Re: Rudolph Loew apparently passed away in September 2019

Posted on 2019-10-15, 19:47

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by ruthan

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When i paid to Rloew i did it already through his Paypal account: rloew@hotmail.com , so it exist, i would be nice only keep it alive and make some Paypal Donate button and place it on every page, were would be possible to download his work. Otherwise its possible to see his site through some …

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Re: Help with PS/2 mouse header connection - wiring for SS7 MB.

Posted on 2019-10-13, 13:36

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by ruthan

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Still nothing.. I checked testing mouse is still alive, its working with other machine. Im testing it with newest Cute mouse - device not found, with Serial mouse its working. I only discover that pin 3 - is probably not connected infinite Resistance. Im getting near zero resistance on pins - 4 and …

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Re: Help with PS/2 mouse header connection - wiring for SS7 MB.

Posted on 2019-10-13, 11:20

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by ruthan

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thanks, for all these measurements, has to be machine turned on or not?

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Re: What is better for pure Dos and Win98 -Super socket 7(K6-III) or Slot 1/Socket 370 (PII/ PIII)? Where are differences?

Posted on 2019-10-13, 00:17

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by ruthan

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I also solve ZIP problem, its doesnt need driver for DOS, its connected as drive B, when there A for 1.44 floppy, medium was half-dead.

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Re: Help with PS/2 mouse header connection - wiring for SS7 MB.

Posted on 2019-10-12, 23:31

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by ruthan

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I did some clumsy measurement with voltemeter (i have this electrical and soldering, not computer stuff) if resistence is small or not. I seems that these are connected: PS My Cable MB end \ Right side of your PS/2 diagram front connector. Red=Data Blue=Clock Yellow=GND Green=Vcc So wired it as for …

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Re: Super Socket 7/Voodoo 3 machine

Posted on 2019-10-12, 23:25

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by ruthan

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Ok i fixed with one bios, but i need help with PS/2 mouse header i dont have original one.. and in manual is almost nothing.

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Re: What is better for pure Dos and Win98 -Super socket 7(K6-III) or Slot 1/Socket 370 (PII/ PIII)? Where are differences?

Posted on 2019-10-12, 21:26

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by ruthan

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

My monitor output problem, i upgraded bios to newer version and its working even with original monitor, so difference si only when unsupported cpu is connected, its output is for some reason ouput on some monitor probably because of some low frequency ration.. when is cpu fully supported output is …

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Help with PS/2 mouse header connection - wiring for SS7 MB.

Posted on 2019-10-12, 21:03

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by ruthan

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Hello, i bough Lucky star 5mvp3 4.0 SS7 MB, i have problem to get PS/2 mouse to run.. it arrived without PS/2 header, so i salvage one from other machine (where it was working fine), but wiring is probably not compatible, i didnt found PS/2 mouse Bios option is probably always enables.. or dead, if …

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Re: What is better for pure Dos and Win98 -Super socket 7(K6-III) or Slot 1/Socket 370 (PII/ PIII)? Where are differences?

Posted on 2019-10-10, 19:43

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by ruthan

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Ok Luckstar 5mvp3 its working with lastest unofficial bios for K6-2+ 533 and 120 GB HDD at least for Dos booting, i havent time to test it. BTW i never was ruch guy with ZIP drive, i got one and USB one is still working with Win10, so i tried to boot from ZIP and made Bootable media with RUFUS USB …

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Re: PCI sound cards and Chipsets from various manufacturers...

Posted on 2019-10-09, 17:10

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by ruthan

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How to test if MB has LDRQ? Its possible to write simple testing utility for it?

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Re: What is better for pure Dos and Win98 -Super socket 7(K6-III) or Slot 1/Socket 370 (PII/ PIII)? Where are differences?

Posted on 2019-10-07, 18:33

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by ruthan

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I never tried it, are these AT board with ATX psu possibility compatibly with micro ATX form factor or not? I never got what is good about AT case, cable management is problematic, no enough space, they are usually boring white / yellow boxes.. and AT power supplies are now old, noisy, fans are …

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Re: T-04YBSC-A, new YMF71x based sound card + SETYMF utility

Posted on 2019-10-07, 18:28

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by ruthan

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Long time without update, was problem above fixed? How about selling, its good.. or its still blocked by parts supply problems?

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Re: What is better for pure Dos and Win98 -Super socket 7(K6-III) or Slot 1/Socket 370 (PII/ PIII)? Where are differences?

Posted on 2019-10-06, 21:38

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by ruthan

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

It is.. i will try this bios later, seller claimed that it worked even with original bios and k6-2+ 450.

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Which complete Gotek clone is best out of box (no soldering/no building)?

Posted on 2019-10-06, 20:51

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by ruthan

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hello, i checked on eBay there are various complete Gotek mods, i hate soldering and DYI stuff for such things, does someone experience with some of them, which is best one? I need use it with PC, Amiga support would be nice too, mainly i need display with image names, no just some number and need …

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Re: Fastest AGP video card for Super socket 7 platform?

Posted on 2019-10-05, 20:53

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by ruthan

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I have found on this K6plus page this message: Note that if you want to run a K6plus on a board with the Intel 430TX, 430VX, or ALi Aladdin IV(+) chipset, you may have to set "System BIOS Cacheable" in the CMOS Setup to "Disable" to get it working. Im not sure if - Aladdin IV(+) means also version …

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Re: What is better for pure Dos and Win98 -Super socket 7(K6-III) or Slot 1/Socket 370 (PII/ PIII)? Where are differences?

Posted on 2019-10-05, 20:48

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by ruthan

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I now experimenting with 5mvp3 4.0 , im not able to make K6-2+ working, maybe old bios, i dunno and also no 256 MB sticks so far. Re: Super Socket 7/Voodoo 3 machine

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Re: Super Socket 7/Voodoo 3 machine

Posted on 2019-10-05, 20:46

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by ruthan

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Hello, i got 5mvp3 4.0. I have few question about it: Where to get last bios? I have on bios boot screen AUG06-05 message, i suppose that is version of bios. I found on this page: http://web.inter.nl.net/hcc/J.Steunebrink/k6plus.htm#bios , but its only *.bin file, where to get flash utility, can i …

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Re: What is better for pure Dos and Win98 -Super socket 7(K6-III) or Slot 1/Socket 370 (PII/ PIII)? Where are differences?

Posted on 2019-10-05, 18:34

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by ruthan

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Thanks i will try that one for 440, if it will work with SS7. For S370 256 are ok, they are usually running, problem are 512 MB once, i have only 1 which is running.

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Re: What is better for pure Dos and Win98 -Super socket 7(K6-III) or Slot 1/Socket 370 (PII/ PIII)? Where are differences?

Posted on 2019-10-05, 16:39

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by ruthan

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I have other strange question about SS7, i finally got MVP3 board.. but i discoverd 1 strange thing, when i connect it to my.. HP ZR24w screen, im getting for Geforce 3 agp card - Video bios info screen and after - monitors show signal out of range .. for other cards, im getting only out of range …

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Re: Rudolph Loew apparently passed away in September 2019

Posted on 2019-10-04, 22:22

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by ruthan

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RIP, I never knew how old he was, i bough last of his patches month or two ago.. he deserve big respect too keep at the edge of technology for such long time. I dunno how big things did within his mathematics, simulation career, but afaik these patches for him only some thing on the side.

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