Re: Your Mothership PC Components
Posted on 2014-04-30, 01:56
kithylin wrote: JayCeeBee64 wrote: ...caught fire almost, and had to be trashed. The drive survived though... That's the way it is, every rig - every piece of hardware - has a story..
Re: Your Mothership PC Components
Posted on 2014-04-29, 13:19
In one retro box I'm using the AN430TX motherboard and floppy drive from my first 'bought new' PC in 1997. Was also using the P200 MMX it came with but swapped in a P233 not too long ago.
Re: Your Mothership PC Components
Posted on 2014-04-28, 12:48
I checked my notes and I actually paid 90 for the 555BE - still a great deal given it's unlockable cores and OC friendliness. I ran it on a mid tier asus 790x evo board and had no complaints with the combo. The Hyper 212+ will always be a great HSF as long as it supports the socket. Inexpensive yet …
Re: Your Mothership PC Components
Posted on 2014-04-27, 17:31
That Phenom 555BE was/is a great value chip - probably the best bang for buck I ever experienced for a part bought while still in production. $80 or so [or even less?], BIOS unlock all 4 cores, OC @ 3.8 easy, and just under 4.0 with a little extra fuss and a Hyper 212+.
Re: Win95 won't "see" floppy drive B:
Posted on 2014-04-26, 03:08
Re: Win95 won't "see" floppy drive B:
Posted on 2014-04-26, 02:36
What about the floppy disks? Did you format them on that machine? DOS, W95a, W95osr2? There can be format issues there. Are you able to boot off the 3.5" FDD?
Re: Outlaws (LucasArts) under Vista
Posted on 2014-04-25, 04:09
@collector. I realize you were not addressing me, but for the record I make images from my own disks and do it for most games that need a CD/DVD to run.
Re: Outlaws (LucasArts) under Vista
Posted on 2014-04-25, 00:13
I'll also add that I found it necessary to mount a bin/cue image. A regular iso didn't play music even with the virtual drive the first lettered CD drive. YMMV. Awesome game and soundtrack!
Re: Dallas RTC Battery Longevity
Posted on 2014-04-24, 21:57
While I wait for what I hope is a fairly new replacement battery to arrive I just may try my hand at the chop and solder mod on the dead RTC sitting here in front of me. Just need to pick up a coin battery holder and borrow a decent soldering iron from someone - the one I have couldn't melt it's way …
Re: Dallas RTC Battery Longevity
Posted on 2014-04-24, 18:24
Update: Well, upon closer examination the RTS sure looked like it was not soldered on but fitted over some kind of socket. Sure enough gentle prodding with a mini screwdriver cleanly released the 24-pin battery. Everything is new to me with this 486... So, if I wanted to retrofit a coin battery …
Re: Dallas RTC Battery Longevity
Posted on 2014-04-24, 16:16
So fully charged Dallas RTC's are available? That would be nice, but like you I'd need to find someone who can really solder. EDIT: Here's another link showing the results of surgery. However this person was able to remove the chip and re-solder after the work: http://www.classic-computers.org.nz/ …
Dallas RTC Battery Longevity
Posted on 2014-04-24, 15:40
How long do these soldered-on CMOS batteries last anyway? My 1996 EliteGroup UP8810 VIO v3.6 motherboard just stopped recognizing the hard drive and fails at POST, but boots off a floppy. I suspect the battery since the drive passes the test on another machine, but yikes the battery is almost 20 …
Re: Win95 won't "see" floppy drive B:
Posted on 2014-04-23, 00:16
Any luck yet? Incorrect cable orientation is the usual culprit, or failing to select the correct 5.25" FDD type in BIOS. But you've probably done all this so...
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2014-04-16, 22:44
Yeah do your rig justice with Lian Li. They make for great builds that really show the gear off. Nice minimalistic design, well thought out and constructed, in 'can't be beat' clear anodized aluminum.
Re: Voodoo 1 Causes Screen "Static"?
Posted on 2014-04-14, 18:43
It's sort of a relief to hear that this is an endemic problem, not just mine. My solution is "deal with it". The V1 is parked in a P-233/S3 era rig as a living monument to the first age a 3D. But I also have a P3-966/V2-SLI and a V5 system to fall back on for real Glide gaming. I did manage to …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2014-04-14, 14:15
I have two 12mb cards; 3dfx and Diamond. One has chips on the front and back, the other front only. I think it's just a question of when it was made.
Re: windows xp box
Posted on 2014-04-14, 01:48
Re: windows xp box
Posted on 2014-04-12, 18:04
You shouldn't be disappointed with performance, especially if you stick to real XP era games, especially ones that won't even run on W7/8 - run *those* on your main rig. And XPs backward compatibility will let you have at pesky W9x games that get flaky on post XP rigs.
Re: HALF-LIFE
Posted on 2014-04-10, 21:17
Re: windows xp box
Posted on 2014-04-10, 19:28
I have USB 2.0 running on my W98se rigs and use an external USB drive for data transfer. Don't have the notes in front of me, but I think I patched via the Unofficial SP v201a [IE6 core upgrade], then the nUSB3 patch. It's offline but needs IE6 to manage the USB upgrades.
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