Re: Slot 1/Voodoo 3 machine

Posted on 2017-12-21, 10:21

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Nice! For some reason, I really like this a lot. The beige desktop case and the Model M certainly help, though :) So I decided that I would still like to have an ISA slot which pretty much means Slot 1/440BX. Not necessarily. I have a Gigabyte Socket A motherboard with two (!) ISA slots in my …

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Re: Simmconn AWE64 Adapter

Posted on 2017-12-21, 08:16

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by oerk

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I'd be down for 2x value version.

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Re: Commodore PC-10 III questions.

Posted on 2017-12-21, 08:15

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by oerk

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Did you remove the battery yet? If not, do it immediately!

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Re: Pentium or K6-3+ for low-end box

Posted on 2017-12-05, 10:36

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by oerk

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The K6-3+ certainly is more flexible. L1D works on my K5, for instance, and brings it down to slow 486 level. This works on Intel Pentiums too, IIRC. And if you don't mind rebooting, you can disable L2 in BIOS too for more range. Try the ones you have first before deciding.

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

Posted on 2017-11-09, 09:21

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by oerk

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Dismantled my Toshiba T3200sx in order to replace Conner drive with CF card. Turned out more challenging than I thought, so it is still in progress. 20171108_151025.jpg The 5200 has a BIOS limitation where you can only put in a Conner drive of the same size than the one the computer originally came …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-08-03, 12:08

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Four ISA network cards with RJ-45. Want to put one of them in my Toshiba T5200 (it has two ISA slots) and try to do some networking. Hopefully one will work... Hah! My T5200 is running again since yesterday. It only took an XTIDE with CF card and a week of troubleshooting :dead: (not counting the …

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Re: Custom interposer module for TI486SXL2-66 PGA168 to PGA132 - HELP!

Posted on 2017-07-17, 11:36

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by oerk

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Since I can't offer any constructive advice, I'll just remark that you are a much more patient man than I am! 😀 I can't even imagine soldering that many wires in such a tiny space by hand.

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Re: Tulip pc compact 2

Posted on 2017-07-13, 06:35

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by oerk

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I'm also _guessing_ that the card's configuration is wrong. See if you can get some documentation on the DIP switches.

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Re: Tulip pc compact 2

Posted on 2017-07-12, 13:41

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by oerk

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Nice system! And EGA, too 😊

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Re: Overclocking/trashing vs. longevity of retro hardware.

Posted on 2017-07-07, 08:02

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by oerk

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Basically what I am saying is most of what we hold dear now (which is a very small percentage of the population that collects vintage machines) isn't that important to newer generations. If a few machines out of the millions made last for 100 years that's enough. So enjoy what you have while you …

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Re: Mounted a Voodoo2 sideways where it didn't fit on the board

Posted on 2017-07-05, 13:46

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by oerk

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Haha, nicely done!

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Re: Let's restore: world's ugliest $300 keyboard! WORKING PHOTOS, NO BUCKET! How hard could it be ??

Posted on 2017-07-04, 08:43

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by oerk

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in Marvin \ System Specs

Nice, and funny, write-up! Unfortunately, it's still ugly as hell 🤣 They should've gone with a two-part design instead of that ugly white slab.

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Re: Slowest Pentium v Fastest 486

Posted on 2017-06-28, 07:00

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by oerk

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...My goal is to try and build the best Intel had to offer for each year of the 90s. I have completed 1992 and 1996-99 I'm a fan boy what can I say... In that case, I can't really see why you would want to build a 486 over a first generation Pentium - the Pentium 60 is one of the most iconic Intel …

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Re: Zida AM133 Motherboard

Posted on 2017-06-27, 09:07

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by oerk

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The KT133 chipset only supports 100MHz FSB (200MHz double-pumped). "133" indicates support for 133MHz SDRAM in this case. Only KT133A and up support 133MHz FSB.

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Re: Customer "service" in general

Posted on 2017-05-22, 14:33

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by oerk

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mrau wrote: you guys really are spoiled little brats ... Insulting people isn't gonna help you get your point across.

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Re: PS/2 to Microsoft Serialmouse Adapter Converter

Posted on 2017-05-18, 20:02

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by oerk

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

matze79 wrote: i tested 3 kvm switches, and all where working fine. Yeah, mine does too.

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Re: PS/2 to Microsoft Serialmouse Adapter Converter

Posted on 2017-05-16, 20:15

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by oerk

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matze79 wrote: oerk is working on a case for the Converter 😀 It's not compact enough yet 😒 New version is printing right now, Matze should have his in a few days. STL file will be made public when it's finalized.

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Re: PS/2 to Microsoft Serialmouse Adapter Converter

Posted on 2017-04-10, 14:45

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by oerk

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Germany here 😀

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-03-27, 10:52

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by oerk

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are the two factors which will make the performance of this system extremely sucky compared to other 486 possibilities. In fact, a 386DX/40 would probably outperform it easily. I disagree. The UMC U5SX is actually faster clock-for-clock than an Intel SX, and the lack of L2 cache doesn't matter that …

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

Posted on 2017-03-03, 08:23

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by oerk

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

adalbert wrote: Placing BGA balls on tiny DDR1 chip without proper hardware 😜 video https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2rbHIj6SMlF … 0wtTjkxaG8/view 😲 That earns my deepest respect. I can't even solder SMD resistors.

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