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Re: Did a 486/50 Compaq Deskpro exist?

Posted on 2022-11-08, 18:59

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

As the title says. I'd quite like to expand my Compaq collection with an old style 486. I have read mention online of a 50MHz version, but I can find no real trace of it aside from that mention. Did a 50 exist, or was 33 the highest it went? I'm getting one of these next week. All I know is that it …

Re: Aztech Sound Galaxy NX Pro with SCSI - proper software?

Posted on 2022-10-29, 21:19

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Actually, what if I heat-gunned this controller here and stuck it in the card?

Re: Aztech Sound Galaxy NX Pro with SCSI - proper software?

Posted on 2022-10-29, 17:53

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hah, I just assumed it was for a ROM. I just got a CDROM to be driven off a Trantor T130B which lacked the ROM as well - it wasn't needed in this application. https://i.imgur.com/aDuZlgt.jpg The NCR IC performs that function, I am assuming that the square IC on the Sound Galaxy does the same? If I …

Aztech Sound Galaxy NX Pro with SCSI - proper software?

Posted on 2022-10-29, 15:20

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hey guys, I'm working on my 386 to get it back on my desk and one of two things preventing me from so doing is this: https://i.imgur.com/mb9OFbV.jpg I have a 4X CDROM, SCSI, and I want to drive it off this board. I've downloaded the drivers and put them on diskettes from this site. http://dosdays.co …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-10-17, 02:30

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

There's a new Value Village at my end of the city, so I got 2 90s amplified speakers, a serial mouse, and a 17 inch monitor. I wish they'd supply the whole computer that mouse came with... Relatable, I found a Micron branded keyboard the other day at the thrift store but I'd much rather find the …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-10-17, 02:27

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

libby wrote on 2022-10-16, 19:35: Jed118 wrote on 2022-10-16, 15:23: There's a new Value Village at my end of the city, so I got 2 90s amplified speakers, a serial mouse, and a 17 inch monitor. I wish they'd supply the whole computer that mouse came with... Oh hey Jed. 😉 Hey! Now you found me on …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-10-16, 15:23

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

There's a new Value Village at my end of the city, so I got 2 90s amplified speakers, a serial mouse, and a 17 inch monitor. I wish they'd supply the whole computer that mouse came with...

Re: (SOLVED) Old MFM hard disk - Type (xx)?

Posted on 2022-09-29, 08:06

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

There's DOS 3.3 and Windows 2.1 on it, as well as scanner software - I'm not willing to reformat it to get a few more MB. 33 Mb free on the drive... what to install, what to install, so many possibilities!

Re: Old MFM hard disk - Type (xx)?

Posted on 2022-09-27, 09:09

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

konc wrote on 2022-09-27, 09:07: Try type 19 or any type in your BIOS that has CHS 1024/7/17. 1166 doesn't seem correct. Haha yep - this helped https://www.ebay.com/itm/171717583117 Thanks for confirming!

(SOLVED) Old MFM hard disk - Type (xx)?

Posted on 2022-09-27, 08:49

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hey guys, I recently lost the parameters of BIOS on an old 286 - I was able to set everything except the hard disk parameters. The BIOS only allows TYPEs of hard drives. It is a Priam V185. Last it booted, I seem to recall it being about 65 Mb (formatted). STASON tells me it's an 85 Mb drive, with …

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

Posted on 2022-08-23, 02:10

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

My Dell 416P started to have intermittent problems, so I had a closer look. Some corrosion on traces/ICs - cleaned them with Isopropyl, woudln't POST anymore. Washed it in the dishwasher, started having keyboard problems (reported interrupt tick absence) so I checked the fuse. I decided to reflow it …

Neat write protect error on a Digital Venturis FP 575 today

Posted on 2022-08-16, 01:53

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

So I was preparing a Pentium 75 for sale when I decided I wanted to make a boot disk for it so whomever buys it gets easy access to the 640K games. The only thing I did to it was the RTC battery mod - it was long dead and would not boot from the hard disk without it. Insert diskette to format - …

Re: Which is the best and most memory efficient CD-driver?

Posted on 2022-08-16, 01:43

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

SHSUCDX (6k?) and Mitsumi drivers (11K) - much better than MSCDEX (35K) and BTCCDROM (16-17K)

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-08-16, 01:40

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

thecheese2022 wrote on 2022-08-13, 19:53: could you extract bios dump using rom reader and upload? I don't have a ROM reader, but if you want the BIOS chips, they're yours for the shipping fee 😉 If you're truly interested, PM me and I'll send you pics. Absolutely no guarantee they work, I pulled …

Re: How much is worth?

Posted on 2022-07-01, 19:23

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I try to wait out the more bargainous purchases, however there are times that I’ve paid a sizable amount for various pieces, either because I needed/wanted something specific in a short space of time, or because there has only been a handful available and prices are steady. My Voodoo 5 5500 PCI …

Re: How much is worth?

Posted on 2022-07-01, 19:20

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I refurbish my machines to the best of my abilities. This takes a lot of time + resources. I love it when I get super-low balled with the explanation that "this rig is worth $200 to me" - great! I'm 1) not in any hurry to sell it 2) have sold machines internationally for industrial uses (the most …

Re: How much is worth?

Posted on 2022-06-29, 19:05

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

In the end, it's worth whatever someone is willing to pay.

Re: Rare 386/486 VLB Motherboard: Unstable in 386 Mode

Posted on 2022-06-29, 18:58

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I too gave up on that dream - I had an EISA VLB 486/386 board, worked perfectly with the 486, would not take any form of 386 no matter what. At least you've got a manual for yours. I now have an IBM PS 1000 with a Blue Lightning chip in it :D My BIOS had (under advanced options) a "Enable 386" mode …

Re: Looking for a fast vesa local bus card for DOS gaming

Posted on 2022-06-29, 18:39

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

Thanks everyone for the information. In the end, I decided to just keep the Trident card. I found some cheap DRAM on eBay and upgraded it to 2MB successfully. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EOP0HIuWkAE3DNc?format=jpg&name=4096x4096 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EOP0HItXUAgFNKT?format=jpg&name=4096x4096 …

Re: 16 bit ethernet card in 8 bit ISA

Posted on 2022-03-07, 03:22

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Alright, I'll look up the manual for a card that might be called an ELEC5 E333OB with a SMC UltraChip but before I do has anyone had this card working in an 8 bit bus20220104_235646.jpg Incredible coincidence - I have two such cards (RJ45 only), but without the setup file for the configuration. Do …

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