Re: Do you use CRT monitor for gaming?

Posted on 2020-11-11, 18:09

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Yes. Have two Sony 9042QM PVMs, a 14" Daewoo and a 17" LG CRT. One day I'd love to find one of the following (pipe dream 🤣) CRT monitors for my PCs: Philips Brillance 202P4 Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 2070SB Sony Multiscan W900

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Re: Monitor Questions! Trying to use a Tandy VM-1 With a TRS-80 Model 1 - Questions on sync and other Fun stuff!

Posted on 2020-11-02, 12:25

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With monochrome tubes if they share the same socket, odds are that they are pin-compatible. Though you'll need to check the G1, G2 and heater voltages (and I am perhaps forgetting some parameters)

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-10-18, 12:37

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Having at least one Mac in the collection can't hurt right? ...especially if that means getting a 21" Trinitron CRT with it :3c what a massive hunk of 35kg, it's heavier than my 22" Mitsubishi by quite a bit. hardware39_67.jpg Ha these, the 17" had a on-screen menu, for this one the 21" it required …

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Re: ATX PSU with -5v

Posted on 2020-10-16, 01:53

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There are a few newly made industrial PSUs with a negative 5V rail, though these might be a bit tricky to find

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Re: Post pics of your CRT monitors

Posted on 2020-10-15, 17:12

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Decided to take some better pictures of this lil' fellow, my LG 702S from 2003. Despite being a mid-to-low end model it still has a dual focus tube (a feature often found on high end CRT monitors) Only 17 inches but it's still insanely bright for its age, probably hinting that it is a low hour unit …

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Re: Good PCI Ethernet Cards for Win98?

Posted on 2020-10-06, 23:21

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I use a RTL8169S-32 based NIC (Connectland CR-GIGA-32B sometimes known as CR-CNL-GIGA-32B) in my S7 P133/i430VX rig, so far I haven't noticied any unusual behavior (or high CPU usage for that matter). I kept it purely because of its wide array of supported OSes (it is supported from Windows 98 all …

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Re: Hp Omnibook XE3-GF screen stretch

Posted on 2020-10-06, 02:33

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Could be that the "LCD Fill" option is unfortunately specific to the XE3-GC (which has a S3 SavageIX/MV, compared to the XE3-GF's Intel 830MG graphic chip). In that case you won't be able to do anything for that 😒

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Re: Hp Omnibook XE3-GF screen stretch

Posted on 2020-10-05, 20:00

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Look in "System Devices" iirc there's an option to expand the image. (at least on my XE3-GC... I really ought to find a solution to replace the broken HDD adapter)

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Re: Every PC XT power supply busted?

Posted on 2020-10-02, 00:10

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XTs and Turbo XT clones require a special keyboard as they use a different keyboard protocol rather than the one AT-class machines (which was also used on PS/2 keyboards). Unless you have a keyboard with a AT/XT switch underneath, or a true XT keyboard, you won't be able to use a PS/2 keyboard on …

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Re: Every PC XT power supply busted?

Posted on 2020-10-01, 12:58

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by Vynix

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Check between the board's 12V/5V rails and ground if there's a short. Sometimes tantalum capacitors on the voltage rails can go bad and when they do, they basically become dead shorts which will trip the PSU's short circuit protection. You could also try to plug a crap ton of HDDs on the PSU and …

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Re: 8-bit guy gets ultra-rare NOS IBM (prototype?) from Computer Reset then proceeds to obliterate it

Posted on 2020-09-29, 13:44

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imi wrote on 2020-09-29, 10:03: hooking into the monitor discussion, is it just me or do these look like trinitron tubes? Yep that tube looks like it has the signature cylindrical shape of a Trinitron or Diamondtron tube

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Re: 8-bit guy gets ultra-rare NOS IBM (prototype?) from Computer Reset then proceeds to obliterate it

Posted on 2020-09-27, 16:11

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matze79 wrote on 2020-09-26, 17:10: Was that the Video where they used resin to close the holes a former owner has made into it ? Wasn't it the Bell&Howell Apple II video?

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Re: My set of rules for perfection

Posted on 2020-09-22, 01:36

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kolderman wrote on 2020-09-21, 21:42: Do you have any links to such PSUs? There's some industrial ATX PSUs that are still made with a strong 5V rail and a -5V rail, however they aren't cheap.

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Re: My set of rules for perfection

Posted on 2020-09-21, 09:32

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I have two major rules with old builds: 1) I try to use a CRT monitor if possible. Why? It's mostly because all of my older *somewhat* period correct LCDs either are dropping like dead flies or suffer from various problems such as poor upscaling. LCDs unlike CRTs need to upscale any resolution lower …

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Re: Need help to improve the support of 486/586/686 class CPUs in CPU-Z

Posted on 2020-09-14, 16:40

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I've just released a new version of cpu-z vintage edition (1.02). The new features are : - AMD K5 model 0 (SSA/5). - Improved support of Cyrix Cx486DRx2/DRu2. - Improved support of Ti486SXL/SXL2. - Intel 430FX chipset. - Opti 82C822 chipset. - VIA VT82C505/VT82C486 chipset. Official version : …

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Re: Spam, spam, spam

Posted on 2020-09-09, 13:33

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Caught one here: Post 891897 User: sophiamia036 Edit: Redacted information on screenshot.

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Re: Why are telephone cables still not shielded?

Posted on 2020-09-07, 19:41

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I belive twisting pairs would reduce crosstalk to a certain degree. As for fiber it's a whole other can of worms, but to me it's a viable option, though it can be a bit difficult to pass through (fiber doesn't bend as easily as copper, and in some cases excessive bending of fiber can cause breakage …

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Re: Identification help needed: I/O card with memory?

Posted on 2020-09-05, 14:19

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by Vynix

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Looks like a RAM expansion board with two serial ports. I can't decipher the markings on the big chips near the bracket, a better picture of these could probably help.

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Re: Why are telephone cables still not shielded?

Posted on 2020-09-05, 12:09

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FWIW, it would also be useless if the infrastructure doesn't have shielded cables in the first place

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Re: Need help with 286 Tandon TM7521

Posted on 2020-09-04, 09:57

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by Vynix

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Could try putting a few drops of oil in the stepper motor (the black square thingy on the side of the drive), it could be that it's gummed up and can't spin freely.

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