Re: DOS working mouse

Posted on 2021-10-25, 19:12

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by waterbeesje

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If it's PS/2 you're good any way. I like Logitech. Maybe you could avoid any ball mouse and get yourself an optical mouse instead, and specifically one with a scroll wheel. Also, a lot of usb mice (among them quite modern ones) also can still be connected with a usb-ps/2 adapter. If you've got the …

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Re: Serial port PCI card on Windows 95

Posted on 2021-10-25, 12:31

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by waterbeesje

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Maybe it would even be easier to find a motherboard that does support 2 serial ports oob? I know lots of them do, even up to the Pentium 4 era. If those boards still have 95 drivers, that could be your answer.

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Re: would OEM cds that say for (certain pc only) on the certificate work on any pc?

Posted on 2021-10-24, 20:18

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by waterbeesje

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I've got a Dell recover CD for XP. Basically it's an XP install cd, but with some little bloat for OEM support stuff. It does install on any pc that runs XP, no other drivers left away. Key is, in the right Dell PC, it automatically is activated, but in any other it is not. It can be activated using …

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Re: SiS 6326 AGP great card!

Posted on 2021-10-24, 20:07

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by waterbeesje

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zapbuzz wrote on 2021-10-24, 18:18: I saw some sis 6326 gpu chips for sale and thought i wonder if they'd do better with gddr6 🤣 They probably do, but you'll have to OC them by 4000% and cool them with liquid nitrogen as well. Then they may even outperform the Intel 815 😜

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

Posted on 2021-10-24, 20:04

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by waterbeesje

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Last Friday I was at work and the it guy was about to throw out five boxes of old computer stuff. He knows I'm into old computer stuff and asked if I could find anything useful. One of the boxes contained about 120pcs 3,5" floppy disks in five floppy disk containers! That's gonna take a while …

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Re: SiS 6326 AGP great card!

Posted on 2021-10-24, 17:23

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by waterbeesje

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I've got a Diamond Speedstar A70 SiS6326DVD AGP with 8MB paired to my 'S7 test setup'. The motherboard is a PC Chips M577, which takes about every socket 7 or super 7 CPU that exists (but can't do a 50MHz bus) Performance is a little meh (lower 600ish in 3D mark 99 and a K6-3+ 450), but image …

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Re: Why does a 286 processor need 4MB of memory?

Posted on 2021-10-24, 14:43

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by waterbeesje

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With the 8086/8088 it already became clear the 640kB barrier was too small for large spreadsheets etc. To overcome this, EMS came to place. But was the XMS ram able to fill in that part?

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Re: SBC 486 DX4-100

Posted on 2021-10-24, 13:58

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by waterbeesje

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Mitac MSC-248... I've got the 242, and it's fast in 486 terms! Unfortunately Mitac is the king of non-documentation.

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Re: Suggestions for build on a PS/2 77s?

Posted on 2021-10-15, 08:24

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by waterbeesje

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A '77? Go for SCSI, sound blaster and some ram upgrade cards and you'll be broke for the next few years :p There's some interesting things on the ps/2 line, but due to the cost I tend to keep myself limited to the model 30, both 8086 and 286 (7 pcs in 5 different configs)

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Re: K6-2+ Questions

Posted on 2021-10-15, 08:19

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by waterbeesje

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AGP at 83MHz is cool, you'll get "AGP 2,5" performance as the bandwidth increases as well! If you've got them, you could cherry pick to see if there's an AGP card that takes the whole 100MHz AGP if you change too that. Most likely it'll be a Nvidia. I've got a GF4 MX440 that takes the 100MHz AGP ( …

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Re: Anyone recommend a good slot 1 mobo for a Pentium 2 cpu?

Posted on 2021-10-01, 14:10

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by waterbeesje

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To me there's another board that comes to mind, if it's a 66MHz bus CPU: the Asus P2L97. It's not the ultimate most fastest super board evah, but it's decent. It's cool to see your P2 66fsb on a board that's actually ment for it instead of the usual suspects that'll take the BX fsb to 133 without …

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Re: (Spray)Paint old case - how to recreate surface structure?

Posted on 2021-09-30, 09:08

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by waterbeesje

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Indeed, just roll it with your hands, take it apart and roll again 😀 until they are small enough. I think the old panels were cast and this shape came from there. But I could be wrong here.

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Re: (Spray)Paint old case - how to recreate surface structure?

Posted on 2021-09-29, 17:20

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by waterbeesje

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Get a some toilet paper make it wet and create those little chums of paper. Like the ones you're regularly hate to find in dark places (ok I'll stop here, no details). Let them dry a while, till all water is gone. Get some thin paint, or regular paint with some thinner. Mix the chums they the paint …

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Re: 486 board with AM586?

Posted on 2021-09-27, 21:24

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by waterbeesje

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Well, some boards do need to have bios support. My MSI runs a DX4 at the moment (on an interposer). Three interposer has all the settings available to run with both the AMD and Cyrix 5x86. The spare Am5x86 I have, makes the board look quite dead. The CPU itself runs great by three way, on another …

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Re: what kind of card is this ??

Posted on 2021-09-27, 13:41

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by waterbeesje

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I've searched the main chip and it seems to me a programmable I/o controller. I'm not sure how to operate it, but others have been playing be around be with it: https://bteworkshop.blogspot.com/2020/08/maki … d-with.html?m=1

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Re: is this the bridge chip on my new XFX Radeon HD 4650?

Posted on 2021-09-27, 13:35

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by waterbeesje

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Just some regular ram sinks will do? Great! I think I've got some laying around, but I'm not sure if they're the right colour. And indeed, they have to be the same Zalman blue 😁

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is this the bridge chip on my new XFX Radeon HD 4650?

Posted on 2021-09-26, 21:20

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by waterbeesje

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Until recently I've been toying around with everything from the 8088 to the Pentium 3 and not too late Athlon. Now I've got hold on a Asus P4C800-E Deluxe with 2GB ram and P3 3,4GHz CPU. At first I've put in a Radeon 9600 and that runs great. Now lately I've got my hands on a Radeon HD 4650 AGP with …

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Re: 486 board with AM586?

Posted on 2021-09-23, 18:06

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by waterbeesje

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Well, some boards do need to have bios support. My MSI runs a DX4 at the moment (on an interposer). Three interposer has all the settings available to run with both the AMD and Cyrix 5x86. The spare Am5x86 I have, makes the board look quite dead. The CPU itself runs great by three way, on another …

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Re: Good PSU for Pentium 3 System

Posted on 2021-09-21, 18:53

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by waterbeesje

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As some already mentioned: You've got an Aopen PSU, most likely it's a Fortron that's rebranded. Look at the type name (FSP...) If it works fine now, it's not likely to blow tomorrow. These are as good as they got in that era. If you insist to get a new one: get another FSP, seasonic, delta... Or …

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Re: PSU for Pentium III build

Posted on 2021-09-21, 18:47

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by waterbeesje

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Since you're sticking to the P3, you'll be fine with any decent brand that can provide 18A on the +5v rail for this build. The really demanding generation was the Athlon. Demanding 65-70W over the+5v rail, just for the psu... you'd need at least 25A available. At least if you wouldn't want to use a …

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