Re: IBM APTIVA MASTER RACE!

Posted on 2019-01-20, 21:46

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I recently watched Adrian Blacks video on the IBM PC 5150 and noticed he had an IBM startup logo: https://youtu.be/yXPpLLYMRqI?t=1399 The ANSI file is linked in the comments to video. The logo in his file looks a bit off to me, so I made a new version based on the logo from PS/2 reference diskettes …

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Re: IBM APTIVA MASTER RACE!

Posted on 2018-11-14, 11:08

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Right, there are markings near the jumper for selecting between P54C/P55C, but I didn't see any markings near VRM, hence the questions.

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Re: IBM APTIVA MASTER RACE!

Posted on 2018-11-13, 19:27

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Yesterday I upgraded my 2144-937 from a 75MHz Pentium to a 133MHz and had a couple of questions that I couldn't find answers for in the HW maintenance manuals: 1) Can I use a Pentium MMX (P55C) in this system by just setting the jumper or do I also need a different VRM? 2) My Aptiva didn't come with …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-03-28, 13:24

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Got this Quadro4 XGL 750 of eBay. Basically, the equivalent of a Geforce4 4400. Unfortunately I only got garbage on screen when I tested it in my Pentium iii 600 + 440bx. I wonder if this is because the card requires AGP 2.0, which the 440bx doesn't support? Of course, the card could also be bad ( …

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Re: Music Quest MPU clone cards, anyone interested in them?

Posted on 2018-02-24, 22:07

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Yup, sounds far better using the Sound Canvas plugin.

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Re: Music Quest MPU clone cards, anyone interested in them?

Posted on 2018-02-24, 16:09

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Finally had some time to test the card. After disabling ACPI, the card works great. I'm using a Roland UM-ONE and the Falcosoft Midi player with Munt plugin. Space Quest 4, Monkey Island, and Doom all sound amazing. The only game that sounds a bit off is Quest for Glory 4, but I'm sure that is just …

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Re: IBM Aptiva 2144-M63 build - My first PC

Posted on 2018-02-20, 21:46

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Very nice build! I recently got a 2144-937 with a 75 MHz Pentium and I'm considering replacing that with a 133 MHz. I see you are only passively cooling your CPU. Is that sufficient?

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Re: IBM IntelliStation M Pro 6889-930

Posted on 2018-02-12, 19:01

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Here's something for the empty ISA slot: Filename IMG_3271.jpg File size 203.1 KiB Views 587 views Build is nearing completion. 😀

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Re: Music Quest MPU clone cards, anyone interested in them?

Posted on 2018-02-12, 18:59

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Got mine in the mail today. Thanks keropi! Can't wait to try it 😀

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Re: IBM IntelliStation M Pro 6889-930

Posted on 2018-02-10, 10:24

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by anderswk

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I did try the demos, but they just hung on startup. Have you had success running them under NT4?

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Re: IBM IntelliStation M Pro 6889-930

Posted on 2018-02-09, 10:18

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Got a replacement sound card today. IMG_3261.jpg Sound quality is really good. No background hiss, like on the AWE64 Gold it is replacing. Installation on NT4 was a bit painful. The first drivers I tried installed fine and appeared to work. However, after a short while audio would just stop working. …

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Re: New MS-DOS Games Launcher / Menu System App

Posted on 2018-02-01, 07:25

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Nice! Could you share some details of how you made it? Programming language, etc.

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Re: Music Quest MPU clone cards, anyone interested in them?

Posted on 2018-01-31, 10:00

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Awesome progress 😀

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Re: IBM Intellistation 6898-22U

Posted on 2018-01-30, 13:57

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I see. So you are booting from the IDE drive? Maybe the problem is that my Win98 is using FAT32 and the NT bootloader doesn't understand that.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-01-30, 08:09

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Yay for Artex and Feipoa! In other good news, I have scratched off the #1 motherboard off my "must buy" list finally. For those that don't know, I have a "thing" for dual cpu systems. For over a decade I've been waiting to come across an Asus TRL-DLS motherboard. Will with the help of Liqmat and …

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Re: IBM Intellistation 6898-22U

Posted on 2018-01-30, 07:54

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Looks good. Does it work reliably? I see you added Windows 95 to the boot menu. I tried manually adding Win98 to boot.ini by saving the boot sector to a file with BootPart, but it just hangs when I select the option at start up. I'm booting from the SCSI drive with NT and have Win98 on an IDE. What …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-01-28, 20:42

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wow nice price! plans for it? No plans for now. I just seemed like a good deal and I had a similar CPU back then :happy: ASUS P55TP4XE with Pentium 133MHz and 32MB RAM plus S3 Trio64V+ for 9.5 euros. IMG_3244.jpg Looks like the backplate of the AT case it originated from is still attached to it? …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-01-28, 13:41

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ASUS P55TP4XE with Pentium 133MHz and 32MB RAM plus S3 Trio64V+ for 9.5 euros. Filename IMG_3244.jpg File size 665.17 KiB Views 465 views

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Re: IBM IntelliStation M Pro 6889-930

Posted on 2018-01-26, 09:00

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Maybe a bit silly, but thank @oeuvre. Filename IBM.png File size 10.57 KiB Views 775 views

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Re: IBM Intellistation 6898-22U

Posted on 2018-01-25, 22:08

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Thanks!

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