Re: quick p4 question

Posted on 2024-02-19, 16:19

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by douglar

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As the CPUs themselves back then didn't handle interconnect (the way Opterons do), NUMA wasn't a CPU but a chipset feature. IBM's Summit chipset enabled it, letting you connect up to four 4 CPU nodes - and that was a Foster MP chipset. That makes sense because true dual core chips weren't a thing …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2024-02-19, 16:04

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by douglar

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very nice! including one of those "never obsolete" examples :), great range too. lots of bad caps on that last one! a bad batch on original machine maybe. these will form nice platforms for vintage fun ! Nothing sexy there, but lots of fun. Any idea why that line was called "Never Obsolete" ? Were …

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Re: quick p4 question

Posted on 2024-02-19, 13:49

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by douglar

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The only difference between multiple cores on a single CPU vs multiple separate CPUs is licensing. Until you run into NUMA aware stuff in Windows Server 2003 / Vista. Did XP SP2 support NUMA? Did foster MP support NUMA? My recollection is kind of fuzzy. By the time I was interested in learning …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2024-02-18, 18:57

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by douglar

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I feel like I got a straight flush of micro-atx madness. They were all really close to working. From left to right: 1997 - $2299 - Gateway G6-350 - Designed for Windows NT - 440BX - PII-350 - No memory - Power supply full of dust 1999 - $1299 - Emachines etower 433i - Designed for Windows 98 - 440LX …

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Re: SATA HARD Disk in 286/386 Mobo: Is it possible?

Posted on 2024-02-18, 14:46

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by douglar

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Any thoughts as to why sata CD rom might not be working properly over a dual port ide to sata adapter that plugs into the motherboard. (Pentium era motherboard) tried this once, no longer set up but it didn’t work. Whats the date on the drive? If it is older than 2007, you might have one of those …

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Re: SATA HARD Disk in 286/386 Mobo: Is it possible?

Posted on 2024-02-17, 23:05

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Thanks. What’s your take away? It states that it supports PIO modes etc thats why I was taking it into consideration. Do you want to say that this drive is more than ssd-in-the-box-converter? What I found is: it does not have a Sata device inside. it is a high end CF inside since the controller …

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Re: SATA HARD Disk in 286/386 Mobo: Is it possible?

Posted on 2024-02-17, 22:24

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Ah ok. Thanks a lot I got a chance to look inside a Transcend PSD330 32GB. It had a Silicon Motion SM2236G Compact Flash controller. https://static6.arrow.com/aropdfconversion/a5dbcb77df7c93ec290b58139a11e716f33a47d0/6download.phptu0wyrnpjmlywy3k4eu1ertbmeke0thpbeuwzqnlimlixwtnrmu16.pdf The SM2236 …

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Re: Batman’s Revenge Build

Posted on 2024-02-17, 22:14

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Here's how the pins traced out from the back. There's only 1/2 the stuff that I need to fill out the AC97 connector. Filename Photo Feb 17 2024, 11 25 56 AM.jpg File size 161.13 KiB Views 404 views

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Re: KVM Switch ideas / experiences

Posted on 2024-02-17, 20:30

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I had 4 port belkin. It was nice but the cables were expensive and bulky and if I was only using one computer, every time I powered it down, the switch would reset to port 1. When you have 5 cables coming off the box, it takes up some space. I last year I replaced it with an HP 2x16 kvm switch on …

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Re: LS120 as a floppy for modern computers

Posted on 2024-02-17, 02:16

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If the computer boots DOS off of another drive (either the hard drive, conventional floppy drive, or even a CD), the BIOS on my newer boards assigns a floppy drive letter to the LS-120 without DOS loading LS-120 specific drivers. It will read 1.44MB disks as though it's a conventional floppy in DOS …

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Re: Batman’s Revenge Build

Posted on 2024-02-16, 21:33

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Here are the pinouts from the sound card image_67522049.jpg The card is similar to this, but the labels are different: https://arvutimuuseum.ee/th99/i/C-D/53594.htm I see 4 jumper blocks on my CT2900 that are interesting: PC_SPK -- PC Speaker Input - https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=32863 JP13 …

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Re: MIO-400VL Jumper Settings?

Posted on 2024-02-16, 20:29

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It is a SanDisk Ultra II. I ran into many problems trying to use it with a CD drive until I gave up and bought a soundcard with an IDE interface SanDisk CF's are really good, but they are counterfeited about as often as Cuban cigars. Do you have the serial number on the side? sandisk_bottom.jpg …

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Re: MIO-400VL Jumper Settings?

Posted on 2024-02-16, 17:07

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by douglar

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budude2 wrote on 2024-02-16, 16:51: Maybe something is weird with my CF card Could be. CF's have a deep and twisted family tree and there's more than one person who has had problems trying to use them in a master/slave setup. What CF are you using? p.s. it could also be a bad trace in the adapter …

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Re: Patched together a 286-20MHz. What should be the expected performance?

Posted on 2024-02-16, 17:01

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by douglar

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I used this on a 286-- https://winworldpc.com/product/checkit/30 This is a good thread to look at: Kixs's 286 to the Max

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Re: MIO-400VL Jumper Settings?

Posted on 2024-02-16, 16:41

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I’m running the 386L image, it works great with the promise 20230C when I use an IDE HDD, or a SATA to IDE adapter. I’ve had issues with this CF card acting like it is both master and slave and I think that’s what’s causing the issue with the 20230C. I might try adding the headers for the PIO and …

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Re: MIO-400VL Jumper Settings?

Posted on 2024-02-16, 16:27

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Well, I haven’t figured out the jumper settings, but after some more testing I figured out the XTIDE issue. Seems since the VLB card has an actual IDE controller it really doesn’t like the CF to IDE adapter. Replacing it with a IDE to SATA adapter makes it behave like it should. Looks like you have …

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Re: Can't get hard drive working in 486

Posted on 2024-02-16, 16:09

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Hi, Just got a old 486 PC. The clock battery was soldered (uggh) so I soldered in a CR2032 holder and got the clock working. No matter what I try, I can't get fdisk to format the drive. I set up the drive in the bios, have tried LBA on off, 32 bit addressing on off, have tried 4 different drives. I …

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Re: Batman’s Revenge Build

Posted on 2024-02-15, 12:52

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Case is a thermal master, not a themaltake. Network card is a dlink. Here are pictures: Photo Feb 15 2024, 7 33 14 AM.jpg Photo Feb 15 2024, 7 41 51 AM.jpg Photo Feb 15 2024, 7 34 51 AM.jpg The sound card is a CT2900 Vibra 16 with the header. Looks like I'll have to make some custom jumper block for …

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Batman’s Revenge Build

Posted on 2024-02-15, 03:30

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by douglar

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I’m putting together a Batman’s revenge Socket 4 build in an ATX case becuase that’s what I’ve got. https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/intel-premiere-pci-ed-batman-s-revenge I’ve got the one with the PS/2 keyboard and mouse. Here’s what I haveput together so far: Pentium 60 32 MB Ram 2GB DOM ATX …

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Re: 3COM 3C905B nic stops Windows 98 from shutting down

Posted on 2024-02-14, 18:41

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by douglar

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Have you tried these steps? Install the Windows 98se Shutdown Supplement - Look for 239887UP.EXE here: https://www.computerhope.com/download/win98.htm Disable fast shutdown https://smallvoid.com/article/win98-fast-reboot.html

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