AT&T 6386SX/EL WGS

Posted on 2016-04-19, 13:12

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by ultimate386

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I bought this system locally from a guy on CL (he has 4 or 5 more of them!) and thought I'd post some pictures and see if I can get any advice/help for it. As the title would indicate, this system is a 386SX-16. It also has the 387SX installed (yay!) and a whopping 8MB ram! The system: ATT box.JPG …

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Re: Guide: Windows 98SE/ME on Thinkpad T42

Posted on 2016-04-09, 21:41

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by ultimate386

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Cool! I have a Thinkpad X32 (dual booting XP and Ubuntu right now) I might have to try this with later. Seems like the hardware is pretty similar from what I remember off the top of my head.

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Re: Post your 'current' PC

Posted on 2016-03-12, 20:13

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Gigabyte UD5H-BK, i7 4790, 16GB Crucial Ballistix in a Corsair Carbide 400R. GPU is a HIS R9 280x (may add a second one down the road, hence the HX1000i power supply :happy: ). Sandisk 120gb SSD for the OS, 500GB Seagate and 80GB Maxtor for data. The system crunches for seti@home (and occasionally …

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Re: Compaq LTE/286 - capacitor plague?

Posted on 2016-03-12, 18:29

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by ultimate386

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Wow, I had a LTE/286 about 10-15 years ago that had practically the exact same patch of dead pixels on the screen when I bought it on eBay. Fortunately I was able to find a NOS replacement screen on eBay as well! Alas, I ended up selling the system, carrying case and all, for all of $25 back on eBay …

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Re: Do you connect your old systems to the internet?

Posted on 2016-03-07, 18:27

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by ultimate386

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I've never run into any problems having my retro systems online. These days, I have them on a small network that connects to the internet through my main Windows 7 system with internet connection sharing. I don't do any significant web browsing on the 386 and 486 systems, but I did recently install …

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

Posted on 2016-03-07, 17:30

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by ultimate386

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Installed Quake 2 and Quake 3 on my recently build K6-2+ 550MHz/Voodoo3 3500 system and started playing! Quake 2 is buttery smooth and I'm looking forward to going through the single player campaign. Quake 3 is a little slow, but quite playable (20-40 fps @ 640x480 in the action). I'm amazed at how …

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Re: Do you use retro keyboards/mice with your retro builds?

Posted on 2016-03-01, 02:55

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by ultimate386

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I have a KeyTronic Lifetime Series ( this one ) that I use on my main DOS machine. I'm still using a similar KeyTronic PS/2 keyboard with my Z97 Haswell i7 system. I bought it new for a P3 build in the late 90's. I took it completely apart and gave it a thorough cleaning when I did the i7 build. …

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Re: Worth buying a 386?

Posted on 2016-02-23, 21:53

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by ultimate386

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The 386 was my first and still favorite retro project. I started it back around year 2000 when it was still possible to do some basic web browsing with Windows 95. Admittedly, at this point it time, it does spend a lot of time in the closet. I will from time to time fire it up to play Jet Fighter 2, …

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Re: Voodoo3 won't POST on S7 AMDK6 III, other cards fine

Posted on 2016-01-07, 18:13

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by ultimate386

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Count me in as someone who bought one of those $10.00 Compaq OEM Voodoo3 3500 cards from combinationinc. I also bought it to use in a SS7 build (Asus P5A 1.04 motherboard). Initially, mine would not POST (got the 'no-video' beep code) so I set it aside and swapped in a Voodoo3 3000 for a while. Then …

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Re: Voodoo3 in Windows 2000

Posted on 2015-12-23, 16:30

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by ultimate386

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Simple and worked like a charm. I shouldn't try to do these things so late at night!

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Voodoo3 in Windows 2000

Posted on 2015-12-23, 05:58

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by ultimate386

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After doing a fresh install of Windows 2000 + SP4, I'm trying to install the official 3Dfx Voodoo3 drivers when it gives me this error: err.jpg I've tried the two most recent official releases for Win 2K (downloaded from falconfly.de) and they both do the same thing. Over on the Win98SE side, …

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Re: Clean blue stuff off Pentium 3?

Posted on 2015-12-08, 14:00

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I typically use a xylene based solvent for cleaning off thermal grease, pads, or other really sticky stuff. 3M General Purpose Adhesive Cleaner works really well. Just be careful because it is nasty stuff (work outside, wear gloves). I know alcohol is generally recommended for cleaning, but I find …

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Promise SATA300 TX2 Plus versus Asus P5A On-board IDE

Posted on 2015-12-07, 05:52

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by ultimate386

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I recently added a Promise SATA300 TX2 Plus card (two SATA channels and an IDE channel) to a super socket 7 system I'm in the process of building. The ultimate goal is to have a dual boot setup with Windows 2000 on a SATA SSD and Windows 98SE on a compact flash card w/IDE adapter. Now, I already had …

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Re: System RAM <= VRAM

Posted on 2015-12-02, 22:02

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by ultimate386

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I ran a Pentium D system with 3GB ram and a 3GB Radeon R9 280x for a few months before getting a new motherboard. The Radeon was certainly being held back, but it worked fine!

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Re: P4/Netburst Build - Equal Amount Pleasure and Pain

Posted on 2015-12-01, 23:49

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by ultimate386

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Nice system! I'm fond of the D875PBZ board as well. Up until a couple years ago I was running one as my home theater box. When I retired it from home theater use, I did a quickie rebuild with XP SP3 and have had it in storage (future project closet!) since. My dad uses a 3.6ghz Presler as his main …

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Re: Voodoo3 with S-Video port on VIA MVP3 system

Posted on 2015-11-25, 01:07

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by ultimate386

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feipoa wrote: I also have a FIC PA-2013 sitting in a box. I would be very interested to hear your results. This is the board I originally wanted to build a system with because of the 2MB cache.

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Re: Voodoo3 with S-Video port on VIA MVP3 system

Posted on 2015-11-24, 23:06

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by ultimate386

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Not discounting any of the previous replies, but SS7 boards (VIA chipsets in particular) are pretty well known to be picky/flakey with AGP. Back in the day, I ran a SS7 Gainward 5VPA (VIA MVP3 chipset) and it would NOT work with a brand new Voodoo3 3000 (I ended up buying the PCI version of the card …

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Re: Pentium 4 vs. Pentium D performance

Posted on 2015-01-28, 01:57

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by ultimate386

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swaaye wrote: I do have a Intel D875PBZ with Northwood 3.4 HT for use as a beastly Win9x setup though. Very solid hardware. This. I also have a D875PBZ with a 3.4 running XP. No plans to ever get rid of it.

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Re: How many PC compatibles do you guys own?

Posted on 2015-01-21, 04:02

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by ultimate386

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Pentium D and an R9 280X? Haha, pretty awesome. What games you play on it? :p Ya, I get that it's kind of a funny pairing with the video card having almost as much memory as the system. Right now I'm playing thru Sniper Elite III at 1680x1050 with decent quality settings and it runs pretty smooth ( …

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Re: How many PC compatibles do you guys own?

Posted on 2015-01-21, 01:07

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by ultimate386

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Up and running and used every day: 1. Custom Pentium D (yes, netburst) 3.6GHz, 4gb DDR2, R9 280X, Win7 64bit (gaming and office duties) 2. Thinkpad X32 Pentium M 1.8GHz, 2gb ram, 16mb Radeon Mobile, WinXP (office, travel, and 32bit stuff) 3. Custom Core2 Duo E8400 3.0GHz, 4gb DDR3, Radeon HD7770, …

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