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

Posted on 2023-05-14, 18:15

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by Merovign

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I will probably find out in a month I was horribly wrong, but I think I'm out of collecting mode and into maintenance mode. Would have been nice to find more early 80s stuff, but it's nice to have a C64 and Kaypro. I can relate. I'm in this selling mode, and am planning to keep 3 or 4 systems. But …

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

Posted on 2023-05-14, 07:13

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by Merovign

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Been a while. Finally got my floppies in one place. Been buying a few rolodex-style containers at thrift stores - they don't have computers in thrift around here anymore, but they get disk boxes surprisingly regularly. Ozzuneoj was commenting on their overwhelming collection of floppies - I don't …

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

Posted on 2023-03-13, 06:35

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by Merovign

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Had to hold off work on my Mega Retro Station project because of various emergencies due to weather and failing hardware in other areas (like phones). At some point this week I hope to 3D print in PETG an adapter I designed to put a Wraith Spire on a socket 1150 board (just because all my 1150 …

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

Posted on 2022-06-08, 07:40

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by Merovign

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Normally I can save the paper stickers, but this time I had to soak it properly for a long time. And I haven't even tested it yet, just couldn't do it with the smell lol. I have had good luck with bleach-based cleaners like Arm and Hammer Scrubbing Bubbles and Clorox Foamer. You have to be careful …

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

Posted on 2022-06-04, 08:34

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by Merovign

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I just notices. How barbaric. Why? For gold? The card would sell for more than its gold scrap value.. I'm not sure I've seen an example of gold scrappers (perhaps not copper) where the cost to extract the material plus the cost of the material was lower than the return. I did the math on some …

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

Posted on 2022-05-23, 09:01

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by Merovign

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Fun times.. I'm not even sure I'll need one, but I've been meaning to build a couple. Good for the toolkit. (Looks at toolkit) If you have room. I went down a rabbit hole of early early 80s CPM commercial games online... sheesh. Lots of digging. And yet everything I found will have to be back- …

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

Posted on 2022-05-18, 09:11

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by Merovign

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Yeah, its hard to pick just one or two computers. They are all special in there own unique way. I'm having a hard time picking just 30. ;) But I have to make room. Also I have 2 modernist desktop servers, 2 gaming computers, a couple backups, and a few other modern ones. I find it hard to have just …

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

Posted on 2022-05-18, 09:07

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by Merovign

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Interesting... It appears that you got one of the very last Diamond cards.. Yet it is strange, as at that time Diamond was sold and part of S3, strange why they did allow Diamond to make competitor`s card.. The manual is dated 2006, but I have a Diamond branded Radeon HD 5750 and I know they made …

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

Posted on 2022-05-17, 20:12

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by Merovign

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I am consolidating my computers. I am trying, just doing it badly. I will have a few more than you as I have a 286 (if I can repair some traces) and would like to have an XT era clone, and I have a few earlier machines... and some early Win7 era machines just for fun. I also have some laptops going …

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

Posted on 2022-05-17, 09:36

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by Merovign

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"But I can emulate the entire machine on a $50 Pi type board" so emulate the whole machine on a $50 Pi type board cheapskate. A week or so I decided to use a USFF Dell for something instead of a Pi because while I might get a Pi with enough money, the shortage has rendered them more dear than a 3rd …

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

Posted on 2022-04-25, 06:58

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by Merovign

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Currently working on getting my dream slot 1 build going , its being a bit of a basket case atm , some cards aren't working as they should : the voodoo 2s are showing the wrong ram values in the display settings and I need to replace a fan on a 256 gpu that I plan on swapping in for the verite 2200 …

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

Posted on 2022-04-20, 04:15

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by Merovign

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How does one start reading this thread? From the beginning or the end? 😁 Yes. I actually have one open on current events and one I started at the beginning and I'm halfway through. I kind of forgot current events for months and had to play catch-up. But at least I finally have internet service back …

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

Posted on 2022-04-19, 04:23

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by Merovign

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Helpful info, mid-year sound cards are on the capacitor plague spectrum. I should probably replace a *lot* of caps. Been working on my file servers, which are this side of retro, though I just through of using a retro-ish slim case for the smaller one. The larger one will be between 20-24 drives, if …

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

Posted on 2022-04-17, 03:07

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by Merovign

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I've been trying without much success to find out what Goodwill does with computers around here. I have found some parts and even a box of software or two, but I haven't seen an actual computer at Goodwill in probably 8-10 years. I've been to at least 7 or 8 different Goodwill stores, both in the …

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

Posted on 2022-04-16, 19:19

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by Merovign

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I accidentally had my Dell Inspiron 7000 hauled off to Goodwill in a big refuse haul last week (sitting on the wrong shelf). I've been trying without much success to find out what Goodwill does with computers around here. I have found some parts and even a box of software or two, but I haven't seen …

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

Posted on 2022-04-13, 08:16

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by Merovign

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My reasoning process about early 2000s hardware is, though I have a bunch of it, XP runs well on much newer hardware (certainly more so than 98). So is it really necessary for me? Much of that will go into other hands. I was staring at some of it yesterday and decided I will probably sell my socket …

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

Posted on 2022-04-12, 06:31

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by Merovign

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I got sidetracked into what I'd call a KoOGOKoNS (Kind of Old Games On Kind of New Systems) thing to try to save some space, but a 10-year-old Optiplex seems to have a dead mobo and an even earlier one seems to have a dead CPU. So thos projects go on hold (for the mini 980 I even had a low profile …

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

Posted on 2022-04-08, 03:09

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by Merovign

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I don't think the Beige Powermac G3 is going to make it. I haven't figured out what went wrong, it started by not having video but chiming and apparently *not* booting, to just spinning the PSU fan with no light or chime. I tried various options involving the PRAM, PRAM battery, PSU, devices, RAM, …

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Re: Where to find a CPU speed LCD display for old AT tower?

Posted on 2022-04-06, 04:13

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by Merovign

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I can't vouch for this seller specifically, but: https://www.ebay.com/sch/goliath216/m.html?item=255378638501&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562 Be sure it will fit, there are numerous different configurations. You might try searching the internet for "CPU speed LED display", part of the problem is search …

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

Posted on 2022-04-05, 08:26

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by Merovign

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Decided as part of distracting myself so I don't finish The Great Catalog I would start "nailing down" systems to get them kind of off my mind. Had a radically wrong video card and no NIC in the Dell R450, so I swapped in a Creative TNT2 "Pro" (identification info is a little irregular but it seems …

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