Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-01-06, 10:32

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by zuldan

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Just bought an ASUS CUR-DLS fitted with 2x 1Ghz PIII’s and 512MB 133Mhz ECC memory for $67. Thought I could use it has a Retro LAN File Server and maybe a Quake 3 server running Windows 2000. If anyone has any other ideas, let me know 😀 Filename E6B6BD95-0EA1-480C-8E56-F4349A5AABB5.jpeg File size …

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Re: Best way to cool a 486DX Overdrive CPU?

Posted on 2024-01-06, 09:33

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by zuldan

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PD2JK wrote on 2024-01-06, 09:10: Nice work! The fan looks like a A4x20 btw. How silent is it? Oops you are correct. I copied pasted the wrong model. It’s silent. You can use the cables supplied with the fans to turn down the RPM even further to lower the noise but it’s pretty quiet as it is.

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Re: Can’t find a proper PC speaker

Posted on 2024-01-06, 08:48

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by zuldan

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Robbbert wrote on 2024-01-06, 08:37: Cheaper than ebay too. Almost half the price. Thanks for that 😉

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Re: Best way to cool a 486DX Overdrive CPU?

Posted on 2024-01-06, 06:31

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by zuldan

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Thanks for the great idea! This is the solution I went with. Purchased the exact fan. Glad to be of help! Hope your own build goes well! :) CPU fan now installed (Noctua 40mm NF-A4x20 FLX). I also managed to install a Noctua 80mm NF-A8 FLX behind it. The 80mm fan pulls in fresh air from outside the …

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Re: Can’t find a proper PC speaker

Posted on 2024-01-06, 06:28

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by zuldan

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Upgraded PC Speaker installed. Keen sounding beautiful again! Filename IMG_4129.JPG File size 635.59 KiB Views 526 views File license Public domain

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Re: Socket 7 board won’t post - please help!

Posted on 2024-01-06, 01:46

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by zuldan

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Diagnostics card is a must have for this hobby. They only like $10.

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Re: Best way to cool a 486DX Overdrive CPU?

Posted on 2024-01-05, 11:18

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by zuldan

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As I'm currently do a 486 DX4-100 overdrive build, thought I'd share my own cooling solution. Because the case I'm using doesn't have a good place to mount an internal fan, I opted to put a 40mm fan onto the heatsink itself in a side-mount configuration. This moves air better through the fins under …

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Re: Can’t find a proper PC speaker

Posted on 2024-01-05, 11:09

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by zuldan

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Robbbert wrote on 2024-01-05, 11:02: Being from Australia I thought you would have just visited your nearest Jaycar store. https://www.jaycar.com.au/76mm-all-purpose-re … peaker/p/AS3006 I can’t believe I didn’t think of Jaycar. Wow. I’m actually going there tomorrow to buy components to build a …

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Re: Dreamblaster Synth S2 Daughterboard Waveblaster from eBay?

Posted on 2024-01-05, 10:53

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by zuldan

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Thanks gents. I bought one to play with.

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Re: Can’t find a proper PC speaker

Posted on 2024-01-05, 10:45

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by zuldan

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Jo22 wrote on 2024-01-05, 10:24: 8 ohms, 0.5w paper cone speaker ? Old cassette recorders and pocket radios had them inside, too, I believe. Back in the day, a store like Radio Shack had them. Bingo! Thank you for those search terms. I found one! https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/155965273923

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Can’t find a proper PC speaker

Posted on 2024-01-05, 10:02

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by zuldan

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Looking for a proper PC speaker like the following to hear those classic PC speaker sounds from old games (Commander Keen etc). CD3861FA-40E3-44E7-8C36-586DEEF10262.jpeg Instead when I search eBay I can only find these rubbish ones. B99BFA2B-9000-45DA-9FED-3AC2AB8013F0.jpeg I did find one that had “ …

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Re: Intel DX4-100 Overdrive too fast in benchmarking?

Posted on 2024-01-04, 21:04

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by zuldan

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Is there some bug that can distort these numbers? Or something I can turn off in the BIOS to get the real benchmark speed? Just based on my own testing, changing the cache write timing from 1 WS to 0 WS resulted in changing the Norton SI CPU benchmark from 132 to 198. It also resulted in a general …

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Re: DataExpert EXp8449 - Intel DX2 66 Overdrive - Poor performance

Posted on 2024-01-04, 10:34

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by zuldan

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Just update to this issue. After updating the BIOS to v2.3, the motherboard now recognizes the CPU and the L1 cache is now active. I replaced the 486DX2-66 Overdrive with a 486DX4-100 Overdrive. The speed of the both CPUs massively increased!

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Re: 3 (+3 more) retro battle stations

Posted on 2024-01-04, 10:27

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by zuldan

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While there’s talk of ISA cards with WDC chips….I came across this card in a box today. I’ve never seen such a large ISA VGA card before. I’m thinking about using it in my 486 or maybe it would be better in my 386? Filename 2F28952B-68FD-4D1A-9A19-8E7C4423503D.jpeg File size 912.1 KiB Views 1603 …

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Re: Intel DX4-100 Overdrive too fast in benchmarking?

Posted on 2024-01-04, 08:15

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by zuldan

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LOL. Do we have first of April, because you are complaining that the system is too fast? SI is a synthetic benchmark, and does not say too much. I guess you are running the L1 in WB, so you have high values. AMD Am5x86@160MHz gives more than 300, so your values are not too high, don't worry. Use …

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Intel DX4-100 Overdrive too fast in benchmarking?

Posted on 2024-01-04, 08:00

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by zuldan

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So I finally managed to do some benchmarking on my DX4-100. LGR got a score of 132.3 (https://youtu.be/t4HMHOTb8hc?t=490). I believe Phil got the same score on his DX400-100. Untitled.png However, on my DX4-100. I'm getting 197.1 IMG_4107.JPG Is there some bug that can distort these numbers? Or …

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Dreamblaster Synth S2 Daughterboard Waveblaster from eBay?

Posted on 2024-01-04, 07:21

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by zuldan

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Does anyone know if these chips are authentic from eBay, China. The seller has a 100% rating, so maybe they are? I was thinking of getting one for my ES1869 card. https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/282553877449

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-12-29, 10:09

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Joakim wrote on 2023-12-28, 17:44: Playing some transport tycoon yesterday. The music soothed my soul and it's fun with the clunky railway track building. Love this game. I put so many hours into this game. Funny enough I found some of my saved games from 26 years ago on a hard disk.

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Re: PCChips M571 gets stuck during boot load screen.

Posted on 2023-12-29, 10:05

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by zuldan

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Hi! It was quite long since last time in this post. To avoid make unnecessary replies from my part, I decided to expand lot of time trying to fix this problem and unfortunately the problem is still occurring. I tried everything I could do. I tried many types of boots, from floppy to CD-ROM, still …

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Re: Fan size for old retro case

Posted on 2023-12-28, 02:52

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by zuldan

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Awesome thanks!

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