Re: K6-2 / Gigabyte GA-5AA - Unstable?

Posted on 2019-09-13, 15:11

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by MrKsoft

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Honestly I think the jumper configs in the manual are inaccurate. I had similar issues trying to get the speeds I wanted with the K6-2 (I believe that's how I ended up at 250 once, I was going for 450). I know there are multiple board revisions so the manuals out there may only apply to the latest …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-08-12, 00:47

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Awesome! That's similar in size to the librettos but has L2 cache :) Is it the one with the touchpad, or the little trackball? If it's the one with the trackball, I think it's also known as the "AL-N4" This is the only reference I've seen for it online: https://download.milesburton.com/Libretto/ …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-08-11, 22:44

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I had a surprising retro laptop haul today. I saw a post on Facebook Marketplace for a Panasonic CF-41, which is a 486 laptop known for its odd setup where the CD-ROM is under the keyboard! I've heard of it but never seen one so I decided to pick it up. The guy was very nice and said he had a box of …

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Re: All Claimed! Hardware Giveaway (10zig 56xx Thin Clients)

Posted on 2019-01-20, 18:30

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Got a chance to try things out. This is off to a great start! -As others have mentioned, adding the max speed option to the speed menu would be useful. Probably just an artifact of the low-powered Atom, but it seems like almost every game has audio stutter if Max is not used. -Mounting an external …

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Re: Hardware Giveaway (10zig 56xx Thin Clients)

Posted on 2019-01-13, 21:29

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I'd be interested if there are any left.

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Re: HP 9000 C110

Posted on 2018-10-26, 19:11

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I picked up one of these a while ago. As far as I can tell it has 128MB of RAM installed and what I think is an HCRX-24Z card (the one with the hardware Z-buffer). It seems like an interesting machine but I was surprised how little information is out there. It's got an old install of HPUX 11.11 on …

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Re: K6-2 / Gigabyte GA-5AA - Unstable?

Posted on 2018-10-26, 18:52

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by MrKsoft

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Wow, talk about a necropost. Was rather surprised to see this old thread again. Never really figured out what was up with it. Power supply seems fine, I ended up running a 486 off it for a few years. Right now it's back with the GA-5AA in the same case as originally described here, but I have a …

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Re: New Am486DX4 build

Posted on 2018-03-25, 17:26

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by MrKsoft

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Hm... I suppose the stuttering could be DMA related. The QD6580 only supports up to PIO4. I also discovered that I was only getting PIO2 out of it, and needed a driver for the controller to get anything fast going. I found the DOS driver and after installing it PIO4 is working and my read speeds …

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New Am486DX4 build

Posted on 2018-03-24, 19:04

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I recently put together this build from a bunch of parts I've picked up over the last few years. https://i.imgur.com/Cya1UFvl.jpg (Sorry, no inside picture... can't see anything with all the ribbon cables) AT desktop case - This came from a 386SX-16 system I bought in a lot. The board was completely …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-12-03, 18:26

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Picked up a Geforce FX 5200 Ultra today. Interesting card that according to contemporary reviews is much better than the original 5200 and mostly neck-and-neck with the 5600 non-Ultra. They don't seem to be very common. It's the last piece I needed for my "high-end-ish" Win9x system which is based …

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Re: Where to find ROL/A2M/OPL music

Posted on 2017-10-24, 21:09

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I've played around with OCPlay a bit in the past. At least in the version I have, F10 brings up a folder tree. Once you pick a folder it will list the files, and F6 switches between looking at IMS and ROL files. There is a good collection of OPL modules from almost every tracker out there on …

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Re: DEC HiNote Ultra CT475 - A 486 "Ultrabook"!

Posted on 2017-10-22, 01:28

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Use this to identify the PCMCIA chipset: http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=30840&start=20#p285316 Thanks, it is a Cirrus Logic CL-PD6710. I will try getting drivers set up later, but that puts me on the right path. For DOS, I've seen a tiny replacement keyboard driver for that layout. It's …

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DEC HiNote Ultra CT475 - A 486 "Ultrabook"!

Posted on 2017-10-20, 02:20

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by MrKsoft

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I bought this laptop last month from an auction during Vintage Computer Festival Midwest, very cheaply and admittedly blind to any info about it: I didn't get a good look at it and basically just knew that it was an x86 laptop made by Digital Equipment Corp (honestly I had no idea they made laptops …

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Re: Any Commodore 64 or Amiga fans here at Vogons?

Posted on 2017-07-21, 15:24

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I really enjoy the Amiga. I have an A1200 I use regularly for games, mod music and watching demos.

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Re: Build Log: The Kraken DX4-100

Posted on 2017-03-31, 18:47

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by MrKsoft

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Anyone have a delay in shipping on these? I jumped on the bandwagon and ordered one a few days ago and haven't gotten any notification on shipping. Might have to reach out to them. My case took almost a month to ship so I wouldn't exactly be surprised if it took long Ah, alright. I won't fret just …

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Re: Build Log: The Kraken DX4-100

Posted on 2017-03-31, 17:57

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Anyone have a delay in shipping on these? I jumped on the bandwagon and ordered one a few days ago and haven't gotten any notification on shipping. Might have to reach out to them.

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Re: Your Win 3.1 install is not complete unless...

Posted on 2017-01-27, 19:56

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For all the calls of "OMG PRESERVATION!!" you'd expect there would be several screensaver museums at this point. Might have something to do with the fact that searching Google for screensavers inevitably leads you to malware within the first few results :lol: That said, I would be all over a …

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Re: Interview with AdLib employees, what would you like to ask?

Posted on 2016-11-15, 16:54

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I'd be curious to know if any copies of the unreleased Visual Composer 2 for the AdLib Gold still exist... And if so, if it could be shared. The sample stuff made with it is great, and it would be great to have an accessible tool to utilize the card.

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Re: Aztech Sound Galaxy cards

Posted on 2016-08-06, 01:08

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by MrKsoft

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I have another to add to the list... a Packard Bell OEM one. I've posted about this a few times but now that more information is being collected I finally took the time to remove the stickers. http://i.imgur.com/F5pXhdLm.jpg Card is referenced by all Packard Bell documentation and drivers as a " …

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Re: SBVGM (DOS) VGM Player

Posted on 2016-03-05, 17:16

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As I've been working to make VGMs of a lot of DOS music, I'm so incredibly happy to see this and be able to play them back on the original hardware. I've linked it on the OPL Archive . Thanks so much! edit: Works great! Are there plans for support for memory above 640k? A few large VGMs from my …

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