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Re: Dell P170S monitor with display issues

Posted on 2019-05-05, 16:09

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I guess you are right in ditching the monitor. To me it looks like a 5:4, these cost next to nothing. Yes. If you are in the United States, most Goodwill stores have tons of these 5:4 monitors for sale for about $8 to $12 on average. I actually did find a 1600 x 1200 monitor, Dell 2000FP, at my …

Is Imaging and Posting Driver Disks Legal?

Posted on 2019-05-03, 17:36

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

I have some old original driver discs that I was thinking of imaging and posting. Is that legal or is it considered piracy? I'm pretty sure it would be considered piracy, but the Vogons Driver library seems to have a lot of these images. Thanks.

Re: List the CPUs you owned when they were new

Posted on 2019-05-03, 17:16

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

IBM Blue Lightning 50MHZ Pentium 133mhz Pentium II 300mhz Celeron 466mhz Pentium 3 800mhz Pentium 4 2.26ghz Pentium 4 3.06ghz Core 2 Duo 2.4ghz Core 2 Quad Q9650 3.0ghz i7 4790k i7 8700k

Re: Dell P170S monitor with display issues

Posted on 2019-05-03, 16:50

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Have you tried hooking it up to another computer? It could be a bad video card.

Re: 486 Cache Question

Posted on 2019-03-09, 18:48

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The only jumper is to select 32kx8 vs 32kx9. I found the jumper, but it is soldered to the board and is permanently set to 32kx8, which is the type of cache I have. I have attached the jumper settings document. Let me know if I am missing anything. Thanks.

Re: 486 Cache Question

Posted on 2019-03-09, 15:28

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

So I tried it in the configuration shown above and got a "bad cache ram" error on startup... Not sure what the issue is.

Re: 486 Cache Question

Posted on 2019-03-09, 15:03

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

OK. Is the Cache in my picture aligned properly then? Also, do you think I could just buy two more of the same cache chip and put them in the TAG Ram sockets? Thanks.

Re: SRAM Cache Question

Posted on 2019-03-09, 14:12

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

OK, so I bought 4 32kx8 SRAM cache chips. I went to install them and noticed that 4 of the sockets are a little longer than the chips. 2 of the sockets appear to be the correct size. I think I heard that my shorter chips should work in the longer slots. Is that correct? If so, what is the correct …

Re: What Would You Pay for These Computers?

Posted on 2019-02-28, 19:49

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

OK, so I went and checked out the computers. I ended up buying the Tandy 1000, Tandy 2500, Tandy monitor, the IBM 5153 color monitor and the software. The 5155 was completely dead, so I left that. I also did not take the dot matrix printers. I tested the two Tandy computers and the monitors and they …

Re: What Would You Pay for These Computers?

Posted on 2019-02-28, 14:57

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The guy is currently asking $425 for the lot, which is too high. He also has the IBM 5153 and 5155 priced at $125 for both (they would be included in the entire lot price as well). I'm going to try and test them when I get there. Per the seller, the only one that he knows does not work properly is …

What Would You Pay for These Computers?

Posted on 2019-02-28, 02:36

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

So, I ran across a local ad for some old computers. I have attached the photos from his ad. He says that he is selling an IBM 5153 monitor, IBM 5155 portable computer with carrying bag and manuals (that's what he says it is, but it does look quite right to me as the monitor appears to be on the …

Re: Bent Pins on a 486 DX2 66

Posted on 2019-02-27, 14:05

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

So I ordered the CPU. We'll see how it goes. Thanks again for all the help!

Re: Bent Pins on a 486 DX2 66

Posted on 2019-02-27, 00:13

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thanks!

Bent Pins on a 486 DX2 66

Posted on 2019-02-26, 23:20

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I am looking to buy an Intel 486 DX2 66mhz CPU on eBay. I found one, but some of the pins are a little bent. Can these pins be successfully bent back, or should I just skip this CPU? Here is the seller's picture. Thanks!

Re: SRAM Cache Question

Posted on 2019-02-26, 23:03

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thanks

486 Cache Question

Posted on 2019-02-26, 15:13

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I am looking to buy some SRAM cache for my 486. It accepts 32kx8 and 32kx9 chips. What is the difference between the two? 32kx8 seem to be more plentiful on eBay. Thanks.

Re: Need Help Identifying 486 MB and Upgrade Potential

Posted on 2019-02-25, 15:16

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Question on the cache upgrade. It appears that this motherboard can take 32kx8 and 32kx9 SRAM chips. What is the difference between the two? Is one faster than the other? Also, I see 4 SRAM sockets. Would I just search on eBay for 32kx8 or 32kx9 SRAM cache and just buy 4 of them? Are they all the …

Re: Need Help Identifying 486 MB and Upgrade Potential

Posted on 2019-02-24, 15:17

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

What kind of cache chips does this use? I'm never installed cache before and am not sure what to look for on eBay. Also, as this is a 25mhz system, would I be limited to CPUs that are a multiple of 25mhz (eg 50mhz, 75mhz)? Or, do you think a DX2 66 will work? My current plan is to upgrade to a DX2 …

Re: Need Help Identifying 486 MB and Upgrade Potential

Posted on 2019-02-24, 03:10

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Here are some additional pics. Hope they help. Thanks.

Re: Need Help Identifying 486 MB and Upgrade Potential

Posted on 2019-02-23, 21:21

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Would it have to be a DX4 Overdrive, or would a non-Overdrive DX4 work? Is there anyway to update the bios to accept a larger hard drive? Thanks.

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