Re: Vogons Video Announcement Thread
Posted on 2022-08-16, 23:02
Quick video trying out a Matrox DualHead2Go VGA splitter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0D3N3QQpWs
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-08-16, 19:16
I looked up what this does, and it appears to be a display resolution doubler that allows you to connect two monitors to a single output. Does this mean that the two monitors appear to the device as a single monitor? This sound awkward if you wanted to maximize a window on one of the two attached …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-08-15, 13:54
And staying on the Matrox theme, picked this DualHead2Go (VGA) up for a tenner from eBay too - I always wondered how these work
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-08-15, 13:51
Just won this Matrox RT2500 on eBay for £15 - complete with a G550 AGP card. I actually own Adobe Premier legally now then 😀 Was $1000 when new 20 years ago!
Re: What modern activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2022-08-09, 23:19
My brother's kids spilt a drink over their big HP desktop replacement laptop (HP ENVY 17" i7 GTX something 16GB from about 2014/2015) and destroyed it. Stripped it down to retrieve the M.2 SSD and recover the data from it. I'll keep the SSD and the 2x8GB DDR3 SODIMMS and bin the rest - everything's …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2022-07-26, 09:56
Pulled out the Tandy to start recording some footage for #SEPTandy this year.....christ....all sorts of issues... - Most of the bigger games are corrupted and refuse to run - having issues copying over files using mTCP (file corruption) - Now looking around at working 8088 compatible pkunzip tool …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2022-07-25, 15:55
Oh I didn't see this and I have just joined your SPRINGS EVERYWHERE club :D https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=89046 I don't suppose you took a photo of what spring was where before you closed it up did you? I'm about to try to do it but yeah I need to figure out where the springs should …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2022-07-23, 22:59
Oh I didn't see this and I have just joined your SPRINGS EVERYWHERE club :D https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=89046 I don't suppose you took a photo of what spring was where before you closed it up did you? I'm about to try to do it but yeah I need to figure out where the springs should …
Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today
Posted on 2022-07-23, 22:07
My old Lenovo X220's CPU fan gave up the ghost. So I had to get a new machine as a replacement for my daily driver. 9 out of 10 times it refused to boot and was stuck at fan error. So I found this HP Probook 6460b as a replacement. Nearly same spec's, refurbished and at an affordable price. That …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2022-07-23, 22:05
Repaired and cleaned this IBM Model M2 today. It was pretty clean to start with, but it had couple of problems. One capacitor had leaked, and it also had bad connection between key mat ribbon cable and the PCB. This is one of times when I should have done a bit of research before starting the …
Just learnt the hard way to open an IBM PS/1 buckling spring keyboard!
Posted on 2022-07-23, 21:56
SPRINGS EVERYWHERE Fixed it though! Had to replace the 47uF capacitor. The smaller 2.2uF tested as 2.8 and I didn't have a spare so put it back in, all good! Filename 20220723_221359.jpg File size 1.23 MiB Views 58 views Filename 20220723_221615.jpg File size 1.77 MiB Views 58 views Filename 4032- …
Re: Anyone know anything about the Sentio Superbook? (Pibook Pro)
Posted on 2022-07-23, 14:44
With a bit of a bodge I worked around the multiple blown fuses and it works! It's not a great experience to be honest... It's just a bit laggy most of the time. I'm trying to get DeX to work on it now but I need a USB C hub with HDMI.
Re: Anyone know anything about the Sentio Superbook? (Pibook Pro)
Posted on 2022-07-20, 21:41
I've been playing around and researching the charging chip (almost this https://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/bq30z554-r1.pdf?ts=1658325924590&ref_url=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.ti.com%252Fproduct%252FBQ30Z554-R1) and it's awful - you can't connect via I2C to reenable it as it's SHA protected with the …
Anyone know anything about the Sentio Superbook? (Pibook Pro)
Posted on 2022-07-20, 13:56
Hi all, I've picked up a great condition Sentio Superbook (aka the PiBookPro) but the battery is completely dead and not charging. I've managed to 'jump start' the battery and have manually charged it, but it's not giving out any power, not taking any in - the protection circuitry needs somehow …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-07-18, 10:08
Picked up a collection of old PCI-e video cards: GeForce 7300LE 256MB GeForce 8500GT 512MB (HP) GeForce 9500 (GT 120) 512MB (HP) GeForce GT210 512MB (HP) GeForce GT220 1GB Radeon HD3450 256MB (HP) Radeon X600 128MB oh and a couple wifi cards. What a waste of money 😁
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-07-12, 13:36
Picked up an IBM PS/1 monitor, it's strange though how it has no IBM markings on the front, and the PS/1 logo is weird compared to what I've ever seen before...
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-07-08, 14:46
2 ELSA Winner cards: Winner 1000 XHR (hybrid EISA/ISA) which I had owned before, traded it and now finally replaced it again. And Winner 1000PRO Video VLB, which is somewhat less special, but still a very nice and fast VLB card. https://dependency-injection.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/DSC_1900- …
Re: How did you get started on retro computing?
Posted on 2022-07-07, 22:31
I just regeretted getting rid of old stuff for decades and then about 10 years ago I think I saw an IBM PS/2 P70 for like £30 about 3 hours drive away and that's the PC my dad used to bring home from his office at weekends and I just had to have it. Now I have loads of junk/retro goodness 😀
Re: Vogons Video Announcement Thread
Posted on 2022-07-07, 22:29
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-07-07, 22:27
SteveC wrote on 2022-07-04, 15:47: Picked up an IBM PS/1 today and I love it! Just need an adlib (or clone) sound card for it. I did a video https://youtu.be/m-6zoH4Vb0k
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