Re: Best approaches to install baby AT motherboard in ATX case?
Posted on Yesterday, 02:41
Yah, I've usually found 3 holes lining up and for all the rest the plastic spacers with the latching button shaved.
Re: CRT Terminator Digital VGA Feature Card ISA DV1000
Posted on Yesterday, 02:37
Yah but the modes that are most problematic to display with simple convertors tend to be 256 color low res modes? Higher res higher color modes can go through different convertor?
Re: Anyone familiar with this motherboard?
Posted on Yesterday, 02:33
The typical deal with those type of boards was to sell them with an AMD 386 at 25 or so Mhz already mounted for like $5 more than a bare board, which was attractive for upgrading older 286, with a 486 option when chip prices dropped. Not sure you'll find a socket for that footprint, so yah, you'd …
Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware
Posted on Yesterday, 02:18
It is into 5 figures and has pulled some production V5s out of the woodwork, which are also zooming in price a bit with the interest and may establish 4 figure values soon. Soooo, if you were on the fence about getting one of those reproductions using original chips, you best get your name in before …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on Yesterday, 01:55
Kind of a traditional move, though shame the XT board wouldn't work for you.
Re: Amstrad 5.25 floppy drive compatible with 386?
Posted on Yesterday, 01:51
You might have CGA composite there. However, that's not super easy to deal with in Europe, I synched it before on monochrome security monitors that had a lot of vertical hold adjustment. Might get mono synched on Amiga, CPC464 or Atari monitors with vertical hold fiddling, or if you have a TV model …
Re: Computer aesthetics: what is your approach to your builds?
Posted on 2023-02-05, 18:31
At the moment I'm not going for factory fresh, more like all in one lump with no stray pieces hanging out. Just cleaning stuff down rather than refinishing. I don't mind a bit of yellowing, but there's one or two things around that have gone really obnoxious deep yellow that I might try to tame at …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2023-02-05, 18:01
Today's retro activity for me was finally starting to capture some recordings from old VHS tapes that I found last year, utilising a bunch of retro hardware. I grabbed the nearest PC to hand - an Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 with 4GB RAM, running Windows 7 and installed a spare PCI Analogue capture card …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2023-02-05, 17:29
Cool, run a 32bit PCI card in it just to see everyone lose their shit. 🤣
Re: Open source DOS games
Posted on 2023-02-05, 14:15
Stumbled upon this by chance, "K-Boom" Atomic Bomberman clone https://github.com/mrichtarsky/K-BOOM
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2023-02-05, 03:36
I'm hung up in analysis paralysis mode of wanting to do like 5 things at once, but not picking what to do first. Option A: Dig out the AST Advantage 386/25 and R&R it, throw in a soundblaster and CD, get it tuned up, find the Logitech Wingman and play Wing Commander, Keens etc.. Option B: Sort out …
Re: Theory of the lucky 3
Posted on 2023-02-05, 00:30
For the example, in the early 90s you still have speed sensitive games like Wing Commander that need 386 level speed to run properly. Or games like the Commander Keen series that need certain video cards to work properly. So something like a Pentium 3 with a good 3D Windows graphics card would be …
Re: Adding DRAM to Compaq Countura 3/20 motherboard - SUCCESS after BIOS hacking
Posted on 2023-02-04, 21:31
First time noticing this thread, thanks OP for setting that all down, it's like a masterclass in hacking RAM into your laptop. I have a somewhat similar beastie, a Contura 4/25
Re: Theory of the lucky 3
Posted on 2023-02-04, 16:07
The one box 80s machine could be a turbo XT with true 4.77Mhz deturbo and a 286 or 386 accelerator card (Which could be enabled/disabled in software) , but those are rare and spendy. But also towards end of 80s you probably want EGA/VGA whereas at beginning CGA/Herc I would say a line falls around …
Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware
Posted on 2023-02-04, 00:24
True, is it even faster than FSAA on a Radeon 8500 or something?
Re: AT Form Factor Cases with separate side panels?
Posted on 2023-02-03, 23:58
If you want real easy tinker access, lemme ruin your life by telling you about the unicorns with a hinged flip up panel like the hood of a car. Mostly lie flat desktop format. Horrible for ventilation too, you don't want many watts in most of them (i.e. 233MMX and below) I saw a fat squat minitower …
Re: What is this...THING?! o_o ("BitchinFast 3D 2000")
Posted on 2023-02-03, 23:07
There was one partiular combo of drivers for ATI and nVidia that let you have both in your system without argument and to then use OpenCL on both. Or just CUDA on the nVid, something else on the AMD/ATi.. Anyhoo, it was with that lashup I found I could use a 9400GT PCI for PhysX and game on a HD4650 …
Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware
Posted on 2023-02-03, 22:53
Nice, should remortgage the house and buy 2... heh, but I'm thinking it will bust 5 figures with 9 days for news to get round the tech blogs and 3 ppl in the world rich and nutty enough to spring for it. (Doubt I'd wanna pay more than 2k for anything even if I won a powerball) In other news, anyone …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2023-02-03, 18:01
Just wanted to mention, this "AST Advantage! Plus 486DX2-66" arrived yesterday and sure enough, the CT2760 and WD90C31 match the ones I found pictures of above exactly. Then... I realized that CD-ROM drive was an original Creative "Sound Blaster" CD-ROM, model CR-563-B :o!! So... I'm very pleased. …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2023-02-03, 15:45
Also, I'm pretty pleased with this purchase (sellers photos)... 1.jpg 2.jpg Sticker on the computer says the system has a Paradise SVGA card of some sort. And that top card definitely looks like a mid-90s Sound Blaster... Soo... after spending a little time comparing this photo to photos online... …
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