Re: My Tandy 1000 SL story
Posted on 2017-03-20, 11:53
I spy a Model M2. Did you recap it?
Re: Next project - Gateway 2000 486DX2
Posted on 2017-03-07, 14:34
MOOOOO. You'll need to get your GW2000 mug to go along with it: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gateway-2000-Coffee-Mug-Cow-Print-PC-Computer-Vintage-Cup-Silicon-Valley-01/322347679215?_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D41668%26meid% …
Re: 1991 Dream Machine (386 DX/33)
Posted on 2017-02-01, 14:34
Those old caviar drives are actually quite nice to listen to. As far as I'm concerned, the best HDDs that've come out of WD to this day :p Some are sought after now since they're less common and many want the authentic sound. Bearing hum (check) Crazy startup sound with the plunk (check) Hollow seek …
Re: Pentium 60 build: the other side of 1993
Posted on 2017-01-23, 14:23
Is your P60 an FDIV-bug equipped model?
Re: VGA Capture Thread
Posted on 2017-01-22, 01:45
Well I found this: https://inogeni.com/dvi-usb3-0/ It's suitable for VGA and DVI @ 640x480, but sadly states it requires USB 3.0; which could be resolved by a PCI-e USB 3.0 card but then that's more expensive than getting a C127.
Re: VGA Capture Thread
Posted on 2017-01-21, 08:08
Ah I was always under the impression that the Avermedia could capture lower res signals which is why it's so popular amongst the retro community. But now I'm looking at the specs you're certainly right that it's limited to a lowest supported res of 640x480. So I suppose there isn't a all-in-one …
Re: VGA Capture Thread
Posted on 2017-01-20, 18:15
Hi Raymangold, what are your target resolutions and fps requirements? I use the combination of a StarTech PCIe HD Video Capture Card [PEXHDCAP] for capturing Windows 98/Games etc. (4:3 and 16:9 640x480 ~ 1600x1024/1920x1080 at 30/60 fps) and a Datapath VisionRGB-Pro [DGC103C] for older DOS VGA/EGA …
Re: VGA Capture Thread
Posted on 2017-01-18, 07:21
Hey guys, I've been wanting to capture some footage on a few older games ranging from: 320x200, 320x240, 640x480 and 800x600. Not all VGA capture devices respond well with older resolutions and I was wondering if someone has found one that is tried and tested to hit most of those. Phil mentioned he …
Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread
Posted on 2016-12-25, 06:53
AOpen PSUs are usually pretty decent. Often made by FSP. Except the fact that FSP uses the lowest grade capacitors available. The 'F' in FSP stands for fire . Seasonic, Delta, LITE-ON, ASTEC (when it was still around), Artesyn etc are all good. Sometimes Delta and LITE-ON use lower grade capacitors …
Re: Show off your tiny PCs
Posted on 2016-12-24, 19:14
Re: "Chief Blue Meanie", My Voodoo2 powered IBM 300PL.
Posted on 2016-12-13, 22:28
The Pentium 2 300PLs can use up to 768 MB of SDRAM (3x 256 modules), I've had mine configured that high before I recycled it in favour of the Pentium 1 unit instead. The capacitors in the Pentium 2 units for some reason occasionally got low quality batches--which looks like yours suffers from. …
Re: Socket 7 PowerLeap PL-K6-III (ultimate upgrade)
Posted on 2016-12-13, 21:37
i got also one.. had it working on a Socket 5 SOYO Board with K6-3, but unfortunally it stopped working.. seems that one of the PAL IC's is defective :( Interesting, I was looking at the AMD PAL chips and considering dumping the PROM. Didn't actually think there would be cases where the (PROM …
Re: Socket 7 PowerLeap PL-K6-III (ultimate upgrade)
Posted on 2016-12-08, 09:38
Hello everybody, If somebody knows, where I could buy a PowerLeap PL-K6-III, or if somebody will sell this adapter, please send me a private message!! I would need it for an Socket 7 IBM PC. Thanks, KH It took many years for me to find one and then I had to buy the K6-III separately. Try looking in …
Re: My faithful IBM 300PL Tower
Posted on 2016-12-06, 07:15
Some trivia, The first PC 300 towers (Pentium 1) featured a front audio panel that was dropped in all later models (along with an ethernet indicator which looks like it was removed on the Pentium 3 iteration): http://www.recycledgoods.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/1000x/ …
Re: Barton 3200+ vs P4 3.0 with modern os?
Posted on 2016-09-13, 20:56
Almost anything you do on a heavy modern OS will max out the P4 for extended periods of time. Windows Updates can take ages. A late 3.8 Ghz P4 with hyperthreading is still fine with modern Windows 7 tasks; in fact, they even have VT-x for virtualization (I've often wondered how well virtualizing …
Re: Roland SC-88 repair
Posted on 2016-03-22, 08:57
I hate to say it, but having a good working unit can make troubleshooting a lot easier (then you can swap components between the two and easily narrow it down). Did you verify the SC-88 EPROM was good? If not, all troubleshooting will have to wait until you put a good eprom image. Judging from what …
Re: Help Identifying IBM keyboard
Posted on 2016-03-01, 05:52
raymangold, Thanks! That is way more info than I was able to divine from Google. It's a shame, it looks like you could just use a double-ended male PS/2 cable to hook it up to a computer's PS/2 port. I'm guessing that switch is to switch between operating systems? It goes from mini-DIN to this …
Re: Help Identifying IBM keyboard
Posted on 2016-02-29, 20:12
Those keyboards were made for the IBM RT systems: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_6150_RT They are proprietary, and the one you have there is a rubber dome and not the more sought after capacitive variant. The E57888-6298389 is a bit better than E57888-6247440 since it won't suffer from rollover …
Re: Socket 7 PowerLeap PL-K6-III (ultimate upgrade)
Posted on 2016-02-26, 18:59
Well I finally got the K6-III sticker and applied it to the case (yeah took awhile): http://i.imgur.com/TezeBIt.jpg Yup, that is a very significant upgrade :lol: Does your system feature any 3D hardware other than Mystique? I must admit, I really enjoyed its API in Tomb Raider. As long as there …
Re: Socket 7 PowerLeap PL-K6-III (ultimate upgrade)
Posted on 2016-02-26, 05:50
Well I finally got the K6-III sticker and applied it to the case (yeah took awhile): http://i.imgur.com/TezeBIt.jpg
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