Re: Anyone have an Abit TH7II bios or know how to flash one?

Posted on 2017-10-02, 04:56

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by luckybob

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There is quite a few of us, myself included that downloaded the entire FTP database of abit before they went down the drain. I have eight regular bioses for the th7ii and 3 beta ones. I dont know which ones are which, but if you want any or all of them, LMK.

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Re: What's this???

Posted on 2017-10-02, 00:25

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by luckybob

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it's not scsi. it's going to be an expanded memory board for some proprietary computer. or a memory board for some neighboring isa card. with 72 pin simms, I'd guess the latter.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-30, 23:05

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by luckybob

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$5 for both at the local thrift store: i feel pretty good, even if the speakers dont work.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-30, 15:28

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by luckybob

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@tikoellner oh that is just neato

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

Posted on 2017-09-30, 05:34

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by luckybob

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@alvaro84 personally, id just forget the onboard IDE. I would use an add-on sata card. a cheap promice brand card would just be easy. i use one in my p-pro. allows seamless use of huge fast hard drives. im currently using a 320gb drive.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-27, 22:16

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by luckybob

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Thanks to a very generous canadian vogon-er, I now have one less 2-cpu board to hoard: (spoiler: it's an ASUS PC-DL) I'll let him post here if he wants to bask in everyone's adulations.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-27, 17:35

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by luckybob

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That sounds horrible. I have a 6 cd changer that supposedly requires a special program to change disks, but only comes up as one drive. One of these days I'll check it out with the 7th guest

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-27, 03:08

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by luckybob

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@Formulator $18 for a nice looking Kaypro? (the middle one) You f-ing stole that thing. @jade_angel It is a standard atx case. not a good one, but standard of the era. I own one, had some no-name boring p2 era parts in it.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-26, 22:42

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by luckybob

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Those bus mice are quite uncommon. The controllers are usually worthless without a mouse.

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Re: Does anyone have one of those ridiculously large 386 motherboards?

Posted on 2017-09-26, 02:38

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by luckybob

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Well, I don't have a full AT 386 BUTTTTTTT..... I do have two FULL AT dual socket 8 motherboards. I have pics in this thread: Bitchin' dual p-pro setup

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-26, 01:04

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by luckybob

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@Groovy OOOOOO an IBM 3152. NEATO

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Re: What is this forum for?

Posted on 2017-09-21, 22:35

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by luckybob

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I'm fairly certain it started as a forum for dosbox. Running old games on new systems. Well you can't have old games around and NOT try them on original hardware. So the community went in that direction primarily. i believe dosbox works for people in 99.9% of cases. So the need has diminished for a …

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Re: Pentium Pro 256K vs Pentium Pro 1MB vs Pentium II Overdrive

Posted on 2017-09-20, 20:41

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by luckybob

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Denver, in the US. It is literally the exact center of the mainland US.

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Re: Pentium Pro 256K vs Pentium Pro 1MB vs Pentium II Overdrive

Posted on 2017-09-20, 17:03

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by luckybob

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I think that the motherboard can play the biggest role here. What is yours? Oh, he probably has the best motherboard around for this sort of thing. I still drool over that board. :lol: why yes, yes I do! http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=48043 It's not like I have the link saved for just …

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Re: Pentium Pro 256K vs Pentium Pro 1MB vs Pentium II Overdrive

Posted on 2017-09-19, 18:20

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by luckybob

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sweet! I got 505 for my dual OD score. But I know I was running super tight memory timings and I suppose 1gb of ram helps. thank you!

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-18, 23:47

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by luckybob

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ok, i wasn't expecting that

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Re: Pentium Pro 256K vs Pentium Pro 1MB vs Pentium II Overdrive

Posted on 2017-09-18, 23:29

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by luckybob

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instead of winrar- can you give 7zip a shot? I did on my dual p-pro. and posted my results here 7-zip benchmarks for over 60 CPUs

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2017-09-18, 23:26

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by luckybob

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@Vallenrod NICE! I dont get to see those quad-stacked dimms often.

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Re: IBM 5162 - seems dead

Posted on 2017-09-18, 06:11

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by luckybob

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I don't know for sure, but I would bet any chip with the same pinout and configuration would be the same. If you can find spec sheets it will be made obvious. I do remember the 41464 being a very common number in different chips from different manufacturers.

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Re: IBM 5162 - seems dead

Posted on 2017-09-18, 06:01

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by luckybob

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That site is a bit slower. most of my stuff goes unanswered sometimes. I've considered using Cunningham's law to get some traction, but I'm too lazy. edit: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cunningham%27s_Law

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