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Re: Emulate old Web?

Posted on 2015-12-26, 18:50

in PC Emulation

in PC Emulation

I don't have the time to mess with it right now, but I came across the following docker build that looks promising: https://hub.docker.com/r/ikreymer/pywb-proxy-wayback/ From the looks of it, this allows you to use pywb as a proxy for the Wayback Machine. I'm going to try and see if I can get it …

Re: My late 90s gaming machine

Posted on 2013-11-21, 05:12

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

d1stortion wrote: 440LX is an AGPset as far as I know 🤣 Apparently it isn't in this case: Edit: ...or maybe not. The actual chip says AGPset on it. Weird.

My late 90s gaming machine

Posted on 2013-11-21, 04:55

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

This system has been my main project for a while, with my goal being to make a pretty awesome late-90s Windows 98 gaming machine. When it came to me, as a donation from a friend whose computer I was fixing, it was equipped with a modest Celeron 300A (non-overclocked), 64MB RAM, an ATI Xpert 98 card, …

Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2013-08-13, 00:35

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

http://i.imgur.com/bkdvnSY.png This is my late 90s gaming rig. I've upgraded it quite a bit over the past couple of months, and I am probably going to make a thread for it this weekend when I can take better pictures. Right now it has the following: Mobo: Shuttle HOT-637 440LX PCIset CPU: Celeron ( …

Re: Best vanilla PCI video card for a modern-ish machine

Posted on 2013-07-28, 01:22

in Milliways

in Milliways

The best "modern" PCI video cards you can get are probably the Zotac PCI GT430 or the PCI Radeon 5450.

Re: Help identifying 386 motherboard

Posted on 2013-01-05, 08:32

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

So, I tried my Cyrix 486 machine, and... (turns out it is an FA4!) http://i.imgur.com/CsPN8.jpg (you can see the blue tint in the following image) http://i.imgur.com/UFGLU.jpg (fake cache? it looks like it is cached by these benchmarks) http://i.imgur.com/enx3v.jpg I'll probably just remove the …

Re: Do any other teenagers enjoy retrocomputing/old PC games?

Posted on 2013-01-05, 08:18

in Milliways

in Milliways

Honestly, it runs most of my games pretty well. It's not a 486DX by any stretch, but it's certainly fast enough. Besides, the compatibility issues and quirks my machine has gives it character: -Booting the machine with the turbo button off makes it boot at 50MHz or 80MHz -SpeedSys freezes almost …

Re: Do any other teenagers enjoy retrocomputing/old PC games?

Posted on 2013-01-05, 03:32

in Milliways

in Milliways

I'm 20 My first computer was a Cyrix 486 machine (386 mobo), Whooot? 2003: 10 years old and a 386? I'd like to hear more! Well, I always like to talk about my history with computers, and what better day to do so than my birthday? My family was always a little behind the times technologically. When …

Re: Dosbox + TASM for assembly programming?

Posted on 2013-01-04, 12:32

in DOSBox Games/Apps

in DOSBox Games/Apps

From what I've read, this error can occur if you try to install TASM to the root of the drive. Be sure you are installing to a subdirectory (such as C:\TASM5\).

Re: Dosbox + TASM for assembly programming?

Posted on 2013-01-04, 12:14

in DOSBox Games/Apps

in DOSBox Games/Apps

I've installed TASM 5 on DOSBox and it works just fine. I can't remember exactly how I did it, but I don't remember running into many problems.

Re: Do any other teenagers enjoy retrocomputing/old PC games?

Posted on 2013-01-04, 12:07

in Milliways

in Milliways

I'm 20 and I'm a retrocomputing nut. My first computer was a Cyrix 486 machine (386 mobo), and for the last few years, I've been collecting every piece of retro hardware I can get my hands on. I also have a huge infatuation with 90s hacker culture and the demoscene. My old computer book collection …

Re: Help identifying 386 motherboard

Posted on 2013-01-04, 10:03

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

So, I took apart my Packard Bell 486 (got it from a guy on Craigslist for $10) that never worked to check it for battery leakage. Sure enough, it had it. And this happened while I was trying to clean it up: Probably should just throw this one out, to be honest.

Re: Help identifying 386 motherboard

Posted on 2013-01-03, 23:47

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Well, bad news: It looks like the traces have been eaten though. I'll have to get a multimeter to check for continuity, then fix the broken traces.

Re: Help identifying 386 motherboard

Posted on 2013-01-03, 11:13

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Oh yeah, I'm not new to computers at all. I'm a retrocomputing enthusiast, but surprisingly enough, my first computer is the one that I've inspected the least. I had never moved the power supply to look at that area of the mobo. Now I'm glad I did. Those look like power traces (due to thickness and …

Re: Help identifying 386 motherboard

Posted on 2013-01-03, 10:32

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Just cut the connections, right? What can I use to get the battery goo off the PCB? This was my first computer, and I'd hate to see it die. Last I checked, it worked fine; just needs a new VGA card.

Re: Help identifying 386 motherboard

Posted on 2013-01-03, 09:25

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Yes, that looks like it. Thank you so much.

Help identifying 386 motherboard

Posted on 2013-01-03, 05:05

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I've been wondering for years what type of motherboard my 386 machine has. It doesn't seem to have many identifying marks, and seems to be pretty standard. No software has been able to identify it, and the BIOS doesn't tell me much, either. I know the following about it: *8 SIMM slots *5 16-bit ISA …

Re: My first computer

Posted on 2012-07-28, 15:42

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

I know it took me a year to respond, but the screen stays the same, just with a blue tint. I'm probably going to just buy a new ISA VGA card.

Re: My first computer

Posted on 2011-07-02, 02:33

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

I have loads of PCI cards, but no ISA VGA cards.

Re: My first computer

Posted on 2011-07-01, 09:45

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

So, I have an issue with it now; when I run it for about 15 minutes, the screen turns blue. I'm thinking that may be a cold solder joint on the VGA card, as it does it with every monitor I use with it. Any other ideas before I open it up?

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