Re: The great Pentium Pro haul of 2018

Posted on 2018-10-05, 04:19

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I'm definitely interested in seeing or hearing about all of it, even if it's not stuff I need/want or plan to do something with. I love oddball hardware (still have to find someone to contact in Sweden about my latest Mystery Card). Like kittens and puppies, if I had the resources, I'd be overrun …

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Re: Old hardware giveaway thread.

Posted on 2018-10-05, 03:54

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by Merovign

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liqmat wrote: you really should PM me for the Discord invite. I am doing live inventory each day. Just did. 😀 Sorry I'm long-winded. 😀

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Re: Old hardware giveaway thread.

Posted on 2018-10-05, 03:41

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liqmat wrote: There will be more giveaways from this enormous lot so stay tuned. Oh, I will, I will. 😀 Budget is tight right now but I will also get in touch per the other thread.

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Re: Old hardware giveaway thread.

Posted on 2018-10-05, 03:21

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by Merovign

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Congrats fitzpatr!

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Re: Old hardware giveaway thread.

Posted on 2018-10-05, 03:16

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185 I see you are a newbie, but I read your posts and look to be legit. No, 185 is not it. I am double checking newbies to make sure they have multiple posts and the content to prevent scrappers and resellers entering this giveaway. And thanks for checking the details! Yeah haven't been here that …

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Re: Old hardware giveaway thread.

Posted on 2018-10-05, 03:04

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181

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Re: Old hardware giveaway thread.

Posted on 2018-10-05, 01:30

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185

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Re: -5V on old power supply; where is it used for?

Posted on 2018-10-04, 21:27

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I'm glad people mentioned DRAM already, I believe the network card issue is also correct, but not all of them. For the most part, retrocomputing people deal with drives, sound cards, and video, because most of the emphasis is on gaming. I'm not really sure how many devices (scanner cards, …

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Re: 486 CPU Heatsink and fan recommendations ?

Posted on 2018-09-30, 21:27

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by Merovign

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Well not tape, anyway. It's never thin or conductive enough. Look into Arctic Alumina adhesive or Masterbond thermal adhesive. Make sure it's specific for heatsinks. If you are lucky you can also find clamps that aren't broken plastic, or make some if you're handy, and use thermal paste instead of …

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

Posted on 2018-09-30, 21:21

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I found a second 478 cooler. Which cooler do you think is better? Well. In my experience look for, in combination and in no order: 1) heavier heatsink 2) more surface area (particularly thinner and more fins) 3) Copper over aluminum 4) Larger area for airflow / fan interface 5) more polished and …

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Re: Any value in a vintage graphics tablet?

Posted on 2018-09-29, 21:29

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It has *some value*. I'm even a little interested, but not really buying much right now. Seriously wanted one and never had one back in the day. As to $$ value, it's a crapshoot. It's the kind of thing that might not sell for months and then you find the right person, or might sell to someone right …

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

Posted on 2018-09-26, 22:00

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I recall an IRC friend explaining that it's not even worth the work to refine it cause you only get a few dollars worth of gold more than what you end up paying for and it's a time consuming process. Someone posted a link to an auction for one of those gold-diggers, the *claimed* amount of gold …

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

Posted on 2018-09-26, 09:07

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The "vox" bit combined with the 3.5mm (?) jacks and rheostat sounds like it was some kind of voice/audio system, but that hardware... this is almost a whole Mac / Atari ST on an ISA card - computationally more powerful than the XT-class machine it would have been inserted into. As intrigued as you …

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

Posted on 2018-09-26, 02:23

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by Merovign

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Jed118 wrote: What happened to the old adage of measure twice! It died shortly before "bother to measure at all." I mean, can you return it I hope? I mean that's still a loss of shipping...

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

Posted on 2018-09-25, 20:39

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There was apparently a huge tech push in Sweden in 1985, with government urging. A number of startup companies, a big institute for technology, etc. Maybe it is some kind of over-engineered sound card.Or maybe the equivalent of a modern FPGA prototype for later discrete logic. Use the 68k to …

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

Posted on 2018-09-25, 19:06

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[...] None of the labels led me anywhere on Gurgle. [...] I'm not sure what it means that almost everything is in English but the label for the serial number is in German. One tip: "löpnummer" isn't German (that would be Laufnummer) but Swedish. That possibly narrows things down. Yup, my Deutsche …

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

Posted on 2018-09-25, 10:33

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...the card was found in a pile of leaves, pine needles, spiders, and dirt, and I have no history on it at all. Surprisingly almost completely free of corrosion. When you find something like this in a pile of leaves, nine times out of ten it opens a dimensional portal. Or it came through …

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

Posted on 2018-09-25, 10:31

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by Merovign

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The "vox" bit combined with the 3.5mm (?) jacks and rheostat sounds like it was some kind of voice/audio system, but that hardware... this is almost a whole Mac / Atari ST on an ISA card - computationally more powerful than the XT-class machine it would have been inserted into. As intrigued as you …

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

Posted on 2018-09-25, 10:21

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by Merovign

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...the card was found in a pile of leaves, pine needles, spiders, and dirt, and I have no history on it at all. Surprisingly almost completely free of corrosion. When you find something like this in a pile of leaves, nine times out of ten it opens a dimensional portal. (looks around) Leave it to me …

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

Posted on 2018-09-25, 07:35

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Huh. !Huh1.jpg 8 bit ISA, 68k CPU, 16MHz clock crystal, TI memory controller, NEC and Motorola DSPs, two bios chips labeled 11001 PC17 Labeled (K) VOX 33101001 R2, A 851 0160/00 R1A A41, SA 201/PC R2A 8502, and Löpnummer 100061 !Huh2.jpg One of the traces from the pins looks deliberately cut and …

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