Re: 286 keyboard controller help!

Posted on 2017-11-03, 20:33

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by bjwil1991

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Huh. A 286 motherboard with an aux keyboard pinout? That's amazing. Use a multimeter to check for connectivity between the original keyboard port and the pinout on the board itself for the clock.

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Re: 3DLabs Oxygen VX1 32MB AGP opinions

Posted on 2017-11-03, 20:21

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by bjwil1991

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Have it as a spare since my TNT2 M64 needs a new VGA connector that I'm planning on purchasing (5 of them to be safe) so that I can have a fully functional AGP card for my Windows 98 machine. That, and for a computer that'll be used as a firewall.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-11-03, 18:43

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by bjwil1991

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derSammler wrote: This beauty just arrived. 😀 That must be:

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3DLabs Oxygen VX1 32MB AGP opinions

Posted on 2017-11-03, 18:07

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by bjwil1991

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What are your opinions about this card - 3DLabs Oxygen VX1 32MB AGP: http://www.vgamuseum.info/images/vlask/3dlabs/oxygenvx1fb.jpg I'm thinking about purchasing this card for my Socket 370 system in place of the VooDoo3 3000 PCI card. Sorry about the big picture, it was the only one I could find …

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Re: new psu ?

Posted on 2017-11-03, 16:31

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by bjwil1991

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It depends on the motherboard as there are three different Socket 7 motherboards: One that has AT (P8/P9) only One that has AT (P8/P9) and ATX One that has ATX only What is your motherboard manufacturer and model? Can you take a picture and post it on here?

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Re: Success repairing 286 battery leak

Posted on 2017-11-03, 16:25

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by bjwil1991

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The two beeps indicates 64k of RAM is bad, or BIOS settings went back to default since your board uses the AMI BIOS.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-11-03, 13:07

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by bjwil1991

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I bought this thinking it was a 64MB 9200SE PCI, turned out to be a full 128MB 9250 PCI. This will replace the Matrox G450 PCI I planned to upgrade my GX110 with for sure, now I also need to find a Coppermine 1000 to go with this - it will be a very nice Win9x/2K Retro system. http://image. …

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

Posted on 2017-11-03, 12:55

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by bjwil1991

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Soldered on the new jacks and re-soldered the volume potentiometer last night on my Aztech Sound Galaxy NX Pro since the Line-In and Mic jacks didn't work anymore, and it was a success (hopefully). Going to do a smoke test today when I get home so that way I can truly test the sound card to see if …

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

Posted on 2017-11-02, 19:34

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by bjwil1991

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derSammler wrote: Prepared my Intel Neptune board for testing today.

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Re: BSOD on Win98 system

Posted on 2017-11-02, 18:22

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by bjwil1991

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I had a blue screen when I was checking for new hardware in Windows 98SE saying it was unable to write to the C Drive, then Fatal Exception 0E errors until I restarted the computer, checked the drive for errors, and it's now running without issues. It was all because of the PS/2 and Serial mouse …

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Re: How to detect if cache is real or not?

Posted on 2017-11-02, 16:53

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by bjwil1991

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I bought myself a 45W Desoldering Iron and No-clean electronic solder flux at a computer store I always go to, and 5 packs of Solder Braids from eBay. I've desoldered my Aztech Sound Galaxy NX Pro to do proper soldering for the jacks and volume potentiometer since the previous job I did was only …

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

Posted on 2017-11-02, 12:17

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by bjwil1991

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Desoldered the jacks and volume potentiometer on my Aztech Sound Galaxy NX Pro since the soldering job I did didn't work out too well as the jacks were loose and didn't make contact. Fortunately, I have spare jacks, and the volume potentiometer solder points didn't exactly go away in a couple of …

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

Posted on 2017-11-01, 23:40

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by bjwil1991

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Testing the Precision Instruments PS/2 3-button mouse on my Windows 10 machine and it works.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-11-01, 12:18

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by bjwil1991

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derSammler wrote: bjwil1991 wrote: Those things are a PITA on plastics to remove. Just use isopropyl alcohol and it will come off easily. Ah. Forgot about that. Also, does anyone have the installation files for Windows so that I can use the middle mouse button for certain things in Windows?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-11-01, 12:07

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by bjwil1991

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Can you get the price stickers off? I swear to god, a lot of people working it these stores must have a negative IQ/don't give a crap with passion. In many cases an extremely greedy manager as well, particularly when the glue residue stays no matter what you do. Those things are a PITA on plastics …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-11-01, 03:04

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by bjwil1991

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Went thrift or treating today and got these: Precision Instruments Universal Serial and PS/2 3-button mouse with programmable middle button and Myth II: Soulblighter for $3.17

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

Posted on 2017-11-01, 02:15

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by bjwil1991

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I have 2 computers (3 after I re-install Windows XP on the Dimension 4550) that have XP installed on them right now with the POSReady 2009 Registry hack. I diagnosed my GT 730 that's not outputting the desktop when Windows 10 Pro loads after the splash screen, and it looks like a graphics card …

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

Posted on 2017-10-31, 20:52

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by bjwil1991

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Not retro, but I took the guts out of a Compaq case that I used for my daily driver desktop, the FX-6300, into another case that has the external drive bay door with the keys. I also used the same case with the Socket 370 build I did a week or so ago. The cases are the Ultra products ult31586 ( …

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AMD K6-2/300 Rebuild

Posted on 2017-10-31, 16:59

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by bjwil1991

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I'm about to finish up the rebuilding process for my AMD K6-2/300 system with the following specs: Abit AB-TX5 Motherboard (jumper-less BIOS configuration) with a PS/2 to DIN-5 keyboard adapter and PS/2 mouse header 128MB SD-RAM Lite-On CD Burner* Maxtor D740X-6L 60GB IDE Hard drive LS-120 SuperDisk …

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Re: HP TC3100 Dual PIII-S

Posted on 2017-10-31, 15:23

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by bjwil1991

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The Dell server I had used the hotswap drive configuration and up to 8 SCSI hard drives could be installed in it. Pros: When the controller initializes, one drive turns on, then it goes to the next one & turns it on, and repeats until it's done detecting the drives. Can be setup as a RAID (5 being …

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