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General Old Hardware • Compudyne PT66W-33 (Acer V10 48.43301.002)

Vogons about 11 months ago

I have intact Compudyne PT66W-33. It has an Acer V10 motherboard. I came across an FTP listing on the acer.de site showing manual, bios, and jumper settings on the Wayback. I can no longer find the page. I do not see any files on archive.org's FTP collec …

General Old Hardware • Having Massive Issues with Win 3.1

Vogons about 11 months ago

Hello, Having huge issues with Windows 3.1I did a fresh install of DOS 6.22 on the following rig-486 DX2/80 CPU (40 MHz bus)-UM4980 VLB motherboard, 256k cache-20 Mb RAM (1x16Mb, 1x4Mb 72 pin SIMMS)-VLB video (Trident 94xx series, IIRC) 1 Mb RAM, integrat …

General Old Hardware • Video and sound for 486

Vogons about 11 months ago

Hello mates,I decided to build 486 dos machine and wondering what would best to fit in this build. Since i've got variety of components id like to hear your opinion . So here we go .Videocards i have (PCI):SIS 6202S3 virgeS3 trio , maybe some more , not s …

General Old Hardware • My Best DOS Computer is an.... Amiga 2000 - Follow my Project

Vogons about 11 months ago

I love compact systems that integrate as many things as possible. Years ago I was impressed by discovering that Bridgeboards existed in the Amiga world and so I understood their functioning and their limits (in computing power, the maximum is a 386SX). So …
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General Old Hardware • Looking for identity of this Motherboard

Vogons about 11 months ago

J'ai cette carte ci-dessous et elle semble avoir un slot 1 et un socket 7, je suppose qu'il s'agit d'une carte mère 486/586 basée uniquement sur le Bios.J'ai effectué une recherche visuelle sur le site Web de Total Hardware 1999 https://th99.infania.ne …

[Identity?] got MB with a Socket7 and Slot 1

VCFed about 11 months ago

I have this board below and it seems to have a slot 1 and a socket 7, I am assuming it is a 486/586 Motherboard based on the Bios alone. I have searched visually on Total Hardware 1999 website https://th99.infania.net/ and could not identify the board from …

Video • VLB GD5426 suddenly broken

Vogons about 11 months ago

Hi, recently I've finally gotten a 486 motherboard with VLB slots, I had to fix it up a little (solder a new bios chip and reconnect a couple of broken traces, it works now and shouldn't be the problem). I got a Cirrus Logic Gd5426 to try out the VLB capa …
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486 stopped working...help

VCFed about 11 months ago

My 486 (Micronics JX30WB motherboard) just stopped working. It shows post code 3A, which looks like an 'Autosize cache' error. It just stops after showing the ROM info boot screen...Very upsetting. Help, has anyone got any ideas how I can repair this? …

486 CPU voltage adapter

VCFed about 11 months ago

Looking for a 486 CPU voltage adapter. Preferraby something that has been tested to work with Cyrix 5x86's. All of the ones I have come across work only with AMD's. …

The Daemon, the GNU & the Penguin "A History of Free and Open Source" (online, book length)

Retro Computing Forum about 12 months ago

Some reading for you, by Peter Salus (who has other books to his name) The Daemon, the GNU & the Penguin (at Groklaw) Dr Peter Salus’s book, the Daemon, the Gnu, and the Penguin, was a regular Groklaw feature in 2005 and 2006. It is now …

Games • 1nvader [raxiss]

Defence Force about 12 months ago

Hi,A few days ago, I came across the game "1nvaders". I found out that it exists for Commodore 64, Atari, and Arduboy, but I'm not sure which version is the original one. It was thrilling for me to attempt creating my own version of the game with pseudo-g …
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Atari Arcade: From Concept to Cabinets

The Arcade Blogger about 1 year ago

This week, I wanted to share some cool shots of very early concept models of Atari cabinets from the early eighties. These things have never really been highlighted before, but represent a key part of the design function at Atari Coin Operated Division du …

The Complete LGR Woodgrain 486 Saga

LGR about 1 year ago

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Grid Frame Studio – Game Boy Review

Retro Games Collector about 2 years ago

I do enjoy getting emails out of the blue asking if I want to review products. You never quite know what you will receive. When I picked up this particular email, I must admit to having to look Grid Frame Studio up in a search engine to find out exactly w …
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SEGA Mania magazine – review

Retro Games Collector about 2 years ago

SEGA Mania is a relatively new (4 issues in at the time of writing), glossy, full colour magazine and is an unashamed homage to the likes of Mean Machines SEGA and SEGA Power. The men behind the magazine – Tim Hugall, Simon Pike and Sam Forrester &# …