Re: When buying a 486 motherboard back in the day. What accessories came with it?
Posted on Today, 01:34
Even the boxes back then were fairly generic looking.
Re: When buying a 486 motherboard back in the day. What accessories came with it?
Posted on Yesterday, 23:58
486 boards were made for a long time starting with basic ISA slots, VLB, EISA if you were rich and needed a server, and finally PCI and some combinations. ISA boards just came with a manual. Everything else needed came with the peripherals (cables, driver disks, etc). EISA and PCI boards came with …
Re: What makes (or made) WinME so horrible?
Posted on Yesterday, 23:51
I've always loved Vista, even though it has high requirements, I think its graphical interface is incredible, and I've always hated people saying "garbage vista, seven wonderful", that's completely stupid, because seven is just a vista service pack 3, but with a theme Modified for marketing reasons …
Re: i5 Sandy Bridge with Windows XP - SATA AHCI mode issues
Posted on Yesterday, 23:45
Install in IDE mode install AHCI drivers when done change the SATA controller settings in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\"whatever the driver for the SATA is called" from 0 to 1 or 1 to 0 forget which. Reboot into BIOS and switch to AHCI mode. Thats what I had to do for Win7 …
Re: What makes (or made) WinME so horrible?
Posted on Yesterday, 22:11
I never had an issue with ME when used with hardware that had drivers for it. Any of the W9x/ME versions can be unstable as hell with bad drivers. To be honest when I could play games on Win2k I ditched 9x/me altogether.
Re: How much should I actually be paying for a first generation Sound Blaster?
Posted on 2023-06-07, 05:45
For a full blow late 286/12 or faster you might as well get a SB Pro 2.0 CT1600, but for an early 5170 a CT1350 makes sense.
Re: How much should I actually be paying for a first generation Sound Blaster?
Posted on 2023-06-06, 23:30
I have a 1350b and 1320c I intended to use in my early 5150 16KB motherboard but never got around to it (NO CMS chips in either). Just easier to run a Tandy 1000 and use Tandy Sound on those old games.
Re: Worth trying to sell? - Pentium MMX
Posted on 2023-06-05, 22:26
Case would be worth selling as it is a good one.
Re: IBM LTO-3 Ultrium tape drive - setup help
Posted on 2023-06-05, 08:52
Most old PCI SCSI cards don't have drivers past Windows 7 x64 if that (Adaptec anyway). ATTO has a PCIE SCSI card but they are hard to find.
Re: IBM LTO-3 Ultrium tape drive - setup help
Posted on 2023-06-04, 21:07
You need a driver for the OS you are using and tape backup to actually use the drive. What OS are you using?
Re: A surprinsigly expensive LGA1336 motherboard. What alternatives are out there.
Posted on 2023-06-02, 04:47
I have either 3 or 4 models of the X58 LGA 1366 boards around and all were pretty cheap to snag over the last year or two in the US. CPUs other than the best gaming model are dirt cheap as well. Some even have a floppy controller. Good boards pretty much allow you to overclock the CPU and use fast …
Re: Best GPU for Quad Pentium Pro Compaq Proliant R5000
Posted on 2023-05-24, 08:35
I would suggest a Quad CPU Pentium Pro should have a Quad output video card: https://www.vgamuseum.info/index.php/cpu/item/515-appian-graphics-jeronimo-pro-4-port I have a couple of these cards with the breakout cables and was thinking of putting one in a PPro setup. Permedia 2 chips came out a few …
Re: What's your absolute favorite piece of retro hardware?
Posted on 2023-05-23, 19:25
Tossup between my IBM PS/2 Model 95, 486 EISA/VLB, Apple Quadra 950+ or Apple WGS 95, Mac IIfx. Depends on my mood an Amiga could come out of top. I have too many machines I like a lot to pick just 1.
Re: Rarest CPUs?
Posted on 2023-05-19, 02:18
you ppl forget or dont take in account where i live. In a 3rd world country its harder to find high end stuff because not many ppl buy it in the 1st place. Yes, but companies tended to send out their failed chips and cards to 3rd world countries, so you have a shot at finding some oddball CPU's and …
Re: windows 10 on core2 quad 9300
Posted on 2023-05-15, 05:36
I run a Q9550 on one board (95W TDP) but I use a Zerotherm cooler because the intel ones suck.
Re: Original Voodoo 5 6000 prototype for sale on eBay
Posted on 2023-05-15, 05:27
I never had an issue there, but I joined a long long time ago.
Re: [Advice needed] Two EISA VGA cards : build a system or sell the cards
Posted on 2023-05-15, 05:24
I have a few EISA systems (mostly 486 with an Early Pentium as well) and they are fun to mess around with. The full EISA/VLB boards are the best of both worlds where you can use a VLB card all by itself for video and then use EISA for SCSI and Ethernet plus ISA for I/O and sound. Finding EISA cards …
Re: Original Voodoo 5 6000 prototype for sale on eBay
Posted on 2023-05-15, 05:17
VCF used to have a stand alone for sale website. Posting rules are to keep bots out, it also keeps out the people who would join just to flip something on multiple forums and ebay and never come back or reply to emails.
Re: Voodoo5 6000 (yes, the one from ebay $15k) on LinusTechTips
Posted on 2023-05-11, 07:36
I get very low feedback shill bidders driving up the price of cheap stuff I bid on, people doing that for high end rarities should be taken for granted.
Re: Original Voodoo 5 6000 prototype for sale on eBay
Posted on 2023-05-11, 07:32
STB Velocity 4400 was probably my first new AGP card and the drivers that came with it were buggy as hell with all kinds of graphics glitches. I believe it was the first TNT on the market. Speaking of firsts, I had to mail order my first 3D card before it was available in stores and that was the …
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