Re: Why did I buy an XT clone and what am I going to do with it?
Posted on 2016-06-22, 12:19
Play Alley Cat?
Re: Commander Keen 4 - Composite CGA Edition
Posted on 2016-05-23, 11:07
That's just bloody amazing 😀 😀
Re: Hyundai SUPER-16TE xt clone: restoration and info
Posted on 2015-10-10, 02:24
Wow, looking fantastic. Always makes me feel warm and fuzzy seeing people save and restore old PC's
Re: Voyetra OP-4001 Intelligent MIDI Interface
Posted on 2015-09-20, 10:07
Thanks 😀 I just wanted to grab it since it was NOS and didn't own any intelligent midi interfaces back then. I ended up purchasing a couple of music quest cards of forum members so never really got around to opening the Voyetra up. Good to know it works! 😁
Re: Voyetra OP-4001 Intelligent MIDI Interface
Posted on 2015-09-20, 06:38
Yeah I'm fairly sure I purchased it from someone who had a few boxes. I thought why not, I might kick myself otherwise. It's like the XR-385 clones that seemed plentiful at one point and then all of a sudden they dried up and now no one has any for sale! You're right about being too easy though, I …
Voyetra OP-4001 Intelligent MIDI Interface
Posted on 2015-09-20, 06:14
It's been on my todo list for a while so I finally got around to unboxing a Voyetra OP-4001 NOS I received a while back. Similar to badmojo's V-4001 unit (http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=39594) It does what it says it does, plays MIDI :) If anyone has anything they want me to test let me …
Re: Acer 500+ XT system
Posted on 2015-09-14, 10:44
Wow, just saw this thread and can't believe you managed to get this machine in such great condition :) This machine holds a special place in my heart being the first machine I ever owned (well was given to me by my uncle). Yours seems to be fully pimped out with 640KB ram whereas mine only ever had …
Re: Any of you on Windows 10?
Posted on 2015-08-01, 00:06
Any word on whether you can upgrade a Windows 10 Preview machine to Windows 10 retail? Last I heard they were "hoping" you'd be able to do that. My surface pro 3 was on the preview and got the ram release ok. Build ends with 10240. I got it a few days before release, you have the option to turn off …
Re: Crusty Desktop AT Pentium
Posted on 2015-02-22, 08:48
Very nice, still very curious as to whether any blood has been drawn yet 😀
Re: Remember the 16550 UART (and the modem era)?
Posted on 2015-02-18, 11:28
Oh yeah I remember having 8250/16450 UARTS and receiving massive amounts of CRC errors on the higher speed modems :) I started with a 1200/75 modem that I bought and had no idea what exactly to do with it or how modems worked (or what BBS'es were for that matter). Ended up with a 2400bps internal …
Re: post up pics of your "computing area"
Posted on 2014-11-19, 10:10
Wow datapro, what dreams are made of in your house!!!!
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2014-11-19, 09:51
A lot of people here just use imgur 😀
Re: First PC faster than 4.77 mhz
Posted on 2014-11-10, 18:57
I'm not sure what you mean by this question? The first IBM PC 5150 was 4.77 mhz. There were plenty of 8mhz XT's after that NEC V20 among them before the IBM AT was released.
Re: Need help finding bit for screwing in mobo standoffs
Posted on 2014-11-10, 08:12
I've often just used long nose pliers, I didn't realise there are special tools for them?
Re: Do you keep all your really retro machines set up?
Posted on 2014-11-09, 22:37
I'm with Donutking, living in an apartment means most of the time the PC's are in storage. I have one retro computer out at a time, at the moment the 286 and the rest go back into the storage room. Really tempted about packing up my "modern" PC and just having the space for my retro computer since I …
Re: OS of choice survey (DOS).
Posted on 2014-11-08, 12:01
DOS 5.0 for the 286 and 6.22 for the 386 and 486. I don't play too many games so the 2gb isn't an issue.
Re: PC Chips 486 Motherboard dead?
Posted on 2014-11-01, 11:09
The PSU and speaker definitely works, pulled the speaker from my 386 and PSU was used to test another board of mine earlier. Devius: I've tried two different video cards and still no cigar. Racoon: I'm fairly sure the voltage jumpers are set correctly. If you look at the last pic on the ebay link I …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2014-11-01, 11:02
Definitely nice job with the restoration! I noticed you have one of those diagnostic boards, did that assist with finding some of the issues you experienced?
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2014-10-31, 19:21
133MHz wrote: Started digging up the parts for the builds that will go in Can't wait to see these builds 😀 I didn't do much myself aside from have another go at the 486 motherboard which I can safely assume is completely dead now after it failed to beep or post with 30 pin SIMM's.
Re: PC Chips 486 Motherboard dead?
Posted on 2014-10-30, 21:21
Thanks guys, will try it again, I do have some other 72pin modules non pentium era so I'll give those a go! edit: Hmm tried it again with some 30pin SIMM's and still no good. I think it's definitely a gonner
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