Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-10-09, 20:26

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by bjwil1991

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I wonder if they made a Socket 7 variant (Socket 7 to Socket 370)? That'll be weird, yet impossible for a non-AGP or 100MHz FSB motherboard to support it, unless a downclock is necessary.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-10-09, 20:10

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by bjwil1991

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Wait... What adapter is that? Never seen one before, and is that for a Socket 8 motherboard that converts it to Socket 370 with the voltage regulation for the processors? That is really weird to see that.

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Re: XT-IDE BIOS with 3com 3c509B

Posted on 2018-10-09, 19:05

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by bjwil1991

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*scratches head* why didn't I think of that for making one 32KB ROM instead of using the MiniPro program copying every byte of data?

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Re: This forum is very hard to use from a mobile device

Posted on 2018-10-09, 19:02

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by bjwil1991

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-10-09, 18:38

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by bjwil1991

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It's hard to find those chips being sold anyway. Sorry about the boards, man. That's the one thing that kills me everytime when I look at an eBay listing: pictures and description are unclear, especially they don't put anything electronic-wise, including PCBs into ESD Anti-Static bags, or adding …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-10-09, 18:23

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by bjwil1991

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Ouch. There might be chips being sold online somewhere. I read the chips in the picture and they need the following: Suntac ST62C006 8832EBI Suntac ST62C005-B B1 947100 Suntac ST62C241-A 9046EK702 Suntac ST62C203-A 9050EAI Capital i, not l

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-10-09, 17:50

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by bjwil1991

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My guesses are as follows: 1) they got mad that the system wasn't going fast enough 2) they wanted money 3) they didn't take care of those motherboards (neglected or their kids destroyed them)

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Re: Happy Leif Erikson Day

Posted on 2018-10-09, 16:26

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by bjwil1991

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Secret Krabby Patty formula: https://www.history.com/news/the-viking-explo … mbus-to-america

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Re: XT-IDE BIOS with 3com 3c509B

Posted on 2018-10-09, 15:14

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by bjwil1991

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I made two ROM chips for my 3Com network card, and I didn't realize that using a bigger EEPROM with the copy of the code can make it go slower at boot times when restarting. Fortunately, I have a couple of 8KB EEPROMs as well (going to edit the BIN file to use it for only the primary IDE channel for …

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Re: This forum is very hard to use from a mobile device

Posted on 2018-10-09, 15:10

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by bjwil1991

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oeuvre wrote: It is a pain on mobile but hey it works on Windows 95. And Windows 98SE (I browse this site on my Ultimate Windows 98SE machine).

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Happy Leif Erikson Day

Posted on 2018-10-09, 14:31

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by bjwil1991

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Hinga Dinga Durgen!!! The first person to discover America, aka, the New World, back in 1001 A.D. on this day (before Christopher Columbus in 1492). Yes, this is an actual holiday.

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Re: Identify the Computers in the Picture

Posted on 2018-10-08, 21:27

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by bjwil1991

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Could be an IBM EduQuest or IBM PS/2 Model 25.

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

Posted on 2018-10-08, 19:50

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by bjwil1991

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Found a Dell PowerEdge 830 on the way out at the office... it's ~10 years old so definitely in retro territory. It's LGA775 but only supports Pentium 4 or Pentium D.... no Core or Core 2. I think I'll salvage the optical, floppy, and hard disk drives, the serial card, the RAM... I don't have any …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-10-08, 19:36

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by bjwil1991

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The first one: *drools*

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Re: Best SB16 To Pair With An SCB-55?

Posted on 2018-10-08, 19:34

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by bjwil1991

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Either the CT1740 with DSP v 4.05 or a CT1730 would suffice. Also, an ESS AudioDrive ES688F or ES1688F will also work well since they won't have the hanging note bug. I have the CT2740 DSP v4.11 paired with my Yamaha DB50XG and it works without issues (has the type 2 bug, but, it's a very rare …

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Re: SCB-55 Roland daughterboard - what's on those floppy disks?

Posted on 2018-10-08, 19:25

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by bjwil1991

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Have you tried copying and pasting the whole link?

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Re: VIA S3 Win98 problems

Posted on 2018-10-08, 18:30

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by bjwil1991

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Check to see if the video RAM is set since sometimes, that'll cause an issue right there.

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Re: VIA S3 Win98 problems

Posted on 2018-10-08, 17:43

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by bjwil1991

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Do you have pictures of the screen? Also, which monitors have you used for the integrated graphics card? I have a couple of Samsung SyncMaster monitors and a couple of NEC MultiSync LCD monitors. I even tested the integrated GPU on my HP (OEM) ASUS A7V8X-LA motherboard's VIA VT400 UniChrome display …

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Re: VIA S3 Win98 problems

Posted on 2018-10-08, 17:25

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by bjwil1991

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What happens when you go into safe mode (press F8 multiple times)? Does it work that way? Did you download the drivers from this site: http://download.viatech.com/en/support/driversSelect.jsp or another site? Select Microsoft Windows, Windows 98 or 98SE, Integrated Graphics, CN700, download the …

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Panasonic CR-563-B: will it work with Windows 95?

Posted on 2018-10-08, 02:39

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by bjwil1991

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Just a quick question before I find and purchase a Panasonic CR-563-B from somewhere out there: can and will the CD drive work in Windows 95 without using the DOS drivers (ex: using its own set of drivers either supplied on the internet or in Windows 95 itself), or would that be impossible? The …

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