Re: Best/Most reliable MSATA - 44 pin IDE adapter (controller chip?)

Posted on 2022-05-20, 10:25

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by Cuttoon

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https://www.transcend-info.com/embedded/product/ssd/psd330 That's what you use. Not an mSATA to IDE adapter. It is designed to do EXACTLY what you need it to, with full performance. The 128GB version isn't even $200 dollars. [/b] I just pray you were being ironic. It's an obsolete toy, for crying …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-05-19, 23:19

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by Cuttoon

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I think the price bubble finally popped. I bought this for a price that would be low even in 2019 at local auction service. Case is dirty but machine is fully functional. It has Gigabyte GA-586HX inside, which is one of the best Socket 7 motherboards (I have like 3 or 4 of them my main S7 machine …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-05-19, 17:39

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Some weird SFF system, based on PIII, it seems. Supposed to have PSU trouble, might use it to keep the door open. Joking, right? :lol: No, Ma'am, we at the FBI have no sense of humor that we'd know of. :D I really only got that for the alien autopsy, even if I manage to repair it, no use whatsoever …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-05-19, 16:28

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New to the heap, mid €€ all together. Some rather diverse boards: DSCI1315.JPG - Asus A7V600-X, VIA KT600 with Athlon XP 2 GHz Thoroughbred (probably buggy SATA and useless AD1888 sound...) - M6VBE µATX with PIII-500, legendary Biostar quality. [/irony] I like that it has ESS SOLO-1 on board sound. …

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Re: To upgrade or not to upgrade? That is the question. (i486 DOSBox)

Posted on 2022-05-18, 19:16

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How would I go about attaching one? I don't see any retention clips like on Socket 7-boards, and it looks like most 486-CPUs are sold bare without any coolers. Some are being sold with fixed heatsinks, glued on. Most others used clips or cages that grab to the CPU itself, some 3D print them: …

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Re: To upgrade or not to upgrade? That is the question. (i486 DOSBox)

Posted on 2022-05-18, 14:44

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by Cuttoon

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That thing should take a DX2-66 without issues. Being a normal VLB system, there's maybe a 1 in 5 chance it will take anything past DX-2, which would require regulators for 3.x V instead of the usual 5 V. Most boards of that time did not have them. No 3.x V would mean the latest to install would be …

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Re: Building Retro 486

Posted on 2022-05-17, 01:25

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by Cuttoon

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Hi, that looks like a neat little board and fairly modern for a 486. Usually, this is a good resource: https://www.ultimateretro.net/en/motherboards/85#downloads General advice, for troubleshooting, - Respect ESD precautions. - Check the PSU adapter and motherboard plug for good fit and that no pins …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-05-15, 15:24

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by Cuttoon

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At least I respect the opinion of others if they enjoyed it and telling this to them on this thread is a very futile attempt. BTW, I have a noname S3 Trio3D/2X 8MB PCI card that has very good image quality (aside from the brightness bug which can be easily dealt with) and it can handle PCI bus …

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Re: I miss the 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s

Posted on 2022-05-14, 15:14

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by Cuttoon

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I miss the times when forums were more heavily moderated. Oh, you do? I actually left facebook some years ago due to their idea of moderation. "Context be damned, but your use of word does not comply with my braindead flowchart". So, if it's to be American Gen Z moderation, I'm pretty happy with " …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-05-14, 14:27

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by Cuttoon

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I got this nice Terratec Maestro 16 along with Terratec Dream GS Wave 4MB wavetable from a friend in exchange for a big tower case. I think it was a good deal. That may have been the very mother of all AT tower cases with PSU, MHz display and all other bells and whistles and including transport, …

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Re: VOGONS Wiki reference

Posted on 2022-05-14, 10:56

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by Cuttoon

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Hello, i guess i found something wrong - the K6XV3+ is an ATX board not an AT Board. As far as i know the same is the K6XV3+/66 http://www.vogonswiki.com/index.php/Socket_7_Motherboard_Lists Ciao BarFly Hehe, pity no one corrects those. I just noticed the very same error. Also, the MSI MS-5184 is …

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Re: GA-5AX prices on Ebay are outrageous; why?

Posted on 2022-05-14, 10:53

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by Cuttoon

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With those requirements in mind, only Asus P5A , Gigabyte GA-5AX , and MSI MS-5169 remain in the list , with GA-5AX rev. 5.2 being the newest of the three. Btw., I just looked at two motherboards on "the list" that I own, to compare with others of the same brand. And found two obvious errors- wrong …

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Re: Someone's selling their nice collection of sound cards

Posted on 2022-05-14, 10:38

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by Cuttoon

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IIRC, quite a few game had native support for the Pro Audio Spectrum. The question remains whether that constitutes a "standard"... Good question. How does music work natively on a PAS? Well, I assume it does, but not on my dosbox. Master of Orion sure had some choice there. Never got the PAS …

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Re: GA-5AX prices on Ebay are outrageous; why?

Posted on 2022-05-14, 02:30

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by Cuttoon

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What keeps my P5BV3+ off the "most wanted" list? https://theretroweb.com/hardware/motherboards/dfi-p5bv3-plus Supports 100MHZ fsb, K6-III+, has agp slot, three isa, two USB, etc. etc. I'm just sort of curious what makes a "top dog" SS& board at this point... I can't see why, but many consider the …

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

Posted on 2022-05-13, 19:58

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by Cuttoon

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OCZ is not good these days. They used to use trash including sandforce based controller SSDs that is a trouble. Only one I had good luck was solid copper heatsinks OCZ memory modules but that was long ago. That was due to OCZ shifting focus to SSDs and their products being rushed without proper QA …

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Re: I miss the 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s

Posted on 2022-05-13, 19:56

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Errius wrote on 2022-05-13, 19:43: That was a terrible time. Bankers throwing themselves out of high windows. Appalling. Thank god that no longer happens. Who said they threw themselves?

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Re: Someone's selling their nice collection of sound cards

Posted on 2022-05-13, 19:55

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by Cuttoon

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dr_st wrote on 2022-05-13, 18:03: Adlib, GUS, LAPC-I and SCC-1. That's like all the DOS music standards in one collection. Oh wait, it's missing AWE32, oh well. Still awesome. 😁 IIRC, quite a few game had native support for the Pro Audio Spectrum. The question remains whether that constitutes a " …

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Re: Someone's selling their nice collection of sound cards

Posted on 2022-05-13, 15:08

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by Cuttoon

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That's some investment... Look at the prices! (Not me and not linked to me in any way) The rational for BIN offers is to charge more than an auction would possibly yield, so those prices, I hate to admit it, are not really that outrageous, when compared to recent auction results. The Roland cards …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-05-13, 15:01

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by Cuttoon

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I could use those Hama DIMMs for my troll build: Celeron 266, Quantum Bigfoot, Sound Blaster PCI 137x, winmodem, Colani case, Windows ME, Microsoft Bob... XD If you wanted to ruin a perfectly good troll build, sure. Think mine will be based on an original PCChips M537 and Cyrix first gen heating …

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Re: I miss the 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s

Posted on 2022-05-13, 14:11

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by Cuttoon

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When were the US great? The answer we know from the political scientists is: "When I was young." It's not so much things that I'd miss as things that have emerged since then. Egregious grades of wanton bullshit. Like the platformisation of almost anything and all the mindless drones of gen Z going …

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