Re: What is this ISA card (it looks like a network card)

Posted on 2011-06-16, 17:34

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I might be the very lucky owner of an ultra rare 16MB GM wavetable Voodoo6 network card! :happy: I have never handled a network card before, so I am completely clueless about this subject. You mention the code RJ45. Can I buy a "RJ45 cable", and connect this card (on my Windows 98 SE box) to say my …

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(Solved) Tseng ET4000/W32 VLB VGA card - does it look right to you?

Posted on 2011-06-16, 17:28

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Edit: Please see Old Thrashbarg's explanation below my post. Has someone robbed all of the RAM chips from this thing? Or can this card work OK without them? Last week, I was able to get this card to POST OK, but it acted oddly. During the BIOS POST, the card appeared to display a RAM count, but it …

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(Solved) What is this ISA card - it looks like a network card.

Posted on 2011-06-16, 17:01

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Edit: It is a network card, thanks to everyone's input below my post. There's a sticker on that back which reads: Eagle Technology EP2000 plus This equipment has been tested with a Class A Computing device and has been found to comply with Part 15 of FCC rules. See installation guide. Operation in …

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Re: Are there any games that are too fast for a 286 based PC?

Posted on 2011-06-16, 14:31

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[Would you still bother with this if it turned out there weren't any games that were too fast for a 286-based PC..?] I am inclined to say that I wouldn't bother. Part of me wants an old PC, just to complete my collection of junk. But there seems to be too many obstacles here: the necessity to …

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Socket 3 486 VLB Freetech mobo, quick test

Posted on 2011-06-16, 14:12

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Introduction I am testing a socket 3 486 VLB Freetech 486F38 mobo - at least I think it's a Freetech 486F38 mobo. It uses the SiS 85C471 chipset. That's the same chipset used in the "high end" Asus VL/I-486SV2GX4 VLB motherboard. The mobo https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-UOlPPTrPax4/TfoOlcd7aoI/ …

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Re: AWARD BIOS 4.50PG vs. 4.51PG

Posted on 2011-06-16, 12:18

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Thanks for the info. I've got an idea. If you are lucky, and your mobo's BIOS doesn't balk at the presence of one, how about using a PCI-based IDE controller card, that supports (U)DMA access? If there is a vague hope that this hardware combo might work, I would like to test this. I could try this …

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Re: Are there any games that are too fast for a 286 based PC?

Posted on 2011-06-16, 12:05

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Wow, thanks for the info, especially the warning about the keyboard. I would never have known that. I only use AT to PS/2 adapter cables, with new keyboards. It's very unlikely that this adapter+new keyboard combo would work.

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Re: Are there any games that are too fast for a 286 based PC?

Posted on 2011-06-16, 11:32

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Thanks for the info! Regarding the NEC V20 mobo, there seems to be several different sized empty sockets on it. I think I can count 5. Can you tell me how many different types of chips I need? I am guessing/hoping that I don't need to fill every different sized empty socket on the board. Also, can …

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Re: AWARD BIOS 4.50PG vs. 4.51PG

Posted on 2011-06-16, 09:37

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As for the other comment, I have never owened an IDE harddrive between 9 and 32 GB, so I cannot test. I have an 80 GB IDE hard drive that I can test, but I'm 90% sure that size won't detect correctly. You can get a large HDD such as your 80 GB IDE model to be detected correctly by an older …

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Re: Are there any games that are too fast for a 286 based PC?

Posted on 2011-06-16, 08:44

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Very nice mobo! It's really interesting that you are able to use regular 16-bit cards such as VGA and multi I/O inside this 8-bit mobo. Please can you explain why it is not possible to use an IDE based HDD? Thanks.

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Re: Help with 286 board

Posted on 2011-06-16, 08:41

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you may possibly be able to hack together a replacement tray with a suitable thickness of plywood? That's an interesting idea. That's also given me an idea. I could do something similar, when I am ready to install an AT mobo inside an ATX case. I could insert a "wooden tray" in to the base of the …

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Re: Help with 286 board

Posted on 2011-06-15, 22:22

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This has given me an idea. Is it possible to buy any ATX PC case, and drill your own holes in to its base area, and then push these plastic standoffs in to them, so it can hold an AT mobo in place? I mean, the drilling precision required for the holes wouldn't be too high I guess, because there is …

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Re: Are there any games that are too fast for a 286 based PC?

Posted on 2011-06-15, 22:15

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I've been thinking about ways to slow down a PC. I had an idea to slow down a 386. The idea is that you can cover all ground, from an early PC up to a 386. Also, the idea ATM is to do the slowdown "using hardware" only. I appreciate that utilities such as MoSlo are very good, but for now I just …

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Re: What are your minimum Windows system requirements?

Posted on 2011-06-15, 21:25

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Tetrium wrote: If you could share examples of quiet SCSI drives, I'm all ears! 😁 Hehe, good one! 😉

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Re: What are your minimum Windows system requirements?

Posted on 2011-06-15, 19:54

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I have finished running a second disk-based benchmarking test on my 5400 RPM 2.5" HDD, using Windows 95. It's the same 80GB HDD as before, and again it has SeaTools for DOS on it, which currently "caps" the drive's capacity to 8.2GB. For testing, I used "Sandra 99 Standard" again. I did another …

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Are there any games that are too fast for a 286 based PC?

Posted on 2011-06-15, 18:42

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Say if there are, what options does the 286 owner have, in order to slow their system down? Does the 286 have anything like a "turbo button", for instance?

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Re: Complete newbie advice on ISA video cards required please

Posted on 2011-06-15, 18:35

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It seems that Paradise card is only 256kb. We'd need to know what chipset is on that card. It uses the PVGA1B chip... I think more commonly called the WD90C00. Those things were available in two versions, 256K and 512K. The 256K version has open sockets to upgrade the memory, though 64kx4 memory …

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Re: What are your minimum Windows system requirements?

Posted on 2011-06-15, 18:12

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Price! 😳

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Re: What are your minimum Windows system requirements?

Posted on 2011-06-15, 18:06

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20GB? That's interesting. What speed are they? Also, what is the manufacturer and model information please?

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Re: What are your minimum Windows system requirements?

Posted on 2011-06-15, 17:59

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Tetrium wrote: Could you give us the model number of your 80GB laptop drive? Yes, it is WD800BEVE.

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