ga586hx with Pentium 233Mhz MMX
ga586hx version 1.53 by default does not work with Pentium MMX 233Mhz CPU. To make it work You have to pullup BF0 to 3.3v VCC3. […]
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grub4dos dual boot Window98 and MS-DOS 6.22 with Windows 3.11
This works only with grub4dos versiom later than 4.4 as with 4.4 it was not supporting booting to MS-DOS 6.22. I was using grub4dos-0.4.6a-2014-01-17.7z I […]
600Eplus UM9007F ISA network card
Got this card in one of my retro PC`s. Trying to gather as much info as possible about it. It is based on UM9007F UMC […]
Second 486 PC resurrection (or 486 build #2)
Got my second 486 PC to restore. That is my first motherboard with VESA interface. Had no PC`s in with VESA in early days. But […]
Ersa i-CON PICO soldering iron pod holder with tip holder
Found some nice design to save a bit of workbench space. Basically it puts soldering pod on top of soldering station. But I also needed […]
Using Adria caravan lock barrel for Knaus caravan
Day before our Knaus caravan vas breached by some vandals. Nothing was taken or stolen but anyway I had somehow to fix a lock. Searching […]
My first Real-Time Clock chip mod
Recently I got GA-586HX Rev 1.53 motherboard. Wanted to test it with Pentium 166 CPU I had. Noticed that in Bios I can set whatever […]
Restoring 486 pc from the junkyard (or 486 build #1)
Working on another PC from junkyard. Page with Chaintech motherboard support information and bios updates. Motherboard Manufacture: Chaintech 4SPIChipset: SiS 85C496/7BIOS String: 02/16/95-SiS-496-497/A/B-2A4IBC31-B2BIOS Version: Award […]
Back to the 90s, adventures in restoring retro PC from the junkyard (or Pentium build #1)
Recently I came up with the idea to build myself a newer retro PC from the ’90s, something like the first Pentium with DOS 6.22 […]
ZX81 repair and mods
Recently got a nonworking ZX81 personal computer. On power on only white and black vertical stripes were visible. Having some experience with ZX Spectrum`s my […]