Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2018-07-02, 09:04
My Sound Blaster Collection.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2018-07-02, 06:29
More computer cases
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2018-07-02, 06:28
My computer case collection.
Re: Repairing old Motherboards ?
Posted on 2018-06-30, 18:55
So I guess I will start by checking all the caps with a microfarad meter.
Re: Repairing old Motherboards ?
Posted on 2018-06-30, 18:49
How would I check the bios ? Is it just a matter of re-seating the bios chip ?
Re: Repairing old Motherboards ?
Posted on 2018-06-30, 18:22
How can I tell if power-on is working okay ? I have never repaired a motherboard before, So I am a Novice and am asking for advice on how to go about it. What I mean about CPU, is how would you check if CPU socket is okay and working properly ? The tools I have are a meter for checking voltage and …
Repairing old Motherboards ?
Posted on 2018-06-30, 17:47
How would I go about repairing an old motherboard that does not work ? No post ? I have NOT hooked it up yet so I don't know exactly what is wrong with it. But I think it can be fixed. 1) How to go about examining the board for physical defects. Eye inspection. 2) How to check for power on okay ? 3) …
Re: Which 486 for a 1989-1992 PC?
Posted on 2018-06-28, 18:39
I had an Intel DX2 486 33mhz with 4mb ram and 120mb HD, VGA card, 14,4 modem, and 2x Sony CDROM, Sound blaster compatible sound card. Running Win 3.11 FWG. Some old laser printer that would print out 1 page every minute. 14" SVGA display. Cheap desktop speakers. And it cost me about $2500 which was …
Re: SB16 + Audigy 2ZS in DOS
Posted on 2018-06-28, 18:14
Would you say the Audigy 2zs works and plays better than the AWE 32, 64, or SB Live in DOS ?
Re: I think I'm giving up on this project (Abit BX6)
Posted on 2018-06-25, 18:10
I have had several of these mobo's with no problems. I have one setup right now with P3-500mhz. and Win98se. Sounds like a bad CMOS battery. Did you replace the battery ? A fresh $1.50 battery can work wonders. https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1313.TR9.TRC2.A0.H0.X+ …
Re: I doubled my PCs performance!
Posted on 2018-06-24, 17:06
What is the HOT key to enable / disable turbo mode ?
Re: SB16 + Audigy 2ZS in DOS
Posted on 2018-06-24, 11:02
Where did you get the Audigy 2zs DOS drivers ?
Re: The World's Fastest 486
Posted on 2018-06-24, 10:55
I have a Lucky Star LS-486 mobo with PCI slots and 256kb cache. Intel DX4-100
Re: The Grand OPL3 Comparison Run!
Posted on 2018-06-22, 23:21
I am confused. I just want a good sounding 486 build. I need to use ISA cards. What is the minimum chipsets I need ? Yamaha OPL chipset ? Sound Blaster chipset ? Crystal chipset ? I don't want to use a Roland MT-32 ( to hard to find good parts and I don't have the room for it ).
Re: Roland MT-32 , Do I need one ?
Posted on 2018-06-22, 22:59
It's getting the MPU-401 MIDI interface that seems to be expensive and illusive. I have some sound cards with Yamaha YMF chipsets but I dont know which chipsets #'s I need ?
Re: HP Vectra and other non-supported oldies
Posted on 2018-06-22, 22:39
I have a Vectra VL5 I think it is. loaded with hardware and WinNT2000. runs okay with pentium CPU ( 200mhz I think ). But for a gaming computer , I would go with a IBM Aptiva with AMD k6-2 3+ CPU. you can find these used on eBay for about $100. Just add a Sound blaster live and Voodoo card and you …
Turtle beach Monte Carlo ?
Posted on 2018-06-22, 22:28
Hi, I just got in the mail a Turtle Beach Monte Carlo ISA sound card model # PCBSP16&2#31 p\n 500.2 Is this card any good? I want to use it in a 486 build with Win3x or should I use Win95 or Win98 ? It has a Crystal chipset CS4248-KL and a Yamaha OPL YMF-262-M chip. I bought it because I remember …
Re: Mac-only or Mac-best Games
Posted on 2018-06-22, 13:21
I have a G4 too. After allot of trial and error I figured out that all I have to do is partitioned my hard-drive with one partition and install Mac OS tiger and then copy into it the Mac OS 9.1 system folder. Then in control panel setup to run 9.1 on startup along with tiger. Now you can run old …
Re: Hardware for Win3.11
Posted on 2018-06-22, 12:58
IBM thinkpad 380 with 166mhz pentium CPU and 32gb of ram and stock IBM travelstar 3gb. Hard-drive. IBM provides drivers for DOS/3x/NT351/NT4/95/98 and more. I have one running NT 351 for networking. Even surfs the net with PCMCIA ethernet 3com 3cxxxx card. The display is not that great but it has a …
Re: Capacitor replacements ?
Posted on 2018-06-20, 16:14
What is the best type of solder and flux to use when soldering capacitors ?
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