Re: Which USB 2.0 cards for old motherboards

Posted on 2023-05-31, 13:37

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This thread has been a great help in my quest to get USB 2.0 on my older systems. I've tried a few different types and I'd tought I'd share some of my experiences. https://i.imgur.com/yiYm15d.jpg I started off with this unbranded card with the VIA6212L chip. It has no voltage regulation or anything. …

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Re: Creative CT4810 win98/dos drivers imposibble to find

Posted on 2023-05-30, 12:45

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I've got the same card and this driver did work well: https://archive.org/details/creative-sound-blaster-audio-pci-128-pn-2201-ml-0002058 If it still has issues it could be hardware related. Either damage on the card itself or some kind of conflict with the rest of the system. It's hard to say …

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Re: Beige Against the Machine - Dell XPS P3 Win98

Posted on 2023-05-29, 21:02

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Lovely system!

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Re: Modern 8088 laptop

Posted on 2023-05-29, 20:40

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Apparently this guy also made a tiny 386sx laptop: https://youtu.be/Eiutn-P7HVQ

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Re: Five sound cards, one computer? Questions before I buy

Posted on 2023-05-19, 16:30

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I was able to do three cards in one system. It was doable in DOS because I could load the correct driver/TSR which then assigned the right IRQ and DMA . I had to sacrify a second COM port to get this all to work. For 5 cards you'd probably need a good solution in software so you can disable and …

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Re: Nostalgia for vintage PCs in the future

Posted on 2023-05-16, 21:14

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Jo22 wrote on 2023-05-09, 19:25: Edit: At its heart, that's the same what's "to the moon" is all about. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_the_Moon It's a little known gem, I think. Man, I loved that game. Great soundtrack too. I still think of toy platypus.

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Re: Three PCI soundcards for legacy DOS testing

Posted on 2023-05-11, 16:06

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thanks for the detailed review. It's a small sample size, but I'm impressed with the FM0801-A1 sound in Doom. I've done some more tests today and here are a few more examples of the PCI64 PCP: MediaForte SoundForte PCI64_PCP - Warcraft II Main.mp3 MediaForte SoundForte PCI64_PCP - One Must Fall …

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Three PCI soundcards for legacy DOS testing

Posted on 2023-05-09, 19:23

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Recently I put together an Althon Slot A system without any ISA slots and therefore I had to look for a PCI solution. The card I had on hand (Soundblaster PCI 128) didn't have any support for DOS, so I was looking for a replacement. Then today I found a lot of new old stock PCI soundcards for cheap …

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Getting into pc electronics, where to start?

Posted on 2023-04-30, 09:37

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I've got a bunch of broken motherboards and cards that I can't seem to fix.I know my way around the software side and basic stuff like jumpers and BIOS, but when it comes to knowledge of chips and components, I feel I'm underequipped. Are there any good starter references or books? I've seen a lot …

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Re: Unsual 90's Thin Client, customized AMD case!

Posted on 2023-04-23, 09:00

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Here are some pictures of the ones i got. As i said its not a perfect fit, but it can be fitted. I've not messed with this machine latelly, has a matter of fact i think never got put the cover with a card in :) it has always been kind of the dargging project all the time :), anyway i am sure thats …

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Re: 486 Cache fake or not fake, that is the question..

Posted on 2023-04-13, 21:14

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From what I know, fake chips on some 486 boards were just dummy chips: a DIP package that had no function inside at all. They were there to trick people to think there was L2 on the board. The other kind of fake chip is where the reseller puts a new coating on the chip with a new print. It's often a …

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Re: It's that time again: send me your mTCP bug reports before the next release!

Posted on 2023-04-02, 20:26

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Just in case you did not see the news elsewhere, the new mTCP is finally available. Here is what you can look forward to: Unicode support for Telnet and IRCjr A fix/workaround for the badly behaved DHCP servers that were not sending the HOSTNAME option. RLE graphics in Telnet, which is useless but …

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Re: Show us your custom Physical mt32-pi Builds

Posted on 2023-03-24, 21:53

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Hope you like mine for internal 5.25 bay. Either in black or "beige" for older cases. Oh, you do not need the MIDI cable. It´s connected directly to Waveblaster pins of the soundcard. I´m planning to publish .stl and .ai files in case someone wanted to build it. Just le me know. Those look …

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Re: dISAppointment - LPC to ISA adapter - ISA on modern motherboards

Posted on 2023-03-22, 21:10

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Very interesting! Also, my compliments on the naming of this invention. Very clever! 😀

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Re: Adventures of a generic Turbo XT clone [updated original post with pics]

Posted on 2023-03-20, 20:35

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Seems very in line with my XT results. Very nice!

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2023-03-20, 10:48

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That NEC MultiSync FE700+ looks fantastic. Also, what's wrong with the Dell monitors that even the DVI signal is bad? Is the panel old or the CFL bulb going bad? Not sure, but the image is wobbly and there are artifacts around the edges of explorer windows. These were made in 2001, a time in which …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2023-03-19, 20:47

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And even better: A Philips 107T4 CRT with a nice flat screen. Awesome picture quality. https://i.imgur.com/Tk0pO05.jpg Really wonder if there's a difference between the T4 and P4. I have a similar one that reads 107P4. I own 107 S too, so there were quite a bunch of variants, it seems. There might …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2023-03-19, 10:23

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Didn't really find this in the trash but it seems it fits this topic. I was looking for a small LCD screen that would be handy to use when testing old hardware because lugging CRTs around isn't very practical. I found this online ad where someone was giving away this small BenQ monitor (FP731) for …

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Re: Weight support bar for pc desk

Posted on 2023-03-11, 08:15

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There are these adjustable table legs, that are commonly used in boats, campers and RVs: https://www.amazon.com/Boat-Table-Pedestal/s?k=Boat+Table+Pedestal I have never had to use any additional support for CRTs on any of my tables, though. And I've had plenty of rickety old tables or cheap ones …

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Re: Adventures of a generic Turbo XT clone

Posted on 2023-03-05, 10:30

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Very nice! You seem to have a lot of knowledge about these parts and electric engineering.

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