Re: VOGONS Driver Library
Posted on 2020-10-30, 04:21
appleiiguy wrote on 2020-10-30, 01:12: Dos & Win 3.1x Drivers for Diamond DT197A30 DT-0197H Isa Sound Card. Nice ! If the card looks like this one will add the driver to the library
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-10-30, 03:01
Nice ! How much did the ST05X cost you ? Somewhere in my storage I have a few real 8bit IDE and SCSI HD cards but never found a working ST05x yet. You should save the BIOS files and upload them here if possible, last ST05x I saw was missing the BIOS chip so was useless since no BIOS files existed …
Re: Replace Compaq Series PS 2013 with a modern ATX power supply
Posted on 2020-10-29, 03:10
That is a bastard design IMHO. Compaq did have some very good OEM standard ATX boards but this is not one of them, and what appears is a Riser card for PCI+IDE with PSU and a soldered P3 on main board is very odd. You cannot easily swap a standard ATX PSU in for a specialty PSU like this board needs …
Re: Retro Hardware Collecting rants
Posted on 2020-10-29, 01:17
I guess this counts as a rant? I appologize if this isn't the kind this thread is for. Someone (I won't link to the listing directly) is selling an Amiga 1200 for $1,299 maple bucks on eBay. This one is apperently tricked out with a 68030 CPU accelerator, modern CF storage and a re capped PSU. I …
Re: K6-2+ Windows XP general tab ?
Posted on 2020-10-29, 01:09
Are you talking about what right click on My computer > Properties says on the main screen ? iirc my K6-2 450 says AMD 5x86 or similar and not much else on that top line (is not a K6-2+ but K6-2) but could be wrong as my memory is not that sharp anymore :( Have the box in storage and am going out of …
Re: DTK bios for 386 PEM-3332D
Posted on 2020-10-29, 00:52
acogman wrote on 2020-10-28, 22:30: I'm happy to report the BIOS works fine on the PEM-3332D board 😀 Thanks again, Andrew Great ! imi wrote on 2020-10-20, 18:52: here you go DTK_PEM-3334D.zip Thanks ! am saving it in my mobo archives with notes about it working on both boards.
Re: external l2 cache issue - 486 socket 3 mobo
Posted on 2020-10-28, 02:25
my flash rom arrived and flash the bios from the weblink above which is v3.20 and with l2 cache on it gets past updating escd... and starting booting from hdd or a floppy disk and say starting ms-dos and then nothing but again turning off l2 cache altogether works fine changing the l2 cache to …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-10-28, 02:02
Wow you guys have done some awesome work ! I got a bunch of stuff locally: Nice ! All I did today was track down as much info on some old Full Yes (FYI) motherboards as could find from the 1997-1999 era, not all that successful but is work in progress (there are no Full Yes/FYI boards in TH99 or in …
Re: Does anybody knows how to setup an old Seagate ST-296N scsi1 harddrive 5.25 inch?
Posted on 2020-10-27, 03:06
Originally that HD was used with 8bit scsi controllers like the Seagate, Trantor, or other old 8bit ISA scsi cards. The 1540 is a newer 16bit scsi-2 controller and can work with those old drives but you need to go into the cards BIOS and set it for max of 10Mbs (SCSI-1) If you can format it from DOS …
Re: Does anybody knows how to setup an old Seagate ST-296N scsi1 harddrive 5.25 inch?
Posted on 2020-10-27, 02:35
Am not familiar with it, because i couldnt affort any back in the days.. And never tried such a drive. Does anybody nows how to setup the drive to getting it working? I could image that is was of the earlier scsi drives. Does it works the same as setting up an MFM / RLL drive by using the low level …
Re: Biostar mb-8500ttd k6-3+ Support
Posted on 2020-10-27, 02:09
Using this post as a reference https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=68290 I flashed my BIOS with the linked Jan Steunebrink BIOS patch. But no matter what I do I can't seem to get my board to POST with my k6-3+ chip. The board works just fine with my Pentium 166mmx, and the K6-3+ chip works just …
Re: Unknown old computer help identify please
Posted on 2020-10-27, 02:00
Baoran wrote on 2020-10-27, 00:24: I haven't seen that exact one, but for some reason it reminds me of old 80s cp/m workstations I have seen in factories. Ok am not crazy, thought it reminded me of an old GSX CP/M-86 system but was not sure... Only pictures of the boards will tell what it really is …
Re: PC Case Lock Replacement
Posted on 2020-10-27, 01:56
slimblin wrote on 2020-10-26, 19:06: Is any websites where pc case lock can be bought for replacement? Tried to find on eBay, but no luck. What type of case lock ? An actual lock with a metal tab to secure a panel OR the keyboard lock which is an electrical lock ????
Re: Retro Hardware Collecting rants
Posted on 2020-10-26, 02:40
OK this is more about personal collecting rants than buying rants but think it fits well. While looking for a specific socket 7 motherboard in my boxes of spare boards today, stumbled on a 486 board in with the Pentium boards. Was looking for my Full Yes VT580 and found it, also stumbled on a …
Re: Socket 5 pentium on socket 7 motherboard.
Posted on 2020-10-25, 01:08
The Soyo is a SS7 so there would be no 60Mhz support, just like the FIC VA-503+ and other PCI/AGP SS7. Mainly designed for MMX, K6, K6-2, etc. Should work fine for late DOS games... There are many advantages of socket 7 or super 7 over Socket 5 (too many to list) AGP port on socket 7 has plenty of …
Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.
Posted on 2020-10-25, 00:49
https://www.vogons.org/download/file.php?id=94644&mode=view Odd graphic card (perhaps EGA), Ultrastor ESDI controller, WDC MFM controller Definitely not EGA. Look at the high-frequency oscillator chips: Up to 55.25 MHz. EGA uses 14.318 MHz (usually from the ISA bus) and 16.257 MHz (from an …
Re: Questions about Bios in low and high files
Posted on 2020-10-24, 22:44
Think you have to merge the Lo + Hi together using a tool that properly reads/writes the alternates bytes before opening in IDA (or MAME) then when done editing you have to Split them back into Lo Hi or Odd Even. I use romwak for windows mostly (found at github) for merging dual rom files but there …
Re: Some questions about a Hercules card
Posted on 2020-10-24, 19:40
Thanks ! I have one MDA/CGA card with a ROM chip and a few with empty socket and never really figured out why only the one has one... Should remove it and see what difference it makes in FONT or charactor type. If your card has a ROM chip and displays the normal extended IBM ASCII characters (code …
Re: Some questions about a Hercules card
Posted on 2020-10-24, 16:35
EXT C G = EXTernal Character Generator You can install there a 2764 ROM chip with some font, eg. one with national characters. Thanks ! I have one MDA/CGA card with a ROM chip and a few with empty socket and never really figured out why only the one has one... Should remove it and see what …
Re: Some questions about a Hercules card
Posted on 2020-10-24, 15:23
Edit: Have a look at this card: https://arvutimuuseum.ee/th99/v/P-R/50414.htm Yes very close to the card and settings should be similar The sockets are for a BIOS chip and Octal latch. Those would add CGA capability if not included in the motherboard iirc. The jumpers are for setting the video Mono …
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