Re: Show us your ram collection/pile

Posted on 2019-05-17, 11:42

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Oops, just gave away a parcel of 3,5 kg of my odd spares to another collector. Some 32 and 64 MB SDRAM and PS/2 FPM, but mostly PS/2 EDO with 4 and 8 MB. Despite storing my motherboards with memory modules installed there are still some huge boxes of spare memory modules. Beyond the usual 30 pin, PS …

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Re: Adaptec 1542B not working with ASPI4DOS

Posted on 2019-05-17, 07:11

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As long as you try to use only one or two HDDs there is no need for the ASPIDISK.SYS driver. PC BIOS hast support for two HDDs allready. For what I remember ASPIDISK is needed for 3+ drives or removable drives like ZIP, Jazz, Bernoulli or Syquest drives. If you use the adaptec EZ-SCSI driver suite …

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Re: Adaptec 1542B not working with ASPI4DOS

Posted on 2019-05-16, 06:50

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For what I remember you need ASPICD.SYS loaded in CONFIG.SYS as well to get CDROM support with the adaptec ASPI stack. And of course MSCDEX.EXE in AUTOEXEC.BAT eisapc

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Re: What Should I Build in this Old Server Tower?

Posted on 2019-05-14, 07:05

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by eisapc

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Perfect housing for a dual P2, P3 or Xeon setup. Could be combined with some nice SCSI Raid to a retro workstation or fileserver running NT4 or Windows 2000/XP. Owning a similar case housing a dual Celeron 500 and a raid 5 array of SCSI disks.

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Re: 1987 DIgital Network Card Identification\Drivers (PS/2 Model 80)

Posted on 2019-05-07, 09:33

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You could ask in comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware newsgroup. If the driver is availiable anywhere, somebody there will know. Despite tons of MCA equipment in my basement, I dont own this board, so I am not sure if I have any drivers. eisapc

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Re: IPX network on MS-DOS

Posted on 2019-04-29, 12:16

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No idea on PNPODI cause I never used it, but the other two should be part of any Netware client install and can be easily found in different download locations. https://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/tools/1561.html is only one of them.

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Re: Video memory upgrade question for Pentium system

Posted on 2019-04-29, 12:05

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The Deskpro 2000 uses a small PCB with the two memory chips piggybacked to the existing video RAM to upgrade the video memory. Search for Compaq 213859-001 Video Memory 1MB Upgrade Board will quickly show up some pictures in online search, or even auctions. I would prefer upgrading the onboard video …

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Re: Fibre Channel Disk Arrays - Anyone use them?

Posted on 2019-04-26, 06:03

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I have some Fibre Channel equipment in use, this is a perfect match for older servers. The only thing to remember ist that these huge number of drives draw a lot of power. You should be able to find some HBAs and cables from online auctions. One thing to mention: Some manufactures used non standard …

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Re: Best settings for this SCSI card ?

Posted on 2019-04-04, 11:40

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by eisapc

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The default I/O of 330h sometimes collides with the midi port adress. I recommend the AHA-2842 VLB controller if you use a VLB board. Dont try to use an AMD Lance network controller. These are ISA busmasters, like the adaptec, but ISA does only support a single busmaster.

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Re: Looking for manual or jumper settings for Microscience MFM hardcard

Posted on 2019-03-28, 07:42

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I would try setting the dip switch to 1 insteadt of 2. You could use a multimeter to figure out if the dip switch is connected to the drives drive select lines (pin 26, 28, 30 and 32). eisapc

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Re: socket 7 passive heatsink cooling info

Posted on 2019-03-26, 07:34

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If you use a case fan the cooling should be sufficient. Big OEMs like Compaq, Dell and Fujitsu Siemens used passive Cooling up to P2. I would swap the power supply for one with a big blower, as it would direct cool the CPU in your personal setup. eisapc

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Re: Compaq Deskpro 386/20e

Posted on 2019-03-25, 12:23

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I will try to locate my system, but I am afraid it is buried somewhere in my cellar, so it might take hours to get direct access. Will reply if I can locate it somewhere with easy access. eisapc

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Re: EISA Configuration Utility Needed

Posted on 2019-03-22, 09:37

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Usually any ECU should work as long as you have the matching *.cfg and probably *.ovl file for your board. You can try there: The source files with the various ECU's etc are now online. Link is on the main EISA page: http://108.59.254.117/~mR_Slug/EISA/ eisapc

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Re: Compaq Deskpro 386/20e

Posted on 2019-03-21, 09:27

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Very nice, especially with the matching monitor. If you are looking for some memory upgrade PM me. I have some spare modules for sure. I have a 386/20e and a 386/25e myself, a 386/16s ,a 486/L and countless /M and /XL, but never got my hands on such a monitor. eisapc

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Re: Matrox Millennium VGA Disabled??

Posted on 2019-03-13, 09:04

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If the card was IBM labeled it may originate from an RS/6000 workstation. I remember flashing another Matrox PC card with the IBM BIOS in lack of a GXT 130 for my RS6K. eisapc

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Re: What retro hardware you killed today or in the past :(. Killing spree stories+serial killers welcome. Rest in pieces.

Posted on 2019-03-13, 08:43

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I remember killing two Compaq SMART 2E EISA Raid controllers by not completely seating them in the EISA slots, an external HDD by using the wrong power supply (same plug but different), at least one Duron CPU by not completely attaching the heatsink (not sure if the other one was already dead before …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2019-02-22, 13:41

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These trays were availiable in beige and dark grey for the VMS and storage works line, while the white ones seem to be unique to the PC line. There are narrow SCSI and wide SCSI versions. The one in the picture is wide while the narrow SCSI has a two row connector. I will have a look at my archive …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2019-02-18, 09:50

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Yesterday... this was going to be gone.... forever! Seeing this going for the landfill... I could not help but save it from near doom. A Digital Prioris 6200, Dual P-Pro server.... my first P-Pro! I see it has EISA slots, and weird looking smaller white ones... apparently called PCI! Nice find, got …

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Re: Retro-file server?

Posted on 2019-02-12, 12:08

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Apart from ftp and Samba Marsnwe as a free Netware protocol based server should be considered. Setting up a Netware client for DOS is easy and its a much more retro Style Server system than an actual Samba implementation. eisapc

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Re: ISA SCSI w/Floppy Controller

Posted on 2019-02-11, 19:08

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Attached the DC2.sys I didnot test it myself, just forwarding if anybody is interested. eisapc

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