Re: Wow! PCI to PCI-Express adapter!

Posted on 2018-08-15, 16:43

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by cyclone3d

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There was an ago to pci adapter that was comnercially made. The only problem is that it was made for specific video cards and basically dint work with other cards from what people said back in the day about it. As far as athlon do boards, anything with a chipset before kt266 should work. Some kt266 …

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Re: Behold this gem: USB to ISA adapter!

Posted on 2018-08-15, 15:03

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by cyclone3d

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I recently acquired a couple of the 3-slot USB to ISA adapters for cheap. One came damaged (broken ISA slot and missing capacitor) and so I got a refund for that and then they second one arrived safe and sound. I still have to get a power supply since all I got was the cards themselves. I had been …

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Re: Wow! PCI to PCI-Express adapter!

Posted on 2018-08-15, 14:51

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by cyclone3d

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I have a couple of those PCI to PCI-E adapters. Got them off of eBay for cheap before they apparently stopped making them. You can still get Startech ones, but they are always priced around $45+ each. 1. The bridge chip is the same exact bridge chip that the card mfgs use in their native PCI-E cards …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-08-15, 05:10

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by cyclone3d

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At last first industrial chassis arrived with 4 slot backplane and a pca-6751 @ 266 mmx/256mb men and 512mb compact flash sbc. I’m happy that it did have a holder for a floppy drive hidden behind a panel. I'm curious about this case, what is the model number and what would be a good place to …

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Re: What is a good 486-dx4 era appropriate Hard Drive?

Posted on 2018-08-14, 14:16

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by cyclone3d

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Basically anything you can find that still works. A lot of drives back then were pretty loud as far as the heads moving back and forth. You can always try using rubber washers/insulators to mount it to the case. That should quiet it down a bit. If it is more of a whining sound, then the spindle …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-08-14, 03:41

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by cyclone3d

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Fixable.. probably.. but probably not worth the time or money. Could be something as simple as a RAM chip needing to be re-flowed.

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Re: What on earth is this card used for?

Posted on 2018-08-14, 02:19

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by cyclone3d

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From looking up the company, it sounds like it probably came out of some document imaging machine. Here are a few links to check out: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1014586/0000950135-96-004096.txt http://community.aiim.org/blogs/anthony-macciola/2010/08/02/welcome-to-my-capture-blog …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-08-13, 03:20

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by cyclone3d

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I just wish there was still a recycler around here. The last one closed down last year 😒

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

Posted on 2018-08-13, 00:06

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by cyclone3d

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Swapped out the IWILL SIDE VLB controller in my Compudyne 486 build with a Kouwell KW-560D VLB controller. Boots up way faster because it doesn't have to go through the onboard BIOS of the card and seems to work better with the IDE to CF adapters as well. The IWILL card would only work on the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-08-12, 17:33

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by cyclone3d

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Got this box of random cards the other day for a pittance. The shipping was more than the price for the cards themselves, which was a whopping $12. Best cards were: Voodoo 3 2000 PCI Tseng ET6000 PCI There were a few SB-Live! cards and an Audigy as well. There were also a large number of 3com …

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Re: Constant issues with AGP video cards - am I doing something wrong?

Posted on 2018-08-12, 15:43

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by cyclone3d

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What power supply are you using? How old is it?

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Re: Fastest/Best Pentium 4?

Posted on 2018-08-12, 04:53

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by cyclone3d

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S478 or LGA775? If LGA775, I would go with the fastest Pentium D. For S478, the 3.4 Northwood unless you plan on selling your firstborn for the Northwood EE. Period correct is going to be XP, and dual core is going to help a bunch over a slightly faster clocked single core. Or you could go with a …

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Re: New member introduction

Posted on 2018-08-11, 19:00

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by cyclone3d

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Welcome. Hope you find a bunch of useful information here.

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Re: Worst retrogaming regret

Posted on 2018-08-11, 18:59

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by cyclone3d

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Giving away multiple AWE32 cards. Giving away my old CPU collection... Even had a 5x86-133 upgrade module, an Intel Overdrive.. probably 83Mhz, and a bunch of other stuff I will probably never find again. IT was all stuff I had gotten for free and just kept. Giving away a bunch of other old computer …

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Re: Anyone care to take a guess ??

Posted on 2018-08-09, 21:17

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by cyclone3d

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According to the info in the socketed chips which are dual UART, it looks like it may be an 8-port serial card. Good luck finding pinout information.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-08-09, 20:19

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by cyclone3d

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Ordered an Optiplex GXa the other day. I'm trying to figure out what sound card this is... my guess is a CT1600. https://i.imgur.com/SrptZ1cm.jpg My guess is the Sound Blaster CT1350B. Same here.. specifically, one with the 1336A chip (not CMS upgradeable). I've checked my cards and none of the …

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Re: Can't find hard drives

Posted on 2018-08-08, 19:12

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by cyclone3d

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Have you tried a different IDE cable?

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Re: Need some advice for building a very late overpowerd windows xp system

Posted on 2018-08-08, 05:50

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by cyclone3d

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What wold you be using XP for online anyway? If it is a gaming machine and you are't holding any sensitive data on it, you really don't have to worry about it. Windows 7 should be patched for Spectre and Meltdown. https://www.csoonline.com/article/3247868/vulnerabilities/spectre-and-meltdown- …

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Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware

Posted on 2018-08-08, 04:00

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Diamond Stealth 64 DRAM T VLB 2 MB ( Trio64 VLB 764X chipset) sold for $225 USD. Remember when these were going for $15 not too long ago? https://www.ebay.com/itm/-/183365546114 With the current market value, I suspect there won't be too many new comers to the high-end 486 hobby. Lol, you're link …

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Re: Old hardware giveaway thread.

Posted on 2018-08-07, 22:10

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by cyclone3d

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Sweet! Thanks.

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