Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-05-12, 22:19

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by Lukeno94

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Thought I'd pop up here and showcase what arrived today from Japan, at least the item that actually works out of the things I ordered - a nice, rare IBM ThinkPad S30. Screen was shot, with the classic vinegar syndrome starting, but I already had a replacement for my previous S30, which sadly is in …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-05-10, 21:10

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by Lukeno94

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Thought I'd pop up here and showcase what arrived today from Japan, at least the item that actually works out of the things I ordered - a nice, rare IBM ThinkPad S30. Screen was shot, with the classic vinegar syndrome starting, but I already had a replacement for my previous S30, which sadly is in …

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Re: Looking for lost drivers: Panasonic KXL-830AN

Posted on 2022-04-05, 23:15

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by Lukeno94

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Excellent, thank you very much - that's done the trick and the drive has turned out to be nice and healthy as well.

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Looking for lost drivers: Panasonic KXL-830AN

Posted on 2022-04-05, 18:28

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by Lukeno94

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I recently bought myself a nice Libretto SS1000, and one of the extras it came with is an external Panasonic KXL-830AN PCMCIA CD-ROM drive. However... I cannot find drivers for it anywhere online (at least bar one site that doesn't give me the raw download file directly, so I don't trust it). I can …

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Weird Windows XP date bug with HP Omnibook XE4100

Posted on 2021-10-02, 16:28

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by Lukeno94

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Been a while since I posted anything here! One of my latest projects is a HP Omnibook XE4100 - a Tulatin-based Celeron laptop from 2002. Unfortunately, I seem to have run into a bit of a weird bug. When trying to run Windows XP, it keeps interpreting the laptop's date as 1921 after every reboot. …

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Re: I8KFanGUI 2.2

Posted on 2020-07-24, 19:35

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by Lukeno94

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That did the trick, thank you!

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I8KFanGUI 2.2

Posted on 2020-07-09, 21:59

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by Lukeno94

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Hello all, been a while since I was here! One thing I've noticed, and do not like, is how high a temperature many old Dell laptops have to reach before kicking their fans in. Now, I know that I8KFanGUI can sort this, but unfortunately all the versions that run on Windows 9X, ie 2.2 and older, seem …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-01-03, 17:06

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by Lukeno94

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Not that many Working A31p units around anymore (judging from the Thinkpad forum I am a member of). I have one A31p unit and it is nice. A series laptops are not that common anymore. Having 2 removable drive bays where you can ditch the floppy and put an extra HD in for easy backup is nice. I'm …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-01-02, 13:57

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by Lukeno94

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IBM ThinkPad A31 - sadly not the A31p that was advertised. 1.6 GHz P4M, 16MB ATI Radeon Mobility 7500 graphics, 1GB RAM; needs some TLC and a good clean, but bar a flakey power port, it all seems to work fine.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-03-08, 20:41

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by Lukeno94

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Got a second LIbretto 70CT today. It works, but the screen is beginning to decay in the bottom left (it's turned white), so I bought it to steal the extras for my other one. So that's a 16MB RAM module, better battery, original charger, docking station, car charger (yes, really!) and a random …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-03-06, 17:38

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by Lukeno94

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If any of those floppy drives were good, I could do with one for my T1950. Although I wouldn't want to kill working systems...

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-03-03, 18:06

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by Lukeno94

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what does you mom do that needs something more then a 8300? Don't forget that a HDD upgrade will make things a lot faster too. Speaking as someone who owned a 8300GS back when it was new - I would expect it to start struggling with any kind of high-quality video, let alone even the most basic of …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-02-28, 22:42

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by Lukeno94

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I'm a fan of my Corsair K70, but that's rather modern - for classic things, the best I've used (having never had one of those mechanical Dells or Model Ms) has to be that on the Inspiron 8000 and 8100 laptops! Those are pretty good, they're the same as on my Precision M50 and Latitude C810. I've …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-02-27, 22:34

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by Lukeno94

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I'm a fan of my Corsair K70, but that's rather modern - for classic things, the best I've used (having never had one of those mechanical Dells or Model Ms) has to be that on the Inspiron 8000 and 8100 laptops! Just ordered myself a Laplink 2000 kit, hopefully it's all there!

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-02-25, 12:26

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by Lukeno94

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the belt in the floppy drive has failed I believe (motor whirs but that's all) Good luck trying to fix this. I even bought a NOS drive trying to fix mine - I've tried everything under the sun and that model drive is just the most unreliable thing you ever saw. Everything has to be calibrated ( …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-02-24, 22:50

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by Lukeno94

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http://i.imgur.com/cI5YcQCl.jpg A Toshiba T1950CT that is somewhat of a time capsule. 200MB HDD, 486DX2-40, 8MB RAM - with what seems like its original installation of DOS 6.2 and Windows 3.1 from 1993/1994 on it, whilst it seems to have been parked in 1997. There's even some scientific studies …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-02-20, 17:47

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by Lukeno94

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Picked up a free Dell Inspiron 530. I have officially owned or worked on 5 of these now. Worked on a C2Q version, owned the 530s, the amd varient of the 530s, a c2d 530 and now a another one. I like these machines :) I had a 531, which was the AMD version, and it was garbage. PSU couldn't actually …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-02-17, 18:26

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by Lukeno94

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Well, I've taken the plunge; behold my Toshiba Libretto 70CT. It's in need of a very good clean and more than a few screws, but everything seems to work! Even the battery, although it often will throw a fit and refuse to run with the battery plugged in - ah well. I also have its floppy drive. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-02-16, 21:39

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by Lukeno94

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http://i.imgur.com/Du8wjjUl.jpg Well, I've taken the plunge; behold my Toshiba Libretto 70CT. It's in need of a very good clean and more than a few screws, but everything seems to work! Even the battery, although it often will throw a fit and refuse to run with the battery plugged in - ah well. I …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-02-08, 19:13

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by Lukeno94

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Prior to XP, it matters not one jot really - you can use a key on an infinite number of machines and it won't affect anyone else. XP onwards, then it becomes rather more of a dick move to start taking keys.

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