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

Posted on 2023-05-29, 00:42

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ubiq wrote on 2023-05-29, 00:22: Got my dual Slot 1 build up and running with Win2K. Going to do a separate post about the build in System Specs forum. IMG_4862.jpeg how do you even get a OS or files on it? there are no 5.25 or 3.5 bays on that case

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Re: which motherboard to pick for windows 98 gaming machine?

Posted on 2023-05-24, 05:44

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That‘s the fun part of building your own rig. The perfect Win98 PC is the one you are going to build yourself. When you‘re done, you realize that a PC with a 3dfx card would actually be awesome…so you build another one. And you‘ll end up with 6 Win95/98 machines, like me. But the one I use the most …

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Re: What's your absolute favorite piece of retro hardware?

Posted on 2023-05-24, 05:25

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i have been liking my Aztech and ESS sound cards, they are quite solid and get the job done in terms of sound in DOS and Windows (3.11 or 9x). i have a AZT2316 I38-MMSN824 and a ES688FC with a DSP24S OPL3 copycat chip which sounds exactly like a authentic OPL3 chip. and i have been liking OPTi 895 …

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Re: ASUS P/I-P55SP4 - GPU compatibility is atrocious

Posted on 2023-05-18, 02:07

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i need to test the GPU compatibility on my MSI MS-5124, it also has a SiS 5511 chipset but is a different brand board.

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Re: ECS P5VX-B Rev 1.2 not working.... any ideas please??

Posted on 2023-05-13, 13:55

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I also have this board. It's extremely fussy about the SDRAM it supports - are you using that or SIMMs? Also, it could be the BIOS has degraded. Someone I know recently had similar symptoms on a different board, reflashed the BIOS and it worked. There are versions available from here . bit rot can …

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Re: Acer VI15G locks up when attempted to be rebooted with CTRL-ALT-DEL

Posted on 2023-03-31, 03:19

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i accidentally inserted that DX2 in wrong and fried it in a different mobo when i wanted to test to see if it exhibited the same behavior there. at least the mobo survived, so i guess it's game over for that intel DX2 66

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Re: Acer VI15G locks up when attempted to be rebooted with CTRL-ALT-DEL

Posted on 2023-03-30, 21:57

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i swapped to a DX-33 and it seems to reboot when i CTRL-ALT-DEL, so i guess that DX2-66 i got is a bit faulty

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Acer VI15G locks up when attempted to be rebooted with CTRL-ALT-DEL

Posted on 2023-03-30, 21:34

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I just got a Acer VI15G, it seems to post but when i try to reboot it using CTRL-ALT-DEL, it just hard locks, is it fixable, i tried everything, disabling cache, removing the l2 cache, tried different SIMM modules, tried different BIOSes, no dice.

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Re: Period correct mouse for 486

Posted on 2023-03-25, 06:58

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i have a dove bar mouse too, it's the serial/ps2 compatible version, a bit scratched and slightly yellowed

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Re: Period correct mouse for 486

Posted on 2023-03-25, 05:31

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The Microsoft Mouse 2.0, the 2 button "kidney" mouse shipped in 1993, and by 1996 it had a scroll wheel i think. Though price seemed a bit steep to me at the time $80 or so, when I was using cheap clones at $10-20 +1 My father had this one on his 386DX-40 running Windows 95.. Also had an PS/2 to …

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Re: ESS card with real OPL3 chip?

Posted on 2023-03-12, 08:23

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i have a 688FC, it uses a DSP24S which is a copycat of the YMF262, sounds like the real thing too. it seems to be a good SB Pro 2.0 compatible card

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-02-23, 22:23

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Just got this card, it was untested, it seems to be fully working when i tested it in my PC. has a real OPL3 chip and has SB Pro 2 and WSS compatibility

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Re: Help getting a Packard Bell 402CD up and going - Master CD ISO

Posted on 2023-02-23, 21:00

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i just got a packard bell as well, but i am just running a regular Win95C OSR 2.5 install. mine is a mini tower form factor, same mobo as your 402CD, i upgraded it to a Pentium 133 and 32 MB RAM, it is using a Aztech AZT2316R I38-MMSN843 and has a onboard Cirrus GD5430. idk how i can help you with …

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Re: Post your Packard Bell computers here!

Posted on 2023-02-18, 03:09

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https://i.imgur.com/f7RiOjg.jpg Im restoring this packard bell i have. it has a Intel Advanced/HL (Hillary) PB570 board with 1.00.07.BY0R BIOS Intel Pentium 133 CPU 40 MB RAM Onboard Cirrus Logic CL-GD5430 with 1MB Memory Aztech AZT2316R Sound/Modem Card I38-MMSN841 Quantum Bigfoot TX 8GB HDD (a …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-02-05, 02:20

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Got myself some Aztechs

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

Posted on 2023-02-02, 20:59

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fool wrote on 2023-02-02, 19:06: Two days of depressing search for this Aztech I38-MMSN850 AZT2316 DOS config & drivers. Every time I get "Card not found" slap on my face. In other system running Win98 it works fine. I could try to set it on different IRQ once more... looks like my I38-MMSN824 …

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Re: Pentium1 75/133 without L2 cache

Posted on 2023-01-31, 20:54

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PC with cache does not boot, disabling it works normally. I proceeded to uninstall the chips on the motherboard. Will the computer suffer as much in speed without L2? Or should I try to find a new one? Is there a way to test which chip is bad?? tnks Faulty cache chip, I had it many times. Unless it …

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Re: Hardware recommendations to recreate Phils Computer Lab's 136 in 1 Build

Posted on 2023-01-30, 00:47

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That's a very solid SBPro and WSS compatible card. I use it with the drivers that I've posted in this thread and I find that they work quite well. Note that some Epic Megagames titles have compatibility issues with this card, but a fix can be found in that driver pack. Be advised that the Win9x …

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Re: Getting a Non-Microsoft Mouse to Work with WfW 3.11

Posted on 2023-01-17, 23:46

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I'm trying to get a new-old-stock PS/2 ball mouse (specifically a HP branded Logitech mouse) to work with my DOS 6.22/WfW computer (a DX4-100MHz system) via a serial-to-PS/2 adapter. I am currently running a Microsoft basic serial ball mouse, but due to its age, it's quite flakey and doesn't always …

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

Posted on 2022-12-30, 04:31

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I can confirm that, for some reason, I've had very bad luck with some Yamaha DS-XG PCI cards in Windows. These cards can cause a bluescreen after installing drivers, no matter what I do. This problem seems limited to the VxD drivers, however. WDM drivers work perfectly. But then there is no Adlib …

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