Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-11-05, 20:45

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by GigAHerZ

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Got AT standoffs from aliexpress! 50pc for ~2.40$. Model is G231-06, you can search by that. I was really worried that i'm not going to get those standoffs from anywhere and now i have 50 of them! Amazing! https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1bvXThm_I8KJjy0Foq6yFnVXaj/50pcs-Plastic-Nylon-Reverse-Locking- …

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Re: 486DLC internal cache and Speedsys

Posted on 2019-11-04, 21:25

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by GigAHerZ

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@RiP, both. I kept it enabled in bios and i played around with utility enabling everything i could. To be honest, i think i even had Windows 95 successfully working well on it even when the speedsys wasn't able to run. I concluded speedsys being not compatible with this cpu+mb combination. But maybe …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-11-04, 13:15

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by GigAHerZ

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@HanJammer, you live in a dream world by my standards. Oh my...

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-11-02, 18:32

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by GigAHerZ

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Those heatsinks are absolutely standard. They came with those from intel. 😉

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

Posted on 2019-11-02, 16:38

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by GigAHerZ

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Not sure, if it's already retro activity or not, but... Bought 1TB 2.5" HDD, put into a external hdd box and connected it to my Wii console. Works perfectly. You guys know that Wii can play total of 22 consoles? (Wii & Gamecube are native, others are emulated) All in all, i think the original Wii …

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

Posted on 2019-11-01, 22:37

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by GigAHerZ

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Not sure, if it's already retro activity or not, but... Bought 1TB 2.5" HDD, put into a external hdd box and connected it to my Wii console. Works perfectly. You guys know that Wii can play total of 22 consoles? (Wii & Gamecube are native, others are emulated) All in all, i think the original Wii is …

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Re: CF-CARD IDE

Posted on 2019-11-01, 22:08

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by GigAHerZ

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It's a motherboard with SD-RAM. I would expect it to have 32GB limit, if even that. The hdd settings seem to be wrong. Do you have "AUTO" option in bios for HDD?

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Re: CF-CARD IDE

Posted on 2019-11-01, 21:20

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by GigAHerZ

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If you were able to partition and format it on that pentium to 16GB, you should not have problems that ez-drive fixes. But sure, you can try. What's there to lose? 😉

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Re: CF-CARD IDE

Posted on 2019-11-01, 20:14

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by GigAHerZ

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In modern machine, are you "safely removing" or ejecting the cf card before you remove it from card reader? Pentium class machines are usually fine with 16GB hard drives and don't need overlay software.

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Re: 486DLC internal cache and Speedsys

Posted on 2019-11-01, 08:10

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by GigAHerZ

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I have exactly the same problem with one motherboard (M-321) while other MB is fine (MS-3131) when 486dlc is used. Both boards work 100% correctly with 386dx. I didn't notice other problems, but speedsys was unusable... :( Does MS-3131 work fine while running speedsys? are you sure that L1 is …

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Re: 486DLC internal cache and Speedsys

Posted on 2019-10-31, 19:45

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by GigAHerZ

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I have exactly the same problem with one motherboard (M-321) while other MB is fine (MS-3131) when 486dlc is used. Both boards work 100% correctly with 386dx. I didn't notice other problems, but speedsys was unusable... 🙁

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Re: Best video card for 286 PC?

Posted on 2019-10-31, 15:37

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by GigAHerZ

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dr.zeissler wrote: Disadvantage on ET4000 is that [...] VGA lowres is 0,5cm to the right on all cards I have. Well, just press the auto adjust on your screen then, duh...

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Re: 486 SX 16 & 20 MHz

Posted on 2019-10-30, 10:26

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by GigAHerZ

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I think it is better to say that the VL-Bus has been modelled after 486 CPU bus, but supports both 386 and 486 as well as other CPUs if implemented properly. Just a quick 2 cents from me. This sentence is somewhat good one to respond to. The whole thing about VLB is that the cpu itself is the …

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Re: info about "Am5x86-P75 AMD AM486DX5-133W16BHC Chip"

Posted on 2019-10-24, 08:18

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by GigAHerZ

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Read through would effectively mean no cache at all. 😁 I don't think it's the worst 486 ever, having similar performance per MHz as 386. 😁 (Even 486SLC and 486DLC would be faster having 1kB of cache on chip)

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

Posted on 2019-10-20, 19:26

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by GigAHerZ

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Got some rubber belts. Was able to fix a Creative's 48x CD-ROM. A compaq's 40x CD-ROM unfortunatelly has smaller belt than the smallest i ordered... so need to order some more belts and it has to wait for its time. But now i have a perfect CD-ROM for my 486DX4-100. Nice! I still have a CT2940, that …

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Re: Ess es1868f or Soundblaster awe64 value ct4380

Posted on 2019-10-18, 12:38

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by GigAHerZ

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However I have to disagree about CF cards not working in Master/Slave. I've only ever purchased adapters that specifically have the jumper to set this but never had any trouble on any of my systems using a mix of Sandisk Kingston, Transcend CF cards and their are definitely other builds also setup …

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Re: Arrived ISA 8 bit RTVGA boards

Posted on 2019-10-16, 11:27

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by GigAHerZ

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Damn, it's weird to look at boards that have those soviet era resistors here and there. 😁 Amazing work! (Y)

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Re: Newly made 4MB 30pin SIMMs

Posted on 2019-10-14, 14:37

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by GigAHerZ

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Tiido wrote: 1MB sticks are very plentiful, there's not a whole lot of point turning 4MB or larger one into something less. The idea is to have the same stick for all scenarios. 😜 And your's might be one. With jumpers, you could pull down or up address lines on stick locally maybe.

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Re: Newly made 4MB 30pin SIMMs

Posted on 2019-10-14, 13:53

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by GigAHerZ

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@Tiido, thanks for explanation! I would assume, if older machines just show 16MB sticks as 4MB or 1MB size, that would be fine. But if they would not boot, that would be a problem. Hey, maybe you can add jumpers on address lines to each module to make 16MB stick look like 1 or 4 MB one? (Maybe you …

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Re: Newly made 4MB 30pin SIMMs

Posted on 2019-10-14, 12:51

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by GigAHerZ

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Maybe somewhat random question, but... 30pin SIMMs theoretically support higher amounts than 4MB. Why was 4MB chosen for the size? Are 8+MB modules less supported by motherboards, or the dram chips are not available to use or something else? IRC, 16MB was the max for 30pin SIMM?

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