Okay, it's a new day, let's test some more interface cards. We'll use the Pacman PC again. Time for a š§µ
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 š. 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 š. 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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Oookay, the Compaq Presario 5528 is back on the desk! I wanted to spend some more time looking at the MPEG-1 decoder card under Windows 95 OSR 2.5. And I have good news! Time for a quick š§µ
As some may recall, here was the next thing I was going to try: copying over the Windows 95A Media Player to Windows 95 OSR2.5. But as it ends up, that wasn't necessary!! I'll explain.
I noticed something on my Win95 OSR 2.5 install. It looks like the Internet Explorer desktop update installed ActiveMovie Control. And it looks like it is using a default Microsoft software decoder. HOWEVER, notice that standard Windows Media Player is also installed!
Well, looks like we have some modems to test. We better get going š. I'm not going to do a full "dial" test, but we will see if we can at least configure them! Time for a š§µ
First things first, just like they taught in science class, always start with a baseline! So, I am going to make a copy of my Windows 98 installation so that we don't foul up the main install, and we'll check out device manager. Looking good! Let's roll.
First modem out the gate is this Creative Modem Blaster V.90 PCI DI5655. We are going to use the Pacman PC to do the testing since it has a very convenient shared ISA/PC slot. In it goes!
My new old stock Tandy 1000 SX is now all configured! As mentioned earlier, I'm going to made a video about it at SOME point. But let's talk about the fun I had today with getting it set up. Was setup 100% trouble free? No. But was it the Tandy's fault? Also, no. Time for a š§µ
The first thing I did was to populate this gorgeous motherboard with a full 640K RAM, and also popped in a NEC V20 processor for the 8088. Flawless! No issues whatsoever with this!
Next up, I jammed in some cards. Network. XTIDE. Multi I/O. Real Time Clock. On boot, we see the XTIDE option ROM screen, so we are now cooking!
Well, after spending way too much time this weekend trying to get my MPEG-1 decoder working on the Presario 5528 from a fresh Windows 95 install, I finally was successful. Let's talk briefly about it in a š§µ here!
So, first some background: what's the story with MPEG-1 decoders? Well, back when PCs weren't quite powerful enough to play full-motion video, hardware options like this were popular. This machine has a S3 Scenic/MX2 (86C443) chip to do just that.
For this particular system, this chip pairs with an S3 Trio64V+ (8C765) via the S3 Scenic Highway bus. That said, it's fair to say that MOST S3 Trio64V+ cards did NOT pair with a Scenic/MX2, as this MPEG-1 option chip seemed to be FAIRLY short lived.
Okay, let's play with this "new to me" Compaq Presario 5528 All In One that I picked up this morning. Going to build this thread as we go! But let's get this kicked off! š§µ
As we saw from the first picture, this is a Pentium 75 system with 72MB RAM and a 1.0 GB HDD. As we look at the bezel, we can see it is not in perfect shape. But perhaps we can fix that up later!
The first thing I did was run MemTest86+ which passed. From there, I got out my "good camera" because, as we can quickly see, we're going to need to be able to adjust shutter speed here š
I got a few optical drives in the mail today. Let's get them tested. Time for a quick š§µ
Okay, here we go. First up is a Toshiba XM-5302B. This is a 4X IDE drive! I loaded a Microsoft Money '99 CD into the drive, and this drive works GREAT!!
Next up, we have this Mitsumi CRMC-FX4831T 48X drive. Once again, we load up the MS Money disk, and pass!!