Re: Is the 440BX chipset compatible with registered ECC memory?

Posted on 2021-09-09, 12:03

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I don't have any first-hand experience with reg. ECC on 440BX, but here is an extensive guide that might answer some of your questions: https://web.archive.org/web/20180103032407/ht … ram_bx_faq.html

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Re: Anyone ever paint their cases back in the day?

Posted on 2021-08-09, 06:34

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In ca. 2002 when case modding took off, I had the side and top panel of my beige box cut with a laser cutter (a friend's dad had access to one at work). I then painted both of them black and threw in two blue cold cathode tubes. I can dig out photos some time, but I even still have that case. Of …

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Re: The Flying Dutchman: Tulip Vision Line dt 5/120 (upgraded)

Posted on 2021-07-12, 18:58

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That's a beauty, thank you for sharing! I am glad that one more of these nice little machines has found its way to a collector instead of the recycler.

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

Posted on 2021-07-12, 18:49

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Finished installing a remotely accessible DOS machine, dubbed the BoilerPC. Runs Carbon Copy Plus and hides behind the boilers in a 100 year old building. Spent the last month and a half just trying to find the appropriate furniture to match it with. For a Good time, modem dial Extension 708. ;) …

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Re: ISA sound cards with digital out.

Posted on 2021-07-09, 09:29

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Quick search turned up these as well: - Turtle Beach Fiji - SoundPro HT1869V+ (never heard of this card before, seems to be a CMI8330 clone or just re-labelled, see here: https://www.karlsitretro.com/soundpro-ht1869v-review/) - Certain revisions of the Creative CT1920 AWE32 Upgrade Board that seems …

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Re: Retro computer builds that surprised you the most because they worked better than expected

Posted on 2021-07-07, 17:57

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I once put together a S370 Celeron system and installed Win ME just for giggles... But it turned out to be a very stable and responsive system, much to my surprise.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-07-07, 17:52

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A 2 MB Matrox MGA-2064W without the upgrade card and a 4 MB Hercules Dynamite 128. The Hercules Dynamite 128 looks beautiful from the back. Have been looking for this card, but they were all too expensive for me. I took a group photo of all the graphics cards that arrived: 2021_07 Grafikkarten 01. …

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Re: The Flying Dutchman: Tulip Vision Line dt 5/120 (upgraded)

Posted on 2021-07-05, 12:15

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Hey thank you so much for your kind feedback! I should receive the Tulip today but "unfortunately" I know yet that my version has AT24 onboard graphic so I'll use my S3 Trio 64V+. A couple of questions: there are some PDF Manuals available? Why my PC doesn't have the model printed under the Tulip …

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Re: The Flying Dutchman: Tulip Vision Line dt 5/120 (upgraded)

Posted on 2021-07-01, 10:57

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Hello, I am buying this "mysterious" Tulip computer (photo by the seller, strangely there is no model on the front). It should be a Pentium 166 but I don't know if it has been upgraded. May I ask if/how did you disable the onboard VGA? Thank you Cool, congratulations on this find! The BIOS doesn't …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-06-20, 19:10

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Also, opinion about my C-Media PCI card? Phil has done a review of this chipset some time ago: https://www.philscomputerlab.com/c-media-cmi8738.html He also has the drivers available for download. Since I don't have one of these cards myself, I don't have a real opinion, but it seems there are …

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Re: Best network cards for MSDOS / Win98

Posted on 2021-06-18, 08:55

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For ISA, I'd definitely go with the 3com cards because they have good driver support and usually just work. For PCI, I agree with the statements above. I try to stick with 3com and Intel, but haven't had any issues with Realtek either. Actually, the first Ethernet card I ever bought (for the sole …

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Re: Pentium III + Windows 98, Slow network transfers

Posted on 2021-06-14, 20:12

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If you want good speed do this. Install TCP Stack 1.4 Install VTCP.386 4.10.2223 "236926USA8.EXE" Install QFE Hotfix VIP.386 4.10.2228 "Q301453.EXE" Once you do that You can replace 98se winsock files with windows ME files (MSWSOCK.DLL, MSWSOSP.DLL, WINSOCK.DLL, WS2_32.DLL, WS2HELP.DLL, WS2THK.DLL, …

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

Posted on 2021-06-11, 18:27

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Today I continued putting together a 440BX Tualatin build: Asus CUBX with modded BIOS P3-S 1400 with "Korean guy" adapter soldered 512MB RAM GeForce4 Ti4200 128MB 2x Diamond Monster 3D II 12MB in SLI Turtle Beach Aureal Vortex 2 AWE64 Gold Intel NIC 40GB 7200rpm Maxtor HDD Lian Li PC-9F full …

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Re: Beige-Beast

Posted on 2021-06-08, 19:34

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That's a great system, especially the motherboard. Tualatin-capable boards are not easy (or at least not cheap) to find nowadays, let alone the Gigabyte ones. I have a soft spot for Tualatin systems, which is why I just can't stop building them (I have like 7 or so). If you feel the need for more …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-06-08, 12:13

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@Ydee: Beware of negative center. Most of these power supplies tend to have positive center. If the speakers do not have reverse polarity protection, you might fry their internal amplifier if you use one with positive center. Edit: imi was faster 😉

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-05-22, 20:45

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This card as part of a small lot: Quadro 4 980 XGL, basically a GeForce 4 Ti 4800 (= 4600 with AGP 8x). No artifacts during POST, have to test it thorouhgly some time next week. Whole lot was 23€ shipped, so if it's fully functional that's a great deal. Filename Screenshot_20210522-223944.png File …

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

Posted on 2021-05-10, 09:58

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I combined it with 8 MB RAM, a Tseng ET4000 graphics card, Sound Blaster 2.0 CT1350B, double speed CD-ROM and a CF card for storage. Fun little system :) Excellent setup. CT1350B with CMS support I suppose? Unfortunately my card lacks the CMS chips, but I might get the remakes from eBay one day...

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

Posted on 2021-05-10, 08:50

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... Some highlights from the test run: mobo00.jpg mobo01.jpg Seritech 386AS aka ECS 8517 aka FORCOM M396F. Love that one. It's cacheless but I take it as an advantage. 386SX-33 without any additional waitstates to disable the cache should be perfect for Wing Commander and similar oldies. Also come …

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

Posted on 2021-05-06, 16:01

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Talked with a friend who also collects... 001.jpg03.jpg Holy crap... that's a lot of computers. I might show this picture to my wife when she complains about me piling up too much retro stuff (around 15 machines currently). :D You can buy some IBM, the warehouse is only ~60km away from you ^^ Looks …

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

Posted on 2021-05-05, 08:19

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vad4r wrote on 2021-05-05, 05:25: Talked with a friend who also collects... 001.jpg03.jpg Holy crap... that's a lot of computers. I might show this picture to my wife when she complains about me piling up too much retro stuff (around 15 machines currently). 😁

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