Re: What do you do with hardware that you don't need (cases, monitors, drives, etc.)

Posted on 2023-08-19, 02:14

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by Horun

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Grem Five wrote on 2023-08-19, 01:22: Wait...wait...wait... there is hardware we dont need? Oh you are talking about Macs. 🤣. I have boxes of everything and dozens of computers. I was a hoarder until recently and admit it. When I pass my relatives will hate me because it is all junk to them but …

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Re: Getting Maxtor SATA 150 PCI card working in NT 4 setup

Posted on 2023-08-19, 02:03

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by Horun

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Ok so you tried the actual NT4 driver and it does not work on your motherboard + the SATA controller. What motherboard and BIOS ? Are they pre 1998 ?? Which version of NT4 ? Are you at SP5 ? added: NT4 SP5 is 1999 like Win98SE. Original NT4 is 1996 like Win95b Just some thoughts: Inside the driver I …

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Re: VOGONS Driver Library

Posted on 2023-08-19, 01:09

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by Horun

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Original Opens perfectly fine in UltraISO and ImgBurn and Win7 built in image burner. Properties: ISO9660/Juliet. Mode2/Form1/2352. The problem IMHO for proper "mounting" as a basic ISO is it should be a Mode1/2048. Hence the possible need for a CUE using certain image loaders that are not designed/ …

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Re: Ultimate AGP Machine ( Windows XP ) Project - "Retrozaur" aka "Retrosaurus"

Posted on 2023-08-17, 02:40

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by Horun

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Good luck !

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Re: Help With Ultrastor 24F SCSI EISA Config

Posted on 2023-08-17, 02:31

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by Horun

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I do not know. Being you are running a Compaq OEM board with Compaq BIOS it may require a specifig .cfg file that works with that board/bios. Have not checked the Compaq archives but that would be the last resort for a possible working .cfg. Otherwise the Ultrastor could have a fault and nothing …

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Re: Sound Blaster 16 ASP CT2230 - No available DMA Channel

Posted on 2023-08-17, 02:22

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by Horun

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Yeah the CT2230 is a nuetered CT1741 IMHO with no way to "physically" set the DMA's. Your card could be dead but maybe something on the motherboard is the issue....

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Re: old case and floppy question

Posted on 2023-08-17, 02:10

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by Horun

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Sorry I did not answer that part because I do not know that boards bios, it depends on if the bios supports booting from removeable and if supports a USB2 device during boot, I answered "( I d realize I could slip stream, but I'm curious if this would work from a hardware perspective?)" which is no …

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Re: Help With Ultrastor 24F SCSI EISA Config

Posted on 2023-08-17, 02:04

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by Horun

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The 24F uses !USC0240 and one instance of !USC0248. Found 1.01, 1.03, 2.00 and 2.01 at mR_Slugs. attached. http://66.113.161.23/~mR_Slug/EISA/!USC0240.CFG/ the 1991 files are v1.01, 1992 is 2.00, and 1993 and 1996 is 2.01.... this is 1.03: http://66.113.161.23/~mR_Slug/EISA/!USC0248.CFG

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Re: old case and floppy question

Posted on 2023-08-17, 01:25

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by Horun

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The only floppy drive that board will support is a USB floppy drive. so no... a ide-sata adapter will not work.

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Re: What is the max output of this old PSU?

Posted on 2023-08-16, 00:44

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by Horun

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Agree ! Good for a test/bench PSU for low end ATX boards if all voltages are within spec but only with minimal components.

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Re: EGA/VGA Issue with 8-bit Machine

Posted on 2023-08-16, 00:41

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by Horun

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Someone else recently had issues trying to use a 8bit VGA on a XT with no success (vid card was not initialized, no monitor out) ended up being the motherboard bios. Once upgraded it worked fine. Which EGA cards are you trying to use ?

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Re: Intellitype for Win98

Posted on 2023-08-16, 00:36

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by Horun

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I have a few MS Intellitype versions. Only v2.x works with Win9x, v1.x only works with Win95 iirc. Quick check of my archives shows v1.1, a few 2.2 and some v5 variants....

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Re: ISA and PCI Soundcards in Windows 98SE - how do you do it?

Posted on 2023-08-14, 23:59

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by Horun

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Hmm the Sound Blaster SB0410 is actually part of the Audigy family, a variant of SB0400 Audigy 2 Value. There were never any Win9x drivers ever released by Creative, just WinME and above as it was targeted for XP. This topic may help with getting it to work under Win98SE but not sure how that goes …

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Re: Windows 9x not able to handle DVD drive of 1999 notebook

Posted on 2023-08-14, 01:56

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by Horun

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All I know is, if I'm using the drive on 98 SE via the DOS driver workaround, it handles CDs flawlessly. Never would have guessed the reason for this might be that legacy drivers are a tad more forgiving with drives that are starting to fail. Maybe I should just give up and shell out the €8 or so …

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Re: PSU fuse broken

Posted on 2023-08-14, 00:57

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by Horun

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Agree with mkarcher ! usually the fuse blows because primary side has the short though it could be on the secondary but more rare. Check the rectifier bridge, primary caps and the primary mosfets first !!

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Re: EGA/VGA Issue with 8-bit Machine

Posted on 2023-08-14, 00:54

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by Horun

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I have a few old XT's and some do not like the switches set to anything but mono as Scali said, if using a VGA card, it depends on the motherboard bios. Good luck !

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Re: Will the Book 8088 be a future classic?

Posted on 2023-08-14, 00:08

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by Horun

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I see it as a short time frame fad that most true vintage oriented might consider but doubt it will have the same impact as a finding/obtaining a true XT based computer. I won't get one. That being said I can see 10 years from now a "re-look" at it by some magazines/online sites after it has been …

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Re: Ended up with a hord of PCI / ISA cards, some I've never used before

Posted on 2023-08-13, 23:30

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by Horun

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HanSolo wrote on 2023-08-13, 22:12: analog_programmer wrote on 2023-08-13, 11:29: Wrong. It's male-to-female VGA cable and you can't use standard male-to-male VGA cable as pass-through. Just add a gender changer Yeah Or use a short VGA extension cable. The blue DIN is standard female, black DIN is …

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Re: Help to repair a MFM 8-Bit ISA Card.

Posted on 2023-08-13, 21:57

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by Horun

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probably no help but you can read some of the caps in this pic. Can you pls do one small test ? Pls measure resistance value between +5 line and GND with a Multi-meter. 88-89 ohms, either direction is same with in 1 ohm (- to GND, + to +5 and + to Gnd, - to +5v) If it were me: I would unsolder and …

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Re: Future Domain IDE + 2xFDD(4 total) + scsi 50 + SCSI 25 ISA card

Posted on 2023-08-13, 18:29

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by Horun

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I've got a similar card - can't check it right now, but likely it's the same model, only without the IDE connector. And I got it bundled with 16 diskettes: 2 x FDC-OS/2 2 x XENIX 2 x FDU-CD 2 x NOVELL 286 2 x NETWARE 386 2 x SETUP 3 x THE DISK MAESTRO 1 x PowerSCSI! Thanks ! saved it with some …

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