Re: Compaq Armada 7770DMT digital CD audio ?

Posted on 2021-06-05, 19:30

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by chrismeyer6

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I've had a similar issue with a laptop optical drive in the past and a good cleaning took care of it. Well since CD ROM reads fine and also cd playback is fine in "analog mode" i guess it doesn´t have issues reading the disk at all. I also installed Earth Worm Jim 1 from cd and it played fine, also …

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Re: HP Vectra VA 6/200MT

Posted on 2021-06-05, 02:09

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by chrismeyer6

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It looks to be a fantastic performing system.

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Re: HP Vectra VA 6/200MT

Posted on 2021-06-05, 01:51

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by chrismeyer6

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Very nice!!

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Re: HP Vectra VA 6/200MT

Posted on 2021-06-05, 01:40

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by chrismeyer6

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That's a great looking system you made. Have you been able to play anything on it yet?

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Re: Windows 7 Retro?

Posted on 2021-06-05, 00:51

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by chrismeyer6

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Weird about being difficult to activate XP. I just did it last week over the phone for a friend of mines work computer. The best part of when I was in my A+ class in 05 was the school all gave us a copy of XP Pro with a volume license key so there's no activation.

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

Posted on 2021-06-05, 00:47

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by chrismeyer6

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That's a beautiful bike. I also do my own maintenance and repairs to mine and my wife cars. I even went to school to get my mechanics license.

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

Posted on 2021-06-04, 22:13

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by chrismeyer6

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Nice job with the paint job. It looks great

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

Posted on 2021-06-04, 21:36

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by chrismeyer6

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Very nice.

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Re: Compaq Armada 7770DMT digital CD audio ?

Posted on 2021-06-04, 21:33

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by chrismeyer6

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I've had a similar issue with a laptop optical drive in the past and a good cleaning took care of it.

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

Posted on 2021-06-04, 21:30

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by chrismeyer6

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That vest is sweet

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-06-04, 20:00

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by chrismeyer6

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You might as well make it extra worth it

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Re: Amstrad Mega PC

Posted on 2021-06-04, 19:58

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by chrismeyer6

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Do be sure to post some pictures of it!!

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-06-04, 19:54

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by chrismeyer6

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They should work with it. If I remember right some Northwoods will work as well. If the price is right that's a fun part to get

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-06-04, 19:51

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by chrismeyer6

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Miphee wrote on 2021-06-04, 19:39: It comes with a Willamette 1.4 and 2x128 MB RAM. I have more options though so that's not a problem. I'll play a lot with this one. Nice that'll be a fun little platform to play with.

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Re: My Socket 7 Pentium MMX build - Updated

Posted on 2021-06-04, 19:49

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by chrismeyer6

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Nice. Since you put the dip switch in the case badge recess. You can make a case badge that has the combos printed on it.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-06-04, 19:23

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by chrismeyer6

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Nice. What CPU and RAM does it come with?

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Re: My Socket 7 Pentium MMX build - Updated

Posted on 2021-06-04, 18:54

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by chrismeyer6

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The is a great speced system and it looks fantastic as well. I really like the dip switch mod as well. Have you had a chance to play anything on it yet?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-06-04, 16:35

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by chrismeyer6

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Miphee wrote on 2021-06-04, 15:20: chrismeyer6 wrote on 2021-06-04, 14:59: It's a neat platform to play around with and it makes a great win 2000 system I also have a 478 with RAMBUS so I could compare the two. Wife's gonna kill me. Say it's in the name of science.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-06-04, 14:59

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by chrismeyer6

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It's a neat platform to play around with and it makes a great win 2000 system

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-06-04, 13:45

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by chrismeyer6

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If it includes a CPU and the ram it's not a bad deal.

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