mpe wrote on 2020-05-16, 13:51:

Bancho wrote on 2020-05-16, 11:15:

Finally...! Managed to pick up a Asrock 939Dual-Sata2 Motherboard.

This is a nice motherboard. I wonder if there was ever a CPU upgrade to the upper slot. Also cal you use both AGP and PCI-E card at the same time?

As cyclone3d mentioned, there is an upgrade board known as the AM2CPU which has an AM2 socket and DDR2 slots. Not sure it’s a big leap over the fastest 939 but a curiosity.

Apparently the AGP and PCIE can be used simultaneously - [SOLVED] Most recent PC with PCI + PCIe + AGP?? Never tried it with mine though.

Bought this kit recently:

- Intel Celeron 333 MHz SL2WN
- FIC VB-601-V rev 1.3
- 2 sticks of Samsung 128 Mb PC133 CL3 SDRAM
- Sparkle SP3800 rev B Voodoo Banshee with 40 mm fan and a Zalman fan controller
- Creative Sound Blaster Live! SB0100
- 15 Gb Quantum Fireball

Although one of the clips from the CPU cartridge is broken, I really like it. I think it's more than 15 years when I last saw an aftermarket cartridge like that, and it has a really silent fan.

A nice addition is the fan with the fan controller on the Banshee, i can barely hear it even on full speed...

That is a very, very nice hoard. But almost a crime to not mention what ISA sound card you are putting in it.

😀 probably I will go with a SB32 CT3670, but I need to change a few caps on it...

mpe wrote on 2020-05-16, 17:28:

Dell 5V -> 3.3V interposer for Socket 2 + brand new Intel DX4 CPU […]
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Dell 5V -> 3.3V interposer for Socket 2
+ brand new Intel DX4 CPU

Hi, Wow, a first, Dell-made 5V to 3.3V interposer for 486?

How did you find one? I rather like one for one of my compaq to run DX4-100.

I couldn't find except wrench sockets. Must way how to search right way iwth search words terms.

Cheers,

i got a soyo sy-5vc on a case i bought, barrel battery drained, did a mess on front and back of the board,
i will trash it, there is zero feeling to have such a mess repaired. all green barrel exploded boards should just be burried.

Cga.8086 wrote on 2020-05-17, 03:33:

i got a soyo sy-5vc on a case i bought, barrel battery drained, did a mess on front and back of the board,
i will trash it, there is zero feeling to have such a mess repaired. all green barrel exploded boards should just be burried.

Can you do a bios dump in case it is a revision we don't have yet? Or is the bios chip gone too.

SOYO SY-5TH
Found this one on garage sale. One guy sold me 5 PCs, one of which with this beauty. Weird but PC had Windows 98 installed on. Which makes no sense.

Dual socket 7!! Nice find

pentiumspeed wrote on 2020-05-17, 00:58:

Hi, Wow, a first, Dell-made 5V to 3.3V interposer for 486? […]
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Hi, Wow, a first, Dell-made 5V to 3.3V interposer for 486?

How did you find one? I rather like one for one of my compaq to run DX4-100.

I couldn't find except wrench sockets. Must way how to search right way iwth search words terms.

Cheers,

The best chance is inside a XPS X4100V machine 😀

Not necessarily retro hardware in itself, but it will be used for my retro systems. I have about 6 systems atm, ranging from a 286 to a Pentium II 350. I already managed to connect each system to a single display/keyboard through an 8 port KVM switch, which works great (wish I could get in beige though...)

Anyhow, I was still looking for a way to connect the sound of each system to a single set of speakers and a while ago managed to find this 8 port auto switch. Got a bunch of cables (RCA to 3.5mm etc.) to connect each of the systems through this switch to the line-in of my main PC.

And the audio switch on top of my KVM (bottom machine is my 286/16, above it my 386DX-40, to the left my Pentium II):

pan069 wrote on 2020-05-18, 05:55:

Not necessarily retro hardware in itself, but it will be used for my retro systems. I have about 6 systems atm, ranging from a 286 to a Pentium II 350. I already managed to connect each system to a single display/keyboard through an 8 port KVM switch, which works great (wish I could get in beige though...)

I have similar solution: For switching VGA I use Manhattan switch, for audio I use 3.5 audio switch I bought online.

p.s.: your systems are beautiful.

Turbo -> wrote on 2020-05-18, 06:07:

I have similar solution: For switching VGA I use Manhattan switch, for audio I use 3.5 audio switch I bought online.

Oh, nice! I think saw a 4 port version of that I think, they look super sturdy, but I already purchased the 8 port I have now and I preferred more than 4 ports, otherwise I might have gotten 2 of those.

Re. the systems. I was lucky to find two brand new desktop cases. Cost me a fortune to get them shipped. I wanted desktops for my 286 and 386 builds. I'm using GoTeks for floppy drives so it's "easy" to copy small bits and pieces from my main machine (also has a GoTek in it).

BreakPoint wrote on 2020-05-17, 11:18:

SOYO SY-5TH
Found this one on garage sale. One guy sold me 5 PCs, one of which with this beauty. Weird but PC had Windows 98 installed on. Which makes no sense.

Interesting to see a HX board with only 4 SIMM slots.

A compact Compaq PS/2 keyboard. Likely from a SLT/286 computer. In nice condition (after alcohol bath). However, looks the cable is bad and need to be replaced.

Hi everyone,

Just received a ZX Spectrum 128K toastrack version. It was a long hunt, a "Red October" thing of mine. Probably overpaid @ 200 euros. Also with this machine came a lot of games and some mixed tapes:

Ps: I have the faint suspicion that all of this tapes are bootlegs, but as I recall well they were on sale in reputable stores in my country.

Got this today

- ASUS A8N-SLI Premium + IO shield
- Athlon 64 X2 4800+
- 3 Gb RAM
- Zalman CNPS9500 LED
😀

Hope this is OK to post here.

There is an item on eBay that I would very much like to get for preservation and to help the community.

The only problem is that the seller is in Italy and his listing says he only ships to the EU and has not yet responded to my messages.

Would anybody here be willing to help me arrange a purchase and then ship the item to me?

I don't really want to post the link or the item name here as I don't want some collector snatching it up and then not sharing it.

Im sure there would be someone willing to help. I certainly would be but it might be better if if someone on mainland EU did it.

pan069 wrote on 2020-05-18, 05:55:

Not necessarily retro hardware in itself, but it will be used for my retro systems. I have about 6 systems atm, ranging from a 2 […]
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Not necessarily retro hardware in itself, but it will be used for my retro systems. I have about 6 systems atm, ranging from a 286 to a Pentium II 350. I already managed to connect each system to a single display/keyboard through an 8 port KVM switch, which works great (wish I could get in beige though...)

Anyhow, I was still looking for a way to connect the sound of each system to a single set of speakers and a while ago managed to find this 8 port auto switch. Got a bunch of cables (RCA to 3.5mm etc.) to connect each of the systems through this switch to the line-in of my main PC.

And the audio switch on top of my KVM (bottom machine is my 286/16, above it my 386DX-40, to the left my Pentium II):

Nice solution, however you may want to open your switch and verify the soldering work on all pins. I have this exact same switch (I use it for my videogame consoles) and I was having issues with audio humming, and random graphical issues on some consoles. I replaced cables to no avail, but disassembled the switch and found that some of the solders were making contact with the metal case of the switch and creating issues. I reflowed all the soldering points, put some electrical tape on the bottom of the metal case (internally) and no more issues so far.