Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-11-10, 20:16

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chose007 wrote: yep I have problems with space ... need second house or first hangar 😁 this is only half of today grab on photos ... but its hard left items like this some detail photos Man that is some nice stuff! Congrats!

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-11-10, 11:07

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What about i don`t care about external things ? I just put sound card inside the PCI, maybe a front panel and that is nothing more so ? I did ask if that are front panels, because they did look like ones, if they ar enot i don`t care at all. And i don`t care about them "improving" the audio quality …

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

Posted on 2017-11-10, 10:28

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yawetaG wrote: Pulled apart the non-functional Philips CDD4801 CD writer I used to sell those back in the day. I think more than 50% came back for RMA within a year.

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Re: P3 600B on Asus P2B 1.04

Posted on 2017-11-10, 09:24

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This is the basic stuff... http://www.overclockers.com/upgrading-and-overclocking-the-old-asus-p2b-slot-1-motherboard/ Wish I could come up with a name or keyword to find that old P2B website that had on the board voltage regulator mods and hacks and other tricks. I think you are looking for this?: …

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Re: Strange SIMM Repair - can anyone identify what has been done here?

Posted on 2017-11-10, 09:11

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Thanks you for the new pictures. It is still a weird thing. Interference shield might be an option, I have just never seen it before.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-11-10, 08:18

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untested i saw it on a case, asked the price, she said $15, i said ok ill take it, took my screwdriver...removed from case,took heatsink off and it even came with a K6-III 400 MHz (not plus) end of story so far FIC PA-2013 nice super socket7, and i think the revision is 2.0 That's a nice board, I …

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Re: Re: Compaq Deskpro!

Posted on 2017-11-10, 07:48

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bench it please? especially memory and graphics throughput; your storage controller is on the backplane? this just longs for an EISA SCSI solution with SD or something similar :> If I find some time I will bench it. There is no HDD, so I will have to find something matching for the machine. What …

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Re: Re: Compaq Deskpro!

Posted on 2017-11-09, 19:10

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It's a Trident? Also, it would be cool to keep this build EISA only. And I'm afraid to look up prices for EISA cards.

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Re: "Archmont" desktop 386DX-40 build

Posted on 2017-11-09, 14:56

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JidaiGeki wrote: ... SCSI/audio card ... ... the SCSI Audio driver from the Adaptec ... Huh, I did not know that this existed.

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

Posted on 2017-11-09, 14:00

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Did some more solder work on my Aztech Sound Galaxy NX Pro by jumpering some more wires to the corresponding solder points. However, 2 traces go to a small hole, which then goes to another spot (Line-In and one of the pins for the potentiometer) and I had to guess where to jumper the wires to the …

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Re: Strange SIMM Repair - can anyone identify what has been done here?

Posted on 2017-11-09, 10:23

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This is fascinating. Do you have a better picture?

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Re: Re: Compaq Deskpro!

Posted on 2017-11-09, 09:10

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Cool, a Deskpro thread! I have one that I like to show off, a Compaq Deskpro 486/33M, which is a really nice 486 33MHz with EISA. All pictures here: https://imgur.com/a/iHKOd http://i.imgur.com/7Aa4cxGl.jpg It needs a new battery and some more TLC, but I look forward to working on it. I am …

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

Posted on 2017-11-09, 08:49

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lazibayer wrote: Install win7 on a P5A-B platform -> move hard drive to a SiS530 platform -> success Install the same win 7 on the SiS530 platform -> move hard drive to the P5A-B platform -> infinite reboot I have tried installing standard IDE driver but didn't work. Windows 7 on P5A-B? Why? Is …

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

Posted on 2017-11-08, 21:04

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Fixed my EGA monitor (really easy once I found the problem). Pics etc here: Re: Tulip pc compact 2

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Re: Tulip pc compact 2

Posted on 2017-11-08, 21:02

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WHOOHOOO!! Had a spare hour this evening, so I decided to poke around the monitor a bit. I was looking at the potmeters on the PCB and noticed that one was a little crooked and could be wiggled around a bit! It was the potmeter for adjusting the H CENTERING: http://i.imgur.com/K4XnvOtl.jpg?1 So I …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-11-08, 20:29

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Got another 486 VLB motherboard. Hopefully this one will be a stable base for my 486 build. Barrel battery was remove, minimal acid staining on the keyboard port. Should be okay. Also came with an unknow CPU (my guess would be an Intel DX2/66). That board only supports 5V it looks like, so it could …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-11-08, 19:44

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Got another 486 VLB motherboard. Hopefully this one will be a stable base for my 486 build. Barrel battery was remove, minimal acid staining on the keyboard port. Should be okay. Also came with an unknow CPU (my guess would be an Intel DX2/66).

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-11-08, 19:37

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Yay 1K page :D Unfortunately, I have nothing to show today ... All I can say is that I recently received fresh caps for my EGA CRT so that will help it to survive another quarter of century (at least I hope) I am (trying to) fix my EGA monitor. What is your reason for putting in fresh caps? Were …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-11-08, 14:04

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BitWrangler wrote: Maybe PCI ver 1.0.... or (0.98 beta 😁 ) with no 3.3V ??? EDIT:I had forgotten that, that is a more likely option. The card has both 'indents' so it should work with only 5v? I'm not sure

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-11-08, 13:59

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amadeus777999 wrote: Bought some cache and a Riva128 PCI from a local market. Unfortunately the card does not work in the machine it was intended for... the P66. Any idea why it doesn't work? Does it need Pentium 2 and/or MMX maybe?

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