Re: Full-Tower ATX case suggestions?
Posted on Today, 19:27
Inwin Q500.
Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.
Posted on Today, 17:45
a PC-CHIPS M423 ver 1.1.1 Now I finally have a mainboard (if it works) to test the opti vlb et4000 card on ! Hope it works ! Are you sure it is a M423 ? Thought they were mostly ISA only. Is it like this: https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/pcchips-m4xx-486-vesa-chip8 ? Can you post a good …
Re: Found a new in box MSI slot A motherboard a little while ago!
Posted on Yesterday, 23:15
I have no advice because I didn't own or sell any slot A stuff back in the day but that's a great find! Have fun.
Re: Which USB 2.0 cards for old motherboards
Posted on Yesterday, 01:03
What real world speeds are people getting on that ALi card on 440BX motherboards? I have the same chipset on my PCI USB 2.0 card but I don't get great results... Measuring with ATTO Disk Benchmark, Read/Write tops out at around 16MB/8MB per second on the ALi card - the on board USB does about 1MB/ …
Re: Does SSE make a difference?
Posted on 2025-04-19, 12:32
Munx wrote on 2025-04-19, 12:26: I don't think any 90s game titles took advantage. I recall Half-Life2 and Doom 3 using it, but those came later. Almost certainly this, I think it was just much later stuff.
Re: Are SD/CF card solutions in retro systems cheating in your view?
Posted on 2025-04-18, 21:51
I have no nostalgia for noisy and slow hard drives. Also the drive bay mounted CF card adaptors make it very easy to transfer data to retro machines that might have no network or usb connectivity.
Re: Sis 540 motherboard project
Posted on 2025-04-18, 20:47
Greetings, dear members of PC Chip haters club :D Your unjustified "pc sh*ts" bullsh*ittin' was disproved again in YT-video by the guy with the insistent soldering without a solder flux (I can't remember his nickname in this forum): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hemUMLIhWw Actually this …
Re: Sis 540 motherboard project
Posted on 2025-04-18, 17:30
havli wrote on 2025-04-18, 07:35: I had K6-2 PC with this (or very similar) motherboard.... maybe 20 years ago. From what I remember, it was horrible experience. Much slower than any other Socket 7 board, Sounds about right for PC Shits.
Re: Sis 540 motherboard project
Posted on 2025-04-17, 18:35
https://www.amazon.com/PCCHIPS-Form-Factor-Cable-Card/dp/B004IJ82XQ https://www.amazon.com/PCChips-Audio-Network-Modem-Computer/dp/B004IJ2Q56 I think these may be the cables for it. Note part numbers B004IJ2Q56 B004IJ82XQ From memory those parts definitely look right but it's been ages since I've …
Re: Sis 540 motherboard project
Posted on 2025-04-17, 06:41
I remember those when they were new, it's definitely a PC Chips turd. I don’t know if it was common elsewhere but the main seller of PC Chips boards in my town insisted they were “Houston” brand not PC Chips. Perhaps to distance themselves from the bad reputation of PC Chips aka PC Shits. I would …
Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.
Posted on 2025-04-14, 15:13
Well, you actually have an image with a Work Bench on your work bench. Epic! hah, I suppose so. I just tried out the A2000 and it only shows a black screen. I suspect there is some unseen corrosion under some of the sockets and I can see some ugliness on the legs of a few of the ram chips still. I …
Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.
Posted on 2025-04-14, 00:57
Awesome score! The A500-HD8+ is also really nice. Most people prefer more modern CF/SD card solutions, but there's something really cool about an original SCSI drive on the Amiga. From first glance, looks like the tracks on the A2000 are still OK, can't see any corrosion under the solder mask. Seen …
Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.
Posted on 2025-04-13, 22:50
Awesome score! The A500-HD8+ is also really nice. Most people prefer more modern CF/SD card solutions, but there's something really cool about an original SCSI drive on the Amiga. From first glance, looks like the tracks on the A2000 are still OK, can't see any corrosion under the solder mask. Seen …
Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.
Posted on 2025-04-13, 06:09
To the Amiga experts, I have no experience with Amiga hardware, is there anything I should do to prevent damage like removing old batteries or anything? the A2000 also has a varta battery - and you never know what the A1000 might have inside... better just open all Will do for sure, the A2000 might …
Re: Socket 370 (Non ISA) Pentium 3 still relevant in 2025 ?
Posted on 2025-04-13, 04:37
Socket 370 is peak Intel to me, especially the Tualatin chips. They run cool and sip power unlike the Athlons and P4s. I've got a 370 Tualatin P3 machine I use a lot. It runs Windows 9x / 3.1 really nicely and the whole machine draws around 20watts of power at the wall. With a decent socket A …
Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.
Posted on 2025-04-13, 03:38
Yes, that battery was definitely leaking on my ram expansion. At least, mostly the damage is confined to the expansion board. I'm starting to teardown these computers and the A2000 seems to have some battery leakage going on, thankfully the A1000 does not seem to have a battery in it. I took the …
Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.
Posted on 2025-04-12, 20:24
To the Amiga experts, I have no experience with Amiga hardware, is there anything I should do to prevent damage like removing old batteries or anything? A500 often have a ram expansion/rtc battery add-on board found behind the door on the bottom of the unit. I'm unfamiliar with the other models you …
Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.
Posted on 2025-04-12, 19:47
Tomorrow (Saturday) I'm going to pickup an Amiga system and fromt he sounds of it some vintage PC hardware too, all free the owner just wants to clear out the house. I'll be back Saturday night to post about the acquisitions. EDIT - Hardware acquired, it's a bunch of old Amiga computers! Not …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2025-04-12, 15:27
PcBytes wrote on 2025-04-12, 15:20: Lots of mobos: - ECS P6ISA-II - (dead) MSI MS-6168 (PB OEM, 8MB VRAM) I remember when that model of ECS board was new, you'd think there'd be an ISA slot but no there isn't! 🤣 Too bad about that 3dfx board, those are neat.
Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.
Posted on 2025-04-12, 04:23
Tomorrow (Saturday) I'm going to pickup an Amiga system and fromt he sounds of it some vintage PC hardware too, all free the owner just wants to clear out the house. I'll be back Saturday night to post about the acquisitions. EDIT - Hardware acquired, it's a bunch of old Amiga computers! Not …
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