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General Old Hardware • IBM Aptiva (Needing some help)

Vogons about 10 months ago

First off it's been a long time since posting here a lot has changed since 2018 some posts are gone, some people banned. I just back into collecting again after selling of everything. Despite all of that how is everyone doing?I just recently acquired two …

General Old Hardware • Asus P2B Motherboard - AGP 1x or 2x?

Vogons about 10 months ago

Hi guys, does anyone here knows for sure if the Asus P2B Motherboard (with the Intel 440BX chipset) has an AGP 1x or 2x slot? I am finding somewhat conflicting info online, or more that most spec sheets I find don't list the speed, but some forum posts ha …

General Old Hardware • Jumpering (unknown) 286 Mainboard to address both DIP and SIPP RAM

Vogons about 10 months ago

I got this Chips & Technologies based 286 mainboard with 1MB onboard DIP RAM and have been trying to add another 4MB (4 x 1MB 9-chip SIPP sticks) for a total of 5MB - so far with no success.Similar boards with this chipset have just one or two jumpers …

General Old Hardware • Find English bios for unknown “Super 286-Z” motherboard

Vogons about 10 months ago

G’day all,A couple of years ago now I picked up this board off of eBay. With it came bios chips that are in Russian and thus, not really useful to me. I’ll grab a photo of it tomorrow.It uses two EPROM chips (27C512 from memory) in an odd/even config. …

General Old Hardware • Core 2 build

Vogons about 10 months ago

I think it's really cool architecture, now planning to build one. I have no parts yet, is there a consensus what chipset works best? I think I want to get the quad core cpu. Windows XP for blazingly fast eXPrience, so what kind of GPU would be a good pair …

General Old Hardware • Cannot identify mainboard

Vogons about 10 months ago

Hello everybody. I have found a 486 PC. It's not working, the leaked NiCd battery destroyed quite a lot. The PC is some Vobis Highscreen, but no more information. Chipset is SIS 85C461.- I was quite surprised to be unable to identify the mainboard. Could …

General Old Hardware • Help ID this 486 / socket 3 motherboard?

Vogons about 10 months ago

I have a motherboard I pulled from a 486 system and I'm trying to find info or a manual for it.It's a socket 3 board with a UMC82C482AF / UMC82C481BF chipset.I tried googling the number on the board "P404F0010B", but that returned zero results.FilenameSoc …

I De-Capped a chip on a dtk PIM-Turbo :(

VCFed about 10 months ago

I did something bad. I dropped a screwdriver on this motherboard. It hit just right to take the top off U8 and expose the chip die inside. Needless to say this chip is dead. It is a MSL828S You can see it pretty well in the first pic here: U8 is in the upp …
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General Old Hardware • New to retro x86. 486DLC cache/A20 issues on mysterious mobo variant.

Vogons about 10 months ago

This is Camelia. She's a 386 PC I bought on ebay a few weeks back. The entire system seems to have initially been put together by an OEM called NCI. Every part inside had "NCI" warranty stickers and that badge in front seems to have a model name too (NCI …

General Old Hardware • NT3.51 OpenGL dll files or drivers for ATi Rage2/2+/Rage2c/Rage3

Vogons about 10 months ago

I have links here for ATi Rage2/2+ OpenGL drivers and earliler Mach64/Rage1 and Rage Pro non OpenGL drivers for NT 3.51 and we have many NT4.0 OpenGL drivers available for ATi second/third generation Rage cards, but not for Rage2c/Rage3 NT3.51 so directly …
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New GoRetroid Handheld Teased In Cryptic Picture

Retro Dodo about 10 months ago

GoRetroid has just dropped a not so subtle hint at a possible new GoRetroid handheld release. And it has many speculating about what the next Retroid Pocket device could be. We do not yet know for sure whether the next model is going to be an entirely …
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General Old Hardware • Need Windows 95 Recovery Image for Panasonic ToughBook CF-M33

Vogons about 10 months ago

Does anyone have Windows 95 Recovery Image for Panasonic ToughBook CF-M33?I clean installed Windows 95 OSR2 on Panasonic CF-M33 but the PCMCIA/CardBus controller does not work properly.The notebook freezes every time I inserted a CF card with PCMCIA adapt …

Video • Geforce 6800 Ultra PCIe and Win98

Vogons about 10 months ago

Hi,I have a crazy problem and would appreciate every tiny bit of help. It is really strange, so please bear with me.I recently got my hands on a cheap Gainward 6800 Ultra PCIe (256 MB DDR3), so I thought this would be an excellent opportunity for my first …
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General Old Hardware • Need help identifying this 386 motherboard please

Vogons about 10 months ago

I just bought this motherboard off of eBay and I'd like to identify it. I got it working but I don't know what it is so any help would be appreciated.I tried searching on The Retro Web based on the chipset (ETEQ ET82C491) but there is no matching board.Fi …

General Old Hardware • Intel 440FX

Vogons about 10 months ago

Can you tell me anything about this chipset, wikipedia knows barely anything. I am planning to build Pentium Pro system around it, is it a good choice or better suited for P2? Late pro or early P2, well that is the question... ?Statistics: Posted by doubl …

Sound • Yamaha ASound Pro? w/ General Midi

Vogons about 10 months ago

Hi All,New user to Vogons so thank you for having me along.A while ago I was curious about which ISA sound card was in my Pentium 166 system as it could do General Midi / OPL3 Midi and WSS. I pulled the card out and the FCC ID on the card looks bogus. F …

Minimig (Commodore Amiga) • Ethernet: A thought on a contribution

MISTerFPGA about 10 months ago

So... Here's a thought I had: Why haven't we implemented the ethernet card?Not the whole ethernet card. Just enough of it to send the bytes of the packet up to the linux (where the ppp serial is going, if you're wondering). We should be able to then hav …

Thought I bought a 5160....

VCFed about 10 months ago

Hello all, So I recently bought a machine listed as an IBM 5160 on ebay. Had I looked closer I would have realized that it wasn't the right motherboard. It's a XT case and PSU, but everything else isn't IBM. I've attached photos of the motherboard. I'm hav …
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System Specs • Kixs's 286 to the Max Too

Vogons about 10 months ago

After many years of delaying... now is the time for the second round of 286 to the Max ?Link to the first 286 to the Max thread Kixs's 286 to the MaxSystem info/config:Motherboard: Octek Fox II Rev 3.4 with Harris 80286-20; HT12/a chipsetFPU: Cyrix 287XL+ …
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Video • Targa WIN + ISA Graphics Card TSENG Labs ET4000AX glitchy display issue

Vogons about 10 months ago

Hello everyone - I have an issue with a Targa WIN + ISA Graphics Card - TSENG Labs ET4000AX chipsetThe issue is a graphics glitch (not sure how to name it... and if its caused by a resolution switching or something else) You can see it exactly in this sh …

General Old Hardware • Decent PCI video card for K6-2 platforms

Vogons about 10 months ago

Hi, I have a Socket 7 system where I'd like to upgrade the onboard SiS 530 graphics chipset, limited to specifically PCI. No AGP anywhere on the board despite front sticker boasting AGP 2x graphics. Not too much documentation, but some spec sheets say it …

General Old Hardware • Voodoo 3 3000 Build recommendations ?

Vogons about 11 months ago

Guys, I want to build an Intel based computer for the Voodoo 3 3000 AGP video card.I want to build this computer for best compatibility with Most Voodoo games.So maximum CPU speed or Video resolution is not the priority.Considerations:Ope... systems ? …

Video • Savage 3D and a K6 III system

Vogons about 11 months ago

I've tried a Savage 3D card in a 440BX and i815 boards, but AGP features would not work. I tried updating to the latest Savage 3D bios (which also means 110 MHz), and it is still the same.So instead I turned to socket 7, with GA-5AA featuring Ali V chips …

System Specs • The Plumas Chronicles - dual Xeon "salvaged workstation" build

Vogons about 11 months ago

So, after years of paring down my collection and generally staying out of retrocomputing in general, I suddenly got the insatiable urge to build a computer.This build would have a story of sorts. A legend, if you will. Lore. Kayfabe. The elevator pitch is …

General Old Hardware • Pentium MMX time machine - Experiences + Questions

Vogons about 11 months ago

INTROI have a P-III build that took me a long time to put together, lots of testing for it to be stable at top speeds, with all cards living together in peace... Later realized that it's really too fast for DOS, and that late 90's and early 00's stuff wou …