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Re: IDE CD Drive recomendations

Posted on 2018-10-11, 18:40

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

In my experience a 24x speed was already a lot quieter than a 40x speed. 52x speeds CDROM drives sound like they are about to go to warp lol. Generally speaking, the slower the CDROM drive, the more quiet it will be. Another thing you could try is to use a DVD drive. CDROM burners often were more …

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

Posted on 2018-10-10, 11:22

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Well two retro things, no pics of the Gateway monitor that came with this yet, but: !GWA1.jpg GWA2.jpg GWA3.jpg Kind of boring, but definitely vintage-ish. Gateway 2000 Athlon 950, Riva TNT2, generic corporate Sound Blaster card, Quantum Fireball 10g drive. But... that case has a lot of room in it …

Re: New here

Posted on 2018-09-12, 22:27

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Errius wrote: Do you own a Voodoo 5 5500? Post a dated picture of the card please. Because we're kind of selective here about the people we let in. We are? 😕

Re: Good PSU for Pentium 3 System

Posted on 2018-09-11, 14:45

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I'm about to complete my retro build. Here the specs: Pentium 3 800E Mhz Asus P3B-F Motherboard 256MB RAM Samsung Spinpoint 80GB HDD with 7200 RPM 3DFX Voodoo 3-3000 48X (I think?) Teac CD drive Gotek USB FDD Emulator Soundblaster AWE64 One CF Card reader on the back Currently I'm using an AOPEN …

Re: M-ATX Super Socket 7 Machine

Posted on 2018-09-11, 14:44

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Many s7/ss7 boards with SiS chipset were µATX, often these were OEM boards. But s7/ss7 in ATX format were always much less common then the AT ones.

Re: Cyrix 5x86-133GP a unicorn?

Posted on 2018-09-11, 14:30

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The Cyrix 5x86-133 was never easy to find. However, there was a lot of CPU collecting going on even when 486 was considered just slow old trash. An overclocked AMD 5x86-133 may be a good alternative, as would a POD. And finding a (working) board that will work with any of these CPUs might be a …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-09-11, 12:12

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Compaq sound card - 1994 ( ISA ) - ESS 688F with Yamaha YMF-262 OPL I don't know if I should change the mounting bracket or leave it alone. What computer do you think this came out of ? I once salvaged such a sound card from some Compaq. The extra connector bit is very distinctive. Iirc I did …

Re: Super Socket 7 cooling

Posted on 2018-09-11, 11:56

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Using a 'newish' s370/sA HSF may require use of a spare metal clip, as some put a lot of pressure on the CPU socket extension thingies, which are easier to break then one might expect (yes I've broken one once and yes it was a ss7 board :blah: ). With s7/ss7 there's also the issue of clearance. Many …

Re: IBM PS/2 floppy disk drive - error 601

Posted on 2018-08-22, 14:09

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Jodel wrote: Sorry to jump in, but I am new to the system and don't know how to post here. I changed the floppy drive with another one that I thought was good and am getting now a 601 error. Any idea what that means ? Did I shoot the controller ? Best is to create a new thread for your specific …

Re: A mystery in a box - Soleau Software retail game

Posted on 2018-08-18, 20:50

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Iirc he had a couple games that were similar to Risk. I remember I could change something in the files, ownership of the countries. Even to, say, neutral ones? These wouldn't attack though. It was not really continents, but more smaller islands with each 2 to 4 areas that could be conquered, with …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-08-18, 20:46

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

It's a PCChips M571 and it really can't go below 2.5V, at least my revision which is 3.2. The 3.2A and 7.0 ones can do it. The motherboard is pretty well documented . I doubt the regulator would overheat as it's designed to go that low. Rather it's the CPU that should run hotter as i'd essentially …

Re: Ultimate AMD Athlon gaming build ?

Posted on 2018-08-18, 20:42

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Looking for AMD mATX motherboard that supports Voodoo-3 AGP First of all: Which boards do you actually have? What you're trying to do has been done before, though these people tended to use a V5 instead of a V3. I'm not sure you'll get the most out of a V3 using a Barton. I tend to agree with …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-08-18, 20:32

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

T DSCF2882.JPG And it did boot - motherboard says it's an AMD (Unknown) with a clock speed of PR♠ :roll: (probably needs a BIOS update). The computer hangs at "Checking NVRAM" now, but it did so even after i put back the Pentium that was in there, so it's probably an unrelated issue. Do any of you …

Re: A mystery in a box - Soleau Software retail game

Posted on 2018-08-18, 01:41

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Iirc he had a couple games that were similar to Risk. I remember I could change something in the files, ownership of the countries. Even to, say, neutral ones? These wouldn't attack though. It was not really continents, but more smaller islands with each 2 to 4 areas that could be conquered, with …

Re: Worst retrogaming regret

Posted on 2018-08-18, 01:29

in Milliways

in Milliways

Throwing out some 386 and 486 boards. One was a 386/486 combo board. I did keep all the cache chips and some odd stuff like BIOS chips. Not getting an NV1 when I had the chance. Could've gotten it for peanuts too lol Back when I was dumpsterdiving and the pickings were ripe, I found a 486 AT system …

Re: CPU trays?

Posted on 2018-08-17, 10:54

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

How are you storing them atm? Before I got some stacks of CPU trays, I tried several ways of storing them. One of which was to try to make my own using thin sheets of wood and little strips of cardboard glued to them. These trays couldn't really stack (the CPUs would stick out over the top of the …

Re: Pentium MMX Retro-PC

Posted on 2018-08-17, 10:38

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Here are some photos now: IMG_20180812_135643.jpg IMG_20180812_135731.jpg IMG_20180812_140607.jpg That looks like a (very) late AT case. The front of the case is very reminiscing of early ATX cases, perhaps even early P3/Athlon era. Does the case have any mention as to when it was assembled by any …

Re: Essex psu?

Posted on 2018-08-17, 10:28

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Could you take some pics of it? It seems to kinda not exist in google 🤣, but often these PSUs are basically copies from other designs and someone might recognize those 😀

Re: Electronics repair area basics ?

Posted on 2018-08-17, 10:26

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Here is my current work area at home in my garage: -snip- I recently bought an Ultrasonic Cleaner and cleaning solution and used it to revive a water damaged iPhone, I've tried it on a few dead board that have had battery leakage and I'm impressed with the results so far. https://i.imgur.com/ …

Re: Was this an April fools joke or is it real ?

Posted on 2018-07-31, 03:37

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

Intel486dx33 wrote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3iHV0NvLPI Still looking for a boxed version 🤣

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