Re: Can't get 3Com Etherlink III 3c509TP network adapter to work in Windows 95

Posted on 2021-01-18, 00:48

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by dionb

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Possibly, but could also be a major I/O range conflict. Do you have another system with ISA bus? See if you have same issue there too. If so, card may be at fault, if not, it's a conflict in that specific machine.

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Re: Serial port on 486

Posted on 2021-01-17, 23:10

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by dionb

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You can safely cut/break the 10th pin off the board, as it is not connected to anything. Just make sure you remove the correct pin. I am nervous about breaking motherboard pins, so I used a drill bit to drill out the 10th connector hole. Fits fine but mouse isn't working through it. - have you …

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Re: Has anyone have experience with those ALIexpress PCI to isa cards

Posted on 2021-01-17, 22:47

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by dionb

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The USB one is specifically for USB storage, so only for USB sticks. Still useful if it works though...

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Re: What would you stick in this dual socket board?

Posted on 2021-01-17, 22:16

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[...] Nice find. A quad k6 would be amazing hahaha! I can’t even find a picture of the board. Probably some weird form factor also :( Definitely. Don't expect this sort of stuff on (Baby)AT, this is the kind of things on multiple cards in stupendously heavy server towers. Quad K6 isn't going to …

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Re: What would you stick in this dual socket board?

Posted on 2021-01-17, 21:33

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[...] Any of those in this thread? Or anyone around here have one that you know of? Been digging around and found at least one positive target for you to hunt for: HP NetServer 5 LS series. They're available as LS, LS2 and LS4. That "LS4" means quad-CPU, which is beyond APIC, so the system must use …

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Re: Serial port on 486

Posted on 2021-01-17, 21:13

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Working with this 486 motherboard: https://www.elhvb.com/mboards/chicony/ch471b/ch-471b.html It has two onboard 10-pin COM connectors, but my serial port has a 9-pin ribbon cable. I'm not sure of the history here but is there any easy way to rewire the serial cable to work with a 10-pin connector …

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Re: What would you stick in this dual socket board?

Posted on 2021-01-17, 21:08

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by dionb

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Sphere478 wrote on 2021-01-17, 15:55: Oh okay. How do I spot the ones we are talking about? Turn it round: i430NX and i430HX are the only two So5/7 chipsets that do SMP via the onboard CPU logic, so pretty much anything that does have So5 but doesn't have i430NX or HX would be a good candidate.

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Re: Spring Circle SF586 Socket 5 VLB motherboard

Posted on 2021-01-17, 18:56

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Well, update again: After wrestling with Grub on different systems I swallowed my pride and just imaged a "floppy" (Gotek) with Smart BootManager. I'm now (veeeeeery slowly) booting into Linux. While I'm at it I've confirmed that the Adaptec AHA-2840A VLB SCSI controller works on this board, and …

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Re: Can't get 3Com Etherlink III 3c509TP network adapter to work in Windows 95

Posted on 2021-01-17, 12:54

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by dionb

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"No IRQ conflics" sounds fishy. This card can be run in PnP or EEPROM mode. Given general state of PnP on 486 hardware and in Win95, I'd thoroughly recommend running it as non-PnP in EEPROM mode. Set it to IRQ 10 or 11 (usually free, but do check first) with DOS config, only then try getting it …

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Re: What would you stick in this dual socket board?

Posted on 2021-01-17, 10:54

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If either of you guys still have this board I’m wondering if it may be one of the older ones that may work with this. https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=78756 (If it’s even true) which I’m hoping one of you guys may be able to test. Not totally convinced about the veracity of that 2001 …

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Re: What did I just bought and how to use it?

Posted on 2021-01-16, 22:02

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Those are all atx boards. It's hard to tell from your pictures, but the case you have looks like AT? Also, the location of the PSU and slot covers is totally different. Yours is likely a much older model. "Much" is a big word. Max 5 years older given the Windows keys. This is definitely babyAT, …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-01-16, 20:48

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by dionb

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Remove heatsink and check what the chip says... In any event it's good to clean&replace thermal compound.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-01-16, 18:43

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SCSI-day today: Filename 16108224665800.jpg File size 179.51 KiB Views 633 views The 2940AUs are completely surplus to requirements, but the 1542CP is nice (no irritating Centronics clips on the bracket) but the 2842A is of course why I went for this- decent VLB SCSI at last 😀

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Re: DTK motherboards overall quality level (socket 7)

Posted on 2021-01-16, 18:16

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[...] Well, in this Toms reviews of VIA socket 370 boards, from mid-2000, ECS ended "quite well". (like, not bad, I mean. For the price) https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YisY5MyXstpzCR6RPxaeuH.gif Who would expect for example, Abit would end up about same as QDI? Of course, it's good always to …

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Re: Looking for Windows 95 PCI Gigabit 1000Mbps ethernet card.

Posted on 2021-01-15, 12:32

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I get this result between WINNT4 and WIN7 using this instruction https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000139427/how-to-test-available-network-bandwidth-using-iperf Looks like IT IS the CF card/HDD bottleneck. [ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth [164] 0.0- 1.0 sec 13.0 MBytes 109 Mbits/sec [164] …

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Re: Good 939 chipsets and boards

Posted on 2021-01-15, 12:26

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ULi M1697, the last, greatest ALi/ULi chipset. Either on its own for simple good performance and stability (and a lot less power draw than the nF4) or for maximum retro goodness, paired with an M1695 for AGP + PCIe with good performance on both. Only reason to go nF4 for me would be SLI, but (for me …

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Re: Looking for Windows 95 PCI Gigabit 1000Mbps ethernet card.

Posted on 2021-01-15, 02:02

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by dionb

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digicube wrote on 2021-01-15, 01:55: I just installed NT4 and got same results 1.7MB/s. Must be a CPU bottleneck then. I'll forget about gigabit NICs on CPUs < 1GHz. Could be HDD too. iPerf was already suggested, that might show differences.

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Re: Looking for Windows 95 PCI Gigabit 1000Mbps ethernet card.

Posted on 2021-01-15, 00:20

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by dionb

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The idea is to have fastest transfer speed possible, so a gigabit card will definitely be faster than a 100mbps card even if I can't reach 100mbps. Not necessarily. You have to find the bottleneck and then remove it. If it's the NIC itself, then what you say is right. However if it's hard disk etc, …

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Re: Are there still any worthwhile uses for an Apple G3??

Posted on 2021-01-14, 22:55

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by dionb

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Exacty which iMac is it? There's enough out there on everything from putting new hardware in there to using it as a fish bowl... There's a model number on the back somewhere, something like " M4984" (that would be the original Bondi Blue)

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Re: How bad do these caps look?

Posted on 2021-01-14, 14:17

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As soon as just one cap of a given type shows the slightest sign of bulging, leaking or otherwise physically changing, it needs replacing and so do all other caps of same type on the board. Usually physical symptoms only become visible after significant electrical degradation has already occurred. …

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