pixelatedscraps wrote on 2021-10-30, 16:03:

A bit of a glutton for dual-chip VGA / GPUs - no matter how much they struggled at the time. There’s something haphazard and inelegant about a dual-chip ‘solution’. Needless to say, I must have these quirky, cantankerous beasts.

ATI Rage Fury Maxx. Now to find a stable driver release for both Win98 and 2000.

Nice one, congrats!

vmr_ wrote on 2021-11-04, 12:58:

Arguably the best SS7 motherboard

without ISA slot? ....arguable indeed 😁

imi wrote on 2021-11-04, 13:04:

vmr_ wrote on 2021-11-04, 12:58:

Arguably the best SS7 motherboard

without ISA slot? ....arguable indeed 😁

Heh, as one of the late SS7 mobos, guess ISA slots were seen obsolete already

Which brings the question: anyone knows which was the last SS7 mainboard launched?

SVD wrote on 2021-10-26, 17:26:

Sure its not the end of the world, but I hate playing around with jumpers that i dont know what does. x) None of those card are […]
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HanJammer wrote on 2021-10-25, 22:13:

Nice card, but with just 2 or 3 jumpers I don't think the settings sheet is really necessary :D My guess is it will be fairly si […]
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SVD wrote on 2021-10-25, 19:23:

I bought this RAM card for my IBM 5162, since this can actually fit in the case... Anyone know what board it is? Would be nice with jumper settings 😁

Nice card, but with just 2 or 3 jumpers I don't think the settings sheet is really necessary 😁
My guess is it will be fairly similar to this one: https://www.arvutimuuseum.ee/th99/i/A-B/55355.htm
Perhaps it's some OEM version of BOCARAM made by Boca Research - certainly looks like their cards (eg. https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintag … mory-1857704560 or https://wiki.preterhuman.net/BOCARAM/AT ) and has their chip but doesn't have BOCARAM logo. Doesn't it have FCC ID printed somewhere? On the back maybe?

PS: J1 and J2 should be the same and J3 sets how much memory is installed.

PPS: Some files for BOCARAM cards: http://ps-2.kev009.com/bocaresearch/Drivers&S … d/File_area_20/ - even if it's not exactly any of their retail models it may still work as it uses the same chip as their BOCARAM AT PLUS...

Sure its not the end of the world, but I hate playing around with jumpers that i dont know what does. x)
None of those card are the same tough, maybe related of course. For the back I have to wait until I get the card unfortunatly. I hope there is an ID on the back. Along with the jumper settings :p

BTW on an unrelated note. This brute is on its way from Germany. It got the Q-complex, 66mhz original pentium (socket 4). I also have a Y-complex on the way from GB so it will be interesting to see if i can get it up and running 😁

In love with this beast!

pixelatedscraps wrote on 2021-10-30, 16:03:

ATI Rage Fury Maxx. Now to find a stable driver release for both Win98 and 2000.

Fury Maxx'es are better suited for Win98. On Win2k you will be wasting one chip in the board, as Win2000 implementation of the AGP specification allows only one chip/device in the AGP bus.
TL;DR Use Win98 for it. Don't waste your time with Win2k on this one.

vmr_ wrote on 2021-11-04, 13:10:

imi wrote on 2021-11-04, 13:04:

vmr_ wrote on 2021-11-04, 12:58:

Arguably the best SS7 motherboard

without ISA slot? ....arguable indeed 😁

Heh, as one of the late SS7 mobos, guess ISA slots were seen obsolete already

Which brings the question: anyone knows which was the last SS7 mainboard launched?

It was in Intels PoC-99 spec I think, there shalt be no legacy.

Munx wrote on 2021-11-04, 09:12:

WJG6260 wrote on 2021-11-03, 22:28:

• it dates to 2/10/95, so it's apparently a very late VLB-only chipset

The chipset looks like it was made in 1999 (week 44), so it is VERY late
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from what I can tell the company was making the boards for a while, up past Y2K. industrial product cycles are much longer than consumer ones; it's still possible to buy brand new 386/486 single board computers to this day, though nowadays they're AMD geode or other FPGA based.

Got an AppleCD 300e CD-ROM drive for my Color Classic setup.

Picked up 6 of these 5x86c / 3v3100GF processors, all scrap bin saves that involved straightening a lot of pins... One went right into a system without a processor, now to test these 5 to clarify stepping/revision and if any of these are decent overclockers.

CrFr wrote on 2021-11-04, 17:24:

Got an AppleCD 300e CD-ROM drive for my Color Classic setup.

IMGP2125_.jpg

that's a nice looking setup!
I only have a SE/30 - always envied the color classic but damn the prices are insane!

keropi wrote on 2021-11-04, 20:03:

CrFr wrote on 2021-11-04, 17:24:

Got an AppleCD 300e CD-ROM drive for my Color Classic setup.

IMGP2125_.jpg

that's a nice looking setup!
I only have a SE/30 - always envied the color classic but damn the prices are insane!

I got lucky couple of years ago. I saw a listing with asking price of 120€, with a mention that the machine doesn't turn on. I offered 50€ for it, and the seller accepted. Turns out the seller had thought the machine was supposed to start by turning on the switch in the back. I connected a keyboard, pressed the power key, and it started right away. Everything worked, even the original hard drive. Sound was slightly distorted, and it was fixed by recapping the logic board.

I wouldn't have paid those typical asking prices either. It's more like "nice to have" than "must have" system for me.

CrFr wrote on 2021-11-04, 20:25:

keropi wrote on 2021-11-04, 20:03:

CrFr wrote on 2021-11-04, 17:24:

Got an AppleCD 300e CD-ROM drive for my Color Classic setup.

IMGP2125_.jpg

that's a nice looking setup!
I only have a SE/30 - always envied the color classic but damn the prices are insane!

I got lucky couple of years ago. I saw a listing with asking price of 120€, with a mention that the machine doesn't turn on. I offered 50€ for it, and the seller accepted. Turns out the seller had thought the machine was supposed to start by turning on the switch in the back. I connected a keyboard, pressed the power key, and it started right away. Everything worked, even the original hard drive. Sound was slightly distorted, and it was fixed by recapping the logic board.

I wouldn't have paid those typical asking prices either. It's more like "nice to have" than "must have" system for me.

It's hilarious how much they go for when you consider that, unmodified, they're as terrible as the LCII.

Didn't buy it today, but received it today.


CPU was broken, but not a big deal, since I wanted to swap it with the 3000+ anyway.
Caps look like they have bulged and pushed back in with a screwdriver. Also not a big deal, since it will receive a polymod anyway.

KT333CE Northbridge + VT8235 Southbridge (for USB 2.0)
There aren't a lot of boards which combine these two chipsets. Asus and Gigabyte never bothered to release one and only released KT400 boards with VT8235. But those don't support AGP 3.3V. The four EPoX boards seem to be unicorns. Then there are low end brands like Jetway and Biostar, which leaves only MSI as on option. Still looking for the RAID variant.

Can you guess which graphics card will be in the slot? 😉

So jealous.. I have a KT2 Ultra, it needed a recap so I did that. Does not post, and fried 2 Socket A CPUs (I think..). I had one of these back in the day and it was such an amazing board.. If I can get it working I'll use it for a Voodoo 3 I guess you'll do something similar? For now I have to make do with an ASRock K7VM2 (KM266+VT8235)

RaiderOfLostVoodoo wrote on 2021-11-05, 04:50:

Didn't buy it today, but received it today. https://i.imgur.com/ItEnFEz.jpg https://i.imgur.com/RAdqrAz.jpg CPU was broken, but […]
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Didn't buy it today, but received it today.


CPU was broken, but not a big deal, since I wanted to swap it with the 3000+ anyway.
Caps look like they have bulged and pushed back in with a screwdriver. Also not a big deal, since it will receive a polymod anyway.

KT333CE Northbridge + VT8235 Southbridge (for USB 2.0)
There aren't a lot of boards which combine these two chipsets. Asus and Gigabyte never bothered to release one and only released KT400 boards with VT8235. But those don't support AGP 3.3V. The four EPoX boards seem to be unicorns. Then there are low end brands like Jetway and Biostar, which leaves only MSI as on option. Still looking for the RAID variant.

Can you guess which graphics card will be in the slot? 😉

Those old MSI boards have a special place in my heart, as my PC throughout my early 20s was built around a MSI K7T266 Pro2 and I have many fond memories of gaming on that system. If memory serves it was the only KT266A board at the time to have USB 2.0 on board. I actually have that entire system recreated almost 100% authentic to the original one I had. You gonna stick a Voodoo 5500 in there? I have one myself and have considered sticking it in that system.

An ATI Radeon 9700 Pro (oh, hallowed graphics king of 2002 whom I could never afford!) and an IBM Port Replicator II for a Thinkpad A22m - which conveniently doubles up as a dock for an A31p I’ve been eyeing up…

Now if only they had a Thinkpad dock that could fit a PCI Voodoo2…

appiah4 wrote on 2021-11-05, 05:05:

So jealous.. I have a KT2 Ultra, it needed a recap so I did that. Does not post, and fried 2 Socket A CPUs (I think..). I had one of these back in the day and it was such an amazing board..

Wasn't even expensive. 22€ with free shipping, from a (small) professional seller on Ebay. Will even get a small refund, because of the broken CPU.
Seems to be a retro lover, who has turned his hobby into a sidejob. He probably sold it so cheap, because it's in a rough shape. But I don't care about the caps, because my buddy and I plan to polymod all our stuff anyway.

appiah4 wrote on 2021-11-05, 05:05:

If I can get it working I'll use it for a Voodoo 3 I guess you'll do something similar?

Nah.

Brawndo wrote on 2021-11-05, 05:20:

You gonna stick a Voodoo 5500 in there?

Exactly!
Don't have one yet and it looks like I'll have to pay the full price. So far I've snatched up all my stuff pretty cheap. Voodoo2 for 1€! 🤣

Or a Voodoo 6000, if I ever get one. *points to his avatar*
I wanted to buy one back in the day, but because it got delayed over and over again, I went for GeForce 2. Still regret not buying the V5500 instead.
It's about time that Anthony starts mass production. 😁

appiah4 wrote on 2021-11-05, 05:05:

So jealous.. I have a KT2 Ultra, it needed a recap so I did that. Does not post, and fried 2 Socket A CPUs (I think..). I had one of these back in the day and it was such an amazing board.. If I can get it working I'll use it for a Voodoo 3 I guess you'll do something similar? For now I have to make do with an ASRock K7VM2 (KM266+VT8235)

MSI motherboards from this period were truly horrible. Not only they were impacted by the capacitor plague more than boards from other brands, but also they have serious problems with the CPU power delivery (which again may be related to awful capacitors they used). Back in ~2003 I ordered many machines with KT3 Ultras and KT3Vs at work. 1-2 years later and they were dying constantly almost in every machine. Same unfortunately applied to K7D Master boards I used in several servers (I still have on of those boards but it had to be recapped and something in the VRC also had to be replaced as well if I remember correctly).
Ever since I never bought or installed a single MSI motherboard in any machine. I simply ceased to trust this brand.

BetaC wrote on 2021-11-04, 20:43:

CrFr wrote on 2021-11-04, 20:25:

keropi wrote on 2021-11-04, 20:03:

that's a nice looking setup!
I only have a SE/30 - always envied the color classic but damn the prices are insane!

I got lucky couple of years ago. I saw a listing with asking price of 120€, with a mention that the machine doesn't turn on. I offered 50€ for it, and the seller accepted. Turns out the seller had thought the machine was supposed to start by turning on the switch in the back. I connected a keyboard, pressed the power key, and it started right away. Everything worked, even the original hard drive. Sound was slightly distorted, and it was fixed by recapping the logic board.

I wouldn't have paid those typical asking prices either. It's more like "nice to have" than "must have" system for me.

It's hilarious how much they go for when you consider that, unmodified, they're as terrible as the LCII.

I find it more hilarious to think of those people who actually bought this crap new in 1993-1994. It was totally outdated already back then and still expensive as hell. In the 80's this would have been cool, but in the 90's already obsolete by the time of introduction. Only Apple can sell machines with 16MHz processors when other brands had already 100MHz 486DX4s and such for lower price.

In Finland, converted to present day currency and adjusted for inflation, price of this junk was 2681€ 😁 Only a total moron would have bought it. But as a collector's piece, it's nice. Rare, silly looking little machine.

Bought some modern stuff for a retro computer -

Got a 1MB Mapper & MegaRAM cartridge for my MSX computer. Will load games from SD card, as well as supporting Sega SG-1000 ROMs and I should be able to run modified Colecovision ROMs too. Quite an impressive games library even for my lowly MSX1, but I'd still love to own an MSX2 or 2+ someday 🤣.

Also got a JoyMega adapter for the MSX, to enable the use of Sega Mega Drive controllers for games requiring more than 1 button. Up to now I've been using the only working 2-button joystick I had for the MSX - the Cheetah Annihilator, so a Mega Drive pad will be a vast improvement!