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Post #AtWbEBhXPOJCbrWe92 by [email protected] |
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Another exciting E-Waste save from today:Olivetti Modulo M4-P75S (1995)- Pentiu… |
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Post #AtWbEBnv1fPeveVk5g by [email protected] |
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@Gammitin I see your keyboard is brighter than mine π€ |
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Post #AtxFH305GLJolm4p4y by [email protected] |
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Let's check this Olivetti M4-P75S out and do a few upgrades |
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Post #AtxFH36SscQH5Z3v1c by [email protected] |
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Flip out the flaps, twist and the cover is off! π |
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Post #AtxFH3BmYqfzM3YAJU by [email protected] |
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Power! β‘Only passive cooling though, but apparently you can install a Pentium… |
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Post #AtxFH3HSDlDHdeCh9c by [email protected] |
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Nice move Olivetti, nice move (it still works BTW). |
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Post #AtxFH3MPvJBPt2WetE by [email protected] |
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Ok, first upgrade for today, this system has a dedicated graphics chip with 1MB… |
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Post #AtxFH3RjbXR89X0uB6 by [email protected] |
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Perfecto! π |
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Post #AtxFH3XlF8G0SDpiZU by [email protected] |
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I should be able to get some higher resolutions in GUI based OS's now. π |
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Post #AtxFH3dQu2nIjoUFPc by [email protected] |
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Next, let's add a little more RAM, there's 32MB (Shipped with 8MB), I&#… |
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Post #AtxFH3j6YxKb1P8mFk by [email protected] |
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There's a Crystal CS4281-CM PCI sound in here, which will do for now, not s… |
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Post #AtxFH3omDrrtIznJ5s by [email protected] |
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The original HDD has a factory restored Win95 drive in it, so I don't want … |
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Post #AtxFH3uRsmPBaaRpw0 by [email protected] |
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Installing Windows 98 to test it (ignore the lines, just the camera angle). |
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Post #AtxFH3zlZ0etr4w5Ds by [email protected] |
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With the extra VRAM I can now get up to 1280x1024 and the extra RAM is working … |
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Post #AtxFH45nCbTm9lktcG by [email protected] |
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Time for another upgrade, I got this 'untested' Creative Sound Blaster … |
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Post #AtxFH4BoqCIeSSZi0e by [email protected] |
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This Olivetti is great, fantastic engineering - you can tilt out the drives on … |
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Post #AtxFH4ICSTP6mFYnxI by [email protected] |
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It's in, let's install the drivers and see if it works: |
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Post #AtxFH4Oa4kVZ62Xttw by [email protected] |
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Houston We Have A Problem!"ERROR: Bad Serial ID Checksum (VendorID fffffff… |
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Post #AtxFH4TtkylHMX29Bo by [email protected] |
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The EEPROM is this ISSI (Integrated Silicon Solution Inc) SOP8 chip: |
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Post #AtxFH4aHNFrjgK1F8S by [email protected] |
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I'm going to try to software flash it, using the old AWEFLASH.exe and a dum… |
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Post #AtxFH4gJ0qgbz0q3Wq by [email protected] |
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Here goes π |
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Post #AtxFH4mgd7n4Inp9TU by [email protected] |
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EEPROM written, now it's trying to talk to the card. |
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Post #AtxFH4t4FOtWcaoFQ8 by [email protected] |
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Well, that's positive, now for a reboot to see what the drivers do. |
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Post #AtxFH4znqMHYxTxcv2 by [email protected] |
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OMG, I think it worked, the card has been initialised correctly, but will it ac… |
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Post #AtxFH55pTx6RGAmRJQ by [email protected] |
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Well it does work and it sounds amazing to be honest!Let's try a bit of Duk… |
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Post #AtxFH5DH2H3ddGGNuq by [email protected] |
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Adlib mode: |
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Post #AtxFH5KMbujFzFa2y0 by [email protected] |
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AWE32 mode: |
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Post #AtxFH5RSBYOsLEti1A by [email protected] |
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Not sure if this Cache On A STick (COASt) module is going to work, I cannot fin… |
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Post #AtxFH5XpnpVKf1snxo by [email protected] |
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Going from a Pentium 75, to a Pentium 166 is going to be crazy, let's hope … |
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Post #AtxFKf2IIsBRbUpkci by [email protected] |
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@Gammitin Not sure, I went straight from 486/33 to PII/333 back in the day ^^ |
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Post #AtxFNvMq2Ydr7i00gq by [email protected] |
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@Gammitin excellent choice of test game π |
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Post #AtxFNvTDepkJRUz6dU by [email protected] |
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@phlash I love all the options you have in the setup program, also it's an … |
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Post #AtxFOHRtwPlPbmXMdU by [email protected] |
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@Gammitin Sounds like Hi-Res for me π |
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Post #AtxFOHYdXN9Rwfgk8O by [email protected] |
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@VoronoV not too shabby ay! |
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Post #AtxFOTxBRvuuOHGW3s by [email protected] |
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@Gammitin CREATIVE ALL THE THINGS β π |
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Post #AtxFPK7FVkrkAYNHyC by [email protected] |
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@Gammitin Hope it all goes/went well! Was this under MS-DOS or FreeDOS? |
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Post #AtxFPKDd81yCULMNuq by [email protected] |
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@claudiom MS-DOS 6.22 |
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Post #AtxFPpAs2LBMUlJ7Q0 by [email protected] |
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@Gammitin oh, my AWE64 did this. There's a Dell app to reflash the PNP EEPR… |
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Post #AtxFPpHFecHooYIDMe by [email protected] |
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@philpem I've been looking at software solutions, but I also ordered an EEP… |
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Post #Au1g0RuwqJ7OWKp9yi by [email protected] |
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The COAST Cache stick is here: Will it work, will it not work, will it blow the… |
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Post #Au1g0S2kNJMAuWTO8O by [email protected] |
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Seriously though, I did use a multimeter to test 5v and GND pin locations and a… |
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Post #Au1g0SABvdJNHbxKjo by [email protected] |
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Yassssss! π |
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Post #Au1g0SHdTxGZehRHLE by [email protected] |
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CacheChk.exe and we're in business, so happy it worked!Before/After |
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Post #Au1g0SPR0xVM2t5VUu by [email protected] |
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Speedsys is looking good too! π |
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Post #Au1g0SXaWe1iSAu1Cq by [email protected] |
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My next upgrade is the CPU, going from a Pentium 75 to 166, while I wait I'… |
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Post #Au1g0SfO3eGUqMYFMW by [email protected] |
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@Gammitin Did you try Tiny Core Linux? It's also designed for extremely old… |
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Post #Au1g0SlPhF5N93N3ku by [email protected] |
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@kaidenshi yeah, I tried Tiny Core first, not quite enough ram to get the GUI g… |
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Post #Au1g0SsVGskzV2gio4 by [email protected] |
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@Gammitin I was wondering if a GUI was possible with the minimum RAM, now I kno… |
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Post #Au1g0SuHAIAtaXW8ZM by [email protected] |
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πIt's very usable and has drivers for the Soundblaster AWE64 soundcard. |
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Post #Au1g0SzErq91pvq6Iy by [email protected] |
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@kaidenshi so I cannot get BeOS to boot on it, I suspect it's something fun… |
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Post #Au1g0T5ySnX4AozTns by [email protected] |
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@Gammitin a trick I used to employ to get around flaky drives was to install Be… |
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Post #Au1g0TGxnwK4iu8Fvs by [email protected] |
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Look at that ram!I've got a browser open, networking operational, and it… |
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Post #Au1g0TbWZUllkfkfyq by [email protected] |
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I've sorted out a heatsink and fan for the Pentium 166Mhz upgrade, the curr… |
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Post #Auf8jbwWn1tmWiK6oi by [email protected] |
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@Gammitin Now you've got to get a DEC Venturis (or Celebris) so you can com… |
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Post #Auf8jc3cMfZOshdlrs by [email protected] |
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@davidg oh wow, yeah, they're so similar, the internal metal parts look new… |
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Post #Auf8k2ejTIhtNLCmKO by [email protected] |
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@Gammitin Rear is pretty similar too I think. I'm *guessing* DEC outsourced… |
