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

Posted on 2016-06-06, 17:56

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

This afternoon, after work, I stumbled upon this: http://s5.postimg.org/5crf16tlf/811130864_199413_754335086873896889.jpg After a few seconds: http://s5.postimg.org/hdcv1x103/423933086_44076_10499162422659385196.jpg Aww... I love the smell of retro-PC :P Now, let'see what kind of retro is this... 3x …

Re: Outer rubber coating restoration/cleaning

Posted on 2016-05-26, 17:27

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thanks a lot, I'll follow your useful advice, then!

Outer rubber coating restoration/cleaning

Posted on 2016-05-26, 15:47

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hello, guys - I wanted to ask you an advice about a problem that I think has struck at least once you too: I have more than one device, such as gamepads, mice, etc. - which have that annoying outer rubber coating that eventually becomes sticky and filthy... have you any process in mind to clean or …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-05-23, 18:15

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

A friend of mine has done me a great surprise... 4 packages full of good stuff, for my surprise! These are the best shots, thanks Flavio - finally a Tseng VGA for me too: ... The Intel DX/2 66MHz make me jealous :) ...and makes me happy: it will fit very good between my 486 DX-33 and AM484 DX4-100 …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-05-23, 18:11

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

devius wrote: Very nice haul!! Is that a super old internal HDD caddy? Yes, it seems to be really old, never seen this model of swappable IDE caddy.

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-05-23, 16:33

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

A friend of mine has done me a great surprise... 4 packages full of good stuff, for my surprise! These are the best shots, thanks Flavio - finally a Tseng VGA for me too: http://s5.postimg.org/ns0v1lx77/13226950_1617950231856256_2340967406784386653_n.jpg http://s5.postimg.org/r8ybqu6vn/13227010_ …

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

Posted on 2016-05-01, 17:19

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Trying to use my freshly bought SIP Videotel terminal TTM90/TL as serial console monitor for Debian system logs - serial connection with USB-RS232 help estabilished without problems, spawned with agetty Linux command a login screen on the terminal, just for testing. http://s5.postimg.org/pmzpprsr7/ …

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

Posted on 2016-05-01, 17:05

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

A friend of mine this afternoon called me to ask if I wanted his 'old' hardware parts... of course! Nothing of REAL old (my retro-hardware ideal is different), but I'm happy to save these pieces from sure destruction: - ATI HD5570 GDDR5 512mb - ASUS P5B - A-DATA DDR2 800mhz 2gb x1 - 2x PSU - Unknown …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-04-29, 17:09

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Something 'exotic', bought the other day: a SIP Videotel TTM90 terminal , complete with manuals. The Videotel is the Italian equivalent of the French Minitel service, without ever having had the same success. DIN connector in the back of the terminal is an atypical serial port, that I'm exploiting …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-04-29, 16:56

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Picked up the retro version of my current favourite trackball: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/zZbY-uiWgjuJ3EYEpLKE1LlFp1KosinxtXVqApvJ3FH4GKVn3mBM8ETVCFBq_6TuCNRaMoig_1LiNFSMqzSplfGatv2YjMG3wHsPOZYXnxirxq1Vbaqm5mJCNaV_4dFdPlaEsrkjy4TpCwTOWOCEgAflApfpX6dPrLtkZvdx0Dkcd2x-caVjalU_PcvEW6dYDtiqxa_H1_ …

Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2016-04-23, 09:15

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Oh nice! I'm looking for a tower case like that at the moment. I want to build a machine with as many different drives in it as possible, and a case like that would be perfect! Is that a cassette drive? How does that work? I've only ever seen one flashy cassette drive that was internal, but …

Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2016-04-22, 17:02

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

A few days ago I finally took my retro rigs back at home: specifically, 2x 486 (a 486 DX-33 VLB-based + AMD AM486 DX4-100 build) and a dedicated PC for Windows 98, updated with unofficial patch ( QDI BrillianX 1S/2000 + PIII@450mhz, 128mb RAM PC100, Voodoo II SLI, etc ), connected to the same Compaq …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-04-10, 13:53

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

brostenen wrote: P2B.... Sweet. 😜 *________* P2B and P3B... great mobos!!!

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-04-10, 09:06

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Today's haul: - Unknown PIII Slot 1 - Pentium II 400mhz - Pentium 233 MMX - Duron 800mhz - AMD K6 II-500AFX - SoundBlaster PCI 128 - 2x USB board - various heatsinks - 3x SDRAM PC100-PC133 modules https://s5.postimg.org/3vx0t63pv/20160410_103746.jpg https://s5.postimg.org/uie2vvxar/20160410_103833 …

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

Posted on 2016-04-03, 19:25

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

This child, after CF-boot and battery related problems, seems to be good ;) - I'll take it to my house, near 'main' PC, with that little cute 15" Compaq CRT - for 'fast' DOS gaming <3 http://s5.postimg.org/81zhpj9sj/20160403_193917.jpg VL-Bus and stuff... Nice. :-P Thanks, I can say it is a clean …

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

Posted on 2016-04-03, 18:55

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

This child, after CF-boot and battery related problems, seems to be good ;) - I'll take it to my house, near 'main' PC, with that little cute 15" Compaq CRT - for 'fast' DOS gaming <3 http://s5.postimg.org/81zhpj9sj/20160403_193917.jpg It seems like a really nice system. :) Thanks ;)

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

Posted on 2016-04-03, 17:50

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

This child, after CF-boot and battery related problems, seems to be good 😉 - I'll take it to my house, near 'main' PC, with that little cute 15" Compaq CRT - for 'fast' DOS gaming <3

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

Posted on 2016-04-03, 17:47

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Skyscraper wrote: Indrid Cold wrote: [ As I didn't say anything... in this way, PC doesn't POST... This is because that is the BIOS clear jumper. 😀 I'm used to read "Clear CMOS" in that case 😜 - I believed it was for that not-charge thing 😉

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

Posted on 2016-04-03, 17:36

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

But... is not the same with actual motherboards? They mount standard not-rechargeable CR2032... I've never mounted rechargeable ones, and I've never encountered problems. Is it different? I would like to understand this case Different technology.... If it came with an barrel, it is Most likely …

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

Posted on 2016-04-03, 17:31

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

But... is not the same with actual motherboards? They mount standard not-rechargeable CR2032... I've never mounted rechargeable ones, and I've never encountered problems. Is it different? I would like to understand this case Different technology.... If it came with an barrel, it is Most likely …

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