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

Posted on 2017-07-25, 05:15

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Filename Screen Shot 2017-07-25 at 1.13.00 AM.png File size 1.77 MiB Views 1130 views i found this card, seems to be a matrox video capture card, no use for this and no cables, but interesting anyways.

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Re: motherboards.mbarron.net... dead?!

Posted on 2017-07-24, 17:49

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i did a mirror like 3 years ago, i don't know if it's works better than the archive mirror, but you can check. http://leoromo.net/mirrors/motherboards.mbarron.net/

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

Posted on 2017-07-03, 23:18

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Filename 2017-07-02 15.45.31.jpg File size 2.44 MiB Views 1217 views Filename 2017-07-03 19.18.10.jpg File size 1.3 MiB Views 1217 views building a pc104 to isa adapter cable, at this point only 8 bit cards works so its something, need to finish the last set of cables.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-06-30, 23:12

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Booting over serial? https://www.retrobrewcomputers.org/doku.php?i … ot-instructions

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-06-30, 22:33

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Got this board on a "flea market" thing today for like 2 dollars. It looks brand new, the power and isa ports looks new. 2017-06-30 18.00.29.jpg i installed some ram i found 2017-06-30 18.17.41.jpg and it works! 2017-06-30 18.17.34.jpg i don't have any 8 bit isa card to boot from, so that far as i …

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Re: How do I get this SCSI card working on windows 98FE

Posted on 2017-06-14, 15:53

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That cards looks like it has it's own bios, so any disk should appear as a normal disk iirc.

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Re: custom windows 98 SE install disk

Posted on 2017-05-30, 15:57

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i have a disk that install english dos 6.22 from CD and has win 3.11, it has a custom installer.

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

Posted on 2017-05-19, 02:06

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Woah! Never heard of that before. It must be some sort of translation in the bios. What brand and model? Just so you both know this is not "news". my GA-P45-UD3P LGA-775 motherboard does this. My x58 motherboard did this, and my modern P67 Sabertooth does this also. Most PC motherboards have an …

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

Posted on 2017-05-17, 17:31

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messing with a thinclient, i discovered that it mounts usb drives in dos as a harddisk, useful! IMG_20170516_215743.jpg Woah! Never heard of that before. It must be some sort of translation in the bios. What brand and model? It's a Wyse VX0 V90L, no way to get sound working on DOS, but yeah, at …

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

Posted on 2017-05-17, 02:04

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messing with a thinclient, i discovered that it mounts usb drives in dos as a harddisk, useful! Filename IMG_20170516_215743.jpg File size 1.32 MiB Views 1175 views

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Re: IBM External Floppy Drive - what connector might this be?

Posted on 2017-05-16, 03:18

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i made a laptop floppy to standard pc floppy adapter a couple of years back, also made an opposite adapter that did work (26 to 34 pin) but no photos of that, and it's stored in my parents house. Filename 201409kok.jpg File size 1.04 MiB Views 1944 views

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Re: Soundblaster Extigy - Power Help

Posted on 2017-05-15, 13:29

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did you check the fuse? Filename Screen Shot 2017-05-15 at 9.27.35 AM.png File size 546.95 KiB Views 396 views

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

Posted on 2017-05-14, 04:33

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Yesterday i found a wyse vx0 thinclient I mainly pick this things for the DOM, but i want to see what i can do with this thing. Filename tmp_10260-IMG_20170514_003041313913840.jpg File size 940.6 KiB Views 1324 views

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

Posted on 2017-05-09, 21:06

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Haha yeah, they run nice, but i can't get audio yet (if possible) in DOS, crappy AC97 stuff. Any PC104 board with the original PC104 header is compliant with the ISA bus. All you need is a passive backplane and a ribbon cable. These are off the shelf items. I know, i have the parts already to make …

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

Posted on 2017-05-08, 21:46

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Haha yeah, they run nice, but i can't get audio yet (if possible) in DOS, crappy AC97 stuff.

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Re: Rusty ISA cards.

Posted on 2017-05-08, 21:20

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There are alot of guides online telling to use salt and vinegar as natural rust removal. Most of them talk about using it to remove rust from screws, rusty tools and such though. You are suppose to soak something rusty in salt and vinegar over night and then neutralize the acidic vinegar using …

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

Posted on 2017-05-08, 21:17

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Testing a vortex86 PC104 computer Filename 2017-05-01 20.40.21.jpg File size 1.56 MiB Views 1044 views Filename 2017-05-02 00.45.42.jpg File size 2.51 MiB Views 1044 views 🤣

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

Posted on 2017-05-06, 18:56

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Found a couple of interesting things on the street today tmp_25967-IMG_20170504_1548551412852262.jpg tmp_25967-IMG_20170504_1547201358734593.jpg Random samsung lcd, a sb awe64 and a tseng et4000 video card. Literally just laying on the street? are the streets paved with Silicon where your from or …

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

Posted on 2017-05-04, 18:51

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Found a couple of interesting things on the street today Filename tmp_25967-IMG_20170504_1548551412852262.jpg File size 826.17 KiB Views 977 views Filename tmp_25967-IMG_20170504_1547201358734593.jpg File size 1.67 MiB Views 977 views Random samsung lcd, a sb awe64 and a tseng et4000 video card.

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Mediatrix Audiotrix Pro questions

Posted on 2017-04-17, 15:34

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Hi, I have an audiotrix pro card, the card works "fine" at least somewhat, i have the startup sound when i initialize the card in DOS, and in windows 95 i get audio without issues (midi and wave), but when i try to use the soundblaster part it doesn't work, i mean i get sound, but weird low volume …

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