Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-05-14, 10:01

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by ildonaldo

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Not strictly retro or vintage but a good catch for 20,- Euro (incl. P&P). Just right for my current early 2010 project :-) - Intel Core2 Quad Q9505 - Asus P5K Pro Mainboard - 4 GB DDR2 (4x 1GB) - Arctic Freezer 13 - 140mm + 80mm Silentwing 3 ... plus a load of board accessories IMG_20220514_104259 ( …

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Re: looking for cheap stereo soundbar for my old rigs

Posted on 2022-05-12, 19:19

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by ildonaldo

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Dell AX510 soundbar (for Dell monitors) has surprisingly good sound. Well, at least for me :) I've already got a DELL Soundbar for my AX510 monitor and you are right about the sound, but it won't fit with my retro monitor with 4:3 monitor ratio - sorry, but also a "no go" for retro computing ;-) I …

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Re: looking for cheap stereo soundbar for my old rigs

Posted on 2022-05-12, 18:48

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by ildonaldo

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You'd be hard pressed to find a good soundbar for PC usage that is compatible with older audio inputs. Is optical audio an option for you? If not, you're going to be limited to the 2.1 speaker sets. Oh sorry, but it is down to a simple 3,5mm jack connector (as ususal for soundcards), no optical …

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looking for cheap stereo soundbar for my old rigs

Posted on 2022-05-12, 16:17

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by ildonaldo

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Hi, please help to find some reasonable cheap soundbar to go with my my old retro rigs. I am still looking for some case inbuilt speakers (see below) but until I will able to get something, I am looking for a more recent solution as a mini/micro soundbar ;-) Any recommendations (for germany)? …

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Re: My little PC collection (10 Retro-PCs)

Posted on 2022-04-14, 14:10

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Happy Easter Everyone! #10: year 1999 build … My rating: 4 from 5 stars Description: This is my new Voodoo 3 gaming machine, that replaces the #3 Voodoo 2 machine that I’ve sold recently. I was even able to connect one of the front USB-Ports to the additional USB 2.0 card. (luckily there are …

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Re: Y2K classic - Pentium III with voodoo 5 5500

Posted on 2022-02-22, 16:09

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by ildonaldo

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TrashPanda wrote on 2022-02-20, 09:36: Also if anyone knows where I can get a replacement fan for a V4 4500 drop me a DM, even if its an ebay link. You could try to order some fans from osckhar, he is a notorious Voodoo modder. Here is a current ebay-link: https://www.ebay.de/itm/174885285564

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Re: Will SDRAM-modules fit onto this Socket 7 Board (Soyo SY5VD)?

Posted on 2022-02-15, 17:22

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by ildonaldo

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Remember that the i430VX has a max cacheable range of 64MB so it's pointless to go beyond that. It's slower actually. I am still a bit confused, because the above mentioned manual referres to 128MB onboard memory, whatever that is worth ... .. but anyway, I've just bought 2x 32MB for this board. …

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Re: Please Identify this AT-case: need drive mounting rails for this special AT case

Posted on 2022-02-13, 12:59

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I've already formed some rough plan that might work :-) - I will first attach the front case-cover and try to fit the drives (CD+FDD) in place. - Then I will estimate the placement of the drives and attach the wooden strips accordingly with double sided tape to the drives. - If this fits, I will use …

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Re: Please Identify this AT-case: need drive mounting rails for this special AT case

Posted on 2022-02-13, 09:16

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by ildonaldo

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I agree Pentiumspeed ! Have seen some black plastic wide types with metal "mounded " spring type things that probably were used in a similar case, unfortunately cannot find any in my box of rails to show as an example.... Already tried these but they won't fit in any way. s-l1600.jpg s-l1600.jpg …

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Re: Please Identify this AT-case: need drive mounting rails for this special AT case

Posted on 2022-02-11, 17:23

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by ildonaldo

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Won't anyone know/have this case?

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Please Identify this AT-case: need drive mounting rails for this special AT case

Posted on 2022-02-10, 08:53

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by ildonaldo

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I’ve recently bought a nice old AT case to refurbish it as a new “Home” for my 486DX. After retrobrighting* the front and painting the hood I’ve noticed that it requires some special mounting rails for all the drives (both 3.5" and 5.25"). First I’ve tried some rails from a fujitsu case I had lying …

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Please help to verify Timeline for Iomega Zip drives

Posted on 2022-02-09, 08:36

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by ildonaldo

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As I like to build my retro projects period correct plus I like fancy drives, I tried to unearth some timeline for the iomega Zip drives. That's what I have been able to find out so far: Zip 100 - introduction around 1994 Zip 250 - introduction around 1999 Zip 750 - introduction around 2002 ZipCD …

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Re: Will SDRAM-modules fit onto this Socket 7 Board (Soyo SY5VD)?

Posted on 2022-02-01, 17:06

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by ildonaldo

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BTW what's the latests BIOS for my Soyo SY5VD board? I couldn't find anything on first glimpse ...

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Re: Will SDRAM-modules fit onto this Socket 7 Board (Soyo SY5VD)?

Posted on 2022-02-01, 16:12

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by ildonaldo

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Just bought 2x 32MB Modules (KTC6611/32 Kingston 32MB PC100 100MHz CL2) for very little money :-) Hope they will work with this board ... During the later Windows 9.x + ME era there were a lot of software an driver incompatibilities that made (IT) live miserable. But during the 90s hardware PLUS ( …

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Re: Will SDRAM-modules fit onto this Socket 7 Board (Soyo SY5VD)?

Posted on 2022-02-01, 10:50

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by ildonaldo

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Put it into perspective though - in January 1996 I paid the equivalent of USD 256 for two 4MB SIMMs. By December prices had dropped to a quarter of that, but you'd still have to spend the better part of USD 256 for 32MB ... That prices were still in the wake of the Kobo earthquake and the following …

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Re: Will SDRAM-modules fit onto this Socket 7 Board (Soyo SY5VD)?

Posted on 2022-01-31, 12:57

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by ildonaldo

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OK, thank you for the Feedback. I just wanted to max upgrade, but in that case the 72-pin SIM modules that came with the board will have to suffice. It's a pity, that the VX-board has such limitations, because my older GA-586S board (with SIS chipset) easily takes 128MB of RAM (but unfortunatly …

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Will SDRAM-modules fit onto this Socket 7 Board (Soyo SY5VD)?

Posted on 2022-01-31, 09:27

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by ildonaldo

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For my current project I'd like to use a Soyo SY5VD board (82430VX chipset) with a Pentium 233 MMX and SD-RAM. The board manual specifies two 72-pin SIM-banks (with up to 4 modules) and two 168-pin DIMM-banks. I would like to use two SDRAM-modules (SAMSUNG M366S1623DT0-C1L 128MB) but ist seems that …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-27, 19:48

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by ildonaldo

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got this week a Pentium 233 MMX for my current project. Had some minor corrosion at the edges from long storage, hope it still works fine. Filename P1_MMX_233.jpg File size 70.01 KiB Views 367 views File comment Pentium 233 MMX

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-16, 17:51

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by ildonaldo

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Got today a "Soyo SY-5VD" AT Socket 7 board (with a P-166 MX) for my 1997 Retro-PC "project in progress" ... and the Audigy 2 came with the board for free 😀 Any Idea what the fastest CPU is that this board will run? Filename Soyo_Socket7.jpg File size 130.42 KiB Views 452 views File comment Soyo …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-12-29, 12:25

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by ildonaldo

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Got this (NOS) BTC CDRW-drive, Model "BCE 5232IA" with cardreader yesterday 😀 Filename BCE-5232IA.jpg File size 45.97 KiB Views 823 views File comment BTC Model: BCE 5232IA I love fancy drives, but sadly I'm still lacking a combo-floppy drive like the Teac FD-505 in my collection 🙁

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