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

Posted on 2016-01-26, 16:00

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by Tetrium

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After all the nice stuff I think it's time for some more trashy dumpster finds! It's not season for dumpster diving here as there is lots of snow outside but these parts are from a dumpstrer placed on a roofed parking lot. The Asus Socket-A board neeeds a full recap but the Gigabyte Socket-370 …

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Re: Voodoo3 models overview

Posted on 2016-01-26, 15:44

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by Tetrium

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I am not that kind of collector who is after multiple cards with same chip. But I have several cards powered by Voodoo3- one Velocity 100, one V3 2000 SDR, one V3 3000 PCI SGR, V3 3000 SDR and two Compaq V3 3500 (they cost me dearly). Right now I have no adequate camera, so no pictures. I heard …

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Re: Any interest in a MS Windows Security Update CD?

Posted on 2016-01-26, 14:20

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by Tetrium

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ConiKost wrote: I've the german version of this CD. Anyone wants an image? I'm sure someone will want it. I've recently found my copy of the Dutch security CD, might upload it again there as the old links are probably gone by now.

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Re: Does this place service mac questions? Got a new G3 300 B/W...

Posted on 2016-01-26, 11:40

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by Tetrium

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SRQ wrote: I heard that too, but I can't find any source for doing it with a V2. Do V2s even have a BIOS?

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2016-01-26, 11:38

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Well... just decided to use another motherboard i've been presented with and here's the result... :happy: http://s19.postimg.org/9sgwuz1ib/WP_20160126_09_36_53_Pro.jpg http://s19.postimg.org/6ctdz5tnn/WP_20160126_09_37_24_Pro.jpg http://s19.postimg.org/9azjkcg2r/WP_20160126_09_36_41_Pro.jpg …

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Re: How to contribute with drivers

Posted on 2016-01-26, 11:36

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Ask here VOGONS Driver Library You'll need to have an account there and can ask there 😀

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Re: (Help needed) Intel SCB2 dual Tualatin build

Posted on 2016-01-26, 11:30

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by Tetrium

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Maybe you can add the Asus TUSC too? I have one as a part of the Asus Terminator Tualatin barebone system. :happy: http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/Barebone/Terminator%20tualatin/manual/e786_terminator_tualatin.pdf I'll get to adding boards later today. For now I'm a bit busy with Uni stuff I might …

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Re: Most rare and most common 3DFX cards in existence?

Posted on 2016-01-26, 08:08

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by Tetrium

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HighTreason, excellent story! And it sound quite similar to what I've seen myself. I noticed higher amounts of the Diamond Rendition 2100s though, for some reason it seemed to have made quite a lot of sales here in The Netherlands. Voodoo 1 and 2 were also quite popular. When Voodoo 3 got sold, the …

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Re: IBM PS/2 floppy disk drive restore / repair

Posted on 2016-01-26, 07:42

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by Tetrium

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Come to think of it... this was the same thing that was happening to the FDD I repaired. It (the LED) lit up but there was no noise coming from the drive, no spinning motor, head reading the disk... nothing. Changing the capacitors bridged a couple that had blown open circuit and put back into …

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Re: IBM PS/2 floppy disk drive restore / repair

Posted on 2016-01-25, 23:02

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by Tetrium

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I have a particular floppy drive which I tested. The floppy was inserted, but as the drive was apparently trying to read the disk, it didn't spin around. You happen to know what might be wrong with it? I do have an almost identical floppy drive available I could cannibalize for spares (this drive …

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Re: IBM PS/2 floppy disk drive restore / repair

Posted on 2016-01-25, 21:30

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by Tetrium

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Nicely done! :D What was the exact model numbers of the problematic IBM drives? And are these IBM floppy drives taking standard 1.44MB disks or are they 720KB or 2.88MB? And I suppose the older floppy drives would be easier to repair as the later ones gradually evolved to be produced more cheaply, …

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Re: IBM PS/2 floppy disk drive restore / repair

Posted on 2016-01-25, 21:28

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by Tetrium

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I was referring to vintage computer hobbyists. k, didn't know that the number of IBM floppy drives that were left after the initial carnage were diluted even further due to retro computer hobbyists trashing large numbers of IBM floppy drives that had remained, but went defective after the initial …

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Re: IBM PS/2 floppy disk drive restore / repair

Posted on 2016-01-25, 20:34

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by Tetrium

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Most were scrapped because they weren't PC-compatible (differently wired connectors, amongst other things)...kinda funny when considering old games and other software used to be IBM-compatible 🤣! But respect for anyone managing to fix an old floppy drive! 😁

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Re: (Help needed) Intel SCB2 dual Tualatin build

Posted on 2016-01-25, 15:11

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by Tetrium

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Hi, and welcome to Vogons 😀 Tight budget + Voodoo 5 don't mix well though, especially if you want a PCI V5 (unless you already have one laying around).

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2016-01-25, 13:15

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by Tetrium

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Skyscraper wrote: Binned as in speed binning* them! 😀 Im not throwing out any working CPUs, not even Netburst Celerons! *Sorting CPUs in different "bins" depending on their capabilities. Thank god 🤣!

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Re: vogons.org flagged by Google Safe Browsing

Posted on 2016-01-25, 13:03

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Odd...perhaps it's one of those advertisement accounts that changed their profile to include a link to a malicious website? That warning page didn't include a lot of usable info that might help in tracking down where the problem is coming from though. edit: Wouldn't it be a good idea to inform the …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2016-01-25, 12:50

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by Tetrium

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Yesterday I binned the 27x P200 CPUs I bought two weeks ago. No!! :depressed: You threw out 27 P-200 non-MMX chips? These were never good overclockers, Intel had trouble producing enough that could run at that speed. With the 233 MMX it's different as Intel sorta purposefully didn't want to see …

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Re: IBM PS/2 floppy disk drive restore / repair

Posted on 2016-01-25, 12:44

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by Tetrium

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Nicely done! :D What was the exact model numbers of the problematic IBM drives? And are these IBM floppy drives taking standard 1.44MB disks or are they 720KB or 2.88MB? I remember back in the day many of these IBMs seemed to use those IBM 2.88MB floppy drives (usually have a small 2.88 on the fromt …

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Re: Asus P4P800 Deluxe won't post

Posted on 2016-01-25, 12:36

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by Tetrium

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PCBONEZ wrote: gdjacobs wrote: I had an MSI socket A board. I was very pleased with it, but had the misfortune of accidentally cooking the BIOS. It's waiting for me to try resurrecting. Baked, Fried or BBQ? Or smoked 😁 Or just having forgotten the board was jumpered for CLEAR CMOS and then powering …

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Re: 386 EISA Processor Card

Posted on 2016-01-25, 11:50

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by Tetrium

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I kinda had a very similar problem last week when I tried to identify some Tulip 286 ISA board, I asked about it on VCF here: http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/showthread.php?50874-Tulip-286-ISA-card And apparently there were basically 2 types of this kind of board: Computer upgrade cards and …

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