Re: Voodoo 3 Undervolting/Undercloocking

Posted on 2022-02-27, 04:23

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Sounds a bit like wasting a perfectly good voodoo and the PCI ones are approaching something of a holy grail nowadays, don't they? But if you insist, what Doornkaat writes seems plausible and doable for a layman. Meaning, find out how and change said resistor. Or, since the power consumption of that …

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Re: [HELP] 2GB HD recognized as 504mb!

Posted on 2022-02-27, 03:52

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Guess I'll have to keep stuck with the ontrack disk manager :/ Yep, 'fraid so. I wouldn't even bother with contemplating the BIOS, unless you'd know how to mod it yourself. (It has been done by mortals.) That's simply how things were with early 486 and before. Which is why you'll find so many HDDs …

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Re: Rescued an industrial PC today: 486DX4/100 SBC on backplane. Seeking info on cards!

Posted on 2022-02-27, 03:14

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that one looks like a external scsi. But somehow I don’t think that’s what it is. The one with the 50 pin? internal connector on the I/O Probably not. If you look up the two large AMD chips, you find a data sheet with, well, lots of mumbojumbo, but essentially, those things were used to measure …

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Re: Rescued an industrial PC today: 486DX4/100 SBC on backplane. Seeking info on cards!

Posted on 2022-02-27, 02:45

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Nice find! That tiny system is really neat. Maybe you could simply shorten that PCA-6114, add a modern ATX micro power supply with external DC and create a really compact 486 in an ITX case or something. Or you can keep the 19" and let it double as a garden parasol stand! The 486 was actually …

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Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware

Posted on 2022-02-27, 00:44

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Germany is the worst for some reason The reason being that a certain corrupt ruler of the 1980s/90s (who used to drink Margaret Thatchers bath water) privatised the German postal service, yet left them with a quasi-monopoly that eventually mutated into "Deutsche Post DHL", inc. They still get away …

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Re: Video card for a 98/99 era system…

Posted on 2022-02-26, 23:53

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A voodoo3 would be an obvious choice, they're actually supposed to be rather nice DOS cards, as well. Later Matrox AGPs are possibly not ideal for compatibility with very old DOS games but the image quality is superb. See this chart for deatails. ATIs or Nvidias ofthat era, all pretty good, i'd …

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Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware

Posted on 2022-02-26, 22:48

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Voodoo2 for 162€: https://www.ebay.de/itm/265511824952 Can somebody explain this? A week earlier I won the same card for less than 80€. Double the price just because it has the cables? For that price I can get a boxed one. Short answer: It's a Voodoo, logic does not apply any more. Ebay prices have …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-02-21, 05:02

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Always wanted a pizza box, now I have a pizza box. Plate says 486-33, inside is a VLB board with an ISA riser and an AMD DX-40, because, whatever? Doesn't boot so far, but nobody is perfect.

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Re: PC/PCI or SB-LINK cable. How to make?

Posted on 2020-07-24, 10:40

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How do I buy this cable? Just select 2 x 3p? I haven't bought those myself so far, but selecting "2 X 3P 300mm" in the upper drop-down-menu should get you a single cable with two rows of three pins. (30 cm should be ok for most boards, less might reduce clutter.) ~ 2 Dollar seems like a realistic …

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Re: 3D Sound 230X-3 ESS Audio Drive ES1868F low volume

Posted on 2020-03-25, 21:16

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genau_der wrote on 2020-03-25, 20:10: My psu was to new, so it didn't provide -5V anymore. Interesting. So the -5 V might be what elevates the Vcc of the amp to an adequate level... Or it's simply needed elsewhere. But, good to know - plenty of old and very old PSUs around here. Thanks!

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Re: 3D Sound 230X-3 ESS Audio Drive ES1868F low volume

Posted on 2020-03-25, 19:23

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Hi, had a close look at one of the photos you uploaded, can't find anything wrong with it, but I'm not a pro. That LM1877 beetle is the amplifier chip, the data sheet can be found as PDF here . It says that thing is rated for a supply voltage up to 24 Volts and the power rating seem rather weak to …

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Re: ECS EZ-D1S4-2 with SB-Link?

Posted on 2020-03-08, 19:15

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This thread confuses me. You've come to the right place for confusion. All this deals with running ambitious entertainment software on glorified typewriters. It's basically headache on a cob. If there are aspects of it that get any less hacky, I'm yet to find out. Someone is looking for assistance …

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Re: ECS EZ-D1S4-2 with SB-Link?

Posted on 2020-03-08, 13:51

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Welcome to the wonderful world of D-DMA, DS-DMA, WB-DMA and T-DMA. Thank you so much for that - I had learned about the underlying CF back in 386/SB16 times, but never had heard about DDMA so far. Last time I checked the Terrarec Solo-1 didn't have a PC/PCI header. Oh dear, you're opening up a can …

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Re: ECS EZ-D1S4-2 with SB-Link?

Posted on 2020-03-08, 13:11

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I had a look at the board, but cant identify wether any of the pins are actual SB-Link pins so i thought i would ask here if someone can identify an SB-Link connector in the picture? Problem is, as dionb illustrated, that this PC/PCI or sb_link connector is just a standard 2.54 mm (1/10 inch) PCB …

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Re: ECS EZ-D1S4-2 with SB-Link?

Posted on 2020-03-08, 12:31

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go for a PCI card that doesn't need PC/PCI to do DMA, something with a chip like an ESS Solo-1 or Aztech AZF3328 instead. That's all rather confusing. Isn't the very 'Terratec Solo-1' one of the few cards, that actually have that bloody header? So how does it not need that? Also, the SB-live is …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-03-07, 20:06

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weirdly the power switch area only is somewhat yellowed. Possibly the power switch part was made of a different ABS with higher bromite content. I am actually surprised how little painful it is to use on basic desktop workflow and it runs actually pretty well considering the specs. In my experience …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-03-07, 18:19

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For some reason, I mostly get these for free or very cheap as part of larger RAM collections. The reason is, my like-minded friend, that to 99.9 % of sane individuals out there, it's just a random piece of junk from the "Telekomposthaufen" they're about to get rid of. :D Got one with my first 430VX …

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Re: AWE64 Gold Alternate S/PDIF Signal

Posted on 2020-03-07, 17:58

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i am sorry to be a little off the topic but does anyone have schematic of a circuit or a way to attach these awe's spdif output to a modern receiver.? I came here with the same question. Judging by the photos I found of the real thing, the breakout bracket is just a "dumb" cable and an RCA plug. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-03-06, 14:12

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Google Translate does a good job on that site Thanks mate, I already tried that and was quite surprised how good the translation was. Little help, though - he assumes the RCAs are digital, I very much doubt that. Yes, that French Site is where it's at, even some obscure driver disk. And the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-03-06, 13:25

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Sir, have you seen this sound card? Chip-wise, it strongly resembles the original Terratec Maestro 16 and Cards known as "Gallant 6000", among other names. - Crystal CS4248 Chip, yet the Crystal logo replaced by an "E" in the same font. - C-Media ASC-9308 Controller, yet branded "1993 GALLANT" - …

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