fgenesis wrote on 2021-04-20, 20:47: Unfortunately at some point some asshat has removed almost all EPROMS and some other non-soldered chips from those machines and add-on cards. I've got a collection of keyboard controllers and BIOS chips if you need any let me know.

Hey guys, I've been testing a ton of VLB video cards and come across some odd situations. I was doing BIOS dumps and tests in Doom with a 486DX2/66. I've tried this S3 805 on two different mobos and same result each time. Specifically it's a JATON VL41C/V2 S3™805 1MB VLB. Every time I fire up NSSI - …

It also depends on how you repair the trace. If you scrape back some trace that's oxidized from a varta battery leak... and you attach a copper wire along the trace line, you can tin that entire section, but sealing it sure is cleaner and less likely to short. But yeah, if you tin the entire area, I …

Speaking of repairing traces, I have a bunch of 286, 386 and 486 boards I have to do this work with. What do you guys (or anyone) use for sealing repaired traces after you've done the trace repair?

Some ads claimed they helped slow latency by using software fixes... Lord knows the machines we play with have so many darn slots... what else do we fill them with? 😁

What do you guys think of this weird thing I found in my latest score of computers? Says “Millenium Bios Board” Bios Extension For Real Time Clock Correction A useful tool? A dumb invention from days gone by?

A friend saw some of my motherboards that are in my "to restore" pile and asked if he could have one. So I asked possibly, what do you want it for? Thought he might be interested in making a DOS gaming box... He wanted to put it on display to show people what computers used to be like?! Maybe make a …

Hey Friends, I'm a new user but a long-time lurker and have benefited greatly from this community. I recently rescued a machine from recycling that had an Octek VL-VGA-1000 (containing the ARK1000PV) I noticed a previous user had stated their Octek had Video BIOS v1.2 - Mine has 1.3 May have feature …