Re: Toshiba satellite pro 4600 ram

Posted on 2018-02-06, 11:36

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Which CPU does your Satellite Pro 4600 have? If it's a 100MHz FSB model, this DIMM should be fine. If it's a 133MHz FSB model, this DIMM is in any event not rated for the correct speed which may be the problem. In any event it's a good Micron model, with 16Mx8 chips, which are the best supported in …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-02-06, 10:19

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BTW, it's weird to me that people keep saying "GUS is ideal for 386 builds" when the earliest game that supports it is actually from 1992. You are quite right on that. I have the same opinion, yet I think a GUS is kind of well suited for 386dx-40 to 486dx4-120/5x86-133. It is not for 386sx-33's or …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-02-05, 13:19

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VA panels were panned (as opposed to IPS, anything is better than TN) for three main reasons: - colour oversaturation - higher input lag - narrower viewing angle + better contrast The first one is inherent to the technology a valid point for very specific use cases, i.e. photographic and video work, …

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Re: Compaq Deskpro EN PD1060 can handle a good AGP card?

Posted on 2018-02-04, 23:41

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The most relevant information is just off the bottom left-hand corner of your picture: how is the power supply rated? How much power can it provide on the 3.3V and 5V lines that the AGP slot gets most of its power from? That said, this is a P3 system, there's no point in going for one of the final …

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Re: games for a crippled pentium

Posted on 2018-02-04, 17:30

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emosun wrote: dionb wrote: Any idea where this system/board was sold? It's the board that comes with the multimedia m415. But which market? US? Somewhere in the EU? Somewhere else?

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Re: games for a crippled pentium

Posted on 2018-02-04, 16:51

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Looks like you're interested in a particular build, and since this one is a branded Packard Bell machine, changing a mobo isn't an option. exactly. If i really wanted better performance I could just pull any of the pentium 2 or 3 machines i have off the shelf. More interested in seeing what this …

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Re: VOGONS Driver Library

Posted on 2018-02-04, 15:39

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As Linus famously said: Only wimps use tape backup: real men just upload their important stuff. I have a folder of drivers on my home server that is about 3.5GB is size, basically every driver I looked at or installed between 1995 and 2005 - and for the latter half of that period I was into …

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Re: S3 Diamond Stealth 64 VLB - but which one?

Posted on 2018-02-04, 11:17

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Tnx, that looks like the answer- although I still can't find any pics of exactly this board only. Looks like I need to rectify that in the Vogons Wiki :) The press release surprises me a bit - I had a PCI 868 in a PC bought in late January/early February 1995. I was aware at the time it was pretty …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2018-02-03, 22:56

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Our local DIY-store has an electronics recycle bin. Usually it's full of old toasters (not running NetBSD) and burnt-out power tools. But today was computer day it seems. Someone had dumped a 2005-vintage P4 system that was in a bad state - the case was dented, it looks like they tried to ram it …

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Re: Need Help With Amptron Socket7 PM-9100LMR Power and Front Panel Connections

Posted on 2018-02-03, 15:29

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Note that you only need / can use the power switch on the front panel if you are using an ATX power supply - i.e. a PSU with soft power on. AT power supplies (that connect to the M8/M9 connector next to the ATX 20p connector) don't have soft power on, just a hard physical switch on the external ( …

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S3 Diamond Stealth 64 VLB - but which one?

Posted on 2018-02-02, 22:46

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I recently picked up a 486 system that had been gathering dust for two decades. Most of it was pretty self-explanatory, but the video card has me a bit stumped. It's a Diamond Stealth 64 VLB card for sure with 1MB soldered and a second MB upgrade in the sockets, but that's where the certainty ends. …

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Re: Atek (Lucent Chipset) Modem with no drivers... problem?

Posted on 2018-02-02, 22:25

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Having a bit of trouble identifying stuff, but it looks like this is the same card (just different vendor), in which case is should be doable: https://www.manualslib.com/manual/1556/Actiontec-56k-Pci-Master.html?page=14#manual All you need for DOS or Win3.1 is a single DOS executable which reads/ …

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Re: Which dual slot1 PIII motherboard ?

Posted on 2018-02-02, 22:09

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Never had a F/S dual slot 1 board, but various other ones including a regular Slot 1 affair - all standard ATX as far as I can remember (and if it had been anything else I'm pretty sure I would have remembered the smoke...).

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Re: Which dual slot1 PIII motherboard ?

Posted on 2018-02-02, 21:55

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Second the great build quality of Fujitsu-Siemens - but at the same time options are limited -forget 133MHz FSB on it. Then again, EUR 45 is vastly cheaper than those P2B-D(S)s and even than that Gigabyte board. Note that it's the VRM that needs to be able to supply 1.8V to support Coppermine CPUs, …

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Re: Which dual slot1 PIII motherboard ?

Posted on 2018-02-02, 19:31

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If you're not averse to OCing, the Asus P2B-D and P2B-DS rev 1.06 pcba D03 or higher would be good options, with i440BX chipset, CuMine support, bulletproof build quality and at least the options to go up to 133MHz FSB.

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Re: Atek (Lucent Chipset) Modem with no drivers... problem?

Posted on 2018-02-02, 19:27

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Winmodems tend to be PCI, and IRQ pins sound reassuringly non-PnP ISA, so I'd be surprised if it was one, or if it only had >=Win95 support, but the model code of the chip should clear this up - and regardless of whether it is a Winmodem or not it should help search for drivers.

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Re: Which dual slot1 PIII motherboard ?

Posted on 2018-02-02, 19:17

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As a general rule, avoid OEM motherboards if you possibly can. All three boards seem to use the i440BX chipset, which has a max FSB of 100MHz, so that P3-933EB will require overclocking, or you'll have to run it at 7x100MHz instead. But before you can get there your board needs to support Coppermine …

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Re: Atek (Lucent Chipset) Modem with no drivers... problem?

Posted on 2018-02-02, 17:17

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Exactly which Lucent chipset does this thing have? Lucent was known for some of the better (less completly crap) 'Winmodem' designs. As the CPU needs to do some of the processing, drivers are most definitely not generic in that case. This site may give you some info, but again, the exact chipset is …

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

Posted on 2018-02-01, 23:48

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Yay, after messing around for days to get a CF card with FAT16 and DOS active and bootable without access to floppy disks or emulation, it worked - and then it was plain sailing getting my 486DX-33 doing what I wanted. Installed an ISA sound card (Aztech Sound Galaxy 16 II), dug up the drivers on …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-02-01, 23:35

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[...] I'm not in the least surprised. I only know their CPUs, and they are fully IA32 compatible. The CPUs certainly are, but thin clients - even with more mainstream CPUs - can be pretty nasty, proprietary or just plain limited to PXE boot and not much else. Having one that is basically a fully …

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