Retro Graphik – ET4000AX (1994 Bios)

Ich bin so stolz auf mich meine erste selbst Reparierte ISA Graphikkarte. Nagut die eingezogene Verbindung haben ich etwas verbockt, sie läuft aber wieder. Ansichten Fakten Handbuch Das Handbuch passt leider nicht ganz zur Karte gibt aber ein paar Einblicke. – Bios 27C256 LEPROM Repartur und Pflege Defekte Rom Stromversorgung Als ich die Karte bekommen …

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Retro Sound – 8Bit ISA SoundBlaster 2.0 (CT1350B)

SoundBlaster 2.0 – Card without a hanging note. 8-bit ISA card with option for FM sound. Real OPL2 sound thanks to Yamaha YM3812 chip. Views Facts Manual Source: RetroWeb Drivers Drivers I found at Vogons and Archive.org: [links] Source for the drivers preserved here, if possible please use the source of the drivers for download. …

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Retro Motherboard – GA-586ATE Rev 4.D

A Socket 7 motherboard for the Pentium I, with only one voltage, so up to 166MHz without MMX. The board has an Intel 8243xFX chipset. It only supports 72-pin FPM and EDO RAM, but has six slots for it, and up to 128MB. My 2x 32MB modules were also recognised. As the benchmark shows, this motherboard, with…

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Retro Motherboard – FIC 486-HC-HD

The board started after a bit of a jump-start with contact spray. The Award BIOS is rubbish, but we'll surely find a better solution. The cache expansion is quite nice, unfortunately my 4MB SIMMs don't work with the board yet. Let's see what happens. Views Facts Manual BIOS TMS27C512 BIOS Chip The AMI BIOS found on RetroWeb works…

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Retro Motherboard – VIA-4386-VC-HD

A 386DX40 motherboard with space for a co-processor, which in this case is also fitted. 8 SIMM slots allow up to 32MB of memory to be addressed. 128KB of cache is very generous for a 386 board. The board looks very tidy, all ISA slots are 16-bit. Let's see how the performance looks. ...

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Retro Mainboard – MSI 3134

Now I also have a 386DX40 on an MSI motherboard. The motherboard had battery damage and, judging by the snipped leg pair, likely a shorted tantalum capacitor. The damage to the DIN socket for the keyboard has already been repaired with two jumper wires; the board works perfectly. This invites me to do some tests. …

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Retro Motherboard – BIOSTAR GF8100 M2 TE

Athlon 64 x2 Dual Core 5000+ 2.6GHz Mainboard in mini format and very colourful. Views Facts Manual Bios Benchmark Description Value L2 CPU (256KB) Onboard Graphics Memory 2GB CPU Athlon 64 x2 Dual Core 5000 HDD Compact Flash Benchmark Configuration Problems – Other Build as NAS I liked the board so much that I…

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