Re: Were you ever hurt by a computer?

Posted on 2023-07-12, 20:02

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tons.... - Lots of bruises obtained bumbling around a poorly curated cable closet in my 20 years in I.T.....one place was so bad I asked if I could get a weekend to tidy up the cabling so I could see my walking path better. - Lots of cuts from terrible cases, with the worst being LianLi of all cases …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2023-07-12, 16:23

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Did some digging in my google search history to find the memory card part numbers for the NanTan FMA9200 laptops memory cards. Turns out it was something I found on the satech website earlier this year. Their site looks like a ghosttown of oldschool, lol. Probably one of those Silicon Valley …

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Re: The quest for the perfect retro laptop: a saga

Posted on 2023-07-11, 20:41

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Well, here's where I've landed since I started experimenting in 2019........in that time I've used the following.......* by the ones I still have - 1994 NEC Versa 40EC - 1994 NEC Versa M/75* - 1995 NEC Versa P/75* - 1995 NEC Versa V/50 - 1995 Diamond Flower/DFI (NanTan) Mediabook FMAP9200M - 1993 …

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Re: What modern activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2023-07-11, 18:37

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Organizing and planning my network for the new place. Lots of things to consider. Like whether to move or change ISP (AT&T vs. Charter), whether I want to have a 800watt X2 Server chugging away in the attached garage for plex/retro filesharing/internal-ftp/maybe a home intranet page - vs just using …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2023-07-10, 15:53

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I've been slowly, over the week up until moving, tuning and tweaking the NanTan Notebook FMAK9200. The most recent part has been tuning the trackball to work smoothly. That's the one thing the DFi branded NanTan had over the generic color one - the trackball on that thing was flawless. Luckily the …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2023-07-05, 23:30

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Still messing with computers. I am pretty much done recording #SEPTandy content, and have been working on some #DOSCember stuff now. I just recorded a BUNCH of footage off the NanTan Notebook FMAK9200D of Sim City (I finally fixed the garbled text - it was TSRFONT.COM was needed - apparently it …

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Re: PCMCIA Graphics and Video decoding cards

Posted on 2023-07-05, 23:22

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by creepingnet

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I've been trying to make my PCCAP (Nogatech clone) capture card working. The CS/SS drivers seem to install fine. But the FullTV program does not work. It starts, but all I can see is a black screen. Does it have some kind of interface? And does it run on it's own, without card installed? I also …

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Re: If MS-DOS had a dingle/theme song, what would it be?

Posted on 2023-06-20, 19:48

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Wow this unlocked my memories of Computer Chronicles even though it wasn't shown in my country, I watched it through youtube in 2008. off topic: I like these "production songs", I don't know the exact name of it, but they are songs for television and commercials, some didn't need a license to be …

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Re: If MS-DOS had a dingle/theme song, what would it be?

Posted on 2023-06-19, 21:46

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Byte By Byte by Craig Palmer (The Computer Chronicles Theme 1983-1989)

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Re: What modern activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2023-06-17, 02:03

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Replacing the LCD on my Dell Latitude E6440 (this is it's test drive). The original got cracked. I forgot how fast of a repair man I am at laptops, about 35 minutes later, I had the screen swapped, and the webcam and bezel xferred over from the original screen. The whole thing feels a lot more solid …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2023-05-30, 15:43

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Dealing with courier bullshit with FedEx, sold one of my 486s on e-bay, sold for a high sum, then FedEx destroyed it in shipping even though I packed it enough to withstand a friggin bomb Blast (HP Server packing complete with support and isolation from the edges and wrapped in a foam cover). I …

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Re: VGA Capture Thread

Posted on 2023-05-26, 23:41

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My current setup now is this......been working on #SepTandy and #DOSCember videos quite a bit early this year. USB Video Capture Device Converter (Composite/RCA/S-VIDEO) https://www.amazon.com/Capture-Converter-Digital-Camcorder-Compatible/dp/B0BKQCL71Z Fosmon VGA to RCA Converter https://www.amazon …

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Re: Nec drivers FTP is gone

Posted on 2023-05-26, 22:54

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I'm wondering if I should sort it out, and maybe host the files on my geocities.ws website with a mirror to the links on my neocities site. After all, that's where I pilfered all the Versa drivers I have up for download from.

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Re: Brandnew handheld 386SX computers and 8088 laptops... from AliExpress?

Posted on 2023-05-15, 18:29

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by creepingnet

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Tempting to snag one of the 386SX units and slap FreeDOS on it. Could be my new "travel companion" - or a good backup for when the NanTans/Versas die. Sort of like an MS-DOS Game Boy.

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2023-05-15, 18:20

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Ah, that old train-wreck of a board - SiS 5591 AGP chipset ruined by adding an onboard SiS 6326 instead of just giving you an AGP slot. Two potential issues: 1) 5V/3.3V jumpers by the DIMMs. Silly because the DIMM slots are keyed for 3.3V only, but if these jumpers (J2A+B) are set incorrectly, bad …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2023-01-04, 21:31

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Darn dude. Work on yourself and take the red pill. That's all I can advise Not really looking for advice. I'm not the problem - she is. Just venting. If you've been in a relationship with someone for 10+ years and suddenly things start going sideways, you don't just drop em'. You at least try to …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2023-01-04, 20:30

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Been awhile, but I need somewhat of an outlet, becauuse things have been VERY stressful in general. My wife has a few *problems* (of the professional help variety, been going on for a couple years now) and has taken to destroying things around my apartment as a part of her *episodes*. Pretty much …

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Re: Do movies suck these days?

Posted on 2022-11-30, 18:32

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Why the hell does the soundtrack need to be 75% louder than the damn dialogue. Thats what I want to know. My volume is up and down like Super Mario's raccoon tail! Makes me wish modern TVs has sliders and knobs like the 70s. For the same reason there was the loudness war in the music industry, high …

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Re: How do you plan a new retro-build? How did you?

Posted on 2022-11-29, 21:11

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I never plan....it just sorta comes together. Its either feast or famine on the retro front. So some builds im swimming in a sea of components from an undorseen resource that keeps giving. Sometimes I recoup tge price of the build or profit as a reseller on ebay, and I charge like I dont like money …

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Re: Do movies suck these days?

Posted on 2022-11-29, 21:05

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Why the hell does the soundtrack need to be 75% louder than the damn dialogue. Thats what I want to know. My volume is up and down like Super Mario's raccoon tail! Makes me wish modern TVs has sliders and knobs like the 70s.

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