Thread by @RetroTechChris

Okay, it's a new day, let's test some more interface cards. We'll use the Pacman PC again. Time for a 🧵

Let's start with the NVIDIA GeForce2 MX. Oh my.. maybe this card has bad caps. NEXT!

Next let's test this Network Everywhere Fast Ethernet 10/100 Network Card. No drivers on The Retro Web? Uh oh.

As you can see though from the previous screenshot, I found drivers! This card has an ADMtek AN983 chipset. Great! I found drivers on a Vogons post. And I used the other network card that was installed to transfer it to the computer 😂. Success

Next we have this D-Link 530TX+ Rev E1 card. Well, at least that is what it says on the silk screen. Heh. On first detection, it says it is a Standard PCI Graphics Adapter. Say what??

Let's try a different PCI slot. Okay, that's better. Looks like this cached some hardware detection weirdness as we can see here in Unknown Devices. But let's go find a driver!

Right, so this was a royal pain. None of the 530TX+ drivers worked... or the 530TX drivers that I tried. But a 538TX driver did! Sure thing. Well at least we got past that! Success!

Next we have this Intel EtherExpress Pro 100. Windows 98 had the drivers available for it! It works great, despite me showing the wrong winipcfg in the last screenshot 😂. Success!

Finally let's test this ESS AudioDrive 1868F sound card. I had to disable onboard sound to get this to detect. But it works great! Have a listen if you'd like! Success.

So, in the end, we did ok! Maybe a recap will fix the video card, but if not, I'm not too disappointed. Thanks for following along!

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