RetroSpector78 @RetroSpector78

I create retro computing videos at https://t.co/PmodICkbBg Joined December 2020

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RetroSpector78 @RetroSpector78

2 years ago

Nice set of hardware in Elon Musks command center in 1998 : youtu.be/KnXee-GN8AE?si…

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2 years ago

Why is it that some rechargeable NiCd Battery on old computers leak really heavy, while others don't appear to leak (even after 30+ years). Is it storage ? battery type ? usage ?

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2 years ago

@BollingHHoltIV It's an SL/2 : youtu.be/qfhAGW2-56g?si…

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2 years ago

My Tandy really doesn’t like this hard drive. Other western digital on the hard card works fine, but with this one attached it won’t even post.

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2 years ago

@gordoslair Don’t think so. Power seems good. Have the same issue when putting it in another pc (minus the sound).

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RetroSpector78 @RetroSpector78

2 years ago

Lovely

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2 years ago

@GromBeestje But as I understand now, the read only values should be interpreted as “the values to be used when you disable auto config”.

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RetroSpector78 @RetroSpector78

2 years ago

Any idea why my system is faster with auto config enabled vs auto config disabled (but using the same settings) ? Does that auto config setting do some other magic we cannot manually tweak ?

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RetroSpector78 @RetroSpector78

2 years ago

@crchad here are the numbers. In 3dbench / chris3d the auto config enabled is better, as well as a higher TopBench + LanMark Video score. With auto config disabled + tweaked mem timings I get much better memory throughput, but its as if the system doesn't take advantage from it.

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RetroSpector78 @RetroSpector78

2 years ago

Found this from another motherboard documentation.

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RetroSpector78 @RetroSpector78

2 years ago

@crchad About 5% - 10%

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RetroSpector78 @RetroSpector78

2 years ago

@MTM35276486 It always displays the default values or the values that were set when auto config was disabled.

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RetroSpector78 @RetroSpector78

2 years ago

@Retrotogs Might need to see if there is an easy way to extract the values from the bios using some kind of tool. Otherwise I might need to dump the entire bios chip and poke around with a hex editor

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RetroSpector78 @RetroSpector78

2 years ago

@jengelenm It is probably setting some values based on the cpu configuration, and not necessarily using the read-only values displayed on the screen. But I haven’t been able to find the combo that matches the auto configuration.

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RetroSpector78 @RetroSpector78

2 years ago

@GromBeestje Yes. They are shown as read-only values.

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RetroSpector78 @RetroSpector78

2 years ago

Got the most amazing donation the other day : youtu.be/zVkkSuXzF_0 #3dfx #videocards #nvidia #pentium #intel #amd

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RetroSpector78 @RetroSpector78

2 years ago

Local listing : Bunch of computers. All working :)

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RetroSpector78 @RetroSpector78

2 years ago

Whenever I need to do a motherboard repair I always end up watching @necro_ware videos :) he has without a doubt the most impressive catalogue of motherboard repair videos. I can totally relate to the fact that every minute of footage corresponds to at least 1 hour of actual work