Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on Yesterday, 08:06

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by GigAHerZ

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Got this ISA Diamond Speedstar 64! Cost only about 12€. AFAIK, it's pretty much the best general ISA graphics card one can ever get? Anybody knows the jumper settings for that? Probably one is for IRQ and another is for wait states? So a quick update: The top jumper does not affect the speed, but …

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Re: Bad NIC config prevents booting - how to change NIC config? (AMD PCnet ISA+)

Posted on Yesterday, 06:23

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by GigAHerZ

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jakethompson1 wrote on 2020-08-11, 22:29: Do you have a machine with PCI VGA you could put the card into temporarily? I do. I have a Pentium MMX with PCI VGA. That's a good idea! Will try this today/tomorrow. (Y)

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Re: IDE to Compact Flash not working

Posted on Yesterday, 06:18

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by GigAHerZ

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EzDrive takes up less memory than OnTrack and does the same thing. (5kB vs 10kB) On top of it, you can use EzDrive's driver to free up even that small amount of memory through config.sys. 😉 Even XTIDE bios extension consumes 1kB of conv. memory, while EzDrive can be run with 0 memory cost.

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Bad NIC config prevents booting - how to change NIC config? (AMD PCnet ISA+)

Posted on 2020-08-11, 20:03

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by GigAHerZ

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I have AMD PCnet ISA+ network card, which i wanted to get working on my 386. While messing around, i found a configuration utility which was able to switch this from PnP mode to manual setup. I used default configs and all was good... until i rebooted. Now whenever the NIC is in the computer, i get …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-08-11, 17:19

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by GigAHerZ

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Got this ISA Diamond Speedstar 64! Cost only about 12€. AFAIK, it's pretty much the best general ISA graphics card one can ever get? Anybody knows the jumper settings for that? Probably one is for IRQ and another is for wait states?

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

Posted on 2020-08-09, 12:30

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by GigAHerZ

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@Horun, well, i think the problem is that you are connecting IDE cable to a FDD pins...

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Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.75b

Posted on 2020-08-07, 08:24

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by GigAHerZ

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About donations, etc... I really appreciate the intention, but as I have said before, I don't accept money, no exceptions. Where/In what area do you live? If very close, i could buy you a beer. If in same region, maybe a bottle of wine can be sent. :) Wanted to also thank you for this amazing …

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Re: HELP - Optimize my 486 computer.

Posted on 2020-08-07, 08:19

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by GigAHerZ

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Yet, it's still fun to squeeze out every last kB of free conv. memory while still having all the drivers loaded. 😀

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Re: Replace AT PSU with ATX?

Posted on 2020-08-07, 08:14

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by GigAHerZ

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If you keep an eye on your 5V power rail requirements, go for it. Those old AT PSUs are not trustworthy anymore today. 😀

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Re: CF IDE adapter problems

Posted on 2020-08-07, 08:12

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by GigAHerZ

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I have always used the cheapest ebay CF cards i can get my hands on and had no problems with any of those cards... never...

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Re: Replace AT PSU with ATX?

Posted on 2020-08-06, 15:09

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by GigAHerZ

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Usually yes. Only problem really is that newer computers rely on 12V a lot, while good old retro-machines consume mostly 5V rail. Therefore you need a strong 5V rail on your ATX PSU, which may lead you to buy something like 750W PSU just because it can push out enough amps on 5V...

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Re: HELP - Optimize my 486 computer.

Posted on 2020-08-06, 14:41

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by GigAHerZ

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You have videcdd, but no mscdex or any alternatives? I would go for XHDD drivers for drives and loose the smartdrv. Possibly would try out other UMB drivers instead of himem.sys and emm386 and in the end, you could get conventional memory usage under 20kB.

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Re: Could you identify this card (made by Sanyo)?

Posted on 2020-08-06, 08:56

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by GigAHerZ

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I have similar, unopened in box, 286 sanyo machine waiting for me to do unboxing video of it.

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Re: Gotek floppy drive not working under dos 6.22

Posted on 2020-08-05, 16:22

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by GigAHerZ

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Probably Drive Overlay is not your problem then. I just remember that floppy drives in general might behave "interestingly", if DO is present.

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Re: Gotek floppy drive not working under dos 6.22

Posted on 2020-08-05, 14:33

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by GigAHerZ

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Are you using any Drive Overlay software? (EzDrive for example)

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Re: PC Chips M321 + AMD 386DX 40 No Post No beep

Posted on 2020-07-08, 13:05

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by GigAHerZ

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SX and DX are completely incompatible platforms in 386 era anyways.

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Re: PC Chips M321 + AMD 386DX 40 No Post No beep

Posted on 2020-07-08, 12:57

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by GigAHerZ

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Easiest way to check if board or cpu is working is to have second board/cpu. POST diagnostic card would help here to see, if anything is happening on the board...

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

Posted on 2020-07-06, 08:40

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by GigAHerZ

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Installed Need for Speed: Porche Unleashed to my Pentium MMX 266MHz. I have a bit overkill, GeForce 2 MX 400 PCI in it and the experience is interesting. The more details i set it to have, the worse the performance. But screen resolution doesn't affect performance at all. Obviously this computer is …

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Re: Resurrecting an Socket 3 motherboard (Soyo SY-25N)

Posted on 2020-06-15, 07:54

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by GigAHerZ

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Hi Gulzyee! The bios i got from my board is uploaded here: Re: Resurrecting an Socket 3 motherboard (Soyo SY-25N) Other bios'es are also uploaded into this forum thread here. I'll check the jumpers when i have a chance and will report back. Thanks!

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Re: Easy way to Delete a Directory Tree on older DOS?

Posted on 2020-06-13, 06:54

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by GigAHerZ

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My go-to tool has been Norton Commander, and this can delete non-empty directories as well.

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