Re: Best (Super) Socket 7 motherboard?
Posted on 2021-03-05, 10:52
I agree with W.x. - in the super seven era 300Mhz was a sweetspot and best 'bang for buck' when it came to K6-2.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2021-03-02, 16:12
so, while browsing my usual searches a few days ago this thing popped up and I was like... "sure" even though I have no idea what it is x3 at first glance it looks like a SB 1.0 clone to me with a bunch of GALs to substitute logic chips? could not find anything about this card, there is …
Re: Show us your retro computer cases
Posted on 2021-01-29, 23:46
Hey. I used to have this exact case back in the 90s. Don't suppose you have any details on the case at all? Would love to get another one of these. Loved how the LED's were in the slots! I don't really have any details about who manufactured it unfortunately. I bought it off ebay as new in box. Its …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2021-01-28, 09:43
I got this Pentium II 233MHz yesterday via ebay, a SL264. It is passive cooled, but gets quite warm even if I only stay in the BIOS. I wonder if I need an additional case fan for it. P2_233_SL264.jpg These are not passively cooled. Likely it came from some machine which had additional fans (not …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2021-01-26, 08:46
I'm always paranoid about keeping HDDs with stuff on it due to some pervert having shit like child porn on it or something. If I found something like that I'd feel compelled to report it, so I just DBAN them at earliest opportunity. Mine are usually from pre-internet era. The most debauched thing I …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2021-01-25, 19:16
I usually wipe old drives without looking what is on them. Stories like this do make me wonder how often I should check them though. Very heart warming to me :) I NEVER do that. Why would I? People who sell/bring machines with all the data on HDD don't care about their privacy or data anyway. I did …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2021-01-25, 15:57
I diagnosed and repaired a mainboard in my second Amiga 2000 (which I'm going to sell now). It wasn't working. Works flawlessly now.
Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.
Posted on 2021-01-25, 15:53
Friend left the country and his father wanted to empty the basement where he had some of his stuff, so friend called me to go and grab anything I want. Heaps of junk, trashy cases, cheapo CRTs, but some decent nice motherboards inside (ASUS CUBX, Abit BH6 and such) and some stuff I remember he had …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2021-01-25, 15:46
This thing which was insulting me saying "f**k you, don't buy me"... it's largely uninteresting 486 VLB system, but it had SW20-PC inside!
Re: VOGONS Driver Library
Posted on 2021-01-22, 10:39
Generally the PowerDVD, Nero and similar software bundled with the optical drives is licensed to use with the drive it was bought with. It's not really a freeware and hosting it in VOGONS driver library may get the site into legal issues, not to mention that BlueRay drives don't really count as …
Re: Suntac 80286 Mainboards
Posted on 2021-01-15, 12:01
MR-BIOS and the AMI bios that i downloaded from one of your boards (was the second one) work ok. (thanks for that). System goes on.. Both non-working keyboard (locked) and also got a keyboard error. With the original Phoenix roms its works just fine, and also the keyboard working fine. So the …
Re: Suntac 80286 Mainboards
Posted on 2021-01-15, 09:11
Is it maybe possible to dump the Keyboard bios rom? The main roms works fine, but input of the keyboard is locked.. I think that the current Keyboard bios for the Phoenix bios isnt compatible with the AMI bios set. It's not a keyboard BIOS - it's keyboard controller. Think of it like Atmega on …
Re: 80386 BIOS image collection
Posted on 2021-01-02, 14:22
#79 Manufacturer/Identifier: Generic (PC Chips? Amptron?) VLSI SCAMP 386SX 16/20/25MHz Chipset: VLSI SCAMP VL82C311-25FC4+VL82C113A-FC BIOS Version: AMI 07/07/91 BIOS String: 30-0400-428027-00101111-070791-SCMPSX
Re: 80386 BIOS image collection
Posted on 2021-01-02, 14:16
#78 Manufacturer/Identifier: G.W-386/486 Chipset: SARC RC4018A4 (UMC-491) BIOS Version: Award 08/10/93 BIOS String: 08/10/93-UMC-491-214X2002-00.0000
Re: 80486 BIOS image collection
Posted on 2021-01-02, 14:06
#75 Motherboard: TMC PAT48PG4-V1.20 BIOS Version: Award 10/13/95 Chipset: OPTi 82C895+82C602 EPROM Label: 486 AWARD SOFTWARE 1984-1995 BIOS ID String: 10/13/95-OPTI-802G-2C4UKM21-00.00-00
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-12-11, 12:22
With me its the opposite. The more I use the older Windows 9x versions, the more I hate the actual version. Hah? Windows 3.11 = Great!! Windows 95 = Good Windows 98 = Very good Windows 2000 = Awesome Windows Me = Garbage Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8 = Sh*t Windows 10 = Even with all the Tylenol in the …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-12-09, 15:06
Socket 7 MoBos with VLB and look NOS for 5Euro - such a great bargain! Congrats! I would really love to own one! It seems some info is available here: https://ujeb.se/prKnn, here: https://www.elhvb.com/mobokive/Archive/Spring%20Circle/mainboard.htm#sf586 and here: https://www.elhvb.com/mobokive/ …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-12-09, 11:07
Bunch of crap for 20 USD 2/2 3dfx required repairs as 20-something pins had cold solder joints, but works well now Which pins, if I may ask? I never knew cold solder joints could be an issue with Voodoo cards.. On this particular card multiple pins on the PixelFX (500-0003-03) chip were loose. On …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-12-09, 01:34
1/2 Nice cards as usual! Can you post more about the TIGA (if you have drivers and get it running) and about the EIZO Hercules in action? It will take some time before I will test them. Eizo MD-B05 card supposedly (info from previous owner) supports 18kHz MDA/Hercules monitors as well as 31kHz VGA …
Re: Early 2000s tat-off: let's see your colored translucent plastic things
Posted on 2020-12-08, 14:32
This one keeps popping up on my ebay "People who viewed this item also viewed" feed. it's nice but I'm not in the market. looks cool tho: https://www.ebay.com/itm/MacEffects-CLEAR-Apple-Computer-Macintosh-Mac-ADB-Mouse-G5431/274318165934 clear-mac-mouse.jpg It's funny how the whole world calls this …
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