Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2019-02-10, 04:07
Blew up my XT. Or rather, my XT blew up itself. Will be searching for replacement tantalum capacitors this weekend.
NOTICE FOR IBM XT OWNERS
Posted on 2019-02-10, 03:21
I got an unpleasant reminder today that old IBM hardware is very prone to catastrophic failure due to tantalum capacitor failure. The capacitors used in a lot of IBM hardware from the era (e.g. CGA card, MFM HDD card) tend to short out over time, and then fail with a catastrophic "Bang" and a shower …
Re: System Won't Boot After Reboot
Posted on 2019-02-07, 21:01
Oh, I understand now. That's odd, maybe there's something wrong with the power management circuitry on the motherboard. Does it do the same thing when you "Ctrl + Alt + Delete" from dos?
Re: Intrest in new ISA cards?
Posted on 2019-02-07, 20:54
Also, I've never seen a card that allows you to connect a 1541 drive to a PC and have it accessible like a normal floppy drive. No extra drivers needed, it just works.
Re: Intrest in new ISA cards?
Posted on 2019-02-07, 20:53
- A video card that used an FPGA to emulate VGA/EGA/CGA/MDA graphics, settable either by dipswitches on the card or a software utility, that has an HDMI output rather than a VGA. Since an FPGA would essentially completely replicate the functionality of the original VGA/MDA/CGA/EGA cards, it would …
Re: System Won't Boot After Reboot
Posted on 2019-02-07, 18:19
Have you tried logging the boot and then reading the boot log? If you press 'F5' (I think) like you would to enter safe mode, it's an option in the list.
Re: Intrest in new ISA cards?
Posted on 2019-02-07, 18:17
Edit: accidental post, can't figure out how to delete
Re: SB0010D + SB0090
Posted on 2019-02-07, 07:50
Np! Always happy to help.
Re: SB0010D + SB0090
Posted on 2019-02-07, 07:41
A 3 port cable works just fine. Both the middle and the end plugs have the same pinout, and it makes no difference if one of them is unplugged.
Re: New (to me) 486 build, but I need some help.
Posted on 2019-02-07, 07:40
We're going to have to get a closer picture of that label and maybe a photo of the back of the card before we can really identify it. To me, though, it just looks like a generic IDE/floppy controller that would have been in a cheap pre-built pc of the era. It looks like somebody has fooled around …
Re: Media Vision Thunder Audio Spectrum 16
Posted on 2019-02-07, 07:24
I have the same card. I also have the driver disk somewhere as well if you don't want to trust the sketchy "free100%legitNotAtAllAVirusDriverFinder" websites. It's a good card from what I gathered, and it behaved nicely with Windows 95. I have it installed right now in the docking station for my …
Re: Serial port breakout bracket not working after motherboard change
Posted on 2019-02-07, 07:19
Now I just need to install a HDD to this PC and install Win95C on it alongside the DOS 6.22 install on the CF. That was a delightful amount of abbreviations in one sentence. It made me think of the scene in Good Morning Vietnam where Robin Williams makes fun of his CO for using an acronym. https:// …
Re: SB0010D + SB0090
Posted on 2019-02-07, 07:15
Pin 1 on the connector typically is marked by either a tiny little 1, or a small white triangle on the outline of the pin header. I looked up a picture of the card and it looks like there is a small "pin 1" marking at the top right pin of the connector. Double check before you plug anything in, …
Re: 10 year cpu challenge
Posted on 2019-02-07, 07:09
My main rig in 2009 was a Core 2 duo running Windows XP 32 bit. My main rig in 2019 is a Core 2 duo running Windows XP 32 bit. No pictures because I have no desire to re-apply thermal compound lol I also can't remember what model Core 2 duo it is, and it is halfway between being transferred to …
Re: Problems installing Win311 ?
Posted on 2019-02-07, 07:03
Is the network card connected to the network and does it have an IP address? Win 3.x will hang if that isn't the case. ??? The card doesn't receive an IP address until the DHCP client requests one. The network card won't have any kind of driver loaded yet until windows is installed, so there won't …
Re: Intrest in new ISA cards?
Posted on 2019-02-07, 06:58
You could do the USB drive like a file server, but I more envisioned it to behave more like a ZIP drive. It would create a drive letter that would always appear in DOS, and you could use it like a normal drive. However, if you were to disconnect the USB drive, it would just give back a "Drive not …
Re: Intrest in new ISA cards?
Posted on 2019-02-07, 06:29
HOLY CRAP! I just looked up the licensing fees for HDMI. Talk about stupidly insane. Not only do they charge a $5,000 per year base fee, but they also take 1 more dollar for each device you sell! And that's only if you produce under 10,000 units per year! Haha, that's a big NOPE.EXE from me. Maybe …
Re: Intrest in new ISA cards?
Posted on 2019-02-07, 06:25
I honestly just came up with the idea today. I haven't ever done anything with HDMI before, I had no idea you have to have a license to use it. Seems kinda dumb to me. I could do SD support, but the reason that I was thinking about USB is because there are already multiple adapters out there to use …
Re: Restoring an old IBM 5162 XT 286
Posted on 2019-02-07, 05:46
If works a crappy hercules, I don't see why a CGA even if it's an early model won't work......... not necessarily, I recently attempted to use an original IBM CGA card in my 286 build and it flipped out. It sort of worked, but it got hotter than I was comfortable with and it also didn't behave with …
Re: Hilariously bad stock images of vintage hardware
Posted on 2019-02-07, 05:43
🤣 that's priceless! bad photoshop jobs are my favorite
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