vswitchzero
@vswitchzero.com
Retro PC and gaming enthusiast. On YouTube at http://youtube.com/c/vswitchzero 🇨🇦
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vswitchzero
@vswitchzero.com
· Dec 2
Welcome to the vswitchzero Channel!
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Hi! I’m Mike, the creator of vswitchzero, a YouTube channel dedicated to 90s retro PC hardware and gaming. Join me in this exciting journey of history, exploring forgotten tech and preserving the legacy of vintage computers!
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Anyone do an RMA with Western Digital recently? They acknowledged my return a month and a half ago, and still nothing. Still listed as “processing”
Going to reach out to them this week. Not the level of service I remember from back in the day ☹️
Going to reach out to them this week. Not the level of service I remember from back in the day ☹️
January 18, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Anyone do an RMA with Western Digital recently? They acknowledged my return a month and a half ago, and still nothing. Still listed as “processing”
Going to reach out to them this week. Not the level of service I remember from back in the day ☹️
Going to reach out to them this week. Not the level of service I remember from back in the day ☹️
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Welcome to my MIDI family...
The Roland Sound Canvas SC-88 Pro. I'm surprised how many vocal samples it has. Very distinct instrumentations really enjoying it.
Sadly the SC-55 mode isn't 100%, so I'll certainly keep that around but for what it is, I'm really happy with it.
The Roland Sound Canvas SC-88 Pro. I'm surprised how many vocal samples it has. Very distinct instrumentations really enjoying it.
Sadly the SC-55 mode isn't 100%, so I'll certainly keep that around but for what it is, I'm really happy with it.
January 16, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Welcome to my MIDI family...
The Roland Sound Canvas SC-88 Pro. I'm surprised how many vocal samples it has. Very distinct instrumentations really enjoying it.
Sadly the SC-55 mode isn't 100%, so I'll certainly keep that around but for what it is, I'm really happy with it.
The Roland Sound Canvas SC-88 Pro. I'm surprised how many vocal samples it has. Very distinct instrumentations really enjoying it.
Sadly the SC-55 mode isn't 100%, so I'll certainly keep that around but for what it is, I'm really happy with it.
Seriously thinking of resurrecting my BBS (again). This time with Telnet, SSH and proper dial-up 🤔
One node or two node dial-up? 🙃
One node or two node dial-up? 🙃
January 16, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Seriously thinking of resurrecting my BBS (again). This time with Telnet, SSH and proper dial-up 🤔
One node or two node dial-up? 🙃
One node or two node dial-up? 🙃
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I picked up this clear Sun SPARCstation LX a couple weeks ago. I was told that it was a special machine used for trade shows. Let's take it apart, back up its hard drive with BlueSCSI initiator mode, and start recapping the power supply. Saturday noon EST. youtube.com/live/W6tjUSo...
What is inside this clear Sun SPARCstation LX? Disassembly, BlueSCSI hard drive backup, PSU recap
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January 16, 2026 at 3:35 PM
I picked up this clear Sun SPARCstation LX a couple weeks ago. I was told that it was a special machine used for trade shows. Let's take it apart, back up its hard drive with BlueSCSI initiator mode, and start recapping the power supply. Saturday noon EST. youtube.com/live/W6tjUSo...
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Was doing some research about a barebone that have a sort of ITX sized S479 motherboard with AGP and PCI using intel 855GME chipset and bumped into this on the retro web!
Can you imagine picking up an old AT system and finding this inside instead of a regular 386/486?!
Can you imagine picking up an old AT system and finding this inside instead of a regular 386/486?!
January 10, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Was doing some research about a barebone that have a sort of ITX sized S479 motherboard with AGP and PCI using intel 855GME chipset and bumped into this on the retro web!
Can you imagine picking up an old AT system and finding this inside instead of a regular 386/486?!
Can you imagine picking up an old AT system and finding this inside instead of a regular 386/486?!
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Hello folks. I would love to get this HAKKO FR301-81 Desoldering tool and found a really good price for it on eBay. Any donation would be greatly appreciated .
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January 10, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Hello folks. I would love to get this HAKKO FR301-81 Desoldering tool and found a really good price for it on eBay. Any donation would be greatly appreciated .
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I gotta stop buying 3dfx Voodoo 2s 😬
January 10, 2026 at 12:14 AM
I gotta stop buying 3dfx Voodoo 2s 😬
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I've been working on a little project while I've been away.
Maybe one of the smallest computers ever to run Windows 98SE natively, with Video, Sound, LAN and USB, no emulation, bare metal.
It's been a mission as it was never meant to run this OS and driver hunting was insane!
Maybe one of the smallest computers ever to run Windows 98SE natively, with Video, Sound, LAN and USB, no emulation, bare metal.
It's been a mission as it was never meant to run this OS and driver hunting was insane!
January 8, 2026 at 7:33 PM
I've been working on a little project while I've been away.
Maybe one of the smallest computers ever to run Windows 98SE natively, with Video, Sound, LAN and USB, no emulation, bare metal.
It's been a mission as it was never meant to run this OS and driver hunting was insane!
Maybe one of the smallest computers ever to run Windows 98SE natively, with Video, Sound, LAN and USB, no emulation, bare metal.
It's been a mission as it was never meant to run this OS and driver hunting was insane!
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Also this was one i was really sad to part ways with, but it went to a good home :]
January 8, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Also this was one i was really sad to part ways with, but it went to a good home :]
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This was still not easy even with a stencil🫠
January 6, 2026 at 9:42 PM
This was still not easy even with a stencil🫠
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Some testing with the AMD Geode LX, it’s basically a Cyrix 5x86 on steroids. Big L1 and L2 caches, and MMX/3DNow! instructions embedded in the FPU (so non-pipelined, it really hates MMX codepaths). Here are the results from testing multiple code paths and rendering methods in FastDoom:
January 5, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Some testing with the AMD Geode LX, it’s basically a Cyrix 5x86 on steroids. Big L1 and L2 caches, and MMX/3DNow! instructions embedded in the FPU (so non-pipelined, it really hates MMX codepaths). Here are the results from testing multiple code paths and rendering methods in FastDoom:
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Got this (un)interesting dual head Matrox G400. I’ve heard about its special dual-output capability back in the early days. But the card always felt like it’s not for gaming. And I’ve never considered to build a PC with it back then.
But here we are🤡
But here we are🤡
January 3, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Got this (un)interesting dual head Matrox G400. I’ve heard about its special dual-output capability back in the early days. But the card always felt like it’s not for gaming. And I’ve never considered to build a PC with it back then.
But here we are🤡
But here we are🤡
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DoomEd, the original Doom mapping software running.
January 1, 2026 at 5:09 PM
DoomEd, the original Doom mapping software running.
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Need help identifying a chip on Asus V7100 DVI. I think it's a 3.3V regulator for the Sil transmitter chip. Please help if you have this card!😋
December 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Need help identifying a chip on Asus V7100 DVI. I think it's a 3.3V regulator for the Sil transmitter chip. Please help if you have this card!😋
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New RAM chips arrived a couple of days ago. Today I attempted to repair this GeForce 4 Ti 4600.
December 25, 2025 at 9:58 PM
New RAM chips arrived a couple of days ago. Today I attempted to repair this GeForce 4 Ti 4600.
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Happy Xmas you lot, I've dressed up an exploded RIFA accordingly.
December 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Happy Xmas you lot, I've dressed up an exploded RIFA accordingly.
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this has been the toughest set i’ve ever tried to dial-in, but I kinda expected that because these Slimfit tubes are notoriously hard to calibrate. Made major progress on it today though, full analog board recap + reseated yoke and re-adhered yoke wedges. just needs that pincushion adjusted…
December 20, 2025 at 10:46 PM
this has been the toughest set i’ve ever tried to dial-in, but I kinda expected that because these Slimfit tubes are notoriously hard to calibrate. Made major progress on it today though, full analog board recap + reseated yoke and re-adhered yoke wedges. just needs that pincushion adjusted…
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This computer is art
December 19, 2025 at 8:03 PM
This computer is art
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FastDoom 1.2.0 is now available! This release focuses on optimizing high resolution modes for newer 5th and 6th gen CPUs. Grab it here: github.com/viti95/FastD...
Release FastDoom 1.2.0 · viti95/FastDoom
Fixed span rendering in backbuffered modes (potato detail and resolutions above 320×200)
Minor optimizations to span rendering in backbuffered and VBE2 direct modes
Added new span rendering routine...
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December 19, 2025 at 8:18 PM
FastDoom 1.2.0 is now available! This release focuses on optimizing high resolution modes for newer 5th and 6th gen CPUs. Grab it here: github.com/viti95/FastD...
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Super excited to get this legend back up. Shuttle FV25 board (from the SV25 system), one of the first to lead the way to ITX form factor (and other Shuttle SFF systems). It’s been dead forever and I recently found it again. Since my skills have improved, I gave it another shot and it’s good to go!
December 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Super excited to get this legend back up. Shuttle FV25 board (from the SV25 system), one of the first to lead the way to ITX form factor (and other Shuttle SFF systems). It’s been dead forever and I recently found it again. Since my skills have improved, I gave it another shot and it’s good to go!
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The first sound card in my testbench is the Terratec Maestro 16/95.
The Crystal/Dream CS9233 wavetable synth uses a patch set identical to the Terratec Mini Wave System SOWT-11 and SOWT-12 daughterboards, and also has integrated FM synthesis, but I have yet to find out if its CrystalFM or DreamFM.
The Crystal/Dream CS9233 wavetable synth uses a patch set identical to the Terratec Mini Wave System SOWT-11 and SOWT-12 daughterboards, and also has integrated FM synthesis, but I have yet to find out if its CrystalFM or DreamFM.
December 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The first sound card in my testbench is the Terratec Maestro 16/95.
The Crystal/Dream CS9233 wavetable synth uses a patch set identical to the Terratec Mini Wave System SOWT-11 and SOWT-12 daughterboards, and also has integrated FM synthesis, but I have yet to find out if its CrystalFM or DreamFM.
The Crystal/Dream CS9233 wavetable synth uses a patch set identical to the Terratec Mini Wave System SOWT-11 and SOWT-12 daughterboards, and also has integrated FM synthesis, but I have yet to find out if its CrystalFM or DreamFM.
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Benchmarks, benchmarks, and more benchmarks! Getting ready for the FastDoom 1.2.0 release 😁
December 16, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Benchmarks, benchmarks, and more benchmarks! Getting ready for the FastDoom 1.2.0 release 😁
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Hey folks. Tomorrow, Wednesday, December 17, 2025, starting at 12 noon eastern, it is time that I finally go through all the motherboards that I have here and see what works and what doesn't. Come keep count with me on how many work and don't.
youtube.com/live/1uY_eOw...
youtube.com/live/1uY_eOw...
Let's Test Some Motherboards
YouTube video by Trina's Technobabble
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December 17, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Hey folks. Tomorrow, Wednesday, December 17, 2025, starting at 12 noon eastern, it is time that I finally go through all the motherboards that I have here and see what works and what doesn't. Come keep count with me on how many work and don't.
youtube.com/live/1uY_eOw...
youtube.com/live/1uY_eOw...