Re: Wyse PC386 - it's alive, but barely. Power good?
Posted on 2019-08-16, 15:49
No, have to admit I've not done a thing with it for the past year. Have been keeping a lookout for that disk, but no luck there.
Re: Suggestion to supercharge a 286 Olivetti
Posted on 2019-08-16, 15:40
I have an M240, the M290's 8086 predecessor and am working on similar stuff. I've already made an SB1.0 (Snark Barker project to build replica, was fun and it works), and just today received PCBs for Lo-Tech 1MB RAM card and XT-CF adapter. The latter is speed-wise probably the most important, as the …
Re: question about socket 370 pentium 3
Posted on 2019-08-16, 14:51
[...] man, thanks for the detailed reply. the tualatin doesnt bother me, but it would have been a cool bonus if it was supported. no problem, i have some faster systems with better video cards for anything that struggles on the p3. i'm still interested in pushing it a bit further than the 667mhz (i …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-08-16, 11:43
LogoiX, I think they only do Austria though. The Gravis Gamepad and 2004-vintage Eizo L768 (19" PVA panel) are also new acquisitions. nice :D I think I need to get myself some old EIZOs before they become extinct. Every couple of months a local thrift shop gets one in. They tend to price them lower …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-08-16, 10:11
Time to break out the soldering iron: https://tweakers.net/ext/f/wnFhe5g7FcA1fO27bHtdVK11/full.jpg Unfortunately Reichelt sent me DIP-28 instead of DIP-32 sockets, so can't finish the XT-CF yet - but my EPROM was sourced separately and hasn't arrived either. The Gravis Gamepad and 2004-vintage Eizo …
Re: question about socket 370 pentium 3
Posted on 2019-08-16, 08:45
This is an So370 FC-PGA board, which electrically can support PPGA (Celeron Mendocino) and FC-PGA (P3 & Celeron Coppermine) CPUs. Without modification (of socket and very likely BIOS) it can't support FC-PGA2 Tualatin CPUs. Now, within the Coppermine family you have three potential limitations: - …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-08-16, 00:18
Damned shame that there aren't similar lots on other eBay instances, and that the German sellers never ship outside the country... Certainly like the thrill of completely unknown or untested stuff. Still, with my two full car loads last winter I can't really complain 😉
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-08-15, 18:08
Nice stuff indeed. Question is: what more is under the nice stuff? 😉
Re: Changing the BIOS chip on a motherboard?
Posted on 2019-08-15, 13:23
If the only difference is the BIOS size: yes. Sometimes though the larger BIOS is related to other changes between revisions (different sound or I/O chips etc), in which case it probably won't work. But if unsure, no harm in trying - you still have your original BIOS and you can always re-flash the …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-08-15, 11:19
@dionb, @imi, In Estonia, thankfully we are allowed to do customs work ourselves on customs portal. (And it's really user friendly) We can buy this service from postal company, but it's optional. Estonia has their stuff sorted when it comes to digitalisation. Agreed, and not just that. EE has its …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-08-15, 08:59
@dionb, yes, here in EE, the 22 and 150 eur limits are the same. (The flat tax of 13 eur must be NL specific) But that 22 eur is including shipping and the vat tax goes onto the full price, not on the item price. After 150 eur, the tariff tax goes onto the item price only. (These rules should be …
Re: Weames PA-9050-B (AD Echo) ROM (?) sockets
Posted on 2019-08-14, 20:52
Yeah, Descent looks like a game-specific issue. I don't know if it happens on other WSS cards as this is the only one I have. Been playing around now and haven't been able to get WSS working on Descent at all with any card. Also have some Aztech cards that are generally very, very well behaved and …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-08-14, 14:04
And all of those links have shipping cost that lingers around 30usd+, and once they arrive here I'll have to pay 20...30usd in import taxes, so it makes them completely uneconomical, to a point it is much cheaper for me to make my own. I imagine shipping won't be much different for other EU …
Re: Recomemded ram for a dos-win9x k6-2
Posted on 2019-08-13, 20:52
Wow! thanks a lot for your answers. I will keep 128 mb and the TNT then. I think i could have a geforce 2 mx somewhere, i thought it's worse than tnt 2 for dos gaming. For DOS they are pretty identical - nVidia cards from that era (GF2MX and TNT2-M64 are only about 1.5 generations apart) were some …
Re: Recomemded ram for a dos-win9x k6-2
Posted on 2019-08-13, 17:51
[...] The SBPro2 vs SB16 argument seems to be an infinite one; I am not sure I would agree that perfect SBPro2 compatibility is more important than SB16 compatibility / AWE synth capabilities in DOS games. If anything, I would agree that a genuine OPL3 chip is preferred for authentic-sounding FM, …
Re: Looking for Windows 95 compatible 10/100 network adapters...
Posted on 2019-08-13, 07:04
Intel cards are good, with good support. I never had the problems you describe with 3Com, in fact my employer actively distributed 3Com 3C900 PCI cards to new customers in the Win98SE era because of their trouble-free operation (cable internet in the days before NICs became standard in computer …
Re: Recomemded ram for a dos-win9x k6-2
Posted on 2019-08-13, 06:57
Hi. I'm trying to build a vintage computer for the last ms-dos and first win95 games. Currently i have this computer: cpu: k6 2-450 Mobo: HOT-591P chipset VIA MVP3 Ram 2x64 mb SDR (128 mb) vga: S3 trio 64v or nvidia tnt2 m64 Sound:Sound blaster live 5.1 Hdd: 20 gb ide ata 100 hd. But i have some …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2019-08-12, 21:48
Spent the whole evening scouring electronics sites and auction sites for all the bits and pieces needed for three little projects: - Lo-tech ISA-CF adapter 2b (because spinning disks belong in Alive or Dead video clips, not computers) - Lo-tech 1MB memory card (because 640k is not enough for me) - …
Re: Weames PA-9050-B (AD Echo) ROM (?) sockets
Posted on 2019-08-12, 21:27
OK, so WSS problem is more of a Descent issue then (game needs starting twice if using WSS regardless of card/drivers)? In any event, have shelled out some cash on a well-known auction site for four 74F174PC hex flip-flop ICs (2 spares) and two (spare never hurts) supposedly new STM M27C801-100K1 …
Re: Need to identify this server motherboard
Posted on 2019-08-12, 12:22
RiP wrote: Thanks, how much does it worth? Socket 4 boards are rare/sought-after, Pentium EISA boards too - but the huge form-factor will be a turn-off. Whatever anyone is prepared to pay.
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