Re: Will Win 7 auto detect lower resolution monitor and change resolution?

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Slightly offtopic, but giving somebody Windows 7 now it's out of support isn't really a good idea, particularly if they are inexperienced around computers and online security. It should be possible to upgrade that Win7 to Win10 (I forget exactly how, iirc you needed to set some accessibility option, …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on Today, 15:10

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[...] Dual slot 1 with AGP. Nice. Tyan 1836? Looks a tad sad tho, lets hope the brown stuff is dust and not the results of high temperatures. IBM OEM i440LX board. Utterly filthy and very battered. Can't even see if things are actually damaged due to the level of dirt - it literally looks like it's …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on Today, 14:12

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Spotted something: anybody want to guess why I just picked up this battered, wet, and very non-ESD-proof pile of crap? 😉 Filename 16114973478320.jpg File size 204.94 KiB Views 72 views

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Re: Reasonably priced mixer for your retro audio needs

Posted on Yesterday, 20:33

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Once you start adding MIDI modules, you start to need a lot more ports. I have a Behringer RX1602 with 8 stereo (or 16 mono) inputs. Very happy with that, so when I needed more ports I just got a second.

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Re: Is this card a fake?

Posted on Yesterday, 13:50

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by dionb

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Sphere478 wrote on Yesterday, 08:29: It won’t show the screen when I put it in the socket 7 board. 🤷‍♂️ Double-check in a PCI 2.2 system (So7 is invariably PCI 2.1) before completely writing it off.

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Re: Does the EPoX EP-8RDA3I really use the 12 volt connector for the CPU?

Posted on Yesterday, 13:47

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[...] I have an Enermax power supply that delivers 30+ amps on the 5 volt rail but it is even noisier than the CPU fan. I hate having to hear that thing. So replace its fan, or at least re-lubricate the current one if its bearings are still good. I have a huge AOpen/FSP 350W total but 50A 5V beast …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2021-01-22, 00:35

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by dionb

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When you say "AT" what exactly do you mean? I believe AT PSUs come in two different form factors, full size AT and baby AT. Where baby AT is similar/same/interchangeable with ATX. AT PSU are generally the same for AT Tower, AT Mini Tower, AT desktop form factor and AT baby AT desktop form factors. …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2021-01-21, 23:26

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Pentium VLB FWP Looks like you are going to have a weekend full of wonders. :) Oh yes. In fact, already decided. What I don't have is a decent Win3.1(1) box, so aimed for that - particularly as a slow P100 would run that excellently (where it would be a bit slow for my taste in Win9x). First …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2021-01-21, 11:16

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Started building a system around my Pentium VLB board. Found a case with a compatible Turbo button + LED - but of course the PSU was dead. No big surprise as it was one I found at the rubbish bins outside my house, and the motherboard was completely shorted out. Good I checked before hooking up the …

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Re: Wavetable socket on the motherboard

Posted on 2021-01-21, 09:50

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[...] Yeah, the CS4232 is soldered in place. It's part of the machines soundsystem, but there is a socket for CS9236 as well that is labeled "WAVE". My assumption has been that this is a wavetable addon. [...] Both are working but the former sounds a lot nicer. Would that be the CS9236 chip at work …

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Re: What do I need to know about this motherboard with a dallas time clock?

Posted on 2021-01-21, 08:25

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You can buy a brand new Dallas DS12887 from digikey for under $10 Sounds like an ideal option. How long can one expect on average before it gives trouble again? A decade or two. There's a lot of hate on these things, as they are more expensive than coin cells and all too frequently were soldered …

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Re: Wavetable socket on the motherboard

Posted on 2021-01-21, 07:54

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NevilClavain wrote on 2021-01-20, 23:41: It appears I have one of these crystal chips in one of my machines Hang on... exactly which Crystal chip? The CS9236 is a wavetable chip, this config is for the CS4232 which is a (good) SBPro2 clone - but no built-in wavetable. If you only have the CS4232, …

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Re: 22MB/s LAN transfer speed slow? WinXP ASUS P5Q3 Intel QX6850 SATA300 HDD

Posted on 2021-01-20, 18:56

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by dionb

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How do I make WinXP/98/95/NT not internet accessible but still LAN accessible? All my computers are connected to an ethernet hub which is connected to an internet router. Don't give the client PC a (valid) gateway address. Blacklist the client PC's NIC MAC in the router. Even better, if you have …

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Re: Maxing out the ram capacity on my motherboard

Posted on 2021-01-20, 16:58

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by dionb

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[...] Kinda sounds like that 3rd slot is just patched on there and not really something the chipset ever intended to be. Lol motherboard creators getting innovative. You tried combinations with 256mb in slot one and 128 in slot two? Yep. 256MB. Same the other way round too. Oh, you should try these …

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Re: 2 very different computers to cover many years

Posted on 2021-01-20, 16:16

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Considering that the fm2 motherboard has a PCI slot, inserting an old PCI video card, could the system work under windows98 too? The bus is less relevant than if there are drivers for the card - and little things like I/O ((S)ATA), sound and network drivers. It has been done, but you can run into …

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Re: Weird black smudges in relative "high" resolutions in Windows 3.1 with a VGA LCD

Posted on 2021-01-20, 16:13

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by dionb

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Looks like a bad cable, or bad analog circuitry in card and/or monitor. Given you've tried five different cards, including the known excellent Matrox G200, I doubt it's primarily in the cards. So I suspect a bad cable, or otherwise two bad monitors. What happens if you hook it up to a recentt, known …

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Re: Maxing out the ram capacity on my motherboard

Posted on 2021-01-20, 16:08

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by dionb

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[...] Gosh, I hope you’re wrong about having to choose but unfortunately I think you may be onto something. In such a case, I hear using EDO may allow the best of both worlds? What do you think? Highly unlikely. Anyway, good luck finding the 64MB or 128MB 50ns SIMMs for that. Have done rest of …

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Re: E-Wave : an ESS based waveblaster card

Posted on 2021-01-20, 12:57

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Haha a Hamster, but it has no stuffed bake! heh it is supposed to be an otter -> E-Wave "McOtto" If that's an otter, he's probably called "Hamtaro" :P Like the sound - it's not a Roland/Yamaha, but sounds very different to a lot of the other 'budget' options. I might be forced to make you take my …

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Re: Maxing out the ram capacity on my motherboard

Posted on 2021-01-20, 12:14

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by dionb

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[...] Hey, I learned that a 430TX could support 512MB, I likely never knew because I never looked into pushing one to its limits and I did not know anyone else who did . I played a lot more with 440BX boards, both mine and a few belonging to others . I hope you get chance to test on one of your …

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Re: 2 very different computers to cover many years

Posted on 2021-01-20, 10:34

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What do you want to play? And what features are important to you? A P75 is great for mid to late DOS stuff, but is too fast (and an OEM system like an IBM isn't great for clocking back) for the really old stuff. It's also a bit slow for the very last DOS games. Sweet spot for old DOS is about 486-33 …

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