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Re: Your favorite retro socket/platform

Posted on Yesterday, 15:08

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Slot 1, because I have a 1000/100 Pentium 3 CPU, so I have enough horsepower at least for most (if not all) Glide and DOS games. I do love 440BX for the fact that I can have decent performance with 2-3 ISA slots (AWE32, GUS, etc). However, recently I've decided that I want to switch from Voodoo 5 to …

Re: VOGONS Driver Library

Posted on 2020-07-11, 11:47

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Horun wrote on 2020-07-11, 02:12: I upped the file, can you check to make sure it reads and downloads as you intended ? Thanks. http://www.vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?file … 696&menustate=0 Yes, looks fine

Re: Looking for a fully ambidextrous joystick that's built to last longer than one year.

Posted on 2020-07-09, 22:37

in Milliways

in Milliways

Microsoft Sidewinder 3D Pro has a hat and a handle twist. It's also fully symmetrical and has optical sensors, so it's pretty reliable. The main downside it won't fully work under DOS, and it's handle is on a smaller side, so not for everyone.

Re: 486 vs Pentium for a Retro build

Posted on 2020-07-09, 13:18

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Tricky question — I like both :) 486 is nice if you like tinkering with hardware, want a very authentic build, or you have strong nostalgic feelings about the platform. Otherwise, it's a way to spend loads of money to get a computer that barely compares to the cheapest Pentium out there. Like you've …

Re: Retro builds with an Intel branded motherboard

Posted on 2020-07-06, 14:51

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I actually prefer Intel motherboards, particularly the early ATX ones. The ATX Socket 7 and early Slot 1 systems weren't too common where I live and were usually more expensive systems — most people still bought AT boards. So using such a motherboard is often a very nice way to get a really …

Re: Drivers for Hornet Technology VL-200 cached IDE VLB controller?

Posted on 2020-07-04, 15:44

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Well, I've tested it on a Intel DX4-WB motherboard running at 3x33, but my hardrive is a 2.5GB Quantum Fireball :) Not sure if I'll have time to make a clean installation using a smaller capacity. But since amang has proven that these are the correct drivers, I've posted them to Vogons Drivers …

Re: VOGONS Driver Library

Posted on 2020-07-04, 15:42

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Here are the drivers for Hornet Technology VL-200 cached IDE controller. Not a very common card, and as far as I know, there are no drivers/information available online: https://i.imgur.com/a6wwmLFm.jpg Dropbox link The folder has scans of the manual (with all the jumper settings), drivers for DOS, …

Re: The first ATX case?

Posted on 2020-07-03, 13:27

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

ShovelKnight wrote on 2020-07-03, 09:00: Cool case. It looks like a version of those "upside down" BabyAT cases. Yes! Someone on Vogons has posted a similar design for a 286 machine. PC Magazine reviews and HP datasheets for Vectra series seem to refer to this design as "minitower"

Re: The first ATX case?

Posted on 2020-07-03, 13:26

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

So far the earliest mention I could find — from June 1997, PC Magazine. Unicent line of PCs with a Pentium II and what seems to be a PD440FX motherboard after all:

Re: Drivers for Hornet Technology VL-200 cached IDE VLB controller?

Posted on 2020-07-03, 09:11

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Got the drivers! I'll test soon and upload them to Vogonsdrivers. So excited! Seems like this might be a nice controller after all — it mentions support for 50MHz FSB at 0 wait state How did you go with the test? Is there any major improvement in terms of the speed? Well, the first attempt failed: …

Re: The first ATX case?

Posted on 2020-07-03, 08:31

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Always wondered about the 'Portland' thing as I have an Astor II server case (from my Data General Aviion 2300) which has almost exactly the same label, and I know for a fact that it left the factory with a L440GX+(Lancewood) motherboard. Huh. So the case did not necessarily had a PD440FX but maybe …

Re: The first ATX case?

Posted on 2020-07-02, 23:21

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Also makes me wonder — why did people like keeping their tower cases on the desktop so much in the mid-90s? Reversed layout wasn't uncommon for the period. Filename 3.jpg File size 20.51 KiB Views 136 views Filename 2.jpg File size 17.04 KiB Views 136 views Filename 1.jpg File size 20.56 KiB Views …

Re: ROM for QD-6580 (KDE6500VLIDE)

Posted on 2020-07-02, 22:42

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hi! Did you try to find the original BIOS dump?

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-07-02, 21:20

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

A small VLB haul today: A QDI 6580 multi I/O. I have a non-upgradeable version of this card — works really stable on a AMD 5x86 160 (40MHz FSB) setup. Does anybody know where I can find a BIOS dump? What goes into the smaller socket? As far as I could make out the silkscreened text inside the socket …

Re: The first ATX case?

Posted on 2020-07-02, 21:10

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Got the case! https://i.imgur.com/tlOpdgUm.jpg It's a bit smaller than typical ATX cases — see here compared to Palo Alto ATCX (basically the same case as Dell Dimension T500 or some Micron machines) and InWin A500. https://i.imgur.com/NJh4r8Im.jpg The coolest thing is how it opens. First, you slide …

The first ATX case?

Posted on 2020-07-01, 16:09

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

We all know that the first ATX motherboard is Intel Advanced/ATX aka Thor. Intel didn't sell that motherboard to customers directly, thus the magazines never reviewed this product, and even Intel's website didn't mention Thor at the time. But what was the first ATX case? Gateway and other large OEMs …

Re: entry level sound card from year 1993 or early

Posted on 2020-06-30, 20:29

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

I'm pretty sure that the ISA8 clones of AdLib/early Sound Blasters existed well into the 486 era. My Mustek B301 is based on an ES488-F chip and the FCC ID dates it to 1993. It has every basic sound feature, including CD Audio input and Panasonic/Mitsumi CD-ROM connectors. Surely this card wouldn't …

Re: Retro-case ... or not ?

Posted on 2020-06-28, 22:58

in Milliways

in Milliways

Don't worry — I'm sure many will be interested to see how your project will turn out. I fully agree — it's a major pain in the ass to build AT systems because cables are a mess, especially if you want to play around with sound cards and other expansion cards. Cable management in those systems is an …

Re: Drivers for Hornet Technology VL-200 cached IDE VLB controller?

Posted on 2020-06-27, 13:50

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Got the drivers! I'll test soon and upload them to Vogonsdrivers. So excited! Seems like this might be a nice controller after all — it mentions support for 50MHz FSB at 0 wait state

Re: Drivers for Hornet Technology VL-200 cached IDE VLB controller?

Posted on 2020-06-27, 10:19

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

amang that is AWESOME news. Thank you so much!

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