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max1024
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 Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2017 1:23 am Post subject: My retro-hardware articles |
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Hi 2 all, I like old HW and like to write difgerent HW experiments and intetesting and unusual HW.
Today my new article had been published. Its about non standarts motherboards.
There is the version via google translare.
And original in russian.
Hope it will be interesting  |
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xsecret
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CPUShack
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| Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2017 2:45 am Post subject: Re: My retro-hardware articles |
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| max1024 wrote: | | Hi 2 all, I like old HW and like to write difgerent HW experiments and intetesting and unusual HW. |
Indeed I always get to buy/ship the most interesting motherboards etc for ya
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max1024
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| Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2017 3:19 am Post subject: |
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| Many Thanks John ))) The part of your help practically in each of my articles |
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Libkin
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| Cool article!!! I’ve never know about using vacuum tubes at motherboards:). |
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alexzu
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Really nice article !
Got some new information,
thanks a lot !
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max1024
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Once again hi2all 
The continue of the Story about intresting motherboards
English version via g00gle
Original in russian.
Hope it will be interesting 2  |
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alexzu
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| Another great article, thanks a lot ! |
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misace
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Thanks for great article. Interesting board is also Asus P/I P65UP5 board, which can hold risers with dual Socket 7, dual Socket 8 ordDual Slot 1.
http://oldschooldaw.com/asus/1997/p65up5-204.pdf
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H3nrik V!
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| Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2017 2:23 am Post subject: |
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| max1024 wrote: | Once again hi2all
The continue of the Story about intresting motherboards
English version via g00gle
Original in russian.
Hope it will be interesting 2 |
This is ALSO very interesting. Thanks! |
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H3nrik V!
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Wow! Would love to own one! |
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max1024
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| Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2017 10:43 am Post subject: |
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THS 2 all, I'm continue working on new article hope this year it will be published.
| misace wrote: | Interesting board is also Asus P/I P65UP5 board, which can hold risers with dual Socket 7, dual Socket 8 ordDual Slot 1.
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Wow very interesting board, I'm see it first time, thx )) going to looking for it |
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alexzu
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max1024
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1-st January 2018 begins, and my new article about "corn" megahertz. It is about PC Memory from SDRAM to DDR3.
English via g00gle translate:
In origilal. |
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cuttingedgecs
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It looks a lot like a Y2K compliance card. These overrode the built in BIOS and RTC to provide one that wouldn't have any issues come 2000. The letters NSTL on the sticker on the card, and the words "support millennium and beyond" make this the most likely possibility to my mind. At the time, the National Software Testing Laboratories developed a standard for Y2K compliance testing, and many manufacturers produced cards which claimed to provide compliance with the standard.
It's possible though that it was included in the system for another reason. I also see that the rechargeable BIOS battery that would normally come with this motherboard (next to the keyboard socket) has been removed. That is often done by collectors so the board doesn't become ruined by the battery leaking (as was very common with the rechargeable BIOS batteries of the day). But it is also possible that the battery leaked back when the board was in use, and using this add-on card was the fix for that - providing a Real Time Clock (available as an add-in card as not all computers back then had one), and replacing the BIOS/providing Y2K compliance as a side effect. |
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