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Re: Core2 / AMD Phenom board legacy support (floppy, serial, parallel, etc.)

Posted on 2016-01-11, 08:25

Another problem with USB floppies is that they cannot do anything else but writing standard PC floppy disks. For example you cannot use it to write CPC disks using CPCDiskXP (or other non standard formats). So what can you do when your motherboard doesn't have a proper floppy connector in order to …

Re: Core2 / AMD Phenom board legacy support (floppy, serial, parallel, etc.)

Posted on 2016-01-11, 12:14

by Tetrium

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I'll bet that in 20 years time or more, to get a downloaded file onto a 8086 retro rig, one will need to pass the file through at least several systems, going from most modern back in time from rig to rig, just because of the legacy stuff which support got discontinued as computer hardware evolved …

Re: Core2 / AMD Phenom board legacy support (floppy, serial, parallel, etc.)

Posted on 2016-01-11, 19:36

by Mamba

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Asrock Z77 Extreme6 You won't find anything faster than that with a floppy controller onboard. Pretty decent Z77 board too.

Re: Core2 / AMD Phenom board legacy support (floppy, serial, parallel, etc.)

Posted on 2016-01-11, 21:30

by xjas

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thanks guys. The seller with the Biostar boards (two of them - he also supposedly had a neat little Foxconn LGA775 setup which would have done nicely too) never bothered to reply, so still looking. I'll keep Asrock in mind, don't think i've ever had one of their boards before. I live on an island & …

Re: Core2 / AMD Phenom board legacy support (floppy, serial, parallel, etc.)

Posted on 2016-01-11, 21:31

by Robin4

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The fastest board with a FDD connector is the ASrock Z77 extreme 6.. So faster then this you arent going to find. I guess the Intel P45 or 790FX / 890FX are the older lastest boards that will or might have both IDE and FDD controller onboard.

Re: Core2 / AMD Phenom board legacy support (floppy, serial, parallel, etc.)

Posted on 2016-01-11, 21:34

by mockingbird

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Another problem with USB floppies is that they cannot do anything else but writing standard PC floppy disks. For example you cannot use it to write CPC disks using CPCDiskXP (or other non standard formats). So what can you when your motherboard doesn't have a proper floppy connector in order to add …

Re: Core2 / AMD Phenom board legacy support (floppy, serial, parallel, etc.)

Posted on 2016-01-11, 21:47

by xjas

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I have an LS120 in my P233 DOS machine. I've actually had some compatibility problems with it before & I've never been able to get it to spit out a readable 720k disk (even though it supposedly should be able to.) It could just be my drive which is a little banged up though. Next time I pull it …

Re: Core2 / AMD Phenom board legacy support (floppy, serial, parallel, etc.)

Posted on 2016-01-11, 22:03

by xjas

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

What do you guys think of this dual-771 Xeon monster ? I like the idea of it but it's a real beast - I worry about the board fitting in my "short" 4U rack case and making enough noise to wake the dead. Also only one 5V PCI slot would be annoying. Also it's about $40 more than I wanted to spend. Kind …

Re: Core2 / AMD Phenom board legacy support (floppy, serial, parallel, etc.)

Posted on 2016-01-12, 01:29

by PCBONEZ

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

What do you guys think of this dual-771 Xeon monster ? I like the idea of it but it's a real beast - I worry about the board fitting in my "short" 4U rack case and making enough noise to wake the dead. Also only one 5V PCI slot would be annoying. Also it's about $40 more than I wanted to spend. …

Re: Core2 / AMD Phenom board legacy support (floppy, serial, parallel, etc.)

Posted on 2016-01-12, 22:21

by Snayperskaya

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Do you have a dev kit or went with the kickstarter for a retail one? Retail's hardware requirements are pretty steep.

Re: Core2 / AMD Phenom board legacy support (floppy, serial, parallel, etc.)

Posted on 2016-01-12, 23:52

by PCBONEZ

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Snayperskaya wrote: Do you have a dev kit or went with the kickstarter for a retail one? Retail's hardware requirements are pretty steep. I am at a loss as to who you are asking and what you are asking.

Re: Core2 / AMD Phenom board legacy support (floppy, serial, parallel, etc.)

Posted on 2016-01-12, 23:56

by PCBONEZ

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

mockingbird wrote: Very simple: Use an LS120 drive...... . I ~LOVE~ LS120 drives even though I only use them as floppy drives. The motorized eject for floppies just tickles my "gadget geek" side pink. .

Re: Core2 / AMD Phenom board legacy support (floppy, serial, parallel, etc.)

Posted on 2016-01-13, 05:05

by mockingbird

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Very simple: Use an LS120 drive...... . I ~LOVE~ LS120 drives even though I only use them as floppy drives. The motorized eject for floppies just tickles my "gadget geek" side pink. . He he... Grabbed one as soon as I saw it from a thrift shop a while ago. It was an external drive, so I have to …

Re: Core2 / AMD Phenom board legacy support (floppy, serial, parallel, etc.)

Posted on 2016-01-13, 05:23

by Snayperskaya

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Do you have a dev kit or went with the kickstarter for a retail one? Retail's hardware requirements are pretty steep. I am at a loss as to who you are asking and what you are asking. The OP. https://www.oculus.com/en-us/rift/ (edited the link, old use made reference to just 2x USB 3.0, but it was …

Re: Core2 / AMD Phenom board legacy support (floppy, serial, parallel, etc.)

Posted on 2016-01-13, 05:51

by xjas

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I have a DK1. To be honest the published "minimum system requirements" are way over-blown. Any games machine can run one, it just depends what you want to do with it. I'm using it right now on my 2.5GHz Macbook with Intel HD4000 GPU; I think something with a proper standalone graphics card will make …

Re: Core2 / AMD Phenom board legacy support (floppy, serial, parallel, etc.)

Posted on 2016-01-13, 06:01

by PCBONEZ

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

@ Snayperskaya Thanks for the clarification.

Re: Core2 / AMD Phenom board legacy support (floppy, serial, parallel, etc.)

Posted on 2016-01-13, 06:20

by Snayperskaya

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I see. What about a 1366? Pretty sure that are plenty cheap options around that deliver sizeable firepower when still having legacy support. I recall the Asus P6T having almost all desirable support, minus the parallel interface. @ Snayperskaya Thanks for the clarification. NP. The whole community …

Re: Core2 / AMD Phenom board legacy support (floppy, serial, parallel, etc.)

Posted on 2016-01-13, 13:41

by mr_bigmouth_502

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

You're going to need something a lot more powerful than a Core2 to drive an Oculus Rift. I say just build a separate box for writing floppies and other legacy tasks and call it a day.

Re: Core2 / AMD Phenom board legacy support (floppy, serial, parallel, etc.)

Posted on 2016-01-13, 21:39

by xjas

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I've *already* been using it on a Core2. It's fine. The DK1 acts as a second monitor at 1280x800 and the head tracking stuff adds barely any more overhead than a USB joystick. Any machine that can run stuff at 1280x800 can handle a DK1. Like I've said a billion times, I have no interest in big- …

Re: Where to get AMD CPU microcode updates for BIOS MOD?

Posted on 2016-01-14, 19:00

by kanecvr

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

So I finally got the new mainboard in yesterday - an ASRock 970M PRO3 and got the machine running. Now I have the old mainboard and CPU as spares. Here are some pics of how everything came out: http://i.imgur.com/d8hkBfxl.jpg http://i.imgur.com/JH0uNH7l.jpg http://i.imgur.com/v55TrYal.jpg http://i. …

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