Re: How do I locate the address of the linear framebuffer in my VGA card?
Posted on 2021-08-06, 16:21
With an ISA card? By believing in it.
Been working a lot, so I have decided I might treat myself to a good VLB video card.
Posted on 2021-08-06, 16:16
Which is better: Ark1000VL or Trio64?
Re: I was there, I saw the last AWE 64 Gold disappear and become an investment product...
Posted on 2021-06-28, 00:02
Everything is a bubble that will not pop. Houses. Cars. Hobbies. The pickers are buying up everything. It's only going to get worse as the world economy degrades further.
Re: WP32 McCake : MT32 compatible waveblaster board
Posted on 2021-06-27, 15:45
matze79 wrote on 2021-06-11, 15:52: It's done, when it's done - John Carmack Gabe Newell Has there been an estimation for price yet?
Re: Upgrading Trident VLB card.
Posted on 2021-06-26, 01:01
Minor breakthrough. I have found a picture of another card with the Ram done the other way, with the two big chips making up the one 1MB. What's better is I can also discern what pretty much all though other components are due to using through hole technology.
Re: Upgrading Trident VLB card.
Posted on 2021-06-25, 17:57
Just the lens I had to use. Phone appears to have two cameras, and the other one wouldn't focus right.
Re: Upgrading Trident VLB card.
Posted on 2021-06-25, 17:46
Just popped those chips out and added two different chips. Still nothing. I may just buy more resistors and add them and see what happens, though I'm kind of leery of tearing it up. This card is surprisingly quick, and gave up very little to the Hercules S3 Trio64, may it rest in peace.
Re: Upgrading Trident VLB card.
Posted on 2021-06-25, 11:41
I put those chips in, and 1MB is still only detected.
Upgrading Trident VLB card.
Posted on 2021-06-25, 06:53
I have a late model VLB Trident TGUI9440-1 (9641, Bios 5.7) that I would like to upgrade from 1MB to two, but I do not understand the silk-screened instructions on the PCB. I have also never seen 'resistor packs' done like this before.
Re: Protective coating for pins?
Posted on 2021-05-10, 03:35
Something like this. I would like to encase the pins in epoxy or something. Vintage computer parts are fucking retarded in price now and I simply don't have the money to replace this thing. Picture is an example of the form factor that I grabbed from Wikipedia. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia …
Protective coating for pins?
Posted on 2021-05-10, 03:28
I very nearly lost my Hercules Trio 64 VLB card today. It was only with a steady hand and loads of patience I was able to fix it. I want to know what sort of caulk/gel would be safe to coat and cover those damn pins so this doesn't happen any more.
Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?
Posted on 2020-11-17, 17:40
I was born in 86 and I am a PC guy, and even though I have never seen an Amiga with my own eyes, I confess I still consider the A1000 to be the first modern computer as we think of them today.
Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?
Posted on 2020-11-14, 22:10
Think I said this already, but while I don't have anything against FPS games, I still believe Doom ruined computer gaming. Once they made Doom they ceased trying to make anything else other than FPSes.
Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?
Posted on 2020-11-10, 16:03
Not much of a confession, but I have trouble settling for good enough . I have this compulsion to try every (practically) possible scenario to determine what works best . It's a curse and a blessing . Change setting Boot Quake Time Demo Reboot Change setting Quake Time Demo Reboot Change Setting …
Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?
Posted on 2020-11-09, 15:58
I've picked up a Pentium II 400 with a voodoo 3 2000 last year, but I only kind of regard it as part of my retro pc collection. I guess it's because every game it's meant for requires Windows and deep in my heart I'm a DOS gamer. By 1998 the golden age of MSDOS games was over, so that's why that's …
Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?
Posted on 2020-11-08, 21:17
Hezus wrote on 2020-11-08, 19:24: Ok, here it comes: I don't consider anything after 2000 to be retro. Sorry guys. I consider P4 with XP to be the official cut-off, though it started a few years before that.
Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?
Posted on 2020-11-06, 21:33
I remember going from my Mitsumi 4X's zip-zip, zip-zip to the VRRRRRRRMMMMMMMM of the 12X and 16X. I quite like that sound, actually.
Retro confessions. What are yours?
Posted on 2020-11-06, 15:56
I confess that I think those Roland speakers everyone has to have are overpriced and over rated and I refuse to buy them. I also never cared for the Doom level 1 theme and think it is mildly catchy at best.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-11-03, 01:44
Remembered something unusual I had acquired as a curiosity some time ago: a Trio3D/2X. Why should anyone care about these cards? Well, this one is a little unusual.PXL_20201102_215533447.jpg Hint: these are typically only found as AGP. Those came after the Virges, didn't they? Bought one of these: …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-11-01, 19:22
Not that I ever seem to have time to mess with this stuff, but against my better judgement, I bought this stupid thing after staring at it for ages on Ebay. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Pentium-Motherboard-P54CS-Socket-5-ISA-PCI/224000459479 Cannot ID it. Looks like an ECS, but this particular …
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