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Coaxing a Pentium II to use a CF adaptor

VCFed about 2 months ago

I have a Pentium II based PC for nostalgias sake, and I'd like to be able to get files onto it quickly from a more modern machine. After all, if I can pull off this trick with an XT (using a CF to 8bit ISA adaptor), or with a Mac G3 (using a StarTech …

What do you guys use for reliable benchmarks for modernish CPU's?

VCFed about 2 months ago

For example, I have an E5 2667 V3 XEON (8C/16T) and was comparing it to a desktop I7-5960X (8C/16T) same socket LGA 2011-3 https://cpu.userben... …

Ultimate Pentium Build

VCFed about 2 months ago

Please educate me! I have been on a bit of a kick building awesome retro machines, my 486 Builds hve trajected towards some nice results, and the CoreDuo strategy is progressing nicely. So please feel free to tell me about your ultimate pentium builds, I …

FS: CPU / Parts COLLECTION - 100+ INTEL/AMD Pentium, Overdrive, 486, 8080, Turbochip, ALL VARIANTS

VCFed about 3 months ago

Selling a very large collection of CPUS , this is everything from an 8080 all the way to Pentium II. This is a part of a very large collection of computer components, everything from motherboards, sound/gfx cards, HDDS, IO Cards, add-ons, software and more …

RCA CF Reader not working in DOS on 486

VCFed about 3 months ago

Greetings, I have a parallel port-based RCA CompactFlash reader which has been tested to work in Windows XP, and in MS-DOS 7.1 / WIndows 98SE on a Pentium III. I have MS-DOS 7.1 installed on a 486DX2 and have tried all sorts of drivers I found by scouring …

Toshiba 110cs Rip...

VCFed about 3 months ago

So just a friendly reminder to cut out or unplug and remove those aging parcels of death attached to your vintage stash.. Battery corrosion claims another victim from my collection.? Rotted the pentium chip clean off the board. Even if my soldering skills …

Blue-screen when updating USB drivers, win98

VCFed about 3 months ago

I bought a lovely little pentium II from the consignment area at VCFSoCal which I plan to use as a DOS gaming system. It came with win98 preloaded on a spinning disk which I want to keep. Now I don't know if it was like this on first boot, but at present t …

Did Coppermine-128 Celerons have a Processor Serial Number (PSN) like the Pentium IIIs?

VCFed about 3 months ago

Title says it all... …

Need help wit BlueSCSI

VCFed about 3 months ago

Trying to figure out why my BlueSCSI is not working. (Not sure the version but it's an STM controller) Pentium 133 MoBo running Windows 98. Tried two different SCSI cards: Adaptec AHA-1510A(ISA) and AHA-2930 (PCI) The images are mounting ok according t …

Need help with BlueSCSI

VCFed about 3 months ago

Trying to figure out why my BlueSCSI is not working. (Not sure the version but it's an STM controller) Pentium 133 MoBo running Windows 98. Tried two different SCSI cards: Adaptec AHA-1510A(ISA) and AHA-2930 (PCI) The images are mounting ok according t …

Hello from a PC lover and new income to the vintage computers!

VCFed about 3 months ago

So, I'm not that young anymore, and it shows by the kind of old computers lying around in my house. My first one was an Acer 8088, long lost to the dust of time, currently I have successfully restored a Pentium III, a Pentium 4, and a maybe not that obsole …

Visually tell a socket 5 from a socket 7 pentium

VCFed about 3 months ago

Dear community, I realized that I am not really able to see the extra pin in a socket 7 pentium, or then all my pentiums are socket 7. Most likely I just don't know where to look. Which one is the extra pin in a Socket 7 pentium, or where is the missing …

Not Enough Memory Question

VCFed about 3 months ago

Hello: I have a Pentium PC with an issue with a few games stating not enough memory. If I take out the CD ROM lines in the Autoexec.bat and Config.sys files, the game loads fine; however, I cannot manually initialize the CD ROM without the line in the Co …

Does anyone know where I can Find restore CD images for my late 90's P3 Dell Latitude CPX-J laptop?

VCFed about 4 months ago

My pentium /// 550mhz Dell Latitude laptop is getting long in the tooth. I have been running linux on it for years now but its not really to useful for that anymore either. I was using it for ADTPro disk transfers for Apple II systems but honestly my HP mo …
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PC 486SX (ao486) • Small Linux distros (one is 1.44MB)

MISTerFPGA about 4 months ago

I have been looking into some very small Linux distros and wanted to try them on the MiSTer and its AO486 core.One is Kolibri OS, which can run from a 1.44MB floppy and somehow still have a web browser, file manager, Minesweeper, Snake, Flappy bird, a tex …

Packard Bell 60Mhz with overdrive?

VCFed about 4 months ago

Hi! I recently got a packard bell legend multimedia (A940-4X4 ES20R) that comes with this motherboard (520r M/Board) with a Pentium 60Mhz (Socket 4). As you can see in the attached picture, aparently it has an Ovedrive unit, and I can see a 133 marking on …

OS/2 Warp 3 and RS232

VCFed about 4 months ago

I'm using a ThinkPad 385CD with a regular Pentium (not ED or XD, but labeled as 385CD). Using OS/2 Warp Connect. Install went fine onto a "massive" 2GB mSATA chip adapted to the internal IDE interface. Audio and 800x600 is all working. No …

Which retro Pentium for Win XP?

VCFed about 4 months ago

Thinking about an XP build, but my memory off that era is a bit Foggy, and I thought I might get some really good perspectives on what to look for in a Pentium Retro PC. What are your thoughts for a Pentium System, highly compatible for games system? Tha …

WTB::: New sealed Pentium III 500MHz Socket 370 100FSB for collection, or similar one in speed

VCFed about 4 months ago

I want one of the very first socket 370 Pentium III CPUs at the slowest speed possible. Needs to be still in original shrinkwrap. …

You know what seems to be extra rare? Pentium II and III Xeons.

VCFed about 4 months ago

Most don't even know these exist far as I can tell. The CPUs themselves are as common as hydrogen molecules and while they seem to have jumped in price, for a long time you could get 1ghz PIII Xeons for $20. They were supposed to be "for servers and h …

Should this processor work in this motherboard?

VCFed about 4 months ago

I have an Intel Intel AL440LX in which I am trying to make run an Intel Pentium II SL2S7. The manual says the board only supports up to 66mhz FSB, but normally it down-clocks the CPU in that case. There are many reasons why this system might not be postin …

(ebay) Retro DOS game PC Pentium 200Mhz MMX, 32Mb RAM, Nvidia Vanta, AWE32, DVD, Win 98

VCFed about 4 months ago

Vintage gaming computer with Pentium MMX 200Mhz! Real "Time mashine" from 1998 year! Brand: DTK On board: - CPU: Intel Pentium MMX - 200Mhz, SL27J, - MOTHERBOARD: Lucky Star 5I-VX1F, Socket 7, - RAM: 32 Mb (1x32Mb DIMM PC100), - HDD: IDE FUJ …

What would be a better operating system for this almost-retro PC?

VCFed about 5 months ago

I have this system that's not living up to its potential. The motherboard is an Intel D865PERL equipped with a 3.2ghz Pentium IV, one of the fastest single-core CPUs ever made. It supports DDR1 RAM in 4 slots, AGP, and plenty of PCI slots. I currently have …

Windows 3.1 and TCP/IP over Ethernet

VCFed about 5 months ago

I recently got a vintage laptop: Compaq LTE 5000, with a Pentium-75 CPU and 24 MB RAM, which I already have running Windows 3.1. I would like this machine to have Internet connectivity (yes, I know Windows for Workgroups 3.11 and Windows NT 3.51 have alre …

other vintage hardware, software and languages • RTC VT82887 Replacement

Stardot about 5 months ago

I pulled out of storage this weekend my old Pentium 166MX PC and unsurprisingly the real time clock had died. Thankfully the RTC is socketed! The fitted RTC is VT82887. Looking at datasheets I believe a DS12887A is a suitable replacement. I've also se …