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Re: My first 486 build in probably 15 years

Posted on 2022-05-10, 22:16

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Neat little system, really. Love the fact that it's using a 1990s CD-ROM. And plain old AT PSU with a very silly name, not some modern replacement BS. Those appear to be in short supply these days. May they last! And there's still a slot sheet not broken out, that's a rare sight. Sadly the mounting …

Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2022-05-09, 22:11

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

My current machine (Full Specs & other details) - not a particularly tidy build but the speakers take up quite a bit of space! Filename front.jpg File size 69.68 KiB Views 2270 views Filename inside.jpg File size 364.16 KiB Views 2270 views

Re: Control F10

Posted on 2022-05-07, 22:52

in DOSBox General

in DOSBox General

Would probably help a lot if you said what the terminal program is. Perhaps the save settings command has been mapped to some other shortcut key or only works it certain contexts.

Re: Any benefits when installing DOS instead of just copy ?

Posted on 2022-05-07, 22:43

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

If only someone could have tweeted microsoft into open-sourcing DOS 6.22. But even if they did there are a bunch of things licensed from 3rd parties they couldn't open source. I think Memmaker or some part of it comes from Helix, MSAV and probably some other bits from Symmantec, DoubleSpace from …

Re: What exactly is this network card, and what Windows versions does it have drivers for?

Posted on 2022-05-06, 22:47

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Digging around on Intels website, this page seems to suggest only Windows 2000, NT 3.51/4.0, NetWare 3.x+, Solaris and UnixWare are supported by this card. Windows 9x and DOS are specifically not supported by the core driver so I'm guessing this card needs special treatment. And this page gives the …

Re: What exactly is this network card, and what Windows versions does it have drivers for?

Posted on 2022-05-06, 13:07

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thats certainly an... unconventional NIC. I don't think I've ever seen a NIC with an i960 on it. The chips are: Intel S82557: Fast Ethernet PCI Bus Controller EtronTech Em614163A-40: EDO RAM, 256K x 16, 40ns Intel chip with a sticker covering the details: flash memory. Probably storing whatever …

Re: Dell 1130 21" Trinitron CRT monitor - need help with an issue

Posted on 2022-05-05, 09:40

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I've had monitors do this too. I've got a bunch of late 90s DEC branded 15" CRTs which all variously do the click, image changes size then returns to normal. I think I've got a few Sun badged Sony displays that also do it. Interested to hear if a simple cleaning fixes the problem long term!

Re: best graphics card to add to 486

Posted on 2022-05-03, 23:17

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

There is a nice review of a bunch of VLB cards with benchmarks here . According to that the absolute fastest in DOS (not 16bit Windows) is the WDC Paradise Bali 32 (ARK1000PV chip). The general recommendation (if you can find/afford one) is something with an S3 Trio64 or Vision 964 chip - these …

Re: Using NIC Bootrom socket for OS?

Posted on 2022-05-03, 22:40

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Sure its possible. There are ROMable DOS variants which would run if booting from floppy failed - I guess the same way the original IBM PC would drop you to a BASIC environment if there was no bootable disk in the drive. But these ROMable DOSes are probably not what you're after - they'll all …

Re: Returning BSOD on my system

Posted on 2022-05-03, 08:19

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

You can probably at least rule out memory problems by running MemTest86 for a few passes. I guess power issues could cause it too - probably the CD that came with your motherboard will have a utility for monitoring the voltage of the various power rails. If both of those are fine then I'd tend to …

Re: Bought these (retro) software/OS today

Posted on 2022-05-03, 07:58

in Milliways

in Milliways

Fresh from Australia - two versions of the Win32 SDK: PXL_20220503_050720491.MP.jpg The final release (left) is based on the retail release of Windows NT 3.1. The CD and floppy disks were both still sealed. final_release.jpg Installing Windows NT 3.1 from this CD seems to be no different than using …

Re: Bought these (retro) software/OS today

Posted on 2022-05-02, 21:44

in Milliways

in Milliways

Works with OS/2 as well - perhaps the only way to network OS/2 1.x-3.0 without the sold-separately network add-ons or the special Connect edition of OS/2 Warp 3. Its kind of weird on that platform though - not as nice to use as everywhere else. But perhaps thats just a result of how OS/2 works - …

Re: Need help with MSDOS network setup - Beame n Whiteside TCP v2.8/3.1 and or other ?

Posted on 2022-04-30, 22:01

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Thanks for the info here, the link on your page has some very helpful information here, as well as your experience in getting it going! I may look into the NetBSD implementation you mentioned for the authentication server if I can get anywhere with this... Do you recall which version of NetBSD you …

Re: More than 2 FDDs?

Posted on 2022-04-30, 10:45

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I am one that likes to prepare for anything. In this case, i like old computers, maybe building an old DOS gaming machine, or restoring some to sell, or collect. And because my modern ethernet cable wont fit anything older than my current Dell T3400 (example my Socket 462 Win98SE machine), …

Re: Need help with MSDOS network setup - Beame n Whiteside TCP v2.8/3.1 and or other ?

Posted on 2022-04-30, 09:02

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Yes, memory usage for the MS Client for DOS is bad, and EtherDFS and NetWare client are both much more friendly in terms of RAM! I imagine that all TCP/IP stacks for DOS are going to be memory hogs given that the protocol seems to be more complex. [*] EtherDFS. Open source. DOS 5.0+ only (no …

Re: Need help with MSDOS network setup - Beame n Whiteside TCP v2.8/3.1 and or other ?

Posted on 2022-04-30, 06:43

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Novell LAN WorkPlace 5.0 for DOS/Windows includes a version of the Beame & Whiteside NFS client which I have used - you can see my notes/screenshots on it here I found the main challenge to getting it to work is you need an Authentication Server running on your network somewhere. LAN WorkPlace …

Re: More than 2 FDDs?

Posted on 2022-04-30, 03:26

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Understandable. Heres my thing with that route tho, id prefer to have all I need in one tower. Saves space that I honestly dont have. Also, while i dont have an old IBM pc, sadly, id love one as a collector peice, maybe play some DOS games on. I do have spare hardware. Nothing that has an ISA tho, …

Re: More than 2 FDDs?

Posted on 2022-04-29, 03:50

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I'd be a little surprised if PCI floppy controllers exist - by the time ISA disappeared motherboards had on-board floppy controllers, USB floppy drives were readily available and floppy drives were pretty much already obsolete anyway so there would be little value in marketing such a widget. And …

Re: My first 486 build in probably 15 years

Posted on 2022-04-28, 23:31

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

That is something I've kind of wondered about. Why does the DX4 even exist and what was its market position? The Pentium had already been on the market for a year when the first DX4 came out and writeback version came out at the same time as the 75-120MHz P54C Pentiums. Who was buying DX4s instead …

Re: My first 486 build in probably 15 years

Posted on 2022-04-28, 20:49

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Yeah, its been a lot of fun re-learning this stuff again. I had to actually google which way round the motherboard power connectors went - when I was a kid I didn't even have to think about it! Though I'm sure I never knew about DOS memory management back then - I was just lucky the NetWare client …

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