Re: Capacitors on old 386/486 boards

Posted on 2022-01-19, 00:07

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by SpectriaForce

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Tantalum capacitors from that era usually last a very long time, decades. I wouldn't worry about them. I would worry about tantalum capacitors in a 1980s IBM pc (tantalums on motherboard and floppy drive controller board often fail).

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Re: Is there Anyone "Overpaying" for Hardware and Proud of it? Well, maybe not Proud, but...

Posted on 2022-01-18, 23:36

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by SpectriaForce

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I think A2000s did bottom out at around a couple of hundred quid mid-late 90s but I was too broke at the time. I've kept my eyes skinned for local deals on them for two decades, but there's been a couple I just missed. Well one at a decent price I missed and one quite recently that I hummed and …

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Re: windows 98 4.10.2222 A - called: Win ME???

Posted on 2022-01-11, 19:55

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by SpectriaForce

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This happens when you install nusb36. I'm still trying to figure out where I can change it. What if you restore the original SYSTRAY.EXE, USER.EXE and USER32.DLL after installing NUSB36? I used this approach to allow NUSB to run on different languages which did not have an 'official' NUSB release. …

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Re: windows 98 4.10.2222 A - called: Win ME???

Posted on 2022-01-11, 19:52

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by SpectriaForce

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FYI, if you use the older NUSB 3.3 version, this won't happen. That seems to be the case indeed. I have reinstalled Windows 98SE, installed the Windows 98SE USB drivers from my motherboard and USB card manufacturers (and rebooted), then installed NUSB 3.3 without removing any drivers or devices ( …

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Re: windows 98 4.10.2222 A - called: Win ME???

Posted on 2022-01-11, 01:33

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by SpectriaForce

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This happens when you install nusb36. I'm still trying to figure out where I can change it.

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Re: Huge number of K6-2E+/570ACZ CPUs for sale on eBay

Posted on 2022-01-04, 22:05

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by SpectriaForce

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Anyone heard of the reason for junking electronics coming from accounting? Saying it needs to be destroyed since it has been written off and thus should have no more value to be sold off. Selling it could make them liable for fraud. Organizations probably have to pay to get rid of their old …

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Re: Huge number of K6-2E+/570ACZ CPUs for sale on eBay

Posted on 2021-12-30, 00:29

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by SpectriaForce

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I was going though our Crit-A storage the other day at work and came across all sorts of computer gold. Evergreen CPU's, Alpha DS20 CPU's, IBM AT's and 5153 monitors still unopened, tons of ATI ISA video cards, etc. At some point I have to go through and scrap it, but I'll save what I can. This …

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Re: Most recent platform for Baby AT motherboards?

Posted on 2021-12-30, 00:11

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by SpectriaForce

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Ok, for the power supply, since it is an XT case, I would swap out the innards with a good ATX power supply and use an ATX to AT adapter unless your AT style board has ATX connectors.. most of the newer ones do. In case of using an ATX power supply without an ATX to AT adapter, the OP would have to …

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Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware

Posted on 2021-12-26, 22:22

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by SpectriaForce

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As some have mentioned there's still some good somwhat cheap old PC parts to be found on Ebay. What i noticed though not all that is on sale on ebay can be found on their main site but you need to scout the localized ebay sites(.de, .it, .fr...) as well. Just today i found at ebay.it a PCI Diamond …

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Re: Sometimes the definition of "New" on eBay feels loosely defined

Posted on 2021-12-23, 17:51

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by SpectriaForce

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I've experienced this issue a couple times (I prefer to buy NOS). I've even been shafted by a large (if I remember correctly a Polish) ebay seller of hard drives, with 100% positive feedback. When I confronted that seller with that he packed used hard drives (with dust at the bottom from use and …

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Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware

Posted on 2021-12-18, 20:53

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by SpectriaForce

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You are going to begin seeing a dramatic shift in prices once again as even motherboards which were not sold during the capacitor plague years, will also all need recaps simply because of age. Everything with electrolytic capacitors especially the surface mount ones, so IBM, Dell, Compaq, HP and …

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Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware

Posted on 2021-12-16, 22:42

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by SpectriaForce

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Brace yourselves anonymous commies: I don't really care what people think of me trading / flipping old computer hardware (that's not all I do, but it's part of my business). I'm a genuine capitalist in my heart (genuine capitalism means progress and is self correcting). I've been doing this since I …

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Re: Can you help me build a Windows 98 SE gaming machine?

Posted on 2021-10-31, 20:14

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by SpectriaForce

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I use the Transcend SSD370S (32GB, also higher capacities available, SATA III, MLC NAND Flash and DRAM Cache) together with a Delock SATA - PATA adapter (both available at Amazon.de) in some of my retro pc's. That combo works stable in all my retro pc's with Intel and VIA chipsets. It doesn't work …

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Re: How many video cards / VGA cards or GPUs do you have?

Posted on 2021-10-31, 19:13

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by SpectriaForce

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These are my 'classic' graphics cards (not counting the many cards I have for sale nor my two recent PCIe cards): PCI Diamond Voodoo2 12MB Diamond Riva 128 4MB PNY GeForce4 MX4000 64MB Generic GeForce FX5500 256MB AGP Asus Riva 128 4MB Elsa Riva 128ZX 4MB Diamond Riva TNT2 32MB Asus GeForce 256 32MB …

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Re: What do you drive?

Posted on 2021-07-31, 11:17

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by SpectriaForce

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Join the club! My daily driver is an original Dutch '94 E280 AUT that I have known since 1999 when my parents bought the car. Mileage can be relative indeed... I've got 334.000KM on the clock so engine-wise no worries at all ;). However, rust is indeed the biggest enemy. Every once in a while I'll …

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Re: What do you drive?

Posted on 2021-07-31, 10:31

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by SpectriaForce

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I have a habit of liking a car, having a feeling that they will increase in value over the years, and then just watching them do it without having the balls to actually buy one! I wish I had bought / had the money to buy a BMW 8 series when they were around £10k! I haven't bought my Merc for that …

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Re: What do you drive?

Posted on 2021-07-31, 01:31

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by SpectriaForce

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Bought this a couple weeks ago: an original Dutch non imported, almost rust free '93 200D with relatively low mileage. IMG_E0125b.jpg It's a facelift version with among others a 5-speed gearbox that makes it usable as a daily driver. Contrary to popular belief this car is not too slow for daily use …

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Re: Do you dislike the British?

Posted on 2021-07-23, 13:15

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by SpectriaForce

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The Britons have their quirks like any other nation.

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Re: Looking for a Philips P2230

Posted on 2021-07-23, 13:11

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by SpectriaForce

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Do you have a photo of it? It may not be that hard to find where I live, because the Dutch are quite patriotic when it comes to Philips stuff.

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Re: HP Vectra QS/16S

Posted on 2021-07-16, 18:21

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by SpectriaForce

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I'm not an expert in this but I don't think that this pc has a BIOS on a ROM. Try booting from a DOS floppy and do the fdisk /mbr + fdisk + format /s sequence. You'll probably have to run the HP setup program thereafter to install the HP BIOS / setup program (or whatever it is called) on the hard …

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