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Re: Desoldering help

Posted on 2022-04-03, 16:52

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

For desoldering, I’ve had decent luck with this method: clamp the board so that it is held upright, then with one hand on the gun and the other on the cap, apply heat while applying pressure to the cap to get the leg you’re working on free of the board. The timing to hit the vacuum trigger was the …

Re: Network Booting (and some NetWare stuff)

Posted on 2022-03-07, 18:33

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

This is awesome! Great write-up on the subject. I've made heavy use of network resources to maintain and manage software on a variety of setups. On PXE: depending on how retro we're talking, I suppose, it does work! I guess the line in the sand essentially would be PCI slots. My retro LAN uses …

Re: P3B-F stopped working...need help

Posted on 2022-03-03, 22:29

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Sweeeet! I am thrilled to see success here. I will keep this in mind on my board if/when it dies. Separately, I'm happy to report that the recap with the Nichicon polys was a success, and the system is stable with my SL4KL 1GHz/100MHz. The caps look futuristic and hilariously out of place, but they …

Re: P3B-F stopped working...need help

Posted on 2022-03-01, 02:02

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Wow! Sorry for the newbie question, now, but what would be the best way to fix this particular problem?

Re: P3B-F stopped working...need help

Posted on 2022-02-27, 19:34

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Perhaps it is frequency bias or simply misplaced fear, but it seems like I am seeing more P3B-F's stop working lately. This kind of troubleshooting however is very useful to me and undoubtedly to others down the line, so thanks guys for documenting your steps and findings. I had the caps on hand, so …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-02-24, 03:06

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I’ll drive up to Bellingham for that..

Re: Behold the VGR - My Pentium III 1GHz Vintage Gaming Rig

Posted on 2021-10-08, 22:42

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Fantastic looking build. You always track down *the* perfect case! Well done once again. (mega bonus points for Windows 2000, too)

Re: Most stable and compatible win9x configuration

Posted on 2021-07-08, 21:22

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Maybe I don't even know what I'm missing going with the GeForce 6-series. I'll have to pick up an FX card to see what all this fuss is about.. 😁

Re: "Lone Wolf" Retro/Daily Driver

Posted on 2021-07-08, 17:12

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

(darn notifications..sorry again for the really late reply.) I cannot complain much given the stability of this machine. Any game I can think of, again released <=2005 or so, just works, with these caveats and workarounds: -You're probably not going to find a great way to slow down the processor …

Re: Most stable and compatible win9x configuration

Posted on 2021-07-08, 16:56

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

If you want maximum Win98 performance and as "just works" as you can get it without much build or software-related fuss - I will submit my "lone wolf" build: "Lone Wolf" Retro/Daily Driver

Re: ORPHINIT: New Init Software For The Orpheus Sound Card

Posted on 2020-12-12, 22:42

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

The P5A has an ALi chipset, does it not? Indeed - ALi Aladdin V, and rev E to be precise on my board. Full system specs: AMD K6-III+ 450 ACZ (at stock speed 4.5x100) Asus P5A 1.03 (1011 Beta 5 BIOS) 3x128MB Micron PC133 CL2 3dfx Voodoo3 3000 AGP Orpheus I Sound Card Intel PRO/1000 GT The only …

Re: ORPHINIT: New Init Software For The Orpheus Sound Card

Posted on 2020-12-03, 01:20

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Version 0.52ß is working wonderfully on my Asus P5A/AMD K6-III+ system, with Windows 98SE installed (DOS mode, of course). I make heavy use of gerwin's SetMul utility as well to slow the machine down, and it does not introduce any problems. Many thanks for this software.

Re: Orpheus Soundcard: a new DOS soundcard with SPDIF/OPL3/MPU support

Posted on 2020-11-13, 04:30

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

I've FINALLY gotten some time with the card tonight and oh man - I'm blown away. I also agree that ORPHINIT makes things just so straightforward; I went for everything straight away and said give me the PCMIDI (with a Yucatan FX attached), the real OPL3, and you know what? Output it all over SP/DIF …

Re: Orpheus Soundcard: a new DOS soundcard with SPDIF/OPL3/MPU support

Posted on 2020-11-01, 21:37

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

You were not kidding - parcels are definitely taking quite a while to reach their destinations. No movement in the tracking from the 9th of October until just today when it reappeared in New Jersey. Well, it’s made it to the right country, anyhow! 😁

Re: Build considerations: "All things dual" (Dual P3 + V5 5500)

Posted on 2020-08-20, 18:13

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Sounds like a fantastic build to me. Always a fan of dual CPUs and of Windows 2000. I much prefer using modern case/power/cooling when feasible - just so much easier in my opinion. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with!

Re: Outrigger: an ongoing adventure with the OR840

Posted on 2020-07-29, 17:36

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

slivercr wrote on 2020-07-27, 20:05: No apologies necessary, in fact I'd be interested in the scan of the label. No problem there!

Re: Outrigger: an ongoing adventure with the OR840

Posted on 2020-07-27, 17:46

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Thanks for calling that out - Took a look at the repo, and indeed there doesn't seem to be any difference between the disc I have and the v1.1 @silvercr already posted. In that case, apologies for the thread bump guys, nothing to see here, move along.

Re: Outrigger: an ongoing adventure with the OR840

Posted on 2020-07-26, 20:54

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Hey guys! I bought my OR840 a few years ago now, and it looks like while the seller was cleaning they found the original CD that came with the board! I was thrilled and definitely wanted to get this stuff preserved. Part number on the disc is A05449-002. README states it is "Release 1.1", dated …

Re: ATX2AT Smart Converter - Live on Kickstarter!

Posted on 2020-07-25, 02:07

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

This is making my 386/486 dreams come true - when do I have another shot at getting one?

Re: Intel SE440BX-2 / Issues

Posted on 2020-07-14, 18:55

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Here is the SE440BX-2 system I built a couple of years ago - all hardware specs are in the below imgur post however the board revision is not in the pictures best I can tell (sadly). You could assume it was a pretty late revision board I suppose given NOS but I do not know for sure. https://imgur. …

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