Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread
Posted on 2021-07-19, 18:12
That's amazing! Is "ribbon cable folding" a new art form I'm not aware of that's gaining a lot of traction?
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2021-07-10, 11:54
Does anyone have the documentation for me for setting it up? 16259158701682255676554083286926.jpg As far as I know ES688 "just works". No drivers required to get sound in DOS games. Just select the Sound Blaster Pro option if the game doesn't have native ESS support: Address 220, IRQ 5, DMA 1 (or …
Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread
Posted on 2021-07-05, 20:23
ST251 wrote on 2021-07-05, 01:03: ...just because 🤣. That works!
Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread
Posted on 2021-07-04, 18:23
Why though? 😄
Re: Is this Netware data worth preserving or investigating further?
Posted on 2021-06-20, 08:57
You can just make an image of the drive in case it’s ever needed in the future and then do whatever you want to the drive.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2021-06-17, 17:17
Caluser2000 wrote on 2021-06-16, 21:44: This thing has been laying about in the kitchen. Is it useful for anything?: Depends on your definition of useful 😉 If you enjoy tinkering with these early 3D accelerators then this one should be fun.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2021-06-16, 19:59
aitotat wrote on 2021-06-16, 18:38: ...this was the first time I had change to get LAPC-I (and I've wanted it for 31 years, ever since I read a review from a finnish magazine PC-pelit 1990). Same here 😃 Still waiting for that chance though.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2021-06-10, 20:53
pampilhoso wrote on 2021-06-10, 17:29: Manage to get the official modem for the compaq presario cds 5xx series. Its not an isa card as can you see, it uses a proprietary connector. 20210610_152705.jpg Holy moly! That's amazing (although useless 😆). I remember wondering what the card would be like …
Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread
Posted on 2021-05-19, 20:33
Do you have like 50 assembled PCs or something?
Re: How to fix your dead on-board floppy controller
Posted on 2021-05-14, 19:53
This was very informative! Thanks for sharing. I'm sure it will be useful to a lot of people in the future.
Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread
Posted on 2021-05-06, 18:43
I feel like I've stepped into a parallel universe where everyone is expert at cable managing their PC builds. 😆
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2021-05-06, 17:33
You can never have too many CPUs 😆 Bought this from a friend for 25€ + shipping, but before you flip out it's non functional, very dirty and the screen is clearly messed up beyond repair. It also emits a weird smell and some kind of grease is leaking from the damaged portion of the screen. Not sure …
Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread
Posted on 2021-05-02, 10:35
vad4r wrote on 2021-05-01, 21:33: Atari PC5 That's one of the most beautiful PCs I've ever seen! 😳
Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread
Posted on 2021-05-01, 14:22
If appiah4 isn't ashamed I certainly am... That is the best cable management I have ever seen. Congratulations, it's very impressive!! 😁
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2021-04-25, 17:40
Bort wrote on 2021-04-25, 17:18: The computer does not recognize my (only AT-) Keyboard. The keyboard connector could have been damaged during transit considering the other loose components you mentioned. Could be a simple case of soldering it back again or fixing some broken traces.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2021-04-24, 17:38
Not exactly today, but got these very nice pre-1990 network cards from a fellow Vogons member. In the set there are some early 3Com Etherlink, Etherlink Plus, Etherlink II and Etherlink 16 cards: IMG_20210423_184834.jpg There's also a 10BASE-FL card there, which is a first for me, and I'm pretty …
Re: Compaq Presario 522 (+ 524) CDS posting problems.
Posted on 2021-04-17, 08:13
I know I’m a bit late to the party, so sorry if you already threw the PCs away or something. Could also be a PSU problem. Have you checked if the voltages are correct and stable?
Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread
Posted on 2021-04-12, 18:00
kolderman wrote on 2021-04-11, 22:51: Nice but > Creative Sound Blaster PCI128 Exactly 😆 Everything is super over the top, except the sound card. What's the story behind that?
Re: Schneider VGA AT System 70 CEG power connectors pinout
Posted on 2021-04-04, 20:57
Oh wow, I totally missed this thread. Glad you got the PSU working, but sorry that the PC ended up damaged due to all the other issues. I think I eventually managed to figure out what the “unknown” pins were in my original PSU connector schematic but never got around to updating it. I’ll try to do …
Re: Old hardware giveaway thread.
Posted on 2021-03-31, 21:03
Seems you hit the jackpot 😁 It appears the reason the base board is reversed like that is because it can take a daughter-board which would occupy the "normal" component side. No idea what the daughter board would do.
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