Re: Best way to bypass the 512mb ram limit of WIN98SE
Posted on 2019-03-31, 06:23
That doesn't get around the limit.. that just limits the amount of RAM that can be seen.
Re: Another V5 5500 SMD capacitor identity question
Posted on 2019-03-31, 03:32
I'm not sure that using a capacitor with the same exact specs is going to make a difference. Generally you just need: 1. Same or higher voltage rating 2. Same or higher capacitance rating
Re: Thoughts on sound blaster for XP Games?
Posted on 2019-03-31, 01:33
I have a plethora of X-Fi cards. I think I may have had one Xtreme Music randomly die on me after about 5-6 years of use but other than that they have been absolutely excellent cards. There were very, very few games that used the extra RAM so you really won't be missing anything. Make sure to get …
Re: Hunting elusive EISA Video cards
Posted on 2019-03-30, 18:38
Here are a couple different 126656-001 AT&T RAMDAC https://www.ebay.com/itm/Compaq-EISA-VGA-Board/143179464774 BT RAMDAC https://www.ebay.com/itm/Compaq-EISA-VGA-Board/323516221590 https://www.ebay.com/itm/Compaq-EISA-VGA-Board/323516248461 I checked a few of my other sources, but didn't find …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-03-30, 15:48
Sweet! Thanks! Only just a small area on the chin that will need to be fixed. I'll probably end up making 2-3 different edited versions at some point when I get the time. 1. Just the smudge on the chin fixed as well as the black borders fixed 2. Same as above but with all black lines made a lot …
Re: Promise SATA300 TX2 Plus versus Asus P5A On-board IDE
Posted on 2019-03-30, 15:42
There is no Win9x driver for the SATA II based Promise cards. You will need one of the SATA I -150 based cards if you want full speed in Win9x. There are also SATA II - 150 cards which also do not have drivers for Win9x. You also will not get the optical drive showing up in Win9x with any of the …
Re: Found an AWE64 Gold II for sale... for only $20,000
Posted on 2019-03-30, 02:28
Huh. I had no idea that existed. Neat, but not $20,000 neat. Yep, I've known about it for a while from the official sound blaster milestones page: https://www.soundblaster.com/about/ Uhg... that page is embarassingly bad. There are so many errors. And it is the manufacturer's website... the mind …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-03-29, 21:11
CHiLL72 wrote: Scanning the manual is something I can do, but finding a 5.25" floppy drive to image the floppies will be more of a challenge... Anybody close have a 5.25" drive they can lend so we can get images of the floppies?
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-03-29, 21:09
Some of you may remember my NEC Powermate Portable APC IV acquisition in April 2018. Powrmatevania.JPG Well, it's BIOS only supports its internal 720K floppy drive and a near impossible to find NEC external 5¼" 1.2MB floppy drive. nec floppy.jpg So a while back I picked up this drive thinking the …
Re: Found an AWE64 Gold II for sale... for only $20,000
Posted on 2019-03-29, 20:41
Huh. I had no idea that existed. Neat, but not $20,000 neat. Yep, I've known about it for a while from the official sound blaster milestones page: https://www.soundblaster.com/about/ I never knew any made it into the wild though and I never even heard, much less seen, a pic of the digital …
Re: Promise SATA300 TX2 Plus versus Asus P5A On-board IDE
Posted on 2019-03-29, 20:29
There is no Win9x driver for the SATA II based Promise cards. You will need one of the SATA I -150 based cards if you want full speed in Win9x. There are also SATA II - 150 cards which also do not have drivers for Win9x. You also will not get the optical drive showing up in Win9x with any of the …
Re: Is there a way to get Intel ICH6 AC97 integrated sound to work on FreeDOS?
Posted on 2019-03-29, 19:45
The only way you are going to get games to play sound from DOS on that thing is with a PCMCIA sound card that has DOS support. Good luck finding one. They tend to not pop up very often, and when they do, they are pretty expensive. And there are even less out there that support both digital and FM in …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-03-29, 14:04
Deksor wrote: Oh I have a AWE64 gold, will you image these ? 😁 Yep.. They will be imaged and put on vogonsdrivers and archive.org.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-03-29, 13:48
While not hardware, this is definitely hardware related. Now to just await the arrival from overseas. Filename c7c16b.jpg File size 73.57 KiB Views 425 views
Found an AWE64 Gold II for sale... for only $20,000
Posted on 2019-03-28, 23:33
Hehe... the price is silly but really crazy to see this unreleased card. Looks like it comes with a CT4390 and CT4540 with the original RAM upgrades as well. https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.125.e3a01a53Tdfj5C&id=561024817638&ns=1&abbucket=14#detail TB2zQJnbcnI8KJjSsziXXb8QpXa_!! …
Re: Vintage hardware repair & tinkering dumbassery thread.
Posted on 2019-03-28, 19:36
Heh.. that white ring looks suspiciously like the foam rings that come with CD/DVD spindles (25/50/100 packs) in order to keep them from bouncing around because, for some odd reason, they always make the spindle container the CDs/DVDs come in just a bit too tall so they have to have those little …
Re: How does this ATX to AT adapter work?
Posted on 2019-03-28, 18:36
It also doesn't have the load resistor that the better adapters have in order to make sure that the voltage regulates properly. This may actually no be needed if you are using a newer power supply... but a newer power supply may also not have enough amperage on the 3.3 or 5v rail(s) depending on …
Re: How does this ATX to AT adapter work?
Posted on 2019-03-28, 14:07
It also doesn't have the load resistor that the better adapters have in order to make sure that the voltage regulates properly. This may actually no be needed if you are using a newer power supply... but a newer power supply may also not have enough amperage on the 3.3 or 5v rail(s) depending on …
What to do with original sound card box? (dirty - possible animal urin)
Posted on 2019-03-28, 05:48
So I recently purchased a boxed HI-VAL WAVE 96 sound card. It is really an Aztech Waverider Platinum 3D. The card itself looks brand new. Not even a mark on the bracket where the screw would have held it in. All software/manuals/papers were also included. The inner-most cardboard tray is fine as …
Re: Gravis UltraSound Classic v2.4 no sound
Posted on 2019-03-28, 03:15
Yep, that looks like the correct type of tool.
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