Re: voodoo 1 capacitor broken off

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Ditto for me , I'm in the same boat , For both of you guys, not all cards follow the same design with the same components. Your best bet is someone having an identical card so he can check the values for you. I don't think you can find a photo online with the values readable. The first card is an …

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Re: DS1287 to 12887+ journey (and weird side-effects)

Posted on 2020-11-26, 21:30

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my03 wrote on 2020-11-26, 20:51: Just to recap: the Glitch rtc works beautifully on the ps/2. No issues at all 😀 Let's wait another 5 months 😀 Nah just joking, glad you got it working properly and good to know for anyone else interested

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Re: What the heck is a Voodoo5 5800??

Posted on 2020-11-26, 20:09

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havli wrote on 2020-11-26, 13:53: It is fan-made... or photoshop box. Exactly, there is even something wrong with the fonts

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Re: hdd replacment - sd card, cf card or scsi

Posted on 2020-11-24, 20:12

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From the options offered you seem to have decided some xx card, if I may offer some alternative I'd say a good Disk-On-Module (DOM). It's about a 486 so I won't go the SATA->IDE adapter + modern SSD route, a good DOM should be more than enough.

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Re: How to retrieve the content of an old backup made of 4 rar files

Posted on 2020-11-24, 13:04

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Am I the only person in the world who paid for WinRAR? My registration code from 20 years ago still works with the latest version. Probably yes 😁 OK I replied to this to say that winrar trial never stops working, just starts throwing nag screens but I couldn't resist adding this: avzVqAq_700b.jpg

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Re: VGA VRAM size and performance discussion

Posted on 2020-11-24, 12:52

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Ah so something does change on the card! Thank you guys, that was enlightening.

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Re: What do you drive?

Posted on 2020-11-23, 18:56

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Here's my main ride lol, 97 Ford Aspire, I have 2 of them, picked them up for around $500/ea, just needed work, been driving for years, can't beat 40mpg, they're getting a bit rough nowadays though. I have a bunch of classic Fords from 40-70's too that I prefer over newer vehicles. First time I see …

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Re: Do I really need a floppy drive?

Posted on 2020-11-23, 17:50

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As most people wrote before me, if you don't have a use for it then you don't need it. It's a personal thing, for example for me even a gotek is not enough as I want to write disks for home computers.

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VGA VRAM size and performance discussion

Posted on 2020-11-23, 12:29

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I always thought that for DOS applications the VGA's memory size has no effect on performance. Recently I upgraded an ISA Cirrus Logic 5424 from 512KB->1MB and decided for no reason at all (well, killing time during the lockdown is the reason...) to do a before-after comparison, on the same 386 PC …

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Re: Apple is getting off Intel CPU’s ?

Posted on 2020-11-22, 15:26

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How to test if a USB floppy drive is fully compatible with 720 disks? Just put one in and read it, or do you need to format it a few times to be sure? Just try to format it once as 720K, if it's not compatible you'll get an obvious error, I don't remember exactly the wording but it says something …

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Re: 8-Bit Guy video's are becoming a chore!

Posted on 2020-11-20, 12:15

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Every time a similar thread pops up I learn about somebody's favorite youtube channel that I wasn't aware of 😁

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Re: PS2TOSERIAL : Connecting a PS/2 mouse to the serial port

Posted on 2020-11-20, 10:58

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I found two sources in the U.S.: Shipping may be cheaper within the U.S. here: https://www.performance-pcs.com/cables/usb-cables/internal-usb-cables/4-pin-molex-to-mini-usb-type-a-adapter-cable-40cm-mdy-4m-minia-60.html Free shipping world wide here: https://www.moddiy.com/products/4-Pin-Molex-to- …

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Re: Motherboard Unichip 386WB

Posted on 2020-11-18, 08:57

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I have the same with a really tiny amount of battery leak and it needed a trace repair with the exact same symptom. So yes pay attention to the area around the battery, bottom side included. I hope you fix it, it's a pretty fast motherboard.

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-11-17, 08:14

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BetaC wrote on 2020-11-16, 22:45: Today I learned that my 430HX board has no problems seeing and using drives that are over 8GB, so long and you don't use the board to format it. When formatting, it just can't see over 8GB for whatever reason. Just make sure everything is OK when actually using the …

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Re: PS2TOSERIAL : Connecting a PS/2 mouse to the serial port

Posted on 2020-11-14, 09:47

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1541 wrote on 2020-11-13, 20:56: Sellets from CN offer them on amazon. www.amazon.de/dp/B01F35XBS4 However this is not Mini USB but USB-A Exactly, I couldn't find anything like in your picture

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Re: PS2TOSERIAL : Connecting a PS/2 mouse to the serial port

Posted on 2020-11-13, 20:50

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1541 wrote on 2020-11-13, 20:00: By the way, is it possible to power the adapter with this solution? Where can I buy these? I wasn't able to find them on ebay and they look like an excellent solution, no extra adapters/plugs

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-11-12, 21:24

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psychofox wrote on 2020-11-12, 20:43: On bottom there are some ports with labels, (drukarka, klawiatura, podstawa) is it polish? Yes, drukarka=printer and klawiatura=keyboard.

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Re: No luck with DOS Glide, please help

Posted on 2020-11-12, 19:52

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Have you seen this thread https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=35721 and specifically this post? https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=308023#p308023 Keep in mind that sometimes you need to set the environmental variables (using the batch file intended for voodoo 2) AND do what's mentioned …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-11-12, 16:11

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Hanamichi wrote on 2020-11-12, 12:08: Bubble Bobble original box version is pretty damn rare isn't it? Nice finds! Sorry to spoil it, but it's Puzzle Bobble. On a cd and for windows

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Re: Were VLB video cards ever good?

Posted on 2020-11-12, 16:02

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leileilol wrote on 2020-11-12, 01:22: PCI was mostly for those rich luxurious Pentium jerks in the first few years. VLB filled the gap for the rest until there were common 486 PCI boards around 95. And for the exact opposite, people stuck with late 486s well into the Pentium era.

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