Re: Need parts for a Pacific Computer - Portable PC III

Posted on 2020-11-14, 03:37

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by Horun

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I have a Pacific Computer Portable XT with mono Amber CRT: Re: What retro activity did you get up to today? am sure the parts are totally different and sorry but will not part with any of them.

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Re: Interpreting diagnostic codes

Posted on 2020-11-14, 03:30

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by Horun

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Have you ever opened it up and checked the main board ? There could be damage from old CMOS battery or something else....

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Re: Ace A-850BR - Potential as a new ATX PSU for P4/Athlon 5 Volt builds

Posted on 2020-11-14, 03:02

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by Horun

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If the ATX PSU can supply even 25 Amps on +5v properly you should not have an issue with an XP2800+, unless you are using a lot of other +5 volt hungry items. The TDP (thermal design, not same as actual power draw) of XP2800+ is 74 watts, the actual draw is about 68 watts max (www.cpu-world.com and …

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Re: Need mobo info - LS-P54CE Rev:G1

Posted on 2020-11-14, 02:24

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by Horun

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This board? https://wiki.preterhuman.net/images/thumb/f/fc/Luckystar1.jpg/1280px-Luckystar1.jpg There's some more info here, but links are generally dead Good find ! Without knowing if it has DIMM slots and how many that should get him close. This link may get him closer: http://web.tiscali.it/ …

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Re: Were VLB video cards ever good?

Posted on 2020-11-12, 04:28

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by Horun

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Going from a early 486 with 16bit ISA video and HD controller to 32bit VLB was a major improvement in speed following IBM's Micro channel. Both VLB and PCI were developed about 1992 but VLB caught on quick for 486 due it being suited for the 486 bus structure. PCI was developed for Pentiums bus …

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Re: DREM (DRive EMulator) - MFM/RLL Drive Emulator

Posted on 2020-11-12, 01:20

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by Horun

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Looks great ! From the user manual it does support many well known MFM/RLL controllers which is a plus ! The current price is a bit high but considering never having to replace the antique mechanical HD it could be well worth it. Maybe if I get a bonus this year will look into one, I swapped a '89 …

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Re: BIOS update needed for DTK PKM-0033S or Gemlight GMB-486SPS

Posted on 2020-11-11, 01:55

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by Horun

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I checked all the wayback captures for gemlight and it seems v2.05 was the latest BIOS. I wonder if the GMB BIOS is any different from the PKM BIOS. http://web.archive.org/web/19961219082235/http://www.gemlight.com.hk/ GMB-486SPS/PKM-0033S SiS 496/497 486 PCI Motherboard 4WSSG205.BIN for GMB-486SPS …

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Re: Ace A-850BR - Potential as a new ATX PSU for P4/Athlon 5 Volt builds

Posted on 2020-11-10, 05:01

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by Horun

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Odd that it is not sold outside UK. Yes please do tell us how it works out. In all the searching did not find if it has Over Voltage and Short Circuit protections which are usually included even in the basic PSU's. My guess is that it is about on par with the older Leadman PSU which were included in …

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Re: Looking for drivers for the FWB Hammer-PE optical disk drive

Posted on 2020-11-10, 00:02

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by Horun

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FWB made a lot of Mac storage stuff back in early 90's thru early 2000's, both internal and external scsi stuff. Cannot find any direct info on the HD230P but many ref's to other products.

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Re: Buying PC parts and ICs from China is usually fakes or remarked, or reprogrammed OEM memory modules.

Posted on 2020-11-09, 02:21

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by Horun

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MOD WARNING. Do not let this de-rail into politics, covid or right to repair discussion (right to repair can be discussed in a separate thread). Stick to the topic of fake parts Thanks ! I was about to comment in detail that many people in many countries are currently hurting and need cash and will …

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Re: Does anybody knows where i can find these files?

Posted on 2020-11-09, 01:52

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by Horun

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Robin4 wrote on 2020-11-09, 01:09: Thank you horun No problem, and you are very welcome ! for http://edv-janssen.synology.me/ct_treiber_ser … alr/video/index I should have pointed to: http://edv-janssen.synology.me/ct_treiber_ser … iber/alr/video/ but am sure you already figured that out 😀

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Re: Does anybody knows where i can find these files?

Posted on 2020-11-08, 23:02

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by Horun

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Driverzone is saying: Page not found The requested page could not be found. Me too with both Chrome and FF. I found these links do work: ftp://retronn.de/driver/Paradise/oem/ 90c0031_.exe 347KB Generic Windows 3.1 drivers for non-Paradise products using the Paradise WD90C00 chipset 90c1131.exe …

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Re: Slot 1 HP motherboard with onboard Matrox MGA G200 Windows 98 SE driver issue

Posted on 2020-11-08, 16:41

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by Horun

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Which Matrox driver version are you using ?

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Re: BIOS image collection - requests, discussion etc

Posted on 2020-11-08, 15:03

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by Horun

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#69 PAT48AV bios string: 40-0106-001291-00101111-080893-ALI1429 is a TMC (Taiwan MyComp Corporation) motherboard by ID code and looks like this one: https://retronn.de/imports/hwgal/hw_486er_PAT48AV.html jumpers: https://www.elhvb.com/mboards/tmc-mycomp/486/PAT48AV.html #70 MBA-029 bios string: 30- …

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Re: What are people doing for cheap cases these days...

Posted on 2020-11-07, 15:45

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by Horun

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The older Corsair Carbide 200R use to be pretty good for a budget-ish plane ATX case. Had a window-less sidepanel variant too which means you could spray paint it beige if you wanted. (Also i'm spoiled, after years of tempered glass side panels, cheep acrylic won't do it anymore :P) I doubt they …

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Re: What are people doing for cheap cases these days...

Posted on 2020-11-07, 03:28

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by Horun

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Heh.. looking at the prices for those that are still available in the US and cheapest I am finding is $98. Newegg does have a couple decent cases on sale right now: Fractal Design for $39.99 - https://www.newegg.com/gunmetal-gray-fractal-design-focus-g-atx-mid-tower/p/N82E16811352075 DIYPC for $37. …

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Re: Wanted: full BIOS dumps from Intel 430TX/440*X motherboards

Posted on 2020-11-07, 03:23

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by Horun

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I have a MU440EX and SE440BX somewhere in the storage, will try to pull them out and get the BIOS using Uniflash or other method. Being Phoenuts bios they may not save well (Bootblocks were a protected area on many Intel boards so they could not be overwritten with a boot virus) and part may not be …

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Re: 8088/XT Clone Motherboard - Keyboard Not Working

Posted on 2020-11-07, 02:19

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by Horun

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Good job ! You should put some electrical tape on that EPROM window or else it could get messed up.

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Re: Anybody here have a Dell Dimension XPS P90?

Posted on 2020-11-06, 23:54

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by Horun

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Ok great ! I have many of the old Dell pages from archive org indexed. Hopefully this matches your board. Unfortunately there are no good pictures of the inside of the front panel.... Here is one main page: http://web.archive.org/web/19961222115021/http://www.dell.com/support/tech/DTA/APMT/default. …

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Re: Proliant 1500 or 1500R motherboard and front panel wiring information wanted.

Posted on 2020-11-06, 05:03

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by Horun

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Ahh have a few boards like that with "chassis Intrusion", there is a jumper header that needs set to be set for that part (usually hooked to a switch in the case). Not sure about the PSU. Hopefully some else knows something...

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