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

Posted on 2018-09-24, 00:48

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by bjwil1991

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My friend and I replaced the O2 sensor on the exhaust system (after the catalytic converter) and it doesn't stall any longer (fires up the first try). Going to replace the thermostat since my car is overheating (no leaks on the hoses, and perfect coolant levels) and put a patch on my exhaust since …

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

Posted on 2018-09-23, 05:28

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by bjwil1991

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Tested the Socket 370 motherboard I'm planning on selling and it wouldn't POST with a stick of RAM in the left slot for some reason. Removing it got the system to spring to life, and it detected the Celeron 1.4GHz CPU without issues (good thing I kept the CPU, and I wrapped the CPU that was in there …

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Comparing Benchmarks

Posted on 2018-09-23, 05:25

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by bjwil1991

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What I have here are comparisons between three different systems/builds: 1) Socket 7 (AMD K6/2-300) --> Maxtor 200GB HDD (32GB limit set due to BIOS incompatibilities with HDDs being larger than 32GB) 2) Socket 370 (VIA C3 700A) --> Maxtor 200GB HDD (32GB limit set since it was used in the Socket 7 …

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Re: Laptop gaming the hipster way: using an external GPU before it was cool

Posted on 2018-09-21, 19:35

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by bjwil1991

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Cool beans.

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Re: My W98 rig locks up every 4th-5th boot?

Posted on 2018-09-21, 19:34

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by bjwil1991

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Try to reduce the number of shared IRQs between the PCI cards. It's a common reason for Win9x to lock up randomly. ^ this and you're absolutely right about that. I had that issue when I swapped boards around (when I clicked on shut down, it just restarts) and it cleared itself after altering the …

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Re: The Weekend Thread (Fri-Sun)

Posted on 2018-09-21, 19:32

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by bjwil1991

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Another weekend is upon us. Friday: semi-thrifting and taking my car to the mechanic to get it looked at (stalls). Saturday: my brother has bowling, thrifting, and enjoying the cooler weather by mowing the lawn and fixing the old wheelbarrow. Sunday: are you ready for some American Football?! and …

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Re: My W98 rig locks up every 4th-5th boot?

Posted on 2018-09-21, 19:21

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by bjwil1991

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Which VooDoo2 driver do you have installed? I'd suggest upgrading the VooDoo2 driver to the FastVooDoo 4.6 drivers and remove a stick of RAM to see if that's the cause (might be the case). It could also be the PSU that's starting to go, too.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-09-21, 19:19

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by bjwil1991

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That is rather interesting to see something like that. Is that considered oddware?

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Re: Digital DOS games (GOG, Steam...) Retro PC Compatibility Sheet: We need your input!

Posted on 2018-09-21, 16:44

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by bjwil1991

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GOG.com purchases: King's Quest 1-5 work for me (KQ2 has corrupt graphics when choosing to play the game using the Tandy 3-voice card that I have), will test 7 since I own version 6 on CD (for MS-DOS and Windows). I believe the issue is the PC is too fast as the games were meant for an 8088 or 80286 …

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Re: Aztech Sound Galaxy NX Pro volume potentiometer keeps spinning after cleaning it

Posted on 2018-09-21, 16:04

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by bjwil1991

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I did tighten the screw. My eye sight cannot tell where the wheel goes onto as the wheel itself looks like there are more spots on there to put the wheel on (supposed to be a small spot, but it ain't any longer). I have a Sound Blaster 16 CT1740 that I can take the wheel off of it and see if it …

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

Posted on 2018-09-21, 15:41

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by bjwil1991

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I cleaned the rest of my Aztech Sound Galaxy NX Pro card last night and had to spray contact cleaner in the volume pot as it was sticking, however, the volume pot spins freely instead of fully stopping at the notch (because I sprayed too much on the volume pot itself). I'll check it later on tonight …

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Aztech Sound Galaxy NX Pro volume potentiometer keeps spinning after cleaning it

Posted on 2018-09-21, 15:37

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by bjwil1991

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I have an old Aztech Sound Galaxy NX Pro that has Disney Sound Source, Covox Speech Thing, 2 CD ROM controllers (Matsushita and Panasonic separate), and, get ready for this: Genuine OPL3. I repaired the card numerous of times due to accidentally breaking the traces, and replaced the old, broken …

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Re: Laptop gaming the hipster way: using an external GPU before it was cool

Posted on 2018-09-21, 14:26

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by bjwil1991

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I'm actually wondering: would this docking station work on a Dell Inspiron 600m notebook computer, or is that impossible? I never knew that some docking stations had it where you can add your own expansion cards, such as sound, video, and so on. I've seen docking stations that have a full-sized CD …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-09-20, 21:47

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by bjwil1991

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OOH! Fancy!

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Re: 8-bit sound card on FPGA

Posted on 2018-09-20, 21:45

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by bjwil1991

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Lookin' good, man.

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

Posted on 2018-09-20, 14:00

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by bjwil1991

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I might as well find the -5VDC, follow the traces, and solder the wiring to a 250W PSU or something to have the -5VDC for older systems.

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

Posted on 2018-09-20, 04:02

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by bjwil1991

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I looked inside my Sony Minidisc MDS-JE440 and I don't know if these units used a CMOS battery. I checked the voltage and it's 0.13V (of 3V I presume).

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

Posted on 2018-09-20, 00:52

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by bjwil1991

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Has anyone heard of Codegen before, and is it any good? if you have to ask, the answer generally is no. It looks like a gutless wonder. probably one of these: http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=123 Ah. Good to know. Here're pics of the internal: https://i.imgur.com/ …

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Re: Packard bell PB450 repair / mods / upgrade

Posted on 2018-09-19, 21:27

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by bjwil1991

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The PB450 motherboard complains about the Pentium OverDrive 63 and/or 83 units as the write-back cache has a bug in them. I'd say try the WB version of the DX4-100 and see how it performs. Also, good luck.

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Re: Packard bell PB450 repair / mods / upgrade

Posted on 2018-09-19, 19:49

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by bjwil1991

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Good start. I'm planning on looking inside a cheap ATX PSU that's sort of working, or another PSU that hasn't seen power in years.

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