Re: Hercules Gamesurround Fortissimo II - missing cable
Posted on 2017-02-18, 12:20
Use the TOSLINK connectors? It avoids all that nasty DAC business on the card in favor of a better solution in your amp.
Re: SUNTAC 80286 Mainboard help
Posted on 2017-02-18, 11:58
I'm not sure what the letter code is for. Perhaps tolerance? Through hole tantalum caps aren't as standardized as SMD parts. The first cap is probably 10V, 47uF. The third is obviously 16V, 10uF.
Re: Thermal Paste and Socket 7 chips
Posted on 2017-02-18, 11:45
My estimate was off. Sue me. :-P You don't need to use much. You don't need to use expensive paste. You don't need to spread it around unless it's one of the formulations with more of a putty consistency. Standard paste will flow over the die or IHS as the heat sink clamps down. Here, watch this …
Re: Thermal Paste and Socket 7 chips
Posted on 2017-02-18, 06:36
I guess my estimate was a bit off. The spot of thermal compound should be less than a dime in diameter prior to clamping down the heatsink.
Re: Nvidia 5800 Ultra vs Radeon 9800 Pro
Posted on 2017-02-18, 03:10
Thanks all for the response, it helped me decide to keep the 9800 Pro I purchased off Ebay, but then again a nice 5900 Ultra or 5950 Ultra would be cooler in my opinion to the 9800 Pro (cool factor, not 'heat production' lol.) Honestly, why? Nvidia was playing catchup with their early Direct3D 9 …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2017-02-18, 03:07
Ah, it's cut off to the right.
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2017-02-18, 02:24
9 ATI cards listed, 8 pictured (unless one's in the box).
Re: Thermal Paste and Socket 7 chips
Posted on 2017-02-18, 02:21
Yup, about a quarter teaspoon of paste (about 1 mL) in the middle of the heat spreader then clamp down the heatsink.
Re: DFI CS62-TC
Posted on 2017-02-18, 01:42
They're 15 year old caps. That's well beyond the nominal lifetime for most capacitors under normal usage. Yes, the caps failing in storage is somewhat strange, but caps do have a lifetime under no load, and we don't know what the storage conditions were (what were the temperature ranges and cycling …
Re: Any Super Socket 7 motherboards with AMI winbios?
Posted on 2017-02-18, 01:32
Dude, if you want that sort of pain I think you can find clubs for it.
Re: "16-Bit Sound"
Posted on 2017-02-18, 01:25
The Crusader games from Origin used the full capabilities of the SB16 for mixing and (in the case of No Regret) higher resolution samples.
Re: What would be the rarest build?
Posted on 2017-02-16, 23:11
How about IBM PS/2 Model 80/MCA with Roland MPU-IMC and Soundpiper 16 rev 2?
Re: Getting started on a Win98 gaming build.
Posted on 2017-02-16, 23:02
I'm not aware of any Teapo or Capxon lines that look like that, but there are other bad brands out there. Teapo was one of the most commonly used bad capacitor brands. Teapo is actually a mid grade capacitor when used appropriately. Certainly not as good as quality Japanese capacitors (absent those …
Re: ~1993 CD-R drive
Posted on 2017-02-16, 07:15
I think they were fairly robust, but yes, tray load drives were much more convenient and quickly took over the market.
Re: M3D (PCX2) Build Advice.
Posted on 2017-02-16, 07:11
There's not many titles which require a Voodoo 1. Voodoo 2 DOS Glide compatibility matrix
Re: What would be the rarest build?
Posted on 2017-02-16, 05:33
Yeah, AAA systems. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaTjwo1ywcI "I actually read on the net that these don't exist." -- Dave Haynie, "The Deathbed Vigil" Actually, pretty much everything Dave had on his desk would be great!
Re: 1000mhz P3 Slot one
Posted on 2017-02-16, 05:05
I think higher clocked P3 coppermines are more common in S370, and slockets are fairly cheap and common (non VRM equipped).
Re: Help whit ati agp cards ;)
Posted on 2017-02-16, 04:52
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxTF85QUjzk
Re: What would be the rarest build?
Posted on 2017-02-16, 04:48
3dfx Rampage. Maybe some of the prototype Amiga stuff.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2017-02-16, 03:27
I'm using it on a 486DX2 also. I have installed PTS-DOS to overcome the 528MB limit (this DOS supports disk >1024 cyls. out of the box) but I have to disable the Promise BIOS or it will severely corrupt data. Currently I'm using the card in write back (turbo) mode with the mainboard AMI WinBIOS …
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