Re: PC Chips M912 ver:1.7 green pcb black isa [ UPDATE IMPORTANT!]
Posted on Today, 03:55
And cache between 512KB and 1MB uses either all 32 pins (Bank 0, Bank 1, and TAG) or mostly 32 pins (Bank 0 and Bank 1) and only 1 uses 28 pins (TAG).
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-09-23, 23:44
Got an ADZ 133MHz 5x86 myself with the Aries VRM. It's a wonder piece of history.
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-09-22, 21:07
Attempting to get an XT-IDE Universal BIOS chip to work on my Promise EIDE Pro ISA card and nothing. Reason for switching the BIOS is because the Promise EIDE BIOS takes a chunk of conventional RAM and once it's low, certain games never work.
Promise EIDE Pro + XT-IDE Universal BIOS = no boot
Posted on 2020-09-22, 20:47
I decided to check and see if I can use the XT-IDE Universal BIOS on my Promise EIDE Pro super I/O controller card for my 386DX/486DLC machine in place of the Promise EIDE BIOS to see what would happen and I notice the following: the XT-IDE Universal BIOS isn't working at all, but the chip(s) is/are …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-09-22, 16:09
Swapped the floppy drive in my 386DX/486DLC and the system needs new AA batteries for the CMOS/RTC. Also attempted to use the XT-IDE Universal BIOS on the Promise EIDE Pro Super I/O controller card, but I need to set the BIOS address to the specific address space the card is set to (c8000h).
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-09-21, 04:15
Dusted, cleaned, and lubricated a Sony MPF920 3.5" floppy drive from September of 2004 (about 16 years old today) so that I can place that in my 386DX/486DLC machine sometime this week in place of the other one as it's having a bit of motor craziness. I'd do that right now, but I have work in the …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-09-20, 18:31
That is one awesome docking station protective stand for the laptop.
Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread
Posted on 2020-09-20, 18:08
Beautiful setup. I really need to find one of those I/O bracket for an AT motherboard so I can put my Socket 7 board in there.
Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.
Posted on 2020-09-16, 02:22
Video RAM issues cause that. I believe capacitors don't do that unless the voltage, capacitance, tolerance, and temperature + lifespan aren't too low.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-09-12, 04:05
Almost got a MacBook from 2006-2007, but the price was insane ($199 + tax) and almost got an iMac G5/1.8 20-inch IOB, but the price is too much for me ($126 + tax). Darn these bills.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-09-10, 15:07
Triple **shiver**
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-09-10, 14:41
Blizzard card for the Amiga series?
Re: PCMCIA Sound Cards
Posted on 2020-09-10, 10:58
Perhaps the PCMCIA TSR drivers? My Toshiba T4800CT does the same thing with my PCMCIA 24x CD-ROM drive with the PCMCIA TSR drivers loaded after the CD-ROM drivers.
Re: Fixing a damaged Sound Blaster pro 2
Posted on 2020-09-10, 10:57
Good luck with the project and hope everything works for you.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-09-10, 02:44
Guessing the bigger the heatsink the better the cooling or the exact opposite?
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-09-10, 01:45
Jelly of the GUS card.
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-09-09, 06:59
That's pretty good.
Re: The quest for the perfect retro laptop: a saga
Posted on 2020-09-08, 18:52
That's an odd one. My Pentium laptops only turn on once I press the power button. Must be a setting somewhere that'll turn the laptop on once the charger is plugged in with a dead main battery or designed like that. Hard to tell. My Armada M700 might be doing that as well, but I haven't powered it …
Re: The quest for the perfect retro laptop: a saga
Posted on 2020-09-08, 17:04
When you press and hold the power button while it's on, does it turn off? My mom's Inspiron 1525 does the same thing when I plug in the charger once the battery is dead, including the CMOS battery. I mean, it's possible the CMOS battery is flat and needs to be changed, but I digress.
Re: What modern activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-09-05, 08:08
And I'll be honest here, I'm not good at cable management, but as long as there's airflow for the GPU, CPU, and case fans that is adequate enough, I'm happy.
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