Re: No CD-ROM drives detected at all with MSCDEX and VIDE-CDD

Posted on 2024-09-29, 19:34

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My 486 only support HDD on the first IDE. Second IDE is CDR only. What is the motherboard or multicard? As the card is used by the motherboard bios, it makes no difference. I observe this with some VLB multi IO card. If the card has it's own bios, results will be different. The board is a Shuttle …

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Re: No CD-ROM drives detected at all with MSCDEX and VIDE-CDD

Posted on 2024-09-29, 12:32

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My 486 only support HDD on the first IDE. Second IDE is CDR only.

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Re: Long term forum members - why did you leave?

Posted on 2024-09-27, 15:50

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Turboblack wrote on 2024-09-27, 15:38: now for 20 dollars you can buy a game stick that is inserted into the TV, and you can play on two joysticks (included), ... ...and that is modern equipment.

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Re: Long term forum members - why did you leave?

Posted on 2024-09-27, 14:20

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stuff from 15-20 years ago is increasingly looking like "modern" stuff to many forum members. Realistically, the classic retro-game oriented "Retro-PC" phase ends with Ivy Bridge. Ivy Bridge marks the end of WinXP compatibility. If a game works past XP, it likely works on modern equipment. If it is …

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Re: Childhood deficiencies

Posted on 2024-09-27, 12:24

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Consider the environment: Use a low core² for about half the power consumption. 😉

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Re: Long term forum members - why did you leave?

Posted on 2024-09-27, 05:20

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The nice thing about retro PCs is that it is a slow hobby. The only thing that changes with time is information, tools and intact stuff. It is not like an online grind game. You can actually complete things. And you don't have to do it again and again.

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Re: Long term forum members - why did you leave?

Posted on 2024-09-26, 19:57

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Turboblack wrote on 2024-09-26, 19:37: I have an interesting question: how can we pass on our hobbies and interests to the future generation, or generations, and will they understand why and for what purpose we do this? We don't, because their online games can't be saved by a retro PC. They will …

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Re: Talk me off the ledge here - Stick with my 486 rebuild or go 'beyond'...

Posted on 2024-09-26, 16:37

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MeatballB wrote on 2024-09-26, 15:40: Yeah, I do believe the motherboard should be alright... I wouldn't count on the ODIN. You may have to deal with that.

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Re: Talk me off the ledge here - Stick with my 486 rebuild or go 'beyond'...

Posted on 2024-09-26, 15:36

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I'd try to finish one project first.

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Re: Long term forum members - why did you leave?

Posted on 2024-09-26, 12:34

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Placing emphasis on different hobby for some time.

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Re: Where is the rest of the world?

Posted on 2024-09-26, 05:21

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As a western european, I don't quite agree with the picture presented by Almoststew1990. I was a student in the early 90s, living from jobs and not living at home. I did have a profound interest in computers and went through 286, 386, 486, with a color matrix printer and a multifrequency display ( …

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Re: Memory issue on 286 board

Posted on 2024-09-24, 10:25

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Battery status?

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Re: Gigabyte GA-7IX Rev.1 not enabling UDMA/66 mode

Posted on 2024-09-23, 16:52

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As for patching the BIOS I am absolutely clueless where to start, I am not familiar with assembler and I don't have a BIOS chip flashing device :) I have neither either, I just followed the instructions. HOWEVER, the patch description fitted my case well. I started out with a less valuable board. …

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Re: Is having 386 with 486 chipset is bad?

Posted on 2024-09-22, 11:11

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I'm of the opinion that best 386 chipset is a 486 chipset, you get proper support for the Cyrix CPUs with internal cache. Performance of 486 chipsets is usually better too and you get more out the 386 than otherwise. But then, why not upgrade the CPU to 486? You basically opt for an early Celeron, …

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Re: Introduction and questions about my Core2Duo Time Machine

Posted on 2024-09-22, 11:08

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-> I have sound! However, the device manager is full of warnings. (sound card (SB emulation)) Check the windows hardware settings. And take a look which install option the manager chose for the sb emulation and the card. He may well have picked a non default (even reduced) setting in which some …

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Re: Introduction and questions about my Core2Duo Time Machine

Posted on 2024-09-21, 19:50

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When I made the mistake of installing windows with too much ram, I eventually reinstalled Win98 with a legal amount of ram. For me, it worked fine after the reinstall. Not sure if it will for you. BTW, not all programs will be able to handle 512 MB on win98. So it might be good to have a 256MB stick …

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Re: Introduction and questions about my Core2Duo Time Machine

Posted on 2024-09-21, 18:18

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You run win 98 with 1024 MB? Why not try 512 MB?

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Re: CPU / Motherboard Combos every Retro computer Enthusiasts should have

Posted on 2024-09-21, 15:33

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C64? Never have and I guess I never will. I had Atari 800XL back then and I also have a few instances now... but they also only sit in the storage... That is my point. Not every machine, era, OS is everyones concern. Choice of CPU/motherboard depends on what you want to play on it. So there is no …

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Re: CPU / Motherboard Combos every Retro computer Enthusiasts should have

Posted on 2024-09-21, 06:25

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What CPU / Motherboard combos do you think Every Retro computer enthusiast should have ? For Playing games in Good Quality and Performance. It depends on your definition of Retro and at which date your Retro starts and ends. So it is highly subjective. How many here run a C64? See. I don't think …

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Re: 486 AT motherboard with new ATX ?

Posted on 2024-09-18, 10:04

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It isn't as smooth as that. You will likely need an adapter for the PSU, an AT-ATX backplate, you need a suitable PSU with enough power on the +5V rail and you need to clarify your -5V needs and address them somehow, if required.

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