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

Posted on 2021-08-06, 18:40

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Wow, where do I start. This is my to-do list for the next couple of months :D 1) I need to find a replacement speaker that I managed to destroy in my main retro laptop, the Satellite 310CDT. Next I need to find a better optical drive. The one that's built in is having trouble reading media. 2) need …

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Re: Suggested Sound card for 386SX

Posted on 2021-08-06, 06:46

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I used a SB Pro 2.0 Deluxe in my Pentium PC back in the 1990s because I didn't feel like I needed an upgrade. A friend had an AWE32 and it was amazing but I was perfectly happy with my old card 😀

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2021-08-04, 13:26

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I saved an amber Hercules monitor from the trash earlier this week as well as a Samsung 206BW monitor which probably just has some bad caps. Filename DSC_0668.jpg File size 432.52 KiB Views 1555 views

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Re: Toshiba 310CDT speaker repair - help needed

Posted on 2021-08-04, 07:26

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BitWrangler wrote on 2021-08-03, 19:35: There's two tiny hairlike wires that go through the cone to the coil. You won't get them back on. Well sh*t... time to look for a replacement.

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Toshiba 310CDT speaker repair - help needed

Posted on 2021-08-03, 17:16

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I wanted to swap optical drives in my Toshiba 310CDT laptop. I forgot to unplug all the cables and ended up yanking off the small PCB that's normally attached to the speaker. What puzzles me is that I can't see how this even worked in the first place? The wires are attached to what seems to be a …

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Re: Sapphire Radeon HD 3850 AGP with artifacts

Posted on 2021-08-02, 11:26

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sirotkaslo wrote on 2021-08-02, 11:14: Mind telling me which board you're using it with? I have cold boot issues with my nf3 s754 board. Sure, it's Gigabyte GA-6VTXE.

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Re: Sapphire Radeon HD 3850 AGP with artifacts

Posted on 2021-08-02, 10:39

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That card can have one or two poor quality capacitors (was it KZE or KZG?) Those cans usually dries out, although they were fine in my card. Maybe a good point to start from. Yes, the original caps are KGZ. I finally got to replacing them with Panasonic FK caps today. Unfortunately I ordered two …

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Re: Toshiba Satellite Pro 430CDT

Posted on 2021-08-01, 20:04

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I don't run Windows 98 on my 430CDT. Windows 95 performs very noticeably faster and I don't lose any features I care about either (perfectly stable, usable, etc). Anyway, under Win95 I can run games at 800x600, yes (e.g. Seven Kingdoms). I have not tried 3D games at that resolution (would run …

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Re: Toshiba Satellite Pro 430CDT

Posted on 2021-07-29, 23:12

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RetroLizard wrote on 2021-07-29, 21:17: But which ones? I doubt it'll even support any 3D games. I know I tried Heroes of Might and Magic 1 as well as Curse of the Monkey Island. Both only ran in 640x480.

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Re: Toshiba Satellite Pro 430CDT

Posted on 2021-07-29, 21:04

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RetroLizard wrote on 2021-07-29, 20:31: I haven't tried yet, no. Mostly because I don't know of any good games to try. How about.. try any Windows game that supports that resolution? 😀

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Re: Toshiba Satellite Pro 430CDT

Posted on 2021-07-29, 20:01

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Have any of you Satellite owners managed to run games in full screen in 800x600 under Windows 98?

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Re: What do you drive?

Posted on 2021-07-29, 12:14

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Yeah no, sadly they stopped making them in 2013. It's a great little car, easy to park, has enough power for its size and it's surprising spacious inside! Sadly at 13 years old it's beginning to show its age.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-07-29, 08:27

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I bought a Dolch PAC 386 system for 120€ including shipping. There's probably something wrong with the LCD but at that price I couldn't say no. The rest of the computer is in great shape, I just need to figure out a solution for the LCD. Worst case, I'll go for one of those modern 10" panels from …

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Re: IBM 300GL (6282-87U, P1/Socket 7) Power Supply

Posted on 2021-07-29, 07:36

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Hello, Yes, a have a full working ATX to AT conversion with a 7905 add-on to provide the -5 volts.. Turns out the original disk was bad. have exchanged it with another one.. instaled windows98SE an is fully working... the Power supply is a little tricky because, theres another two molex that goes …

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Re: What do you drive?

Posted on 2021-07-28, 20:57

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My daily driver is a 2008 Mitsubishi Colt 3-door 95HP (not my photo) Filename Mitsubishi-Colt_2007_Hecbeks_1512980751_2.jpg File size 46.54 KiB Views 1553 views

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Re: 486 eBay pickup - new project!

Posted on 2021-07-28, 20:50

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I'd appreciate it, if you could share some photos of the repaired traces. I'm trying to learn this art 😀

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Toshiba 310CDT problem with optical drive and video resolution in games under Win98

Posted on 2021-07-28, 19:46

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I wanted to play some games today and found out two things about this laptop. 1) When the optical drive is engaged, the computer slows down to a crawl. I'm guessing the lens needs to be cleaned or the drive itself is half-dead or both :D It takes forever to load/install games and it's not very …

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Re: IBM 300GL (6282-87U, P1/Socket 7) Power Supply

Posted on 2021-07-28, 13:40

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Well, I have the exact same PC and the power supply "exploded" today when I turned it on to do some testing before putting it up for sale. I already messaged nuno14272 to see, if he ever completed the conversion. Still, if anyone else can throw in their 2 cents, please do. I have spare AT and ATX …

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Re: Games that you remember the most from 1990's thru mid 2000's

Posted on 2021-07-28, 07:40

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I played so many games in my life, it's hard for me to tell which ones were made in that time period and which ones were older/newer. When I was a kid/teen, I didn't really pay attention to that. I played both old and new games as long as they had good playability and, most importantly, I could get …

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Advantech PCA-6003 single board computer - doesn't POST

Posted on 2021-07-27, 14:21

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I have an Advantech PCA-6003 SBC as well as the "motherboard" this plugs into PCA-6108P4-C Rev.:C1. The SBC had two bad caps which I replaced. Everything else appears to be in order but it won't POST, no beeps, no video at all. I tried several different sticks of RAM as well as a known working CPU. …

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