Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-22, 02:46

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by cj_reha

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I was going to pick up an Asus A7V motherboard from the same guy, but turns out he had already sold it, but he did have something even neater! 2sjlCfr.jpg Suntac 286-20Mhz motherboard from 1990...and it has an onboard Floppy and IDE controller! On a 286! THAT is a cool 286 board! :OOOOO I hadn't …

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Re: Requesting some testing from 386/486 users

Posted on 2017-09-20, 15:51

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by cj_reha

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What happens if you press the options menu? 😉

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Re: Which fault is the most common and/or dangerous on AT PSU

Posted on 2017-09-19, 18:53

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99 percent of the time it's the caps that go bad.

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Re: Question about card and device

Posted on 2017-09-19, 16:30

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by cj_reha

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The drive below the floppy is a QIC/Travan tape streamer of some sort.

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Re: Plastic standoffs and AT case/motherboards

Posted on 2017-09-19, 12:42

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by cj_reha

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The annoying thing with AT cases is sometimes they put those sliding standoff holes in upside down. My 486 full tower did, so the motherboard is pretty much held up by the expansion cards (there's about 5 in there so it's not going to break) and it's kinda annoying

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-16, 22:08

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TheAbandonwareGuy wrote: brostenen wrote: 8 Dollars.... Controller.jpg For a VLB modem? Lol so cool yet so completely useless.. Thats a VLB multi IO 🤣 That's a good price anyways. It does the job

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Re: Which vlb video card would you use on a 486 dx4 100?

Posted on 2017-09-16, 01:11

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.legaCy wrote: I have seen one Cirrus Logic CL-GD5428 and one S3-805 and one Trident TGUI9440 which one should i pick? I own the TGUI9440 and 805 cards. Trident is quicker in most benchmarks however its windows drivers corrupted Windows so I suggest either S3 or Cirrus.

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Re: Which vlb video card would you use on a 486 dx4 100?

Posted on 2017-09-16, 00:23

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by cj_reha

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I found a S3-805 1 MB one NIB for ~$30 on eBay, and while not the fastest it is very compatible with old titles and quite good for an "all around" 486.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-14, 20:22

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Primax AltraSound Soundstorm Wave and GUS PnP. GUS sold as defective but working :cool: Courisously only no sound when using ROM samples. When switching to RAM it works perfectly. Dont know the reason yet. IMG_7877r.jpg - some sort of ASUS PCI SCSI/Soundcard with a Vibra Chip - CT1350B - Several …

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Re: Octek Jaguar V DLC

Posted on 2017-09-14, 10:34

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by cj_reha

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Heya, I would suggest moving this to AmiBay because the mods don't like selling and trading threads here (it's a matter of liability.) As for where to find one, probably just lurk local forums, eBay and AmiBay. I don't think there's any on eBay right now but one might pop up. Remember to search …

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Re: My new Micronics 386 board

Posted on 2017-09-14, 10:30

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1. The strange slot is for a proprietary 32 bit memory expansion board. It's not needed but nice to have. 2. Cover up that chip with the window ASAP if you haven't already. It is a UV erasable EPROM that might have already been corrupted or erased by light. 3. Remove the blue barrel battery near the …

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Re: 5x86 undervolted?

Posted on 2017-09-14, 10:27

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Bad news: the board does not POST with the cpu installed. I have set all jumpers according to the manual, yet when I put a 486 dx4 in, it identified the cpu as that. Tried the 5x86 in my AOpen VI15G, and after setting jumpers for "Misc 5x86" it identified it as a 100mhz dx4 as well. This is weird, …

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5x86 undervolted?

Posted on 2017-09-13, 23:29

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Recently got an AMD 5x86-P75 (X5-133ADZ) for socket 3 and planning to use it in my socket 3 build. Small problem, it is marked 3.45 volts and the board only has options for 3.3volts. Board is PC Chips M912 rev. 1.7 with white ISA slots. Is it safe to run it slightly undervolted? Or will it not work? …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-13, 22:42

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Few weeks back was talking with an uncle of mine and he mentioned having worked on old 386's and 486's and early Pentiums back in the day. A few hours' conversation later he agreed to look in his closet and drawer for old Pc stuff he may have kept. Package came today and it looks like he found some …

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Re: where to buy AT style case in 2017/2018?

Posted on 2017-09-13, 21:39

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by cj_reha

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I would suggest movesurplus but many people seem to have been "scammed" by never getting a response. So I guess locally or the ones on ebay really.

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Re: i486 DX2 66 vs Am486 DX2 66 and the winner is...

Posted on 2017-09-13, 21:38

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wowie that's a necro of a thread

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Re: Can you help me archive a set of 5.25" floppies?

Posted on 2017-09-13, 21:28

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by cj_reha

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Hey, I can read them. I'm actually in the middle of a big floppy back-up project right now & I've gotten pretty good at it. ;) I'm in BC so postage won't be bad. I'll send you a PM. Edit: ^^ who the hell would steal two 5.25" disks for an old sound card they don't even own? Those have a street …

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Re: Can you help me archive a set of 5.25" floppies?

Posted on 2017-09-13, 21:21

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by cj_reha

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That's a bit of a risk there. I don't think anyone _would_ steal them, but y'know. some jerkwad could.

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Re: Will PC Chips M863G motherboard work for Windows 98 build?

Posted on 2017-09-12, 01:33

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by cj_reha

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If you want to play Windows games it should be alright if it's all you've got. Slap a good AGP graphics card in there, a PCI sound card and you're good to go.

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Re: 486SX question

Posted on 2017-09-11, 16:58

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No, unless you really want to keep it cool.

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