Re: My 486 doesn't see different cpu ... can you help me?
Posted on 2021-10-06, 01:50
PODs on these need a special interposer it seems, cyrix and AMD unsupported. edit: ah, there it is... http://ps-2.kev009.com/pcpartnerinfo/ctstips/fbee.htm
Re: My 486 doesn't see different cpu ... can you help me?
Posted on 2021-10-06, 01:48
Do you feel lucky? https://www.os2site.com/sw/hardware/ibm/6571/index.html
Re: Need help to avoid damage to DX4
Posted on 2021-10-05, 18:05
All the settings, beep codes and memory configs are in here, http://ps-2.kev009.com/basil.holloway/boo-to- … 83G_7789_08.pdf but it covers the whole model range so make sure you're looking at the right section.
Re: Need help to avoid damage to DX4
Posted on 2021-10-05, 17:55
See that black connector in the far left bottom corner with the shunt jumper block in it? It needs a VRM to get 3.3V So without one of those you're restricted to 5V Machine type would be a 6571 I think , looks very similar to one I just picked up.
Re: Which PC should I restore for DOS/Windows 3.1/Windows 95?
Posted on 2021-10-05, 16:01
dormcat wrote on 2021-10-04, 03:01: With cache toggling via BIOS the system can run just about all DOS games except the some really old XT-era games like the original DOS version of Tetris. That's odd, Spectrum Holobyte version? I remember running that on turbo XTs and 286, so I didn't think it was …
Re: Apple Made More Money on Games Than Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo Combined!
Posted on 2021-10-05, 15:53
All of their own, or is a lot of that passthrough to appstore devs?
Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.
Posted on 2021-10-05, 15:38
I have a mini, put lubuntu on it. If there's one thing that really annoys me about it though, it's the screen res, most netbook screen res being stuck at 600 vertical is annoying enough, but this little a-hole has 576 or something weird. edit: though just thinking if it had Vista factory, then maybe …
Re: DOS PCMCIA Card and socket services software?
Posted on 2021-10-05, 14:30
I remember finding drivers for the TI stuff actually on TI's site some long while ago, 10+ years. Dunno if you could dig it out on the waybackmachine.
Re: sVGA/VESA vs. early 3D accelerators on old FPS games (Doom,Hexen,Heretic,Chasm, Duke3D, Rott, Swarrior, etc.)
Posted on 2021-10-05, 14:13
There's an accelerated ROTT?
Re: What game are you playing now?
Posted on 2021-10-05, 13:57
What did the mod do? I'd understand GoG doing it if it made use with a touchscreen or touchpad easier or something like that.
Re: "low-cost" PCI gaming videocard
Posted on 2021-10-05, 13:22
Tradera seems to have some okay stuff on it from time to time, better for Europeans I'd think, https://www.tradera.com/en/category/340854 I've bought a lot of vid cards this year, even though I shouldn't be buying anything really, most I've paid is $20 each for 3 NIB 6200 PCI off eBay, down to a …
Re: vintage programming
Posted on 2021-10-05, 00:27
so a number of people like QB but no votes cast for Quick C? QB is a good product imo, but QC affords the power of assembler nearly and an ide. If that's your thing. Personally I've always had a "thing" for M$ compilets. I really want MS FORTRAN 5.1. I want them all though. My problem is, I finally …
Re: Windows 11 has been released
Posted on 2021-10-05, 00:19
cyclone3d wrote on 2021-10-04, 23:43: I've been running Windows 11 on a desktop and 2 laptops since the pre-release was available. Works fine but they changed some interface stuff that takes a bit of getting used to. Can it tile windows properly again yet?
Re: Printer Drivers Hard to Find?
Posted on 2021-10-05, 00:02
No it's just a complicated modern version of one of those blackface soap gags... https://www.amazon.ca/Printer-Refill-Toner-Po … er+toner+powder (Yeah you can but it's typically really messy.)
Re: Windows 11 has been released
Posted on 2021-10-04, 23:14
keenmaster486 wrote on 2021-10-04, 22:36: Windows? What's that? Well first there was hardware, then firmware then software, and now something they call gooey, if it goes on like this next we'll have runny and we'll be pouring our computing by the shot.
Re: I ordered a video card but received an LED landscape light instead. Or did I...?
Posted on 2021-10-04, 23:07
I have a monitor with composite in that I can test this with for you. There was a lot of rust by the video out connectors so I have it in a vinegar bath for cleaning at the moment. This is a Radeon 9200 LE. Oh right, I thought it was a tad earlier, they might have coalesced it all into one extra …
Re: I ordered a video card but received an LED landscape light instead. Or did I...?
Posted on 2021-10-04, 21:49
That's weird, thought they needed the rage theater chip for composite out.
Re: How to test BIOS chips purchased from eBay?
Posted on 2021-10-04, 21:06
Make "handles" out of strips of margarine tub or something, tape them together at the top in a loop, just make them narrow enough to fit under chip. For PLCC use a dental floss harness crossed underneath corner to corner.
Re: PSA: Facebook, WhatsApp down for everybody, potential DNS issue.
Posted on 2021-10-04, 21:04
Pffft, find a kid that knows unix.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2021-10-04, 21:01
Wow, now there's a man who won't settle for anything less than 0.0075 gigabytes a second in his 486.... yeah okay, it sounds more impressive as 7500 Kilobytes/sec Edit: I dunno how fast this one actually goes, the first gen VLB caching controllers were hitting like 5MB/sec then the last I saw …
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