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

Posted on 2022-03-21, 13:10

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Turbo -> wrote on 2022-03-21, 12:58: Replaced a fan and 4 capacitors on a Celeron II motherboard. While I had it on a bench, I installed different size CF cards on it, just to write down head, cyls, sect, etc... in my notebook for further use. WhatIDE is an amazing quick tool: https://archive.org/ …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-03-16, 11:44

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I was trying to understand DOS support phases. When Windows 95/98 became a huge thing, I feel like there was a shift on basic DOS support instead of excellent; and a drop of support after XP. Not science, just a feeling. Could be very well wrong. Up to windows 98(se), the dos support was quite …

Re: Windows 3.11 Ultimate Build

Posted on 2022-03-10, 14:48

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Btw, don't forget all the Microsoft Entertainment Packs!

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

Posted on 2022-03-10, 11:42

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

For the first time in an about a year since i moved into new apartment, i had day to organize some stuff a little. I have one full room for all electronics related (Every Dexter must have their Laboratory at home, don't they?) and i have a full cellar box just for electronics as well. So i had now …

Re: Windows 3.11 Ultimate Build

Posted on 2022-03-10, 09:20

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

vkcpolice wrote on 2022-03-10, 09:01: awesome thanks i also have Calmira but i tend not to install it as it seems to corrupt a lot of windows components and dll files Yeah, calmira is so buggy that i have given up on it completely.

Re: Windows 3.11 Ultimate Build

Posted on 2022-03-10, 08:58

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Don't forget the Total Commander - you may, if you wish, to replace the whole progman.exe with total commander as a shell. 😉 WinBar gives taskbar-like bar to the bottom of the screen to switch between applications.

Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.77a

Posted on 2022-03-07, 21:16

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Tiido wrote on 2022-03-07, 20:38: AZT2316 is not PnP, only Aztech's own custom jumperless conf method. Yet there are other non-PnP cards that UNISOUND can help out. So if @JazeFox is willing, i'll test the sh*t out of my cards and give as much data as necessary to hack it in. 😀

Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.77a

Posted on 2022-03-07, 16:14

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

I was yesterday trying through quite a big pile of ISA sound cards, and i found one, that i was hoping it would work with UNISOUND: Aztech AZT2316-S. Unfortunately it isn't detected by UNISOUND and the original drivers are really-really clunky. (But i was able to confirm the cards are in working …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-03-01, 11:59

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Bit of a stretch to assume that any random seller of hardware in Russia supports Putiin. That's an assumption you made, not something that was implied by HanJammer. Maybe one does not want to send money into Russia, because then it could be used to buy bread inside Russia, which means through taxes …

Re: Post your 386 Speedsys results here

Posted on 2022-02-19, 21:20

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

That's a lovely M321. I have 3 of them, but none works. 2 have severe corrosion and the 3rd one is in mint condition, looks like new, but still won't post. Weird. Where did you get the MR-Bios? Yeah. That board has had quite a bit of work put into it. All cache jumpers were soldered with bridges, …

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

Posted on 2022-02-19, 21:09

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

At last, i received some crystal oscillators i had ordered, and did my first 386DX overclocking: Re: Post your 386 Speedsys results here

Re: Post your 386 Speedsys results here

Posted on 2022-02-19, 21:02

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Here's my machine. Trying to make it the best possible 386 while still being a real 386. (So 486DLC, which i do have, doesn't count) CPU: Am386DX-40 FPU: Cx83D87-40GP Motherboard: M-321 Cache: 256kB + WriteBack chip installed BIOS: Tightest settings available + AMISETUP used for some hidden …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-02-17, 15:05

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Got this combo the other day, it's a Chaintech 486 SLD / 486 SLP board with a Cyrix 486 DX4 100 and 16 MB ram. 20220217_165049.jpg Bought it mostly for the CPU. It's great board, too! 1MB cache is supported and the chipset has a ton of features you can tweak. I would say it's the kind of board …

Re: Question motherboard 486

Posted on 2022-02-11, 20:39

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Best? Absolute best? Okay... Those are the requirements: Expansion slots: ISA, PCI, VLB Memory: Both 72pin and 30pin On-board cache: at least 1MB; Must be write-back capable CPU-related: Must have voltage regulator for 3V CPUs What more? I mean, if we are talking about the best... Asus PVI-486SP3 …

Re: Question motherboard 486

Posted on 2022-02-11, 14:22

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Best? Absolute best? Okay... Those are the requirements: Expansion slots: ISA, PCI, VLB Memory: Both 72pin and 30pin On-board cache: at least 1MB; Must be write-back capable CPU-related: Must have voltage regulator for 3V CPUs What more? I mean, if we are talking about the best...

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

Posted on 2022-02-03, 09:22

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Not retro computing, but retro... doing some VHS captures for family, and one of the tapes had a downright flashy, embossed, golden label. Honestly I've never seen anything like this on a VHS tape. IMG_20220202_181213.jpg It is retro computing, if you consider this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= …

Re: Happy Birthday, 80286!

Posted on 2022-02-01, 16:29

in Milliways

in Milliways

It was about 1998. I was 7 years old and our family's financial situation was not the best, to be honest. (So no computery things at home! Too expensive!) ... A year or two later, we got 386sx-20 with ~100MB hdd and the 286 was then history. I'm glad that your family was able to put a 386sx-20 to …

Re: Happy Birthday, 80286!

Posted on 2022-02-01, 13:45

in Milliways

in Milliways

It was about 1998. I was 7 years old and our family's financial situation was not the best, to be honest. (So no computery things at home! Too expensive!) But even earlier than i could remember, i was always drawn to computers, whether i saw any in someone's home or at my father's workplace. Love at …

Re: Ultimate Retro board submissions thread: suggest board edits and/or add new boards here

Posted on 2022-01-31, 12:54

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

QDI V4S471/G https://www.ultimateretro.net/en/motherboards/8194 Maybe you wish to add this custom bios i've uploaded there for this board. (second bios file uploaded in thread, first one still had one bit not flipped, which was necessary) I searched for the very latest bios for that chipset in …

Re: How to set Asus VL/I-486SV2GX4 (SiS471) into L2:Write-through mode?

Posted on 2022-01-31, 12:44

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

-I find that the BIOS setting 'Local Bus Ready' is somewhat unstable when set to 'Transparent'; I have to set to 'Synchronize' for best stability. Transparent mode gives a small performance boost in benchmarks. Other people have the same experience? Yes. I've played around with this beauty: …

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