Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2015-07-27, 14:41
Antec PSU. Got it for 20 Danish Kroners. (3 US Dollars) I looks brand new, besides some scuff-marks and a tiny bit of dust.
Re: Antec PSU. Good or bad?
Posted on 2015-07-27, 14:36
You just got to read the labels. Old PSUs have 30 or 35A on the 5V. Newer ones 15A. But newer ones have much more A on the 12V rail. 5V heavy system is system that draws most of the current from 5V rail. That I am aware of. Just what type of systems (computers) are 5V heavy? That is what I don't …
Re: Antec PSU. Good or bad?
Posted on 2015-07-27, 11:43
PSU's are actually an more or less unknown field for me. What is a 5v heavy system? And is there a page which explains what PSU ratings for what type of system? Thanks in advance. 😀
Re: Too many Retro PCs? Let's build a 4 in 1 Retro Gaming PC! 386, 486, Pentium...
Posted on 2015-07-27, 11:20
Maybe there is an issue that relates to someone device in your system. Sometimes it happens. Try SB/Pro or any clone. Try another mobo. By the way does it work normally with L1+L2 en and WITHOUT sound card? Well... Have only tried with the cards that I mentioned, as I don't have any other cards at …
Re: Antec PSU. Good or bad?
Posted on 2015-07-27, 11:08
Thanks all. Good to know the quality is ok, and that it can power systems such as P-III's It's going inside my P-III-933mhz with Voodoo3 today.
Re: AWE 32 price spike on E-bay?
Posted on 2015-07-26, 22:54
dogchainx wrote: looking in my extras box i found a CT3930. I know its a SB32, not an AWE32, but it looks like a keeper! Vibra chipset with a YMF262, non plug n play. Yup! Every SB32 and AWE32 with OPL-Chips are a keeper. The only reason for not using AWE64's when running in MS-Dos-6.22
Antec PSU. Good or bad?
Posted on 2015-07-26, 22:30
Hi all... I am going to pick up an Antec ea430d Green PSU (430W) tomorrow. For the price of 3 US Dollars. The PSU have been bought for 3 to 5 years ago, or something like that, and used for only a couple of hours. Now, I don't have any experiences with these other than I know that they are fairly …
Re: DMCA enforcers show off their (serious lack of) "intelligence".....
Posted on 2015-07-26, 18:38
And if you duplicated that car down to the smallest piece, have you then stolen it? Stealing and copying is two different terminologies. If I go to a shop and take whatever Blu-Ray disc, then I have stolen a movie. Stealing an iPhone and copying stuff, is considered under two different laws in …
Re: It's REALLY old, got mold and smells... What machine is it for?
Posted on 2015-07-26, 18:31
Stiletto wrote: Hm. Send it to Bitsavers.org maybe? I feel that it is just too awesome to part with. 😀
Re: Too many Retro PCs? Let's build a 4 in 1 Retro Gaming PC! 386, 486, Pentium...
Posted on 2015-07-26, 15:06
I just did. It shure does not on systems build from these parts. Asus P5A, FIC-PA2013, Gigabyte GA-5AX. K6-II-500 or K6-III-400 (both NON+) 16mb, 32 or 128mb PC-100 Sound Blaster 16 (CT2890 or CT2910) Creative SB-Live and Creative Ensonic-AudioPCI. Creative AWE32 (CT3900 and CT2760) AWE64 (Value …
Re: AWE 32 price spike on E-bay?
Posted on 2015-07-26, 13:25
Hehe... Good one Phil. Nice view. 😀 On the other hand, I like having 5 minutes walk to the local shop when I need to buy food. Or 20 minutes in bus, when I need to buy something else, like clothes or shoes.
Re: It's REALLY old, got mold and smells... What machine is it for?
Posted on 2015-07-26, 12:18
Nice... Will do it in order to get the smell out. About the value. Well... Think it is such a beauty on itself. To part with it. If it's indeed valueable. I will trade it. Just to get some Win98 hardware.
It's REALLY old, got mold and smells... What machine is it for?
Posted on 2015-07-26, 10:23
Today I had time looking at this heavy and thick collection of schematics, notes and stuff. Just realised that it is from the first half of the 70's. Yet, what exactly is it. Other than it is for some kind of NCR-Punchcard computer. Someone thought that I might wanted it. So I took it and just had …
Re: Found something in the basement today...
Posted on 2015-07-26, 10:00
Is it just me.... Or is that woman screaming in agony/pain or something? And over what? :-D :-D :-D (let the joking begin) On toppic: That is a cool reminder of what things used to be like, back in the day's. Nothing like having more things, than just the hardware. The "history" or "documentation" …
Re: AWE 32 price spike on E-bay?
Posted on 2015-07-26, 09:56
Well.... Seems like the prices are going just a bit down now in a bit different way. I have seen a couple of 32's at a really low price, though they are auctions and it's the starting price. None seem to bid on them. Hmmmmm.... Makes me think and wonder. Personally. I have a bizarre love for a real …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2015-07-25, 23:38
Also, I believe the extra cache makes the impact of using more than the cacheable memory of the chipset smaller. There is no difference in cache size, the K6-3 and K6-3+ are more or less identical except for the former beeing made using 0.25 micron manufacturing process and the latter 0.18 micron. …
Re: Too many Retro PCs? Let's build a 4 in 1 Retro Gaming PC! 386, 486, Pentium...
Posted on 2015-07-25, 17:23
Dynablaster runs fine on my K6-III+ Socket 7 build. In fact, i finished the game for the first time on this system. What settings are you using and what operating system are you using? And what soundcard's have you had it running with? I might have overseen something, when trying to get it to work.
Re: Too many Retro PCs? Let's build a 4 in 1 Retro Gaming PC! 386, 486, Pentium...
Posted on 2015-07-25, 10:28
This is my best DOS sound system. Hmmm.... Does it run DynaBlaster with full sound? The only way I can get that working, is to run a P133 on a SS7-MVP3 board, disable motherboard cache, disable all serial and parallel and have IRQ5 free and use IRQ7 for sound. When I load the GUS-ACE drivers or …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2015-07-25, 10:20
rodimus80 wrote: Came in the mail today in a nice anti-static case. It is a nice little chip. I have the regulair non+ edition, and it is working great. As far as I understand all the benchmarks and stuff, the + just produces less heat and are better at overclocking. Oerformancewise, they feel like …
Re: Best Fanless DX8-Capable Video Card
Posted on 2015-07-24, 20:31
Hmmm.... My Radeon-9600 gave lower score than the Voodoo3-3500 on a P-III-933 and using a i815-board. That was tested, using 3D-Mark99. Great to see that a GF4 Ti4600 is that fast. A nice tip for my next GFX purchase. Might go well on an Asrock K7S41, wich I need to recap.
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