Re: My Super Socket 7 DOS/Win98 build

Posted on 2019-08-13, 19:43

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Got the motherboard today together with a bunch of rather useless "extras" (SiS 6215 video card, Conexant 56k modem...). I won't even bother plugging it in because there are several damaged traces on the PCB. Looks like the motherboard was attacked with a screwdriver or something. 1 (1).jpg 2 (1). …

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Re: Recomemded ram for a dos-win9x k6-2

Posted on 2019-08-13, 11:34

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From AnandTech's review of Shuttle HOT-591P... "The 512KB of L2 cache on-board ensure that all memory up to the 128MB limit will remain completely cached, with all [uncached] memory above that limit (while remaining under the 256MB System Memory limit) accessed with a 10 - 15% decrease in …

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Re: My Super Socket 7 DOS/Win98 build

Posted on 2019-08-12, 22:14

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I did some more research on storage and I think I'm going to use a 64GB HyperDisk DOM in this build. As for the optical drive, I decided to go with HP 12x CD-R/RW drive because this was my first CD burner drive back in the day. By the way, in the old days, I usually created two partitions on my …

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Re: Retro PC Case

Posted on 2019-08-12, 06:24

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The PSU area is standard size, the PSU is oriented vertically and sits to the right of the motherboard.

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Re: Retro PC Case

Posted on 2019-08-11, 09:44

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I love those old compact ATX cases where the power supply is not located above the motherboard. It's a pity there are no cases like this anymore.

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Re: Games you really enjoy, yet never made much progress in.

Posted on 2019-08-10, 15:48

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clueless1 wrote: Planescape Torment I think the plot develops very slowly in the beginning, but once I got through approximately 1/4 of the game, I was absolutely captivated. In the end I loved Planescape: Torment so much, I even entertained the idea of getting a tattoo with the Symbol of Torment.

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Re: Things you regret giving or throwing away?

Posted on 2019-08-08, 18:59

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I threw away an awesome little 286 machine which I thought was a piece of useless old junk. It was a really cute PC that had a 20 MHz CPU, it was super compact (about 30x20x10 cm) and super integrated (the floppy controller and the IDE controller were on the motherboard along with a 512K Cirrus …

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Re: What retro hardware you killed today or in the past :(. Killing spree stories+serial killers are welcome.Rest in pieces.

Posted on 2019-08-08, 18:38

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For a number of years, my family had an old 286 gifted by my uncle. In 1997, we bought a second-hand Socket 7 machine, but since we didn't know a lot about PCs back then, we got a really bad deal. The machine was advertised as Pentium 133 but turned out to be an AMD K5 PR-133. The video card was …

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Re: Modern laptops vs. more traditional designs

Posted on 2019-08-08, 11:41

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USB-C/Thunderbolt docking stations can supply up to 100W of power. The proprietary connections are not needed anymore. There are USB-C displays that give you charging, video, audio and USB with just one cable. But they’re currently rather pricey.

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Re: My Super Socket 7 DOS/Win98 build

Posted on 2019-08-08, 06:10

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Thanks! There is also this BIOS from the manufacturer with K6+ and 128GB support: http://vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?fileid=6 … &menustate=28,0

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Re: My Super Socket 7 DOS/Win98 build

Posted on 2019-08-07, 21:25

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I haven't really given a thought to the storage options. I'm going to use a Gotek Floppy Emulator instead of the real thing (mostly because I can write images to it on my Mac or on my Linux server). Finding an IDE CD or DVD drive is also not a problem. However, what should I use instead of a hard …

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Re: Modern laptops vs. more traditional designs

Posted on 2019-08-07, 20:52

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Or more accurately - most Thinkpads have very good display options nowadays, even if they also have low-end configurations. Maybe that's because I'm mostly interested in portable laptops (14" and less), but I find all of their display options rather underwhelming. The HiDPI screens (2560x1440) are …

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Re: Modern laptops vs. more traditional designs

Posted on 2019-08-07, 18:41

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My first laptop was a Toshiba Satellite Pro with a Pentium II CPU which cost an arm and a leg (even heavily used), weighed a ton and was as thick as a culinary book. I'd much rather have a "compromised" modern laptop which I can carry in my backpack without even noticing that it's there. While I'm …

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Re: IDE controller card for Pentium 70 (ISA) worth considering?

Posted on 2019-08-07, 12:13

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dionb wrote: If it's a Pentium 60, the 'silly reason' it only came with one IDE port was that is used the Intel i430LX chipset which only features one IDE channel... Is this really so? As far as I remember, i430LX SIO (82378IB/ZB) didn't have an integrated IDE controller.

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Re: My Super Socket 7 DOS/Win98 build

Posted on 2019-08-07, 10:22

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Big thanks to the member who sent me a private message about Evercase, I didn't know about this company and their range of cases before 😀 Sorry I can't reply, it seems I can't send PMs (yet?).

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Re: IDE controller card for Pentium 70 (ISA) worth considering?

Posted on 2019-08-07, 09:32

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I think it would be better to connect the CD drive to the add-on controller and the SD-to-IDE adapter to the onboard controller. The ISA bus is really quite slow...

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Re: My Super Socket 7 DOS/Win98 build

Posted on 2019-08-07, 06:26

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Yes, I do plan on using the PS/2 header. There is no PS/2 included with the motherboard so I will have to improvise something.

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2019-08-06, 22:20

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http://photo.torba.com/images/pavel.urusov/f1600/JfH0lQ857gcX53KKUFQr.jpeg My main computer is a 2018 Mac mini (6-core i5, 32GB RAM, 512GB internal SSD) barely visible under the left display. The displays are a 4K 24-inch LG (on the right) and a Lenovo ThinkVision which is about 20 inch in size ( …

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My Super Socket 7 DOS/Win98 build

Posted on 2019-08-06, 21:45

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No pictures to post at the moment, but I started to gather components for my planned Super Socket 7 build... Planned configuration: - AMD K6-2+ 500 MHz CPU - Shuttle HOT-591P motherboard - 256 MB PC133 SDRAM - ESS ISA sound card + DreamBlaster S2 wavetable daughterboard - Voodoo 3 2000 AGP GPU I …

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Re: Time period PC's vs the affordable norm

Posted on 2019-08-06, 10:10

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HanJammer wrote: Same at my school! When I graduated from my school, the computer classes there still had MSX2s...

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