Re: where can I find a baby AT case

Posted on 2019-09-21, 07:11

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by derSammler

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I used to own one that looked very similar to that around 2001 with a 430vx or something in it, was just like that except the drives bays were on top, anyways I'm looking for a case like that. https://i.imgur.com/W7YotBm.jpg I have one of these: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=69030 …

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Re: Toshiba T3100SX - 2mb Ram Modules

Posted on 2019-09-20, 18:25

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by derSammler

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Yes, have one of those with 4 MB. If these are that hard to find however, I'm probably not going to part with it.

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Re: Motherboard won't run P133 at proper mhz

Posted on 2019-09-20, 16:33

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by derSammler

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Please don't run a P55C with 3.3V core voltage. It's not just more heat that you get. The transistors will burn eventually, no matter how big the heatsink is that you put on it.

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Re: Win311 upgrade failure ?

Posted on 2019-09-19, 19:34

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by derSammler

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Windows 3.11 and Windows for Workgroups 3.11 are two different products! (think of it as Home and Pro these days) You can not upgrade Windows 3.1 to Windows for Workgroups unless you use the version that was meant for that upgrade path. The normal retail version was not. You need to do a clean …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-09-19, 19:25

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by derSammler

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Finally got a Yamaha TG300 today. 😀 Was searching for one of these for a good price quite a while now.

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Re: help to replace PSU

Posted on 2019-09-19, 11:49

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by derSammler

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Max TDP for the CPU is 76.8W, all from the 5V rail. GPU TDP is 50W, as I mentioned. I hope you are aware that TDP is not the same as power consumption. TDP is only the amount of power drawn that is turned into heat. Power consumption is higher than TDP, and most manufacturers only tell the TDP for …

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Re: Toshiba T3100SX - 2mb Ram Modules

Posted on 2019-09-18, 11:30

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by derSammler

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What's the background to this? I have a box of maybe one hundred RAM modules for Toshiba laptops incl. the 3100. Are these rare? Tried to sell these many times but no one ever wanted them.

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Re: Syndicate crash before misson

Posted on 2019-09-18, 11:20

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by derSammler

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That happens with more than 16 MB of RAM. You can try to run it from Win9x, afaik it works then even with more RAM.

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Re: WD1003V MFM controller not working in Everex 386/25

Posted on 2019-09-17, 19:24

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by derSammler

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You're right, seems like the 1003V has no BIOS. I own the 1003-WA2, which has a BIOS. Do you have any other cards inserted that may conflict with it? Thinking about the floppy controller. Also, there should be a jumper block for the base address (W3 I think - open is 1F0-1F7h, closed is 170-177h).

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Re: IDE docks that work with old HDDs

Posted on 2019-09-17, 18:48

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by derSammler

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It's even worse. Due to the way USB works, LBA is always used by these adapters, even for drives between 504 MB and 8 GB which may have been used with enhanced CHS addressing. If you connect such a hard disk via an USB adapter and LBA is used, you'll corrupt the data on it. This is true for CF cards …

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Re: WD1003V MFM controller not working in Everex 386/25

Posted on 2019-09-17, 18:41

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by derSammler

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Should work normally, unless the ISA bus runs at a clock rate higher than 8.33 MHz. But what do you mean with: "the BIOS does not see the controller"? The BIOS detects hard disks, not controllers. Also, with MFM you may get a "controller failure" message when the hard disk does not work - that's by …

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Re: to use Geforce 256 or to not to

Posted on 2019-09-17, 18:36

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by derSammler

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candle_86 wrote: but now i've been reading and realize they are rare cards. Why is that a reason not to use it?

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Re: Hex edit games for widescreen win98se please help?

Posted on 2019-09-17, 14:21

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by derSammler

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The game exe may check it's pre-calculated checksum, or it's already digitally signed.

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

Posted on 2019-09-16, 17:01

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by derSammler

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Cleaned and tested the mainboard of an Atari 800 XL I got very cheap some time ago. Works! 😀

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Re: need help choosing a dos version for 286

Posted on 2019-09-16, 16:42

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by derSammler

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For a 286 or in combination with Win 3.0, MS-DOS 5.0 is the version to use. MS-DOS 5.0 comes on 3 floppys. If you only have one, some stuff is missing. To make a disk bootable, you also need to run the "sys" command or format the disk using the "/s" parameter. Just copying the files won't work. But …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-09-16, 12:33

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by derSammler

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Predator99 wrote: Indeed. I once got a single Colani 3.5" drive cover(!) - small peace of plastic. I sold at Ebay and was very surprised the auction ended > 20€... Colani died today at the age of 91 years. Guess what that means for prices. 😵

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Re: New sound card project: AWE64 Legacy

Posted on 2019-09-15, 19:28

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by derSammler

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So, Creative has clearly confused the Line-In and Mic-In jacks on the board, despite the silkscreened markings! What a shame! And all you users who tried to feed the output of your GUS/TB/Rolands/etc. into your AWE64 (no matter if it was a Value or a Gold), in fact got pseudo-stereo due to this …

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Re: Why are 3Com NICs regarded in such high regard?

Posted on 2019-09-15, 13:12

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by derSammler

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Actual speed results are close enough to be considered a virtual tie (apart from the 10MbE card). Problem is that a Pentium 3 @ 500 MHz is already way to fast for these cards. You would need to test them in a Pentium 1 or even a 486. The almost non-existing difference is because you really only …

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Re: Configuring board for AMD Am5x86-P75

Posted on 2019-09-15, 12:29

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by derSammler

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Since you are using an interposer, I would rather jumper the board for 486DX/DX2. The interposer should take care of the rest, as that is what it was made for. On the interposer, you may need to change the "Intel" jumper.

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Re: Intel to remove all BIOS updates on November 22nd, 2019 from their website

Posted on 2019-09-15, 08:50

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by derSammler

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It seems Intel wants to wipe out their entire desktop board support section from their website. No offense, but I think you are a bit off here. They will remove that download after more than 14 years . Yes, that's how long they kept it online so far. If you click on the older versions of the BIOS …

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