Value version.

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Re: Help Identifying 9x Era Nvidia AGP Card

Posted on 2020-12-11, 01:18

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by Dmetsys

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It's one of Dell's NVIDIA TNT2 M64 32MB graphics cards. DP/N always stands for 'Dell Part Number'.

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-12-11, 00:18

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by Dmetsys

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I luv it when nerds fight each other. It's great entertainment. I stopped using MS windows completely about the time Vista showed up . XP was fine after SP1 but still had to do the regular Win2k was never marketed to the average home user, XP was. You can customize XP to look how every you want it …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-12-10, 23:04

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by Dmetsys

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It took two Service Packs to fix all the issues with Vista. I wouldn't be blaming the hardware, especially if you had much more than the minimal requirements to use it. Service Pack 1 brought in some kernel fixes to resolve the memory usage/disk paging problems that plagued Vista. SP2 added further …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-12-10, 18:08

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by Dmetsys

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Purchased a fully sealed, never used, Microsoft Intellimouse for use with my 486 rigs. I know it would be considered a travesty if I had to open up the box, but I really need the mouse! :D This specific one? Serial port mice are not that hard to find. Unopened ones however... Sure, used mice that …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-12-10, 17:05

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by Dmetsys

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Purchased a fully sealed, never used, Microsoft Intellimouse for use with my 486 rigs. I know it would be considered a travesty if I had to open up the box, but I really need the mouse! 😁

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Re: Proper hard drive detection on the Abit KV8 mobo w/VIA K8T800 NB & VT8237 SB Win2K?

Posted on 2020-12-10, 16:30

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by Dmetsys

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You definitely hosed the MBR, and you will more then likely have to re-install W2K Pro again. The next time you go to install Mint/Ubuntu/Debian on that system, choose 'Install alongside Windows'. This way W2K Pro will be added to the GRUB bootloader.

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-12-10, 14:48

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by Dmetsys

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It took two Service Packs to fix all the issues with Vista. I wouldn't be blaming the hardware, especially if you had much more than the minimal requirements to use it. Service Pack 1 brought in some kernel fixes to resolve the memory usage/disk paging problems that plagued Vista. SP2 added further …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-12-10, 04:08

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by Dmetsys

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Got the old T2155CDS up and running. Had to install DOS 6.22 on my Contura 400C, as the T2155CDS didn't come with a floppy drive. Transferred the benchmark apps, drivers, and Windows 3.11 installs using my IDE to USB converter cable. The screen is in need of replacement due to bad shadowing. I might …

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Re: Proper hard drive detection on the Abit KV8 mobo w/VIA K8T800 NB & VT8237 SB Win2K?

Posted on 2020-12-10, 01:02

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by Dmetsys

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You can go straight to SP4 without any problems. DO NOT slip-stream the unsupported 5.1a Service Pack. That one was compiled by third-parties, and should be installed manually after SP4. If you are looking for media that already has SP4 built in, you can acquire it at REMOVED

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Re: Baby-AT Socket 7 mobo recommendations

Posted on 2020-12-09, 23:44

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by Dmetsys

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Just my few cents; If you are looking to explore your knowledge with a broad range of Socket 7 CPU's, the MVP3 and Aladdin V based boards (SS7) are going to be your best bet. Pentium P54C to AMD K6-III+ support, across the board. The 430TX and 430HX can accept 66 MHz FSB K6-2's, but not the 100 MHz …

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Re: Proper hard drive detection on the Abit KV8 mobo w/VIA K8T800 NB & VT8237 SB Win2K?

Posted on 2020-12-09, 23:21

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by Dmetsys

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Yep the floppy drive is a brand new Sony USB. It works flawless across all my other PC's. Cha-ching, there is your issue right there. XP and 2000 Pro can't copy files from USB devices while you're in text mode setup. The floppy drive either needs to be a floppy emulator eg: Gotek, or a physical …

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Re: Proper hard drive detection on the Abit KV8 mobo w/VIA K8T800 NB & VT8237 SB Win2K?

Posted on 2020-12-09, 22:39

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by Dmetsys

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Instead of running 2000 Pro, have you attempted to try Windows XP with the VIA S-ATA drivers? If XP halts at the same point, then we still have a driver to resolve. If not, then 2000 is to blame. Are you installing with Sp4 media, or a raw untouched ISO with no Service Packs? Another question; Has …

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Re: Proper hard drive detection on the Abit KV8 mobo w/VIA K8T800 NB & VT8237 SB Win2K?

Posted on 2020-12-09, 21:28

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by Dmetsys

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What is the controller mode to set to right now? Some southbridges will disable IDE ports, once the S-ATA ports have been assigned as Primary/Secondary ports. Then it will be seen as a standard IDE device.

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Re: Proper hard drive detection on the Abit KV8 mobo w/VIA K8T800 NB & VT8237 SB Win2K?

Posted on 2020-12-09, 18:55

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by Dmetsys

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You can try the V-RAID 4.30c drivers and see how they work out for you. https://www.techspot.com/drivers/downloadnow/6608/?evp=cdcf4802b13d730005290ed4ffe23c1a&file=1 Ignore the fact that it says Gigabyte. Extract the .exe with 7-Zip, and dump the drivers on a diskette. Memory serves that the …

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