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

Posted on 2016-07-29, 16:55

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by brostenen

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I installed that BIOS battery wich I bought for my Unisys PW/2 Series 300. This machine: http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=44567 Now it is working with VGA, IDE-Hdd and soundcard. Fresh BIOS battery. I have a feeling that this is the last I will fix on it, as it is from 1987/88. Stuff will …

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Re: Hello i am new and this is my retro PC

Posted on 2016-07-28, 22:35

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by brostenen

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funny thing is one of my other friends is like "why even build that computer you can just run in on a new system" i was like well what the hell is the fun in that now? this why everything is compatible and will work and you not messing with a DOS box or trying to get old windows 98 games to work... …

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Re: Advice for my SS7 system

Posted on 2016-07-28, 22:28

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by brostenen

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CodeFuApprentice wrote: is your HDD a Quantum Fireball? It is an Seagate 120gb, wich are modded to 32gb, using seatools.

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Re: Advice for my SS7 system

Posted on 2016-07-28, 21:46

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by brostenen

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Hi Everyone :) I'm newly registered here, although I've briefly visited here many times before when looking for info and opinions about old hardware and games, and decided why not!! I've had my Super Socket 7 based machine since 1999(Previously in bits). Only recently i wanted to reassemble it for …

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Re: Wading slowly into the 486 waters

Posted on 2016-07-28, 14:55

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by brostenen

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Cant say that I have seen or not seen this before. I guess it was designed this way, because it did not matter were cards are mounted per se' and on these old systems, serial and parallel ports are on them pcb-less brackets. Guess this is just designed because they felt doing it this way. Just a …

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Re: Hello i am new and this is my retro PC

Posted on 2016-07-28, 14:45

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by brostenen

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It is written on the chips.... I have found some good reading on MVP3 and ALI-V ragarding cacheable Ram. http://www.amd-k6.com/cacheable-ram-on-socket-7-platforms/

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Re: Wading slowly into the 486 waters

Posted on 2016-07-28, 14:19

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by brostenen

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While I wait for the I/O card, I thought it would be fun to play "dress up" with my 486. LOL. Stealth Mode...Engage! black.jpg I will probably move it back to the beige case, but wanted to see how the 486 looked in black. It actually does not look bad. All you need now, is to blank out that empty …

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Re: Wading slowly into the 486 waters

Posted on 2016-07-28, 14:17

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by brostenen

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Looks good! Maybe enable a bit more Shadow Memory. Perhaps it can then be used by HiRAM. Depends on the chipset.. Just out of quriosity. Does this have any relationship to EMM386? I have noticed that on some motherboards, you get an frozen system, when using the line "DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE RAM …

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Re: Hello i am new and this is my retro PC

Posted on 2016-07-28, 13:57

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by brostenen

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Welcome. And that is a nice system. The only question that comes to my mind, are about the chipset. What revision is it and can it cache all that ram? About Diablo. If the ISO's are a copy of you'r original disc, then Diablo will ask for a original pressed disc. If you try to use a direct copy of …

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Re: Sound Blaster Prototype on eBay

Posted on 2016-07-28, 13:52

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Somehow I hope Creative will see it, and buy it if they have their own museum of company history. Second, I hope someone can make some good loss-less audio recordings of this card. This card is not ment to be used on regulair basis.

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Re: Advise on PCI Sound Card?

Posted on 2016-07-28, 13:34

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by brostenen

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Only AWE64-D and AWE64-PCI has SB-Link. There are two CT models out there. Hard to source. Really hard to source. Sorry, SB=South Bridge. Ahhh, and that explain's it..... :lol: Sorry for not reading it correct. Was there not some kind of hack that can be made, in order to add a SB-Link header, if …

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Re: The Motherboard Thread

Posted on 2016-07-28, 13:26

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by brostenen

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Is AGP-Pro rarer than I thought? Both of my PIII boards (CUSL2 and TUV4X) have it, but I can't find any others. Reason being my 3DLabs Wildcat 3 6110 doesn't work on them- not sure if it's the boards or the card. So, Vogon peeps- how often do you find boards with AGP-Pro? It's an Asus thing. They …

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Re: Advise on PCI Sound Card?

Posted on 2016-07-27, 22:46

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by brostenen

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gdjacobs wrote: if the SB supports sb-link and the motherboard has the header. Only AWE64-D and AWE64-PCI has SB-Link. There are two CT models out there. Hard to source. Really hard to source.

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Re: Advise on PCI Sound Card?

Posted on 2016-07-27, 22:36

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OPL/Adlib on SB-Live are crap, and you can only use some and not all Live's in Dos, and only when loading EMM386. In pure Dos, Live cards are only good for SB16 (Soundefects) and Midi-Music. If you ask me, YMF-724 cards are the best for pure Dos. Because they have SB-Link and has OPL-Core. Though …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-07-27, 21:52

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by brostenen

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Easy one, check sticker on back side - there is G4+ MA32G. G4 = G400, 32G = 32MB RAM. Thanks. I suspected it to be a 32 one. I was just not shure, as most singleheads that I have seen, are 16 ones. That's a good way to pay for your stuff :D Just remember to not do this too much, or you'll have …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-07-27, 21:24

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by brostenen

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Forgot to add some pictures, of what I recieved from my brother yesterday. I have decided to keep the old 70's NCR stuff and these two parts I have pic's of. I know it is an G400 single head. Can someone identify if this is a 32 or 16mb card?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-07-26, 21:42

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by brostenen

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Today, I got a serious load from my brother..... First up, he gave me 1/2 of a complete set of PCB's from an old 70's NCR accounting machine. Beautifull cards, that are all crafted by hand. Traces layd out by hand and soldered by hand. There were some input and output modules/card's in this lot. …

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Re: Sound card selection for SS7 / GA-5AX build?

Posted on 2016-07-25, 21:52

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by brostenen

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That is.... That is a nice system. Good job. Don''t sell the SB16, though get an AWE64 and see how it play's out.

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Re: Best Socket A (462) Motherboard?

Posted on 2016-07-25, 21:38

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by brostenen

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Jupiter-18 wrote: That is pretty cool! Could it potentially cause bugs, since those are Windows 2000 updates and not XP updates? I dont know if it is. Works on the XP that I have on an old IBM laptop.

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Re: Best Socket A (462) Motherboard?

Posted on 2016-07-25, 21:02

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by brostenen

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Jupiter-18 wrote: What do you mean? If you asked for the registry hack. Then: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2310301/window … es-rolling.html

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