Help getting my Gateway P5-75 to boot off a PCI card

Posted on 2021-08-07, 20:15

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So the AT-style gateway that I picked up last week has been giving me odd issues related to booting, and google has been a rabbit hole of zero actual answers. I am attempting to get the system to boot off of a Promise Ultra 66 card that I picked up recently, and while the system boots the card, and …

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

Posted on 2021-08-06, 01:40

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I took the Core 1 test for CompTIA's A+ certification today, and managed to pass it with a score in the mid 700s. I'm happy, to say the least. Congratulations!! On getting your A+certification. I bet it's all super different from when I took mine in 05. Are you going for the Net+ or any other …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-08-05, 21:20

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Honestly I think both of those are kind of hideous. Pixel smoothing filters just feel viscerally wrong to me. Wish it was easier to emulate the effect of a CRT, but fake scanlines can only do so much. Then you should never play the Mac OS versions of a lot of those games if you ever get the …

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

Posted on 2021-08-05, 21:18

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I took the Core 1 test for CompTIA's A+ certification today, and managed to pass it with a score in the mid 700s. I'm happy, to say the least.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-08-05, 04:34

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Well, today went better than expected. I was grabbing an AAUI adapter for my 7100, and a promise UltraATA 66 card for my gateway, when I managed to find this absolute unit for $10. image0.jpg Yes, the sticker is telling the truth. It's a Socket 8 System. Well, not just A socket 8. No, this system …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-08-04, 01:14

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Would the Vibra be worth using over my other OPL equipped cards? Depends on what those are.. Model numbers? Got myself a ASUS V8200 Deluxe, funny thing is the seller told me it's a GF3 Ti200 but when I checked HWInfo & GPU Z it was a Geforce 3 200/460 Mhz. I have a Rev. 1.01 version of the same …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-08-03, 18:40

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a SB16 Vibra S (CT2890) That's a great find! One of the less common Vibra cards with genuine OPL3. I think that may have been the model which I had in my very first PC, but I can't be certain since I never opened it before I sold it. Not that special, I got one of those (with IDE interface). I also …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-08-03, 05:06

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Well, since we've made it to the 2000 pages, I might as well show off something 2000 based. image1.jpg Today I managed to find a $40 Gateway 2000 P5-75, which I only paid $37 for. I wasn't expecting to get much beyond an AT style case and maybe a working power supply for the price of shipping a case …

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Re: Identifying SDRAM that is NOT keyed normally.

Posted on 2021-08-01, 05:22

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For one, they're not SDRAM. Those ram chips on board (HY514260B) are 60ns EDO chips, each being 256kx16, or 512KB. If I had to guess I'd say they're ECC/Buffered EDO sticks, for servers. That's why I would guess that mystery OKI AC-GMC-1 chip in the middle is there, for buffering. Do they have more …

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Identifying SDRAM that is NOT keyed normally.

Posted on 2021-08-01, 00:49

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As per the title, I have had some RAM in my collection that is perplexing. It’s 8MB in total, and googling gets me nowhere. The are Cubig LQW4M sticks, and they do not insert in to any SDRAM slots that I have available to me. Filename 01D64779-9786-4098-BE87-8D9E20387209.jpeg File size 1.47 MiB …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-07-31, 22:25

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Well, for $5, I can’t say no to a nice project. 4C24AB22-7256-4163-A7CF-290A150F40E5.jpeg It’s missing a handful of keys, and I don’t have a way to connect or power it, but the price alone made it worth it. Now to recap it when the caps come in, find replacement caps and stems, and get it to …

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

Posted on 2021-07-26, 06:53

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The Weekend is the best time to work on retro computers. ( Saturday and Sunday in America(s) ). Thanks for the tip - we in the southern hemisphere celebrate weekend on those days too but of course we're back-to-front, so we do Sunday then Saturday. Well, in his defense it's different in some …

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Re: Do you dislike the British?

Posted on 2021-07-26, 01:57

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They feel very past it now though. I can feel Lochdown being the last GT episode they do. They're genuinely old for the type of TV they dj and it makes me a bit sad as I grew up with them buying 10 grand Maseraties that blew and engine and got dumped in a hedge :( If you can get access, give …

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Re: Do you dislike the British?

Posted on 2021-07-25, 20:16

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Jo22 wrote on 2021-07-25, 20:09: antrad wrote on 2021-07-25, 15:36: I dislike the British for driving on the wrong side of the street and using outdated measuring system and spreading those all over the world. But they have TopGear! 😃 Doesn't that make up for that? Hm? Had. America/Amazon now has …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-07-23, 22:48

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Well, I think that the 486 system I keep on thinking about building is quickly becoming something inevitable. I managed to find this beauty locally for $15. EF55A2A6-9EE3-4246-9F4C-55AB20F392CC.jpeg If anyone wants floppy images, I’ll need help with using soft windows on my Mac 7100to make them as I …

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Re: Change a game's name by one letter, to make it something completely different (just for fun!)

Posted on 2021-07-22, 21:33

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Jane's WTF C-130s getting bird strikes, Chuck Yeager interjecting anything that's not about flying even if it's not his game, the texture mapper is even more affine and slower, RIO actually makes a mess on screen, out-of-context mid-air refueling, etc. That sounds just like Chuck Yeager in real …

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

Posted on 2021-07-21, 06:36

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Today I went about "fixing" the "not working sold as is" TI-99/4A that I bought today. I say "fixing" because all the issues it had were simple to fix, and are mostly gone after a bit of work. The issue with the system not turning on was down to the transformer's inline fuse being blown. I know it …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-07-21, 00:48

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So I managed to spend $45 on something that isn't working currently. I don't mind this, since it came with damn near everything I could need. image2.jpg This baby even has the warranty card still. image0.jpg I will be trying to figure out just what the problem with the machine is soon, but until …

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

Posted on 2021-07-20, 07:10

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Today I managed to get my PowerMac G3 B&W to run at 500MHz. It's stable enough, so I'm happy. With it running at that frequency, I can get 75 FPS in software-mode quake running at 320x200 with line doubling to get it looking (somewhat) close to the DOS version. At the same time, I managed to get …

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Re: Change a game's name by one letter, to make it something completely different (just for fun!)

Posted on 2021-07-19, 20:10

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Star Wars: Dork Forces. I don't need to explain.

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