Re: Found the vintage PC motherlode...
Posted on 2019-02-26, 11:42
Damn, that would be a dream job to have... Checking old hardware, reparing them and putting them on sale in mint condition every time, all the time.
Re: Dallas battery replacement ?
Posted on 2019-02-26, 10:43
canthearu, yes, i've done that as well. Yet, with 12885 (which should be direct replacement to 12887 except battery and crystal, which itself should be direct replacement to 1287) you don't need to do anything except 4 pin soldering. It's just a classic PDIP28
Re: Dallas battery replacement ?
Posted on 2019-02-26, 08:54
Quick tip: You can replace 12887 with 12885, which doesn't have a crystal nor battery. (Just a chip) If motherboard supports (i'm in the middle of converting Acorp 5vx32), you can just replace it and motherboard will provide power and crystal clock. If you want, you can add the crystal and battery …
Re: Trying to get a windows 95 game to play on windows 7
Posted on 2019-02-25, 07:20
Re: 286 16MHz, 4GB RAM
Posted on 2019-02-24, 17:03
4GB of RAM!? 😜
Re: Best way to take photos for posting ?
Posted on 2019-02-22, 16:22
Re: DOS games and Windows 3.11
Posted on 2019-02-22, 08:51
Hey you can use Volkov Commander, it is small, basically only one executable file, and you cand run it from autoexec.bat, and all your games work. Just point and click. It is more memory conservative, and functional, than Norton Commander. Norton Commander uses almost no memory at all when running …
Re: Best Windows 95 Version For 486 66MHz
Posted on 2019-02-16, 14:09
I also have 3 computer i keep in top notch condition: 386, 486 and Pentium MMX. 386 is pure DOS machine 486 is WfWg 3.11 machine Pentium is Windows 95 machine Works great. 😀
Re: XTIDE ROM - 3COM 3C509B-C - W27E512-70
Posted on 2019-02-11, 20:40
Usually filling the chip is not necessary - it can even stay at random state. The software you program, would never point to outside of itself. Of course, you can play tricks if you want, but... i don't think that's the case. The beginning/entry point must be in correct position though... EDIT: …
Re: What is the least cpu dependant Network card for a win98 on a super socket 7 system?
Posted on 2019-02-09, 17:32
I've been using 3COM 3C509B ISA cards everywhere. I have lots of them and they are well supported and compatible with wide amount of software so often you don't even need additional drivers. I remember reading somewhere that those cards do lot's of offloading from cpu to it's own chip. But i don't …
Socket 3-7 coolers - Where to find, cheaply?
Posted on 2019-02-07, 13:44
Hi! Building old computers, often i get motherboards and processors and motherboards with processors, but there's almost never a cooler with them. From that, i have found myself lacking those coolers and preventing me to eventually finish some builds. I know that from eBay, one can buy them for ~15 …
Re: CF to IDE compatibility
Posted on 2019-02-06, 07:57
So far i've been using the cheapest CF cards one can get from china, sizes 4GB-8GB, and they have worked great. Maybe some more advanced CF cards drop the basic IDE support, that old PC's require...
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-02-05, 21:47
I was able to buy a Tyan s1571 motherboard with 200MHz MMX processor. I think there isn't much anything better for a Pentium (MMX) project in existence. 😀 One day i will take my Pentium machine completely apart and make a post or record a video about the whole computer and each component in it...
Re: Serial port breakout bracket not working after motherboard change
Posted on 2019-02-05, 20:26
Why not to solder the bracket side wires in the other way around?
Re: Hilariously bad stock images of vintage hardware
Posted on 2019-02-05, 19:31
Another one from the classics series:
Re: Hilariously bad stock images of vintage hardware
Posted on 2019-02-05, 12:06
konc wrote: GigAHerZ wrote: Here's a classic: 🤣 the more you look at this one the funnier it gets, there are so many things that make no sense One thing makes total sense though - He has The Verge Antistatic Wrist Band(TM). 😉 Even 2 of them to have extra protection.
Re: Hilariously bad stock images of vintage hardware
Posted on 2019-02-05, 10:58
I want to see funny stock photos here! Here's a classic:
Re: Serial port breakout bracket not working after motherboard change
Posted on 2019-02-04, 22:15
[FIXED] Serial ports both dead? (Acorp 5VIA3P / EFA P5V580) Read this. There are 2 types of wiring for COM ports. Hope it helps. 😀
Re: Identification of 286 motherboard
Posted on 2019-01-30, 21:21
root42 wrote: The 1MiB it has is good enough for DOS games and for Windows 3.1 I now have the 386DX. While i haven't had precicely experience with Windows 3.1, I remember that Windows 3.11 didin't even boot with 4MB of ram back in days... With 6MB it was fine.
Re: Motherboard cache error checking software [386]
Posted on 2019-01-30, 06:39
Eep386, haven't tried 64k, as i don't have 8Kx8 chips at hand and it can't run on 32Kx8 chips with 64K configuration. (Same story for 32K configuration) I've tried memtest86 and it's clean. (I had let it run during the day while i was at work and it had done 2 complete passes, IIRC)
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