Re: TL866II software
Posted on Yesterday, 03:59
http://www.xgecu.com/ is down for some reason. I downloaded 10.29 from there yesterday with no problem.
Re: golden axe turtle village attack
Posted on 2020-08-01, 03:53
Re: 386 barrel battery replacement
Posted on 2020-07-31, 12:09
Hello again. I've got hold of a TL866II for reading the ROM. What IC setting should I use? The chip has a National Semiconductor logo on it, but I presumably have to remove the AMI label to see which model it is, which I would rather not do. A 386 ROM would be 32 KB?
Re: The VOGONS Experience
Posted on 2020-07-28, 18:06
Switching from Windows 98 to Windows 2000 meant that old DOS games were no longer playable, at least if you wanted sound. VDMSound fixed the problem and I used it for many years. Then I got a 64-bit OS which wouldn't run DOS programs at all. That finally brought me to VOGONS. Retro rigs were for …
Re: 386 barrel battery replacement
Posted on 2020-07-27, 16:51
Don't think so. Do bad things happen if you connect an external battery without disconnecting or disabling the onboard one? Currently waiting for some parts to arrive before resuming work on this.
Re: Reasonably good PCI Video card for Win XP .... not PCIe ...
Posted on 2020-07-24, 07:07
OT, but does anyone know why the Sparkle 8500 GT PCI won't work in my GA-X58A-UD5 board? I started a thread about it (and another problem) here: PCI video card compatibility
Re: Reasonably good PCI Video card for Win XP .... not PCIe ...
Posted on 2020-07-23, 09:38
Those GeForce GT 520/610 PCI cards are rare/expensive. I was able to snag one for cheap because the seller thought it was faulty. (It just needed new thermal paste.) Otherwise, expect to pay big money. They're not even very good. Sure they're fast for PCI but still far weaker than the equivalent …
Re: Reasonably good PCI Video card for Win XP .... not PCIe ...
Posted on 2020-07-23, 09:26
There's the passive cooled Sparkle 8500 GT PCI, but it takes up two slots and the heat sink runs very hot. It also doesn't work in all PCI slots. ETA: However it uses a standard HS/HSF mounting, so if the heat and size bother you, you can just remove the HS and install a generic HSF taken from …
Re: Format floppy disks
Posted on 2020-07-21, 10:36
Re: 386 barrel battery replacement
Posted on 2020-07-19, 05:33
I think VCFED members tend to be over a certain age. Things will move more slowly there.
Re: 386 barrel battery replacement
Posted on 2020-07-19, 04:00
Good to know, thanks. I'll take a look at it later.
Re: 386 barrel battery replacement
Posted on 2020-07-19, 02:42
It just needs new memory modules and replacements are expensive. It's not a priority right now. I'll get around to it after I get the 386 working.
Re: 386 barrel battery replacement
Posted on 2020-07-19, 02:03
Good, that simplifies things. The 286 is faulty and its case is sitting empty so I'll put this board there and make use of its case-mounted battery. Thank's for all the info.
Re: 386 barrel battery replacement
Posted on 2020-07-19, 01:55
Now that I think of it, this reminds me of the external battery used by my 5162 XT, which uses a 6 V BR-P2 Lithium battery. Would that work here?
Re: 386 barrel battery replacement
Posted on 2020-07-19, 01:31
The path is cropped in the board-underside image I uploaded, but the battery +ve terminal runs directly to CR3 and CR2 and makes contact with the outermost pin of J10. I don't see where the other J10 pins connect but assume they are all grounded. ETA: However, this means that it cannot be a Solectek …
Re: 386 barrel battery replacement
Posted on 2020-07-19, 00:43
I was going to ask about that, J10 looks like a speaker connector. How do I connect a battery to it?
Re: 386 barrel battery replacement
Posted on 2020-07-19, 00:00
It appears to be this: A rtek OPTI-25 https://arvutimuuseum.ee/th99/m/A-B/30078.htm And yes there is a connector for an external battery J10 Does anyone have a manual for this board? ETA: Actually it more closely resembles the Solectek 386DX https://arvutimuuseum.ee/th99/m/S-T/30338.htm Note …
386 barrel battery replacement
Posted on 2020-07-18, 23:17
Hello guys. I've recently acquired an old 386 which has one of those big blue batteries soldered onto the board. What do you suggest I replace it with? https://i.postimg.cc/xXvLPby5/DSC-0153.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/XXrFzPkp/DSC-0159.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/LqyYykqt/DSC-0162.jpg https://i.postimg. …
Re: What game are you playing now?
Posted on 2020-07-15, 03:27
I have been playing Frontier: Elite II for the first time in ages. In DOSBox, though I have also been trying out glFrontier. What is the latest version of this? The project appears to be dead and the websites have gone.
Re: IBM PC 5150 games?
Posted on 2020-07-13, 03:43
I remember that Windmill's Moonbugs won't run on an VGA card. It has to be CGA.
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