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Reply 37480 of 52725, by fool

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I have also GA-586TX2, differences seems to be minimal. At least T2 has 75 FSB while TX2 maxes at 66.
When I was young we had 586T2+233MMX which has been recycled long time ago. Now I have found exactly the same new boxed case and ready to build a replica.

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Reply 37481 of 52725, by brostenen

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I bought one of these things, on eBay and from a seller in Ireland, for my Commodore64 machines. (sellers picture)

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And I have bought yet another RGBtoHDMI adaptor for my Amiga collection. This time version2 that are an universal OCS/ECS adaptor, controlled by a jumper. That way, it can be used for all machines with DIP socketed Denise. It can still not display the higher resolutions that ECS provides. However none of them were used for the old 1985 to 1992 games at all. It also eliminates flicker on interlaced screenmodes. For the price. This is the absolute best solution for modern display on the Amiga. Just use the lowest smoothing filther, and you get a good result without any screen lag whatsoever that the naked eye can detect.

Don't eat stuff off a 15 year old never cleaned cpu cooler.
Those cakes make you sick....

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Reply 37484 of 52725, by brostenen

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EvieSigma wrote on 2021-01-05, 23:23:

Wait...is that a combination Fast Load cartridge/1541 emulator? That's so cool!

True that. And powered by a cheap RPI-Zero. 😉

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Reply 37485 of 52725, by Horun

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Ozzuneoj wrote on 2021-01-05, 07:30:
Horun wrote on 2021-01-05, 04:56:

The ECS AL486 motherboard bought a few weeks ago with manual and AMD cpu arrived today, works just fine.
Paid too much but wanted one more 3.3v/5v VLB 486 board that was tested/no on board barrel battery/etc to add to my collection 😀

So glad to hear that! I'd be curious to know if it's 100% identical to the 1.0 I have, aside from all the silk screening they remembered to do on the 1.1. 😀

Will post some pics and an update to your thread on same board: Need info on AL486 rev1 mobo
as soon as my chores are done 🙁

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Reply 37486 of 52725, by Horun

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winuser_pl wrote on 2021-01-05, 12:25:

Show some Photo of this drive.

Horun wrote on 2021-01-05, 04:56:

Bought a new in sealed box beige IDE CDRW from 2001/2002 from a local store for $5. The ECS AL486 motherboard bought a few weeks ago with manual and AMD cpu arrived today, works just fine.
Paid too much but wanted one more 3.3v/5v VLB 486 board that was tested/no on board barrel battery/etc to add to my collection 😀

Added pictures. Goes for about $20 or more + shipping on ebay but got it local $4.99 no shipping and was never opened (until I got it) ;p
is a rebranded OEM Lite-on LTR-48125W, will test it later but am sure it works OK

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Reply 37488 of 52725, by Ozzuneoj

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Predator99 wrote on 2021-01-05, 16:59:

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At first I thought that was an IBM PGA, but it's not. Has a lot of the same features but a lot of differences as well. What on Earth is it?

Is it a PGA clone?

Edit: I think I'm right... Is it a Vermont Microsystems IM-1024, which is an IBM PGA clone? Seems like the label on the back agrees, but I can't find a picture of one. That must be super rare!

Now for some blitting from the back buffer.

Reply 37489 of 52725, by Predator99

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Ozzuneoj wrote on 2021-01-06, 03:30:
At first I thought that was an IBM PGA, but it's not. Has a lot of the same features but a lot of differences as well. What on E […]
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Predator99 wrote on 2021-01-05, 16:59:

😀

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At first I thought that was an IBM PGA, but it's not. Has a lot of the same features but a lot of differences as well. What on Earth is it?

Is it a PGA clone?

Edit: I think I'm right... Is it a Vermont Microsystems IM-1024, which is an IBM PGA clone? Seems like the label on the back agrees, but I can't find a picture of one. That must be super rare!

Yes, you won the 1st price! 😁 Good research work!

Yes, I have been looking very long for a PGC card to fire the PGC input of my EGA-Monitor. However, as far as I can see, this one seems not to be suitable as it displays 1024x800 pixel and not 640x480 as the IBM PGC does.

Anyway, very nice card.

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Reply 37490 of 52725, by Ozzuneoj

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Very cool! I've never seen a PGC or a clone of one for sale anywhere in the ~5 years I've been actively looking for retro PC stuff. They are quite unique looking. 😀

Sorry to hear it doesn't work with your display (IBM 5154 I assume?). Might want to post over at vcfed, just in case someone knows more about it. That's the kind of hardware that's probably more well known in non-gaming focused circles.

Also, thanks for the sleuthing opportunity. That's 90% of the fun for me. 😁

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Reply 37491 of 52725, by Predator99

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Its not a IBM 5154 but a Thomson EGA Monitor with analog PGC input. I am already waiting 30 years to connect something there 😁

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Reply 37492 of 52725, by foil_fresh

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I decided to upgrade my Pentium II 266mhz to a 400mhz to give my Voodoo 3 a bit more power to work with, so I have bought one from a chinese ebay seller - he has sent me a trackdog.com code to track the delivery, has anyone used it? seems scammy tbh.

Reply 37493 of 52725, by RandomStranger

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Tracking numbers from China are generally useless. Most them work only within China and once they reach the international distribution center they go missing until you find them in your PO box.

As for how reliable Chinese CPUs are, I hope you have an expendable testing board. I once ordered a 3.2GHz Northwood which killed the motherboard I was planning to use it with.
That's how I ended up with this Prescott+AsRock in my early-to-mid era XP build as a replacement.
Another time a Q8200S which initially worked well for a couple of days, but then killed 2 boards.

So I'd recommend testing it for 1 or 2 weeks before you put it into its final place.

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Reply 37494 of 52725, by foil_fresh

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RandomStranger wrote on 2021-01-06, 11:09:
Tracking numbers from China are generally useless. Most them work only within China and once they reach the international distri […]
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Tracking numbers from China are generally useless. Most them work only within China and once they reach the international distribution center they go missing until you find them in your PO box.

As for how reliable Chinese CPUs are, I hope you have an expendable testing board. I once ordered a 3.2GHz Northwood which killed the motherboard I was planning to use it with.
That's how I ended up with this Prescott+AsRock in my early-to-mid era XP build as a replacement.
Another time a Q8200S which initially worked well for a couple of days, but then killed 2 boards.

So I'd recommend testing it for 1 or 2 weeks before you put it into its final place.

i have a spare 440bx so i should test in that. as for your link, thats a cool site. nice PCs 😁

Reply 37495 of 52725, by RandomStranger

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foil_fresh wrote on 2021-01-06, 15:41:

i have a spare 440bx so i should test in that. as for your link, thats a cool site. nice PCs 😁

Thanks. Though my catalogue there is severely out of date. There were changes in most of the PCs. For example the Katmai PC more or less became a refurbished HP Vectra Vei8 with some minor upgrades, the P2 also got a case, the Tualatin build got a Sound Blaster SB0100 and recently a case. Some things are also missing. I'm really lazy to update.

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Reply 37496 of 52725, by bjwil1991

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Won this board: Jetway 386/486 (unknown model).

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Reply 37497 of 52725, by Thermalwrong

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I got some nice deliveries in today 😀
The K6-2+ was inside a junk Sony laptop that had fallen to pieces in every other aspect so no shame in dismantling that.
The Reveal SC100 - or the Aztech Sound Galaxy BX II is pretty nice too, I've yet to plug that into a computer just yet though. It's got a cooked trace on one of the joystick pins, I wonder what caused that?

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Reply 37498 of 52725, by Horun

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bjwil1991 wrote on 2021-01-07, 00:09:

Won this board: Jetway 386/486 (unknown model).

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Nice but such a tiny picture 😉 A bit more than I would spend on a good 386 but not by much if I really wanted it 😀
Notice how good old parts in USA have gone up dramatically in the last few years ? It is irritating but guess that comes with the way things are 🙁

Thermalwrong wrote on 2021-01-07, 00:53:

I got some nice deliveries in today 😀
The K6-2+ was inside a junk Sony laptop that had fallen to pieces in every other aspect so no shame in dismantling that.
The Reveal SC100 - or the Aztech Sound Galaxy BX II is pretty nice too, I've yet to plug that into a computer just yet though. It's got a cooked trace on one of the joystick pins, I wonder what caused that?

Nice AMD cpu ! That 8 bit sound card should be like a SB Pro2 and has the OPL2 chip if i read it ok, hope it works...nice !

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Reply 37499 of 52725, by debs3759

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bjwil1991 wrote on 2021-01-07, 00:09:

Won this board: Jetway 386/486 (unknown model).

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Looks like it has a 387 in a 486 socket.

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