Re: Psu help

Posted on 2018-11-10, 19:12

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by gdjacobs

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Yeah, but how many molex connectors do you need? CD, HDD, and maybe VidCard? Dvd drive, two ide hdd and vid card and 4 pin floppy The mobo has the 20 pin atx power and also a 4 pin 12v power Would also like a couple extra molex connecters incase of future additions Hmm... I think three or four …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2018-11-10, 19:08

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by gdjacobs

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Probably an MGA clone. It'll require an MGA/Hercules or EGA monitor. I wouldn't count on a CGA monitor working as CGA requires a lower resolution. P2 looks like a bog standard 0.254mm/0.1" pin header. You can get those at any electronic component shop.

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Re: What does the Crystal Semiconductor CS4231 chip do?

Posted on 2018-11-10, 19:01

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by gdjacobs

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in Marvin \ Sound

The level of SB Pro support is dependent on the bus chip.

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Re: Got my Roland SC-55MKII: Do I need MT-32 as well?

Posted on 2018-11-10, 03:24

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by gdjacobs

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Just run a midi cable to another machine that can run Munt.

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Re: Psu help

Posted on 2018-11-09, 17:59

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by gdjacobs

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Yeah, but how many molex connectors do you need? CD, HDD, and maybe VidCard?

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Re: Need Help on Whether, and If So, How to Go About Replacing the PS/2 "Hub" on Motherboard

Posted on 2018-11-09, 17:57

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by gdjacobs

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I'd probably do the big lugs first so the signal pins aren't stressed when the solder shrinks. When soldered, the big lugs will hold it rock steady.

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Re: The Strange (And Long) Case of The Very Unreliable Compaq Deskpro EN-SFF

Posted on 2018-11-09, 17:55

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by gdjacobs

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

PSU looks fine. Please check your multi and core voltage, then test with only onboard devices (in case you've got weird resource / BIOS issues).

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Re: Pentium II Win'98SE Retro Rig.

Posted on 2018-11-09, 17:44

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by gdjacobs

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Usually those illegal clones are 100% identical to a YMF-262.

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Re: One or two retro builds?

Posted on 2018-11-09, 02:29

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by gdjacobs

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Your Tualatin might be able to run nGlide at good speed. Faster CPUs can even outperform real hardware. You could potentially convert your BX machine over to a VIA C3 equipped slowdown box which would be better at handling titles that want 486 speeds.

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Re: PLOP Boot manager+DOS+WIN98+Win ME

Posted on 2018-11-09, 02:26

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by gdjacobs

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Strange. Plop should load into the MBR and jump execution to the boot sector of the NTFS partition.

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Re: Making Windows 98 use modern printers?

Posted on 2018-11-09, 02:17

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by gdjacobs

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The approach I remember using back in the day for Windows 95 was: Install a generic Postscript driver Install an lpr client (ftp://ftp.dlink.de/software/lpr/lpr_100_eng_240204.ZIP or PMLPR, for example) Connect it to an LPR server (I recommend CUPS on Linux or BSD due to higher versatility)

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Re: Famous computer slogans and quotes ?

Posted on 2018-11-09, 02:04

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by gdjacobs

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badmojo wrote: gdjacobs wrote: "MORE CORE AVAILABLE, BUT NONE FOR YOU." - error message from TOPS-10 OS. 🤣 TOPS-10, AKA the core nazi Presumably you're not Core Worthy?

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Re: Is -5V really that important on an Athlon XP machine??

Posted on 2018-11-08, 19:17

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by gdjacobs

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Hipro is ok, pretty much a mid tier OEM. YMMV, check your capacitors on old electronics, etc. I checked it inside just for curiosity and all the caps seem fine but they worry me since I can't believe that a well known company uses crappy caps for a mid/high end PSU for OEM use and according to the …

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Re: Battlecruiser 3000AD – 22 Years Ago

Posted on 2018-11-08, 19:00

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by gdjacobs

in Milliways

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Well, he did finish it and finally put out a version that was actually ok (once it was patched enough), but it was far from the amazing, groundbreaking title he seemed to think it was.

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Re: Is -5V really that important on an Athlon XP machine??

Posted on 2018-11-08, 17:56

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by gdjacobs

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hipro is ok, pretty much a mid tier OEM. YMMV, check your capacitors on old electronics, etc.

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Re: Battlecruiser 3000AD – 22 Years Ago

Posted on 2018-11-08, 17:50

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by gdjacobs

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Well, even Universal Combat was a re-warmed version of BC3k (he blew it on that one, too).

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Re: Need Help on Whether, and If So, How to Go About Replacing the PS/2 "Hub" on Motherboard

Posted on 2018-11-08, 15:38

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by gdjacobs

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

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dr.sbaitso wrote: You should be able to find PCB mount 6-pin mini-DIN stacks on ebay. Some electronics suppliers will have these too (https://www.cablesandconnectors.com/26500-26.HTM for example). Or salvage one. It's by far the most common arrangement for PS/2 ports on ATX boards.

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Re: Famous computer slogans and quotes ?

Posted on 2018-11-08, 15:29

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by gdjacobs

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"MORE CORE AVAILABLE, BUT NONE FOR YOU." - error message from TOPS-10 OS.

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Re: Battlecruiser 3000AD – 22 Years Ago

Posted on 2018-11-08, 15:27

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by gdjacobs

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God damn, Derek Smart has all the hallmarks of a narcissist. He's still living within his own fantasy where he and BC3k are some kind of benchmark in gaming,

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Re: Motherboard capacitors.

Posted on 2018-11-07, 15:50

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by gdjacobs

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I tried searchin info on the old capacitors. Here is a picture. cap1.jpg I couldn't even find brand behind that logo when searched online in this list http://info.electronicwerkstatt.de/bereiche/bauteile/ic_logo/ On the other side of the capacitor it just says words "LOW E.S.R" Anyone knows what …

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