Re: How did people draw on their PCs in the 80s and the 90s?
Posted on Today, 12:11
I drew on mine with a Magic Marker pen.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-05-16, 22:41
Even Google thinks you mean Atmel when I google Amtel EEPROM 😀 I don't think anyone suggested they make sockets. Socket3 is the member we were replying to
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-05-16, 21:55
The P4P800-X/Deluxe/VM series has issues writing or reading from EEPROM using the stock winbond chips they come with and sometimes corrupt BIOS. Replacing the stock EEPROM with Amtel chips I got on ebay fixed my boards as they started dying one by one. They do make exceptional boards as well, but …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2022-05-16, 20:59
Me, on the other hand - I'm a skeptic, but I do enjoy seeing people new to electronics who are willing to put in the time and effort to learn how to do what they want.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-05-15, 17:23
GigAHerZ wrote on 2022-05-15, 15:29: (At some point, i was actually trying to find out, if there is a CR2032 sized rechargeable battery, so one doesn't need to mess around with diodes or removal of some resistors for example...) LiR2032 and ML2032 are both rechargeable
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2022-05-14, 23:21
That makes sense, but I'm sure most can be at least pinned down to a 5 year range. Almost all my cases are tower, even the AT cases. Will be keeping an eye out for a couple of desktop cases for pre-486. I just have no idea personally when it comes to cases - except that better airflow is usually …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2022-05-14, 22:46
Took a look at my dozens of empty cases and untested old systems. Going to have to take photos some time, and get opinions on roughly what year(s) they all are, so I can build period appropriate systems in them. Doubt I have anything earlier than 486 though other than the untested 286 system and non …
Re: Would you go for any of these Socket 7 boards?
Posted on 2022-05-14, 22:38
kohellus@gmail.com wrote on 2022-05-14, 22:05: I would buy them all, that little thing at the sholder... Parrot, or chip?
Re: Would you go for any of these Socket 7 boards?
Posted on 2022-05-14, 21:47
Wise choice - if it feels good, buy it. Then when you test it, you'll remember another time if a brand or chipset is no good :) If I need one board, you can be sure I'll buy 5 with different chipsets (I've got enough stuff now, and read enough posts here and elsewhere to be able to be more choosy …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-05-14, 21:25
If I see something I can afford that I want, unless I consider the price stupid and know I can get it cheaper next month, I buy it. If I see something you call crap and it's cheap and I don't have that chipset, I buy it to tide me over until I find a better model. I'm not wealthy by any means, but I …
Re: GA-5AX prices on Ebay are outrageous; why?
Posted on 2022-05-14, 19:52
Even on sites like Amibay, some sellers vastly inflate prices, while most are quite fair.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-05-11, 19:45
OMORES wrote on 2022-05-11, 19:29: debs3759 wrote on 2022-05-11, 19:02: Is all the memory cached on that board? I think with 256K cache (I see 4x64K cache chips on the board) 64MB RAM are ideal. I thought that, but hoped I was wrong 😀
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-05-11, 19:02
This socket 3 motherboard with 128MB FPM. (FPM only board) Few months ago I bought a IBM DX2/66 with not a single pin in his place... (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-Aligned_Movement) :)) After 1+ hours I managed to get all the pins in place, and now I have a 486 with 128MB RAM... Is all the …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2022-05-11, 19:00
laxdragon wrote on 2022-05-11, 16:30: Today I posted on Vogons for the first time in a long time. Is that retro enough? 😀 Otherwise I've been spending time playing with my Mister FPGA. Having quite a bit of fun playing with a the AO486 core and a MT-32pi. All I can see is a "No Entry" sign
Re: Retro PC freezes while gaming, repeats last audio.
Posted on 2022-05-10, 19:51
System crashes may also be caused by bad RAM, so running memtest86+ might be a good idea. Don't blindly jump to the conclusion that if memtest86+ reports bad RAM, the RAM must be bad, as memtest86+ just reports the computer doesn't receive the data from the RAM it tried to write there. In case of …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-05-09, 20:47
Picking this lot up from a freecycler on Thursday. Described as This includes 2 motherboard, processor and memory bundles (one is a core 2 duo 2006ish the other is older), a printer (needs new toner), scanner, 5 1/4 floppy drive, various cables and other cards . Sadly I was late to the party, so …
Re: XCOPY /S not copying all files
Posted on 2022-05-06, 18:21
If you are using 95, why not use File Explorer to copy?
Re: best graphics card to add to 486
Posted on 2022-05-05, 21:28
AlessandroB wrote on 2022-05-04, 19:06: ATI Mach 64... 750€. Out of control.. totally. Absolute bargain! (for the seller 😀 ) I have never paid more than $20 for a Mach 64, even this year
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-05-03, 21:01
For the price of a pint of beer I bought these (seller's photo and description) Intel® Pentium® 4 220/512 Intel® Pentium® 3 1000/256/133 AMD Athlon XKDA3000# I have a pin straightening session ahead! :) And I have bought yet another ThinkPad (R50e) - looks like a Celeron/Pentium M but I have no …
Re: SUCCESSFUL K6-2+ to K6-3+ Full Cache Enable Mod
Posted on 2022-05-02, 00:36
Doh! 🤣
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