Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-07-03, 01:39

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by Horun

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funnily enough people asking me to repair their computers has been a thing of the past ever since the smartphone era pretty much. I think computers have dropped in price so much people just junk anything that isn't working correctly instead of trying to fix it. Yes newer basic computers are very …

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

Posted on 2020-07-03, 01:34

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by Horun

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Today I tested the voltages of my old AT psu (1991 to 1995) and I discovered that all are ok on the 5V side more or less, but I wasn't expecting that they were so low on the 12v! On the molex connector I got 10,80 volts in one in another 11,40 volts. I tested it without any load only the psu, is it …

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Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-07-03, 00:21

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by Horun

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Another annoying thing is if some person I never even heard of sends me a DM about some rare part I have and they want to buy it from me. And that they will give me a fair price but I can already smell their dollar signs just glancing in their eyes as if they just want to resell it for a profit. I …

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Re: Sound Blaster 16 issue (no-music)

Posted on 2020-07-02, 23:29

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by Horun

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Have you checked the IFSD and APSD jumpers ? Read this: Sound Blaster 16 CT2830 Wave Side dead? (Solved) http://web.archive.org/web/20081221043625/htt … e.aspx?sid=3039 shit ! I am slow 🤣

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Re: NE2000 (UM9008F) wont work on IRQ10 MSDOS

Posted on 2020-07-02, 02:44

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by Horun

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Guys I am going mad. 1am here and still no solution: My above nw card jumperless won’t work on irq10. I set up via msclient Setup to 10 (adress 300) but then it won’t work meaning no network connect. MSD shows it on irq10 (ms2000). But it simply won’t connect. When changing it back to Irq4 it …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-07-02, 02:21

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by Horun

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cyclone3d wrote on 2020-07-02, 02:16: I have 35 motherboards and 75 cards on the way from that same seller I bought all those cards from before.... YAY! Good luck ! BTW I donated a bunch of my bad boards to him, hope those are not included in the batch 😁 (You do know they get them from someone 🤣): …

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Re: Trying to find a 90s/00s 'standard ATX' I/O plate

Posted on 2020-07-02, 02:13

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by Horun

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If I cannot find a backplate - I/O shield on local or Ebay I go look here: http://io-shield.de/en/io-shields Have bought more than a few and they have always been correct (except one, which the audio holes were off about paper width, filed it to work). added: yes there are cheaper sources but they …

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Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-07-02, 01:35

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by Horun

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the Voodoo 5 cards. If someone really wants to play Quake 3 on a v5 in 2020... That's kinda like wanting to get a Ferrari just so they can drive it to the local grocery store when basically any 4 person motorized cookie can would suffice :P Excellent comparison ! I dropped Voodoo at 2 because the …

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Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-07-01, 01:16

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by Horun

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I think many of you are correct in that there are some junkers/recyclers that have had a huge impact on the steep recent rise in prices though even on Ebay you can still find great bargains as "cyclone3d" has said: you have to be patient ! specially in the US (where prices are typically double to …

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Re: AOpen / Acer VI15G Motherboard Manual?

Posted on 2020-06-30, 23:43

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by Horun

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I looked but did not find a full manual. You are lucky to find jumper settings on many old 486 boards. Maybe someone else can dig deeper and find it though some of the full manuals are lost forever...

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Re: Where can I get an IO shield for a Baby AT board?

Posted on 2020-06-30, 23:30

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by Horun

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I'm wondering if I can buy a pre-made IO shield with just the cutout for a DIN-type keyboard connector from somebody. Any suggestions for that? (I don't have any tools for making my own.) Most of the real old AT cases did not have a I/O shield, the AT hole was made into the case. I have a few press …

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Re: Vogons members average motherboard collection size

Posted on 2020-06-30, 01:48

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by Horun

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I am at 184 motherboards at the moment. Most of them work, some require some work. WOW, That is a lot of boards ! I only list those that will successfully fully boot and pass a few tests, have a stack that does not pass so never include them in my "working board list". You have like 2X what I have …

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Re: How to upgrade memory on my 386sx

Posted on 2020-06-30, 01:37

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by Horun

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Great ! Yes, many boards have a jumper for the BIOS chip size or type. Can you take a good picture of the full board ?

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Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-06-30, 01:32

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by Horun

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Almost all vintage/retro stuff has skyrocketed lately. Wrings hands at large stash.... I should be able to retire... heh. LOL sort of true ! I had my sister and brother in law over last weekend, he asked me why I was working on old stuff.... Showed him a few old parts and asked him to check ebay. …

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Re: UMC chipsets for 66Mhz host bus only

Posted on 2020-06-30, 01:18

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by Horun

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Do not know. You will not get any VLB IDE card running 100% stable at 66Mhz even with wait states AFAIK. Know of no ISA or VLB "EIDE controller at 66MHz too", not one was "Ultra ATA 66" because that came out in 1999 way after VLB so that leaves only PCI. Oh and am fairly sure that PCI standard was …

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Re: Help identify this beauty of 386/486 board

Posted on 2020-06-30, 01:00

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by Horun

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Yes it is a very odd OEM label, no luck in searches. Wonder who TI built those for, or did they (OEM) just remove TI or Cyrix label and add their own logo.... curious !

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Re: How to upgrade memory on my 386sx

Posted on 2020-06-29, 04:10

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by Horun

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Good idea ! They appear the same so maybe not quite right ? Or could be. Don't forget that in the BIOS is where you actually set shadowing ram features after setting any jumpers/switches to allow it. It also makes the total ram appear less on many machines (as mentioned above) because of Upper …

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Re: CD-ROM/DVD problem with Asus P2B-LS

Posted on 2020-06-29, 03:38

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by Horun

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^ good points ! Reset should always work whether AT or ATX board. I had an issue with a bad CDR causing random lockups and reboot issues when it was slaved to another CDR. I suggest you disconnect all the DVDR and check the front panel connection and make sure RESET works under all conditions first. …

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Re: Abix BX-6 Rev 2.0 - Can't Overclock

Posted on 2020-06-29, 03:21

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by Horun

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Agree darry ! The BX-6 r2 had very little success in overall cpu support above 600Mhz and very little OC from what little I know compared to other late model 440BX boards, it was about same par as Asus P2B, not P3B . Not saying you cannot get a 1.2 ghz SL5XS Celeron with proper Slocket to work but I …

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Re: 386sx25 on vlsi 311 Mainboard overclockable to 33MHz?

Posted on 2020-06-29, 02:41

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by Horun

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Yeah a good needle iron and very little pry pressure from small flat blade screwdriver from the top and slowly work the two pins on either the left or the right of your top picture out first. Trick is holding the board stable vertical if you do not have some type of soft clamps (sitting holding …

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