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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-05-05, 16:54

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Not too sure if I'll keep these: Asus.jpg But I'll definitely keep this :) : hakko.jpg I need to improve my repair work, and I prefer to sponsor one Asian country over the other. Edit: I'm cleaning the Ultra now. It's origin is a smoker's household. No judgement, we all do whatever we want, but tar …

Re: 2 PC for retrogaming and full compatibility

Posted on 2021-05-05, 11:40

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The AMD is probably a tad too slow for WinXP. The BX platform is great for a versatile DOS/Win98 system. In user experience, both can be sped up considerably with a small SATA drive (look around for msata disks) on a PCI-adapter (Promise).

Re: Help with reviving an old computer

Posted on 2021-05-05, 11:35

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I second the Startech adapter, well built and absolutely zero issues. It's guaranteed to work, whatever the age of the mainboard it's connected to.

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-05-04, 21:02

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

dulu wrote on 2021-05-04, 20:41: What is this? Sellers picture I'd wager a Geforce 3 ti200, with the top heatsink lost.

Re: What is your unconscious motive for retro hardware ?

Posted on 2021-05-04, 21:00

in Milliways

in Milliways

*disclaimer: all that follows is no more than the ramblings of a mind in need of rest I agree with the points made on the inefficiency of current technologies. Blockchain, as an example, is for me the apogee of that wastefulness. All that raw power is wasted in a ceremony of greed. Looking at the …

Re: Issues getting hard drives working on P2 / 440BX system. (MS-6119)

Posted on 2021-05-04, 19:00

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

It might be a physical issue on the mainboard, perhaps a broken trace or pins causing a short.

Re: Issues getting hard drives working on P2 / 440BX system. (MS-6119)

Posted on 2021-05-04, 15:47

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Can you jumper the one large hdd to 32 GB? Does that make a difference? I suppose you reset the bios, but it can't hurt to put it on bios default settings. Does the board detect an optical or ide zip drive corectly? Edit: only one drive above 32GB

Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2021-05-03, 12:58

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Thanks vad4r! Ihre freundliche Händler, that's how the drug dealers across the road introduce themselves 🤭.

Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2021-05-03, 11:23

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

I was flicking through my PC magazines from 1994, and I remember from that era how I liked (and still do) the warpy Colani desktops and towers from the Vobis ads. Wonderful systems, I am more of the gonzo style, or rat look ( to avoid having to mention lazy). Great work and an inspiration to us all …

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

Posted on 2021-05-03, 10:07

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Great ! What was the main problem ? First of all, I needed an ISA 8-bit VGA-card, since the CGA monitor was MIA. Thanks to the forum here, I could put in a Trident with a whopping 1 MB of video ram :). As soon as I had visual, the MFM-drive seemed not to function (a Seagate 20 MB). Thanks to the …

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

Posted on 2021-05-02, 21:36

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Brought my Sanyo XT back from the dead with the help of Waterbeesje. A good day today.

Re: Put a Tualatin on my ASUS CUV266...I can't make it work.

Posted on 2021-05-02, 16:24

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The modification to have a Tualatin run in a Coppermine board is more than just insulating three pins. See the picture Filename s-l500.jpg File size 99.29 KiB Views 1025 views from the South Korean eBay seller.

Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2021-05-02, 12:17

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

You can replace your central heating with a running array of those cards, providing you have an unlimited source of cheap electricity 😀

Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2021-05-02, 07:48

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

vad4r wrote on 2021-05-01, 09:00: Thanks 😀 Forgot some pictures, edited the gallery. I never knew they made a game of Bourgeon's graphic novel "Les passagers du vent". I can recommend highly his other series "Les compagnards du crépuscule " and "Le cycle de Cyann".

Re: German theme 486 computer.

Posted on 2021-05-02, 07:33

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

If a Nixdorf case is too difficult to source, any Aldi case will give you the warm, welcoming feeling corporate Germany is so well known for.

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

Posted on 2021-05-01, 20:07

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Finally upgraded the oldest system I have (a Sanyo XT MBC16PLUS1) to VGA using a Trident 16 bit ISA card (thanks @Tiido for the help on the 8-bit modus). XTSanyo.jpg The card has now more VGA ram than memory, 1 MB vs. 640 kb. Still stuck at boot though, there is an issue with the MFM drive or its …

Re: Use 16bit ISA VGA in 8bit ISA?

Posted on 2021-05-01, 18:59

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

Thanks Tiido, I switched the ones meant for 16bit, and the XT boots! It displays perfectly clear: 1701 ROM BIOS Version 1.12 640Kb memory /CPU clock 8.00 MHz Now on to restoring it to full glory.

Re: i865PE motherboards and 400 FSB / 533 FSB

Posted on 2021-05-01, 18:28

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

W.x. wrote on 2021-04-27, 23:13: What about Abit IS7 ? IS7 and IC7 series apparently only support Northwood when it comes to 400FSB cpu's. It's explicitly stated in the respective manuals.

Use 16bit ISA VGA in 8bit ISA?

Posted on 2021-05-01, 18:23

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

I have 2 ISA's from three machines I got earlier. One is a Trident ISA 16-bit, based on the TVGA8900D-R (1994) from a Shuttle HOT-541 based Intel P120 system. Trident_ISA_VGA.jpg The other is a Realtek ISA 16-bit RTG3105E chip, from a TI486SLC system which I need to fix, as it doesn't boot (battery …

Re: VRM for Shuttle HOT-541 motherboard?

Posted on 2021-05-01, 11:54

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thanks for making that photo by the way. I added it here http://www.win3x.org/uh19/motherboard/show/4448 I've updated some info on the site. Two identical & working machines I got a few weeks back have HOT-541 in them, both with P120s and the max cacheable ram (2*32 MB). Good to see another brought …

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