Re: Are SD/CF card solutions in retro systems cheating in your view?

Posted on Today, 01:14

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by Horun

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I do not consider it cheating and also Totally agree with the first 16 posts here. It is what it is, totally not the same as a mechanical HD and comes with many issues not present on a real HD. They do have their places but spent too much time trying on an XT and 286 and will never try that again …

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Re: Windows XP retro gaming build recommendations

Posted on Today, 00:49

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by Horun

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For my second rig, I want to get into Windows XP territory to have a nice rig for playing games from 2002 to 2005. So far, I know nothing about that hardware area; I have only a little knowledge about the Win 98 gaming area I accumulated when building my Win 98se gaming system. Which CPU/mainboard …

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Re: Windows XP retro gaming build recommendations

Posted on 2025-04-21, 03:01

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by Horun

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

For my second rig, I want to get into Windows XP territory to have a nice rig for playing games from 2002 to 2005. So far, I know nothing about that hardware area; I have only a little knowledge about the Win 98 gaming area I accumulated when building my Win 98se gaming system. Which CPU/mainboard …

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Re: DIY Bios Modding guide Jan Steunebrink k6-2+/3+ 128gb

Posted on 2025-04-21, 01:51

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by Horun

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Oh, my goodness... These FIC's tricks with BIOS core versions are sick! Now I'm wondering why FIC's motherboards are so highly valuable, if this company had such a problems with their BIOS updates, with the information in their user manuals (for example the manual for this mobo lacks any settings …

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Re: Windows XP retro gaming build recommendations

Posted on 2025-04-21, 01:45

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by Horun

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Some old PAE and XP info.: http://web.archive.org/web/20080429225517/https://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/server/pae/paedrv.mspx http://web.archive.org/web/20080504052933/http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/server/PAE/pae_os.mspx http://web.archive.org/web/20070127142810/http:// …

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

Posted on 2025-04-21, 01:33

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by Horun

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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 …

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Re: Need help with a 486 build

Posted on 2025-04-20, 22:24

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by Horun

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Good job ! What model are the cache chips ? You might try just 512k first and see what happens

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Re: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_24C6&SUBSYS_80511071&REV_03 - what modem is this on LION sarasota 8050i?

Posted on 2025-04-20, 20:39

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by Horun

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The SM56 drivers appear to add reg entries to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Motorola\, check if there is anything left like HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Motorola\SMSERIAL\CurrentVersion\some number. Also check if a file like SmSerial.sys is still in \system32 or \system32\drivers and check Task Manager …

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Re: Windows XP retro gaming build recommendations

Posted on 2025-04-20, 17:30

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by Horun

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A few months ago got a Gigabyte GA-EP43-UDL3 r1.0 board (soc775) plus Q9550 + 4Gb ram (4x 1Gb) + heatsink + backplate for $50 plus $20 shipping USA. All those parts were released around 2008-2009 originally with perfect XP support. Also got a GTX 750Ti SC 2Gb for $32 USA with shipping to go with it …

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Re: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_24C6&SUBSYS_80511071&REV_03 - what modem is this on LION sarasota 8050i?

Posted on 2025-04-20, 14:32

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by Horun

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Hmm the .inf in Agere modem driver 2.1.38 for Tiny 8050 does list PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_24C6&SUBSYS_80511071 ;8050D Maybe some leftover reg entry from the SM56 driver is causing it ?

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Re: Need help with a 486 build

Posted on 2025-04-20, 05:08

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by Horun

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Rule #1: always use the original hardware that it was designed for to test old hardware. Use a real 3.5" floppy drive and real mechanical HD before trying a Gotech and Compact flash drive, as you would have done back in your IT days before they existed. Rule #2: never try to upgrade a system that is …

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Re: DTC 2290 EISA IDE controller help

Posted on 2025-04-19, 21:04

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by Horun

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Hmm no real manual found, the archives have a web manual but very little other info on 2290, manuals: http://web.archive.org/web/19971026091524/http://www.datatechnology.com/support/manuals/dtc1.htm 2290 specific: http://web.archive.org/web/19971026113556/http://www.datatechnology.com/support/ …

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Re: IBM Aptiva Stealth Monitor Mount

Posted on 2025-04-17, 01:40

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by Horun

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Nice and thank you ! Agree ! Even simple older CRT stands are not standard, not one fits all...many are specific.

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Re: Microsoft Intellimouse 1.1A PS/2 - Erratic Mouse Movement when Moving Too Fast

Posted on 2025-04-17, 00:54

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by Horun

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I see. Yeah, I decided to cave and buy a new old stock version of the mouse, but revision 1.3A instead of 1.1A. See what you can do in Device Manager (see my above edited /added post) you might be able to adjust it smoother... No option to do that in Win98SE, unfortunately. I've already adjusted …

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Re: Microsoft Intellimouse 1.1A PS/2 - Erratic Mouse Movement when Moving Too Fast

Posted on 2025-04-17, 00:48

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by Horun

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I have same version Intellimouse 1.1A PS/2 mouse but model X03-48591, works well in Windows XP and DOS (plus many other MS ball mice, both serial, serial+ps2, usb and they all perform very well). I see. Yeah, I decided to cave and buy a new old stock version of the mouse, but revision 1.3A instead …

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Re: Microsoft Intellimouse 1.1A PS/2 - Erratic Mouse Movement when Moving Too Fast

Posted on 2025-04-17, 00:31

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by Horun

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I have same version Intellimouse 1.1A PS/2 mouse but model X03-48591, works well in Windows XP and DOS (plus many other MS ball mice, both serial, serial+ps2, usb and they all perform very well). added: Under XP I can alter the mouse sample rate and buffer, is set at 100/sec and 100 (Device manager …

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Re: Microsoft Intellimouse 1.1A PS/2 - Erratic Mouse Movement when Moving Too Fast

Posted on 2025-04-16, 22:52

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by Horun

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Sounds like the mouse has an issue, maybe someone plugged or unplugged it while a system was running (bad No-No for ps2 mice or keyboards)

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Re: DFI G586ITOX 430 TX, 75+ FSB?

Posted on 2025-04-15, 17:49

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by Horun

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Which ICS clock chip does your board have (appears to be an ICS) ? IIRC if ICS9148 then only up to 66Mhz, if ICS9148B series or ICS9248 series then it can do 75Mhz....just going by memory. Also JP6 is hardwired to from the pictures, it may have to be changed....

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Re: What frequency crystal oscillator do I need to run N80387SX-25 FPU with Am386SX/SXL-33 CPU in asynchronous mode?

Posted on 2025-04-15, 01:21

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by Horun

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OK I see your problem but if the mclock was not also internally divide by 2, like the cpu2 clock for the cpu then you could never run a 387sx on a 386sx, it would not fit the the cpu2 clock (which is divided internally by 2). From datasheet "4.1.2 Intel387 MATH COPROCESSOR CLOCK 2 (NUMCLK2) When CKM …

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Re: What frequency crystal oscillator do I need to run N80387SX-25 FPU with Am386SX/SXL-33 CPU in asynchronous mode?

Posted on 2025-04-14, 23:52

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by Horun

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OK let me see if I can recall it proper.... in Sync mode both (386 and 387) use same cpu2 clock/crystal and divides by two. In Async the cpu still uses cpu2 clock but fpu uses mclock and divides it by two, the ratio of the fpu clock to cpu2 clock must fall between 66% and 133% for solid proper async …

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