Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-08-17, 22:11
Check barrel batteries first thing... Even before trying to power on.
Re: Peacock ISA videocard with TV-Out?
Posted on 2020-08-17, 22:09
For those of us who can't read German? very well, what is the 3D effect all about?
Re: Peacock ISA videocard with TV-Out?
Posted on 2020-08-17, 20:43
I think the din connector is probably s-video, composite, and tv audio.... unless you can trace the leads and figure out what they are though it is pretty worthless without the breakout cable.
Re: Most reliable 2.5 inch IDE hard drives?
Posted on 2020-08-17, 20:00
I always use IBM or HGST and Hitachi 72,000rpm , 2.5” IDE drives in old laptops. That has got to be the fastest spinning disk that I have ever heard of. ;) At those speeds, I'd expect a space-time rift to open up, allowing it to retrieve data from the past. I always joked that if time travel became …
Re: Fastest ISA video card for Doom
Posted on 2020-08-17, 18:00
I'm not sure that any of those benches are really all that accurate. I mean, what exact card and other system specs were used? There are generally quite a few different versions of cards with the same chipset... And then you have differences in memory, waitstates, etc. Those charts only have one …
Re: K7 for Windows 98SE and pure DOS
Posted on 2020-08-17, 15:15
Only overclocking available is fsb without either opening up the CPU casing and changing the resistor locations or using a goldfinger device (for both multiplier and L2 cache divider settings). Chances are, and really good at that, that 750 you have is actually a higher binned CPU that was sold as a …
Re: Silica gel in daily-used retro hardwares?
Posted on 2020-08-17, 14:03
Only for long term storage. If you have humidity problems in a room where you have computers, a dehumidifier is what you want to use.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-08-17, 12:53
mkarcher wrote on 2020-08-17, 05:59: cyclone3d wrote on 2020-08-17, 05:13: But I did find another card that looks to have almost the same layout as this card, except for this card has WSS support tacked on. First person to find what card has the same layout wins. No prize... you just win. Zoltrix …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-08-17, 05:13
Got this sound card a few days ago - SM16 rev 1.20. Was this really made by LiteOn as the back of the card seems to specify? I have been unable to find any information or pictures of this card other than the pictures of this specific card. But I did find another card that looks to have almost the …
Re: dedicated Gameport PCI cards - do they exist?
Posted on 2020-08-17, 01:05
swaaye wrote on 2020-08-17, 00:41: Is there a USB gameport adapter? Yes, but most of them are junk. There are a few that don't have latency issues.
Re: Richard Scarry
Posted on 2020-08-16, 23:18
Re: Shiny pad on Slot 1 heatsink
Posted on 2020-08-16, 22:38
Yeah, the IC graphite pad it the one I was referring to. If you watch the review of that one, it has crazy good heatspread properties as well. So theoretically , even if it doesn't transfer heat quite as well as some other things... The heatspread will maybe make up for that because it will be …
Re: Shiny pad on Slot 1 heatsink
Posted on 2020-08-16, 19:13
I think this aluminium foil was used not much as a replacement for thermal pad, but as a softer surface to avoid damaging CPU's die, before manufacturers started to use integrated heat spreader (IHS) somewhere around P3/Tualatin time. all klamath and most SECC1 deschutes didn't have exposed dies, …
Re: Shiny pad on Slot 1 heatsink
Posted on 2020-08-16, 19:11
I think this aluminium foil was used not much as a replacement for thermal pad, but as a softer surface to avoid damaging CPU's die, before manufacturers started to use integrated heat spreader (IHS) somewhere around P3/Tualatin time. all klamath and most SECC1 deschutes didn't have exposed dies, …
Re: Trying to upgrade a board.
Posted on 2020-08-16, 19:05
Is the 66mhz crystal known to be good?
Re: Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 SB16 emulator not detected by DOS
Posted on 2020-08-15, 22:26
Glad you got it working. Reason I asked for specs is because it is much easier for people trying to help instead of having to download an attached report and look through it. A lot of posters ask for help and provide absolutely no information about the rest of their system or what they have tried.
Re: Collecting rants
Posted on 2020-08-15, 22:20
Was there at least 2 inches of bubble-wrap on all sides of the case? Show us pics of the box and packaging material.
Re: Shiny pad on Slot 1 heatsink
Posted on 2020-08-15, 22:18
How were you measuring the temp? The Pentium II doesn't have an on-die sensor.
Re: Shiny pad on Slot 1 heatsink
Posted on 2020-08-15, 17:25
All that is is a square of aluminium tape. Absolutely worthless. Horrible for thermal transfer and it also raises the bulk of the heatsink away from the CPU heatspreader. Easy way to get it off is to heat up the heatsink with a hair dryer or heat gun and then peel it off. You will need to clean the …
Re: Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 SB16 emulator not detected by DOS
Posted on 2020-08-15, 16:36
What are the specs of the rest of your system?
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