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

Posted on 2019-06-11, 14:38

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by HanJammer

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No idea what that last one actually does at all, apparently it's a Compaq Remote Insight card for Proliant servers, and it has its own CPU and video card.. Weird stuff :confused: Probably a lights-out card. Let's say your server is not responding via terminal services/remote management and in a …

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Re: K6-2 300mhz in Socket 7 motherboard?

Posted on 2019-06-11, 13:54

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by HanJammer

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It does not require any mods since AMD K6-2 will be perfectly fine working at 2.5-2.8v. That said, the board VRM will require additional cooling or it won't last long. VRM? Voltage Regulator Module... but calling the Voltage Regulator Circuit a "Module" in case of Socket 7 motherboard is huge …

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Re: Copying from MFM to XT-IDE

Posted on 2019-06-08, 22:12

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by HanJammer

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Controllers need to exists on different addresses. So you got it right. BIOS (and system) will see just a single controller, and you need some kind of driver to access drives on second one. Play around with 3drives: https://www.uselesssoftware.com/download/3drvs260-zip Be aware it supports just …

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Re: Modern USB keyboard on AT boards

Posted on 2019-06-07, 12:25

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by HanJammer

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There are. http://www.vetra.com/327Utext.html https://www.startech.com/support/PS22USB https://www.tripplite.com/ps-2-to-usb-converter~0DT60002/

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Re: ISAPC-00 ISA-to-PCMCIA card

Posted on 2019-06-07, 10:34

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by HanJammer

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I have this one: http://mypclist.net/u/pfcode/375/ It's based on the same chip so I guess it's pretty much the same. I havn't tried it yet, although friend of mine who gave it to me didn't managed to get it running (but I think he only tried to do this under DOS). Some additional info: http://www. …

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Re: 486 with EGA? (and other EGA related questions)

Posted on 2019-06-07, 10:05

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by HanJammer

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OldCat wrote: What is the racing game with red car displayed above? I'd like to give it a try on my monitor setup to check how it will look. Deathtrack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2GXWb2aiGU Pretty cool game.

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Re: CF2IDE issues

Posted on 2019-06-06, 22:59

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by HanJammer

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When I couldn't get the fixed-bit to set on the 8GB card, I searched for a UDMA card, as I'd read that those can boot. I'll try putting the CDROM on the 2nd IDE channel and see what happens. It just seems odd that the drive worked for awhile (although it did appear to have problems.. hm.) Yes, but …

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Re: CF2IDE issues

Posted on 2019-06-06, 18:40

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by HanJammer

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So I was able to partition and install Win98 on the 8GB CF card. But the computer hangs whenever I put the 32GB card in (it used to start just fine with the card inserted; I almost had Win98 installed on it). I pull the 32GB card, and it leaves the Speedeasy logo of the bios setup (which I can re- …

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Re: 486 with EGA? (and other EGA related questions)

Posted on 2019-06-06, 13:14

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by HanJammer

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VGA (SVGA) works in EGA modes as well. Why one would want EGA? - EGA had TTL output (although many older VGAs had dual outputs as well) so if you have TTL monitor - EGA will be ideally suited for it. - Many EGAs had composite output - comes in handy too. - If you want period-correct 8088/80286 build …

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Re: CF2IDE issues

Posted on 2019-06-06, 00:17

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by HanJammer

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What DOS programs are likely to need FAT rather than FAT32 support on the HD anyway? Filesystem is handled by operating system. Unless you deal with filesystem editing tools (formatting, partitioning and so on or operating system itself) it's pretty much transparent to the software (at least as …

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Re: CF2IDE issues

Posted on 2019-06-05, 15:55

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by HanJammer

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There is no such thing as CF2IDE adapter, because CF pretty much _is_ IDE. What you are "converting" is just connectors. So the adapter is passive device - just a bunch of pins and eventually few leds just for signaling activity and maybe some simple voltage stabilization circuit. So I doubt it died …

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Re: 512mb CF card cylinder values ?

Posted on 2019-06-04, 16:48

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by HanJammer

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I use whatide.com recommended by Kev Parr who's a true english gentleman. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G26cRjrt5Mg

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Re: PC meta-hobby

Posted on 2019-06-03, 17:32

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by HanJammer

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But does it run on 286 under DOS? 😁

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

Posted on 2019-06-03, 17:30

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by HanJammer

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I didn't really found them, but they were donated to me by my coworker... around two hundred of 5,25" disks he used in 80s/early 90s (only a bunch from a big box presented on the photo)... supposedly some interesting software on them... some of them are original driver disk for some 286 motherboards …

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Re: Dell PERC 6iR won't work on ASUS P5E (not strictly retro)

Posted on 2019-06-03, 13:20

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by HanJammer

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It really doesn't like that motherboard. I used one to run some 15k SAS drives in RAID 0 before I got SSDs. I found that with the tape it was hit and miss if the card would show up. I ended up physically cutting the tracks. After cutting the tracks the card showed up consistently and I could boot …

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Dell PERC 6iR won't work on ASUS P5E (not strictly retro)

Posted on 2019-06-02, 20:32

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by HanJammer

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So I built a home server based on ASUS P5E + Q9550... I throwed a bunch of drives, different sizes, 6 of them connected to the motherboard... Later I also installed PERC 6iR so I can connect rest of the drives... I thought it would work right away, but nope. It doesn't work - it won't even start …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-05-27, 14:03

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by HanJammer

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Finally traced down my last missing Pentium II CPU model - Pentium II 266 Mhz/66 with Deschutes core for my wall display project. These are apparently much less common than Klamath ones. Now I got 233, 266, 300 MHz Klamath and 266, 300, 333, 350, 400 and 450 MHz Detschutes IMG_0379.jpg IMG_3450 2. …

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Re: XT parts/upgrades

Posted on 2019-05-27, 13:18

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by HanJammer

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Search "NuXT" on the forum... But yeah, I think he is more active on Facebook groups and www.vcfed.org and he got more attention there as well...

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Re: CT1350B revisions - what was changed over years?

Posted on 2019-05-26, 23:12

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by HanJammer

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Grzyb wrote: https://nerdlypleasures.blogspot.com/2013/06/ … ms-upgrade.html Yeah, I know this article - still it didn't answered all my questions 😀

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CT1350B revisions - what was changed over years?

Posted on 2019-05-26, 19:11

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by HanJammer

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I havn't found any article or forum post describing what has been changed in CT1350B over years. There are several revision and probably biggest change was when they replaced CT1336 with CT1336A... Also CT1336A cards had U1 Creative chip replaced with Intel one... I have several of these cards but …

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