Retro Reviews

This page lists all the hardware reviews and restorations here at DOS Days.

Sound Cards

Parallel Port Sound Cards - November 2020
Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16 Value CT2770 - October 2021
Aztech Sound Galaxy Nova 16 Extra - October 2021
MediaVision Pro Audio Spectrum 16 - November 2021
Ensoniq Soundscape VIVO - June 2022
Orpheus 1 Sound Card + X2GS Wavetable DB - August 2022
Yamaha Audician 32 Plus - January 2023
Creative Labs Sound Blaster Pro 2 CT1600 - July 2023
MultiWave AudioWave 16 AISP (SCSI) - November 2023
ExpertColor MED1931 (OPTiFM 82C931) - January 2024

Motherboards

Gigabyte GA-5AX Motherboard (Creating a DOS Gaming PC article) - December 2019
Octek G2 286 Motherboard - February 2020
Chips & Technologies 386 Motherboard - December 2020
OPTi 386/486 Hybrid Motherboard - March 2021
FIC 486VIP-IO2 Motherboard - April 2021
Chaintech 4SLE / IPC Family Magic Motherboard - July 2021
Gigabyte GA686BX Motherboard - September 2021
LM-103S 286 Motherboard, aka Getting a 286 to Run Like a 386! - October 2021
PC Chips M590 Motherboard - April 2023

Graphics Cards

Octek VC-001 Gemini EGA Card - May 2022
FIDA MIX CGA cards - July 2022
Tseng Labs ET4000AX card - October/November 2022
Matrox MGA Millennium - December 2022
Orchid Fahrenheit VA/VLB - January 2023
Video Seven VGA 1024i - February 2023
ATi 3D Rage II series - February 2023
nVidia RIVA 128 series - June 2023
nVidia RIVA TNT - July 2023
nVidia RIVA TNT2 - October 2023
Octek EVGA-16 VGA card - November 2023

Laptops

Toshiba Satellite 4010CDT - February 2024

Other

XT Clone Restoration - July 2021
Osborne 1 Restoration - April 2022
MDA/CGA/EGA to VGA converter - February 2023