TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[Mr.Scott]

Pretty big chip on the corner of that 3200+.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Pretty big chip on the corner of that 3200+.

I saw that too. Believe it or not, they often still run fine that way.

 

[dorsetknob]

OT, I noticed three of you in a row don't have system specs listed. What's that all about?

from siggy

YES MY System Specs are filled in " if you cannot see them then you don't have sufficient privileges"

I don't need to display them to answer posts and people's problems
People with Problems Should Display their system spec's So as to enable others to help them ( afterwards if problem solved they can chose to hide them if they so desire). and as far as i know my only Problem is lack of money

 

[biffzinker]

Believe it or not, they often still run fine that way.

Not for every exposed die though.

I wasn't so lucky with the PowerPC 603e in the PowerBase 240 when I attempted to remount the heatsink. Two of the corners were chipped, at the time I didn't understand why stability had dropped.

Photo is from a ebay listing.
The metal latches on the heatsink made it diffcult to clamp through the holes.

 

[Mr.Scott]

Saw a thread somewhere with vintage sound cards. Thought it was this one. You guys like this kind of stuff?

 

[delshay]

Not for every exposed die though.

I wasn't so lucky with the PowerPC 603e in the PowerBase 240 when I attempted to remount the heatsink. Two of the corners were chipped, at the time I didn't understand why stability had dropped.
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The metal latches on the heatsink made it diffcult to clamp through the holes.

I have a few of those PPC chips from my amiga days. I reball & replace them with 300MHz chip. I still have stencils, preforms & fixtures for those PPC chip.

EDIT: I think the PPC745 software is almost compatible. I know it's hardware pin compatible, but you have to change core voltage.

EDIT2: There's should also be a hardware overclock if your into that. On the amiga there are four resistors which change the multiplier. I think this is fixed & should be on all cards that use the PPC chip. It should be easy to trace out if it's not near the PPC chip. 200MHz chip can overclock to 230MHz this I also know just by moving the jumpers.

 

[phill]

I remember PowerPPC 603e.. They went in Amiga's and I had one That made it run a load better than the 68060 CPU Ah... Memories

 

[Robert B]

Restored!

GAINWARD Model 6800GS PCI-E 512MB TV-OUT DVI / P/N:NE/6800SXTD52-PM8070-GLH

 

[lexluthermiester]

Restored!

GAINWARD Model 6800GS PCI-E 512MB TV-OUT DVI / P/N:NE/6800SXTD52-PM8070-GLH

Goodness that takes me back. 512MB was considered top-of-the-line. Now it's 24GB(RTX Titan).

 

[phill]

Goodness that takes me back. 512MB was considered top-of-the-line. Now it's 24GB(RTX Titan).

I had the 7800 GS, was a lovely card But I thought AMD had a card now that was 32Gb? Maybe that might have been for a work station mind but still...

I do wonder how Robert manages to get these cards so damn clean, they might be 10+ years old or whatever but they look like they have just come off of the assembly line!! @Robert B An inspiration to us all!!

 

[biffzinker]

Anyone interested in a reverse engineered Sound Blaster v1.0 Replica?

https://hackaday.com/2019/06/19/reverse-engineering-the-sound-blaster/]Hackaday

Announcing The Snark Barker, a 100% Compatible SB 1.0 Replica!

In December 1989, Creative Labs launched the now-famous Sound Blaster card. Almost 30 years later, I’d like to announce the Snark Barker, a replica of the original card designed to satisfy al…

tubetime.us

 

[dorsetknob]

Anyone interested in a reverse engineered Sound Blaster v1.0 Replica?

That looks twice the size of the 8bit ISA Sound blaster 1 i had.

 

[biffzinker]

That looks twice the size of the 8bit ISA Sound blaster 1 i had.

Same size as the original card, it might look bigger because of the higher resolution photo.

 

[Grog6]

That's awesome!

It's weird; I memorized the TTL catalog in about 1984, and I realize I still know all those chips, and the pinouts.

I never realzed a tl555 variant ran the game port... NE558 is a quad 555, iirc.

 

[Mr.Scott]

Trident TVGA 8900 and Cirrus Logic CL-GD5426
1991 and 1993 respectively
Both work just fine.

 

[micropage7]

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Anyone interested in a reverse engineered Sound Blaster v1.0 Replica?

https://hackaday.com/2019/06/19/reverse-engineering-the-sound-blaster/]Hackaday

Announcing The Snark Barker, a 100% Compatible SB 1.0 Replica!

In December 1989, Creative Labs launched the now-famous Sound Blaster card. Almost 30 years later, I’d like to announce the Snark Barker, a replica of the original card designed to satisfy al…

tubetime.us

i may more interested if they release it in PCIEX version

 

[Trekkie4]

Trident TVGA 8900 and Cirrus Logic CL-GD5426
1991 and 1993 respectively
Both work just fine.

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Think I have one of these... I certainly have one or two VLB cards laying around (leftover from 4x86 build), I'm just not 100% sure which ones.

 

[lexluthermiester]

i may more interested if they release it in PCIEX version

You mean PCI-X(as in the 133mhz 64bit PCI slots)?

 

[Grog6]

Nothing transfers data like a PCI-X SCSI card.

I've got 3 of the ultra-320 cards in my dual socket 604 server, and it will do video from one to another one at 120MB/s, until the drives are full.

Great for video editing.

 

[Trekkie4]

Nothing transfers data like a PCI-X SCSI card.

I've got 3 of the ultra-320 cards in my dual socket 604 server, and it will do video from one to another one at 120MB/s, until the drives are full.

Great for video editing.

 

[lexluthermiester]

BITD, I had the 29320 card and 3 36GB 15K RPM drives in RAID5. OH yeah. Socket 478 days...

 

[Frick]

€30, seems to work apart from the monitor, but I think I can fix it if it's the bad contacts.

 

[micropage7]

€30, seems to work apart from the monitor, but I think I can fix it if it's the bad contacts.

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first i think it's oven

 

[Frick]

first i think it's oven

Heathen.

 

[havli]

Ready for some old school action?

Voodoo4 4500 AGP vs GeForce 256 SDR