Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-09-30, 11:25
Say "Hi!" To the ultimate 486 team 😀
Re: Celeron 433 Socket 370 + SLI Voodoo 2 - build/rebuild log - "Slotket"
Posted on 2020-09-28, 14:37
That's a very nice setup, I like the result! About those new fans: you're right, they are not old. But for fans I don't mind, these should be a bit more reliable. Unreliable fans may fail, taking the entire system along. The same goes for a PSU: I ditch the unreliable lightweight junk and get decent …
Re: Just a thought: modern PSU, converting 12v to 5v
Posted on 2020-09-28, 14:26
@dionb; Drives will get the Molex indeed. So basically around 20-25A will be plenty enough. Dual soA is is not planned :p @red-ray: The converter n your link might do the trick :) it provides 10-30A it says, so two of them might be ok. Still steep on the price... But I'll keep looking for this stuff …
Re: Just a thought: modern PSU, converting 12v to 5v
Posted on 2020-09-27, 00:04
if you require a massive 25+ volts current on the 5v rail. Realistically speaking, no such thing is required in most cases. 30-35A is more than overkill for any 5V oriented system, outside of really extreme overclocking of some super crazy setup with massive amount of storage devices. I was …
Just a thought: modern PSU, converting 12v to 5v
Posted on 2020-09-26, 22:57
As most of us, we all come to a point where the good old PSU fails. Finding a suitable and reliable replacement can be hard if you require a massive 25+ volts current on the 5v rail. You would end up buying a PSU that's got a massive overload on the 12v rail, probably over 600W total capacity and …
Re: Installing bigger harddrive in a 386 system
Posted on 2020-09-26, 19:49
Dual drive setting works great for drives that support it. The limitation here is you can't use a second drive on your IDE channel. This is because the drive itself literally reports itself being two separate drives, one master and one slave. Installing a CDROM or another drive on the same IDE will …
Re: My set of rules for perfection
Posted on 2020-09-22, 11:17
These are my general rules: - don't overpay. Ever. No voodoo or ATX SS7 board is worth €150+. - turn everything on every six months at least and let it run a few hours, so stuff won't get jammed/stuck - dust is the source of all retro evil - white case for 2002 and down, except it's on purpose. (I …
Re: Realibity of old WDC HDD
Posted on 2020-09-20, 09:34
As with everything: eventually all will fail. Designed to last five years and reaching over 20-30 years is quite an accomplishment. Most of my old drives (wd, Seagate, quantum, IBM, Samsung, Conner and so on) still work without a single hassle. But reliability? No. Some failed drives still lay …
Re: Tillamook 266MMX internal multiplier interpretation
Posted on 2020-09-16, 14:37
I don't know the exact part number, but these can be ordered from many sites, like Mouser, Jameco or AliExpress. I came across this trc on Jameco: https://www.jameco.com/z/DS12887--Dallas-Semiconductor-IC-DS12887-Real-Time-Clock-RTC-IC-Clock-Calendar-114-Byte_133452.html I know, you want the socket. …
Re: Asus P3B-F and GeForce Ti 4800? tualatin?
Posted on 2020-09-15, 22:26
So this build had reached its final stage for now. I found 3x spare 128MB 7ns SDRAM and put it in. Set bios timings to 2-2-2-8. Tried a bit with a single 6ns one but that one seems lazy and didn't want to go any faster than the 7ns ones. So I put it in as well, now running 4x128MB @2-2-2-8 Having …
Re: Tillamook 266MMX internal multiplier interpretation
Posted on 2020-09-15, 12:21
Replacing the Dallas clock or similar will probably work, but most of the "new" ones already are 1/2 to 3/4 drained. New old stock is great, but batteries still show their real age and these just drain. Whenever I find the Dallas chip I go for the mod. If soldered to the board, I use tape to secure …
Re: Drivers doing stuff on their own and other horror stories
Posted on 2020-09-15, 09:28
Ha just came across another one of my enemies - "let me pick for you the language that I suppose you'd like with no option to change it". Nvidia 45.23 drivers on Win98. I'm a French-speaking Swiss, but like everything on my computers to be in English. Still, to have the metric system, proper 24h …
Re: Drivers doing stuff on their own and other horror stories
Posted on 2020-09-14, 21:29
My Soundblaster live sb220 w9x driver just takes up just above 150MB for standard install (that's the whole package). With advanced options I can choose the driver only, which reduces the install to just 65MB. No other w9x capable soundcard I have, best more then 10MB... So... What on earth were the …
Re: ATX case that looks like an AT
Posted on 2020-09-13, 12:38
Well,I don't have pictures of it... But I once had an AT and an ATX case that were identical in height. The AT had a turbo button plus display and all that stuff , the ATX was quite modern looking white/cream with soft power button (athlon xp era), no turbo ofc. Buttons and LEDs were connected too …
Re: Photographing processor silicon - starting with a Pentium Pro
Posted on 2020-09-12, 18:36
Very beautiful indeed, thanks a lot for sharing these pictures! 😁
Re: The merits of Socket 7 processors - Intel P54C/P55C | AMD K5/K6/K6-2 | Cyrix/IBM 6x86 | IDT Winchip
Posted on 2020-09-11, 18:24
Maybe it's getting time I share a few of my testing results here... Still work in progress. More boards and CPU's to test, more combinations, more of everything. If you miss any hardware combo of what's listed in here, please let me know and I can add it to the list of I got the hw (and when I find …
Re: The merits of Socket 7 processors - Intel P54C/P55C | AMD K5/K6/K6-2 | Cyrix/IBM 6x86 | IDT Winchip
Posted on 2020-09-09, 15:14
My favourites on s7: K6-3+ 400 @500 (not need for 600 or more, keeping stress a bit down). MMX 200, running 100x2,5. A little bit of cheating with a Super7 board. I have most Pentiums above 133MHz and several MMX 200s, some Cyrix (IBM 6x86 and cyrix mII) and a few K6/K6-2/K6-3 laying around, but I …
Re: Fake 486 Processor?
Posted on 2020-09-09, 14:58
No evidence that it works... Neither that it doesn't. So to me it would be a gambling game. Asking about the story behind them might be possible and if he can give quite some detail and is enthusiastic it should be ok. Create a second eBay account and ask a similar question, should match the …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-09-08, 13:41
Got this board very cheap: IBASE MB930f-r Q35 chipset, Socket 775, with all connectors you can think of, except SCSI (and mfm Winchester). Dual PS/2, VGA output (Intel) and one ISA slot that does not support DMA. IDE and compactflash ( = over IDE) ports not bootable. Is this any good? IMG-20200908- …
Re: Parallel port switcher + LPT sound cards.
Posted on 2020-09-06, 09:43
With these I don't know... But I use laplink a lot, and I plug it in and decouple it on the fly, without rebooting. Ofc interlnk will need to reload in my case and in your case the TSR expects the old card... But I can't see any reason why just a warm reboot shouldn't work (even ctrl alt del)
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