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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2017-05-01, 13:47

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

My Commodore 486DX-33 DOS 6.22 rig with: * Tseng ET4000AX * Audician 32 Plus soundcard * 8MB RAM * Original Commodore keyboard :) * HD size is on the picture * Original 1930 monitor but threw it away because I think there was some problem with the VGA cable :angry: Nothing fancy but it does the job …

Re: Problems with testing 2 Soundblasters

Posted on 2017-05-01, 13:27

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

http://nl.tinypic.com/r/2z8udra/9

Re: Problems with testing 2 Soundblasters

Posted on 2017-04-30, 12:37

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Got the AWE32 PnP working after a fresh install of Win 95. *EDIT*: AWE64 working and showing 28MB of RAM so the CT1950 is also working yuy. My small Creative collection (third box is an Audigy 2 ZS and weirdly not showing now, a SB16 Vibra CT4170): http://i63.tinypic.com/2z8udra.jpg Another tricky …

Problems with testing 2 Soundblasters

Posted on 2017-04-28, 17:37

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Having lost interest in the hobby/collecting, I am planning on selling my boxed Sound Blaster collection. Today I found the time and will to test some but I ran into some problems with 2 of the cards. My skills are totally rusty so I am asking for some help here :) First one is a AWE32 PnP CT3980. …

Re: Need a little help with my MMX build

Posted on 2016-08-07, 08:48

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Installed the AWE64 this morning. I was thinking about putting in the AWE32 Pnp or AWE64 Gold but I ended up putting in a regular one. Everything is working so it's going on the shelf now :) I don't know if I want to spend money on upgrading the vram on the GPU. These chips are quite expensive IMO …

Re: Need a little help with my MMX build

Posted on 2016-08-06, 18:01

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Just installed the DIMM memory (IBM 32MB 60ns (4M x 64) 3.3V 76H0275) and it's working yuy! I just changed the memorysettings to 60ns instead of 70ns in the BIOS. Don't know if it matters much..... Tomorrow the AWE64 is going in and then the small upgrade is finished. Found these chips for the Virge …

Re: Need a little help with my MMX build

Posted on 2016-08-06, 13:33

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

@archsan: your help is really appreciated! The RAM has arrived at my parents so I'm gonna pick it up tonight and hope the memory will be compatible. I just removed the VGA card to and it's a Fastware VC963C-3D with S3 Virge On Board chip. There are 4 empty sockets so I'm guessing this is to upgrade …

Re: Need a little help with my MMX build

Posted on 2016-07-31, 08:29

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hi archsan TBH, for me it doesn't really matter if I use SIMM or DIMM. I just want to upgrade it to 64MB. I'll order the 168-pin then. Just noticed the VGA card in that machine has some empty sockets. Gonna remove it and check which card it is exactly.

Re: Need a little help with my MMX build

Posted on 2016-07-30, 17:28

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I want so finish this upgrade ASAP so would these do: http://www.benl.ebay.be/itm/390260471853?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT or better like Terium suggested: http://www.benl.ebay.be/itm/Micron-32MB-PC66-SDRAM-MT16LSDT464AG-66CL2-/262547889510?hash=item3d2112dd66:g: …

Re: Need a little help with my MMX build

Posted on 2016-07-29, 13:22

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I'll look to order 2x32MB EDO 60ns then. I hope to install the AWE64 this weekend en next the RAM so I can finish this small upgrade. Not planning on tinkering with speeds and voltages 😀 Thanks for the help guys! Much appreciated.

Re: Need a little help with my MMX build

Posted on 2016-07-27, 16:27

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Things are getting complicated now :) I really lost touch with old HW sorry So it seems according to a link posted here, the VX set takes only max 32MB sticks. Are these the ones I need then: http://www.benl.ebay.be/itm/262517900729?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT @psychz: …

Re: Need a little help with my MMX build

Posted on 2016-07-27, 14:15

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

If someone can help me out with some SDRAM then 😉....

Re: Need a little help with my MMX build

Posted on 2016-07-26, 09:35

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thanks for the help! I found the first link archsan but the other ones are an excellent addition. As for the sound card, I'm gonna start out with my AWE64 CT4380 and see what it gives. Done some searching on Evilbay and would these be good: http://www.benl.ebay.be/itm/122050374684?_trksid=p2060353. …

Re: First computers you've used

Posted on 2016-07-26, 09:29

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

My first PC was a Commodore P10-III 8088XT if I remember correctly. Had no HD, Hercules monochrome and 2x 3,5" floppy drive. Upgraded it later with a VGA card and monitor. Don't remember correctly if I bought a SB 1,5 or 2.0 for this one or my next one, a 386DX-33. Hoping to rebuy 'my first PC' one …

Need a little help with my MMX build

Posted on 2016-07-23, 18:01

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hello there fellow retro-gurus Well, I'm not really a guru since I need help but anyway...... :happy: My friend gave me his MMX-233 in this config: * Mainboard: Chaintech 5VLM M101 (if anyone has a manual for this since I only found 3 dead links so far) with 16MB RAM *EDIT* Just found some info on …

Re: Need help with my 486 build

Posted on 2015-10-04, 13:41

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

No, I installed DOS, then Windows and installed from Windows. This is how the manual says how to do it even though it mentions in a TXT file how to install in a pure DOS environment. I wouldn't be surprised if I do DOS install - DOS driver install - WIN install - WIN driver install, it would be …

Re: Need help with my 486 build

Posted on 2015-10-04, 12:30

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

OK I tried something different this morning :) This morning I removed the 5 1/4 floppydrive and swapped it with a CD-ROM drive so I could install the drivers for the Audician 32 plus that I had bought. Just to be sure, I did a clean install of DOS 6.22 and Win 3.11 and what do you know.....that damn …

Re: Need help with my 486 build

Posted on 2015-10-03, 12:51

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Will look into that tomorrowmorning. As I said, I am kinda rusty but you would expect that it would work both in DOS and Windows since I installed it in Windows? Aren't the settings the same for both OS? I believe I saw on the installscreen that the IRQ was 10 and after some quick reading on the net …

Re: Need help with my 486 build

Posted on 2015-10-03, 12:40

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Sorry for the stupid question but how do you do that and I need to check if they conflict with what 😅 ? I just took the default config when installing the driver.

Need help with my 486 build

Posted on 2015-10-03, 11:11

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I've been struggling to make my simple setup work in Win 3.11 for Workgroups. Let me get my system specs first: 486DX-33 with 8MB RAM, mainboard is a PKM-3363Y (VER. 1.00), Sound Galaxy Orion, Tseng ET4000AX, Commodore 1930 monitor. It runs DOS 6.22 and Win 3.11 for WG. I keep facing 2 problems: 1) …

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