Re: What do you drive?

Posted on 2015-11-30, 14:11

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I used to have an e36 323ti (compact). Great little car, pretty light, lots of torque. It was a blast to drive. Had it for like two months but I loved every minute of it. Yours is not bad looking. A nice set of wheels, an E36 M3 front bumper, smoked corner lights and maybe the EVO rear wing used on …

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Re: Looking for Pentium 4 motherboards

Posted on 2015-11-30, 11:29

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I have a soft spot for the ASRock P4Dual-880Pro / 775Dual-880Pro for this era, purely because of both AGP and PCIe slots (RAID is also nice). The 775 supports DDR2 and both boards have good overclocking features and, most importantly, drivers for Windows 98 (VIA 4-in-1 driver set). No Intel chipset …

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Re: Help Identifying Weird 386 Motherboard

Posted on 2015-11-30, 01:36

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PCBONEZ wrote: I can only find one Juko 386 and it's a DX. Well thanks for looking. Maybe I should decipher its functions myself, draw a layout and upload the details. Having the datasheet for the chipset would be handy for this. At least I can see all the traces...

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Re: Help Identifying Weird 386 Motherboard

Posted on 2015-11-29, 23:26

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The QC/QA sticker says it was QA'ed in Feb 1992. I think it's hilarious that the one chip has "DOA" printed on it. Hopefully that's not an omen. Yeah it's a bit odd. It's also odd that the BIOS date and QA date are so far apart and that the board says Nel International on it but the BIOS string …

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Re: Help Identifying Weird 386 Motherboard

Posted on 2015-11-29, 22:34

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Tetrium wrote: Have you checked total hardware 99? (commonly known as TH99). Yep. Looked through the text descriptions and all the images - what an incredible site! I would call it comprehensive but apparently it isn't. I pretty much got to thinking that if it isn't there, it won't be anywhere.

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Help Identifying Weird 386 Motherboard

Posted on 2015-11-29, 21:10

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Hi folks. Picked up this board in a random batch a while ago. Is operational following cell battery mod and is working like a 386SX-16 should aside from a bit of corrosion affecting the top ISA slot. It's a 1991 board and is single-layer technology so it was obviously intended as a budget offering. …

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

Posted on 2015-11-29, 17:51

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Cooking Grey Partridge, the old school way.... Black beer, parselille, mushrooms and 38% cream. (plus a shitload of nice spices) You and food! It was a tart last time wasn't it? Given how well Google seems to index this site it wouldn't surprise me if someone looking for a partridge recipe ended up …

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Re: Abit AB-PB4 for 486 build

Posted on 2015-11-28, 21:26

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I have the IDE driver if anyone needs it.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-11-28, 16:36

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[*] Could anyone identify these mainboards before I get them shipped? I'm particularly interested in that Socket 3 mainboard. I hope there won't be too much damage from possible battery leak. And it looks that it's missing cache memory. And that 286 is probably missing three logic chips and BIOS. …

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Re: Automatic multiplier settings on 486

Posted on 2015-11-27, 22:35

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Funny you should ask as I am playing with a VLB board at the moment that does not allow me to set the multiplier, only the FSB. Unfortunately it doesn't support 3v CPUs without a regulator adaptor (something I don't have) so I cannot test out a chip with a higher multiplier at the moment. Either way …

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Re: 775i65G CPU support

Posted on 2015-11-27, 22:30

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Hmm... I unwittingly donated this to my daughter's best friend when I built her a machine to replace the unstable and slow P4 system she was using (also ASRock). Regretting it somewhat now! I will get it back at some point but for now I can't check it out so I do not know what revision it is. I …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-11-27, 22:13

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<< would love a VIP board.

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Re: Cyrix Instead - Desktop Build

Posted on 2015-11-26, 23:03

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Nice idea. I think if you have a Cyrix part then it's nice to use it but I think most people looking to build a socket 7 machine would go AMD or Intel because of availability nowadays. I have this same CPU but have never used it. I understand the pipeline was more efficient on the Cyrix models which …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-11-26, 11:05

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brostenen wrote: Got this in the mail today.... Are you trying to build the ultimate pre-PCI 486 or something? You'll need a DX-50 for that! 😉

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Re: The gamer cookbook

Posted on 2015-11-26, 11:03

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Zup wrote: I was looking for more game recipes for the real world. Ahhhh... that kind of recipe. I'm so used to cooking whatever is in my cupboards that a list or combination of ingredients, for me, constitutes a 'recipe'. I guess there aren't that many actual recipes in games then.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-11-25, 15:26

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Skyscraper wrote: This stuff should keep me occupied for a while. Nice haul!! Very jealous!!

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Re: PCI vs AGP in 2D speed

Posted on 2015-11-24, 18:57

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This is a question I've been wanting to answer for a while. I just haven't gotten around to it yet!

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Re: The gamer cookbook

Posted on 2015-11-24, 18:01

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Loads of roadkill recipes on World of Warcraft.

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Re: What Piece of PC Hardware Have You Owned Longest

Posted on 2015-11-24, 17:57

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LHN91 wrote: The oldest piece of PC anything I purchased myself that I think I still have is my copy of Mechwarrior 3. Man I love that game. Awesome game. Needs a proper controller.

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Re: Unisys PW2 series 300 (PICTURE HEAVY)

Posted on 2015-11-24, 15:24

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The final plan is to have my own little museum of 286 to P3 computers, all in working order. Perhaps even go as low as 8086's, though P-Pro's are the only one not to be included in my collection. I have no interrest in Pro's at all. And they are simply just too expensive for me to get hold on. Same …

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