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

Posted on 2021-07-04, 12:17

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by Jed118

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It kind of reminds me of Terminator 2 even if it's a totally different bike (and the terminator does not do laundry). Of course not - he just demands new clothes, boots, and motorcycles. Installed the Mario NES shell in place of the one that had crumbled to pieces. IMG_20210704_004132186~2.jpg IMG_ …

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

Posted on 2021-07-03, 01:32

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by Jed118

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

then you are from the same generation :D I still have the tape in my retro car :D Which I spent 6 hours on this week just getting a replacement door on straight. Hinge pins - no body shop wanted to touch it, I ended up making it work with a 5/16ths trailer pin, a washer, and a few drillbits that I …

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

Posted on 2021-06-21, 04:45

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by Jed118

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Worked a little on the EISA SCSI 486 system, and since the weather was nice, put some work in on my 1987 Hyundai Pony. Body work, bloody hateful task. I'd rather replace the fuel tank again. 😖

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

Posted on 2021-06-19, 01:57

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by Jed118

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And cleaned this old bad boy, its actually 2 years older than my fiance :D LOL 1994 is when Offspring released their greatest album. I was 12 at the time ;) I was 8, when I was old enough to listen to Smash it was a few years old already. then you are from the same generation :D I still have the …

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

Posted on 2021-06-14, 17:12

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by Jed118

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sirotkaslo wrote on 2021-06-14, 07:07: And cleaned this old bad boy, its actually 2 years older than my fiance 😁 🤣 1994 is when Offspring released their greatest album. I was 12 at the time 😉

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-06-14, 15:28

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by Jed118

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Picked up this for a client of mine: https://www.ebay.ca/itm/234043310230 I might even swap out the case 😁

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

Posted on 2021-06-14, 02:23

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by Jed118

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Fixed the truck yesterday - recap of the Engine Management Computer - all three Electrolytics leaked, ate up a trace or two, and went out. Put it all back together, about the only codes I get now are 111 and 10 plus a couple from the ECU relearning it's air/fuel settings - so were back to healthy. …

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

Posted on 2021-06-10, 20:17

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by Jed118

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Fixed the truck yesterday - recap of the Engine Management Computer - all three Electrolytics leaked, ate up a trace or two, and went out. Put it all back together, about the only codes I get now are 111 and 10 plus a couple from the ECU relearning it's air/fuel settings - so were back to healthy. …

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

Posted on 2021-06-10, 02:52

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by Jed118

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I noodled around with my EISA SCSI build - It boots (again!) so now I have to retrobrite it and get the hardware secured fully, then I suppose I'll install an OS and configure all the peripherals. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4m12v__cJE&l … 73IaHW1B4AaABAg

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

Posted on 2021-06-09, 18:25

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by Jed118

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We live in a fully disposable society. We're the outliers who try to fix our broken stuff instead of just tossing it in the trash can. I'm wondering: will our collection end up in the trash can after we die? I'd like to think it won't. I'm going to instruct my wife and/or son to list my stuff on …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-06-09, 18:15

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by Jed118

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Over my recent vacation, I finally beat RoadBlasters on the NES - I pulled into the final checkerboard with a sliver of fuel left in the reserve tank. I got a nice CONGRATULATIONS with some fireworks :D I don't think I've ever beaten the game before, I always ran out of fuel on the last stage. I …

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

Posted on 2021-06-09, 03:02

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by Jed118

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I said goodbye to my 486 DX2/66 and started... building another 😁 This time SCSI and EISA. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hd1xOlhPIM

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

Posted on 2021-05-19, 01:38

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by Jed118

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Happens to me all the time with my missing Windows 98SE CD. Got my small retro game console setup by my computer desk/home office/repair closet: IMG_20210517_214109880~2.jpg Kawasho Color TV/Radio/Alarm/Timer Model 3706 that I've had for 3 years and it needs a deoxidation for everything ( …

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

Posted on 2021-05-18, 03:04

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by Jed118

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Today I played the game... "Which CDROM Drive has my w95 CD" with a paperclip on a stack of drives while troubleshooting an IDE controller. Now there's a PC game I hadn't played in a while :D :D :D I played this game two or three nights ago. It was of course, in the last one I checked. (And it was …

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

Posted on 2021-05-12, 16:22

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by Jed118

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Yesterday I put my 486 CPUs away after the massive 20 CPU showdown benchmark and re-assembled my Siemens-Nixdorf 486 - I discovered something odd about it. When I put in a DX 33 or DX 2/66, benchmark performance lines up with others from its class. When I put a DX/4 in there (through a VRM) - best I …

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

Posted on 2021-05-10, 04:02

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by Jed118

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Also found two great and working boards with AMI Winbios: winbios01.jpg winbios02.jpg Biostar MB-1433/40/50UIV. Probably same as PCChips M912? Anyway, well-known board with big potential with its VLB slots and a good UMC chipset. [hr] pcchips.jpg PCChips M919. Geez, I love this one. Just look at …

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

Posted on 2021-05-10, 03:53

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by Jed118

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Listed the 486 just now, and spent the early afternoon doing bodywork to a 2005 Mazda 3 which I plan to sell later on. Next up is the 486 EISA system and the JUKO NEST machine. I kinda hate to get rid of all this vintage stuff, but it's better in someone else's hands than mine, as I won't have the …

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

Posted on 2021-05-07, 16:06

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by Jed118

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gerry wrote on 2021-05-07, 08:12: looks as good as new! I even painted the inside of the case in a few spots 😁 - It was a fun project which took up many hours 🤣.

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

Posted on 2021-05-07, 16:05

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by Jed118

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Seems very underwhelming in windows98 so far. For some reason the sims1 is my first benchmark and it was unplayable despite technically meeting/exceeding the requirements. I will do some of the DOS tests from phils pack later. I have a graph to compare against all of my other systems pre P2. If …

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

Posted on 2021-05-07, 03:32

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by Jed118

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So my 2 "untested" motherboard arrived today: https://i.ibb.co/MfvRqM8/s-l1600-2021-05-02-T205658-170.jpg I was quite worried because another member had pointed out that it looked like they had been worked on before. The seller is indeed selling of bucketloads of old "untested" gear so could …

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