Re: How much is worth?

Posted on 2022-07-01, 19:23

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by Jed118

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I try to wait out the more bargainous purchases, however there are times that I’ve paid a sizable amount for various pieces, either because I needed/wanted something specific in a short space of time, or because there has only been a handful available and prices are steady. My Voodoo 5 5500 PCI …

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Re: How much is worth?

Posted on 2022-07-01, 19:20

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by Jed118

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I refurbish my machines to the best of my abilities. This takes a lot of time + resources. I love it when I get super-low balled with the explanation that "this rig is worth $200 to me" - great! I'm 1) not in any hurry to sell it 2) have sold machines internationally for industrial uses (the most …

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Re: How much is worth?

Posted on 2022-06-29, 19:05

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by Jed118

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

In the end, it's worth whatever someone is willing to pay.

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Re: Rare 386/486 VLB Motherboard: Unstable in 386 Mode

Posted on 2022-06-29, 18:58

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by Jed118

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I too gave up on that dream - I had an EISA VLB 486/386 board, worked perfectly with the 486, would not take any form of 386 no matter what. At least you've got a manual for yours. I now have an IBM PS 1000 with a Blue Lightning chip in it :D My BIOS had (under advanced options) a "Enable 386" mode …

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Re: Looking for a fast vesa local bus card for DOS gaming

Posted on 2022-06-29, 18:39

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by Jed118

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Thanks everyone for the information. In the end, I decided to just keep the Trident card. I found some cheap DRAM on eBay and upgraded it to 2MB successfully. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EOP0HIuWkAE3DNc?format=jpg&name=4096x4096 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EOP0HItXUAgFNKT?format=jpg&name=4096x4096 …

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Re: 16 bit ethernet card in 8 bit ISA

Posted on 2022-03-07, 03:22

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by Jed118

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Alright, I'll look up the manual for a card that might be called an ELEC5 E333OB with a SMC UltraChip but before I do has anyone had this card working in an 8 bit bus20220104_235646.jpg Incredible coincidence - I have two such cards (RJ45 only), but without the setup file for the configuration. Do …

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Re: Another Blue Lightning 25/50MHz 2168 salvage IBM PS 1000 - Giving up on the SXL?

Posted on 2022-02-17, 15:41

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by Jed118

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I have a PS/1 2168 (the tower one) and yeah, jumpers... They're a real nuisance. ps2kev has the manual, luckily enough. Yes I do believe that's where I got the mostly-compatible PS/1 Windows "image" - I scanned my computer for viruses after, and found two files infected with the HLLO HONI A virus ( …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-02-14, 19:43

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by Jed118

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I bought 30 44256 45 ns DIP RAM by accident. I meant to buy 10, but somehow the page refreshed or something and by the time I saw what happened, eh, I'll keep them. There's a few cards around here that can take advantage of them, worst case I'll sell any extras - if I can get even half of what …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-02-13, 23:31

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by Jed118

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I bought 30 44256 45 ns DIP RAM by accident. I meant to buy 10, but somehow the page refreshed or something and by the time I saw what happened, eh, I'll keep them. There's a few cards around here that can take advantage of them, worst case I'll sell any extras - if I can get even half of what …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-02-13, 19:01

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by Jed118

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I bought 30 44256 45 ns DIP RAM by accident. I meant to buy 10, but somehow the page refreshed or something and by the time I saw what happened, eh, I'll keep them. There's a few cards around here that can take advantage of them, worst case I'll sell any extras - if I can get even half of what …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-02-13, 04:51

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by Jed118

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I bought 30 44256 45 ns DIP RAM by accident. I meant to buy 10, but somehow the page refreshed or something and by the time I saw what happened, eh, I'll keep them. There's a few cards around here that can take advantage of them, worst case I'll sell any extras - if I can get even half of what …

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AWE32 DOS and Windows 3.11 troubleshooting tips/tricks?

Posted on 2022-02-08, 05:41

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by Jed118

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Since the late 90s, I have been trying to get into better sound for my PCs, but the Vibra 16Cs and SoundBlaster PCIs were pretty OK for me, and they did the trick. I am far from a computer audiophile and my first and second PCs didn't even have a sound card. My sound systems went (and do currently …

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

Posted on 2022-02-08, 00:39

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by Jed118

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I found another SB0220 so I installed in a PIII 1.0 I'm selling - now it is fully SB compatible, even in DOS. I also retrobrited a keyboard (it was sunny today) and it came out 10x better than it was.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-02-08, 00:22

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by Jed118

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luckybob wrote on 2022-02-07, 23:51: debs3759 wrote on 2022-02-07, 21:46: I could see my carpets a few years ago 😀 I went Brazilian years ago when I got my Husky/GSD mix. If I stopped sweeping, I'd have carpet again. 😜 I have a concrete floor 😉 My lab is in the basement. So many stripped wire " …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-02-07, 21:29

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by Jed118

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Some processors, again. This time random Pentium II. I got 4x 450MHz SL2U7 which will be enough to upgrade my PII builds including one dual-slot board. Uh.. Still need a PII 400 or 450 in my collection :( Oh I just checked, I only have a 350 and an 800. Slot CPUS. Well I guess the 800 is a PIII …

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

Posted on 2022-02-06, 07:46

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by Jed118

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

My 1080p 32inch TV just died :( Years ago I got a free 50 inch (52?) and after messing with it, I saw that the LED bar stopped working. I took it apart very carefully and ordered a whole new set (12 sections) of LEDs - upon receiving them, I decided to see where the break was. Yeah, I could have …

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

Posted on 2022-02-06, 00:20

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by Jed118

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I'm getting dangerously sucked into the marvelous complexity of the Blue Lightning system I've created. It seems that using the AWE32 in DOS/Win 3.11 is not optimal (indeed, the drivers do not work properly for 3.11, each sound gets repeated quickly 10 times, then stops - MIDI doesn't work at all, …

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Re: Windows 3.11 Workgroups fails after splash screen

Posted on 2022-02-05, 04:25

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by Jed118

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in Marvin \ Software

A year later, I also had the same problem. IBM Blue Lightning 25/50 PS/1000, 2 Gb SCSI2SD, 64 Mb RAM, AWE32, NIC. I tried to strip it down to the basics, tried different mouse drivers, with RAMBOOST (PC DOS 6.1, gotta stay true to blue ;) ) without it, off a boot diskette, basic VGA, serial/ps2 …

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

Posted on 2022-02-05, 04:17

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by Jed118

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

dataino.it wrote on 2022-02-04, 21:00: PD2JK wrote on 2022-02-04, 15:38: Nasty. Understatement. I can see why you needed a hammer and WD40. I also had to use the dremell to be able to open it. the initial state of the power supply is to be framed Pressure wash it. 😜

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

Posted on 2022-02-04, 04:52

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by Jed118

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

It's a tire/auto shop and hardware/dry goods store.... I think they gave up on groceries and large appliances but they've tried those out over the years too.... you can buy chips, sheets, new tie rod ends, a 3/16 fine thread nut, a bike, lego, pet food, a canoe... I dunno how the hell to describe …

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