Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-10-25, 14:03

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Blitz_25 wrote on 2021-10-25, 12:47: p.s. how do I add images to the post not just links? just drag them onto the message field in "post a reply" or go to "attachments" and "+add files" not gonna glick some random url shortening links that I can't tell where they go to anyways :p

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-10-25, 10:21

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the cutest little beige mini tower, mATX with sideways PSU and very short hardware40_63.jpg Ooh, I always wondered wether this was ever made. Really nice! 😃👌 Could you post a picture of the back? it's a bit taller than it would need to be so it can actually accomodate the 5.25" drive on top ^^ …

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Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware

Posted on 2021-10-24, 22:26

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Has there been a recent trend on eBay for sellers to simply list their old computer items at ridiculous values as a means to inflate prices? that's been standard practice for pretty much anything on ebay for years and years now, there's always buy it now stuff listed for unreasonable prices that …

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Re: Is there a reason why the NEC Accusync 71v is so expensive?

Posted on 2021-10-24, 20:07

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JustRob wrote on 2021-10-24, 19:27: I saw it on LGR you just gave yourself your own answer :p

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-10-24, 15:59

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nice small 486 board, supposedly nib, mainly got it for the cache ^^ I will double and triple check the cache orientation, because there seem to be different revisions of this baord around with different orientations and the sockets are printed different in the manual, I already got burnt once on …

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Re: Roland SCC-1 price

Posted on 2021-10-24, 13:17

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well yeah, would I have known back then I'd have gotten it too :p my knowledge about roland stuff wasn't too great.

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Re: Roland SCC-1 price

Posted on 2021-10-24, 10:39

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I could have bought one for €100 locally... but I was like "hahaha, no that's way too much for just one soundcard" 😁

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Re: The Ultimate Retro project (formerly known as UH19) - a stason.org/TH99 alternative

Posted on 2021-10-24, 10:37

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maybe you should make a pointer to the new site at the old location now that links to it have already been spread all around, or even better just redirect to the specific page locations.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-10-22, 17:21

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Megadragon15 wrote on 2021-10-22, 16:26: Fine. Here are pictures of them with the Soyo Motherboard box. The lower price tags might have been from a different thrift store. some people have all the luck 😁

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Re: Most reliable internal IDE and SCSI CDRW / DVDRW drives

Posted on 2021-10-17, 15:35

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my general experience is that the more recently made a drive was the less reliable it is :p other than that, old plextors are the go-to yeah.

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Re: Right to repair discussion (split from What retro activity did you get up to today?)

Posted on 2021-10-16, 21:16

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Datadrainer wrote on 2021-10-16, 20:24: or HP for what I know well: custom motherboard with custom power supply and connectors and rebadged components. and they're getting rightfully called out for it by tech youtubers along DELL and others, they're basically producing e-waste right out of the …

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Re: 386 board that takes 64mb ram?

Posted on 2021-10-16, 11:19

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the M919 is sought after because of it's infamous reputation, but all things considered it's a fast board too if you get it running properly ^^

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Re: Right to repair discussion (split from What retro activity did you get up to today?)

Posted on 2021-10-16, 11:17

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Doornkaat wrote on 2021-10-16, 10:14: keenerb wrote on 2021-10-16, 10:09: I dont know if there's ever ever been an opinion more opposed to the very spirit of Vogons than "right to repair should be illegal." Very Old Games On Newer Systems 😜 which doesn't really change anything, as getting old …

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Re: 386 board that takes 64mb ram?

Posted on 2021-10-16, 01:35

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NScaleTransitModels wrote on 2021-10-15, 17:01: 386 boards will not support non-parity or EDO modules. I am running non-parity modules on my Shuttle HOT327

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-10-15, 09:00

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I was going to try to turn on my new Mac, but I noticed that the ground pin to the Mac power cable is missing. There isn't anything special with these cables is there? I wanted to ask because the cable from the keyboard to the computer looks like a standard telephone cable, but it's apparently …

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Re: What retro hardware you killed today or in the past :(. Killing spree stories+serial killers are welcome.Rest in pie

Posted on 2021-10-14, 15:09

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Put a agp 2 card into agp 1 slot on super socket 7 modo it smoked everthing died i bet the voltages were weird but that was 2003 dumpster finds. I think rather than voltages being messed up you probably put a card in that pulled way too much power for the mobo and blew up the VRM or something. …

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Re: Small Vintage AT case

Posted on 2021-10-14, 13:19

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if you wanna use riser cards there's some pretty small form factor desktop cases, but even most mini towers are rather bulky as they're made to take up ATX-sized power supplies and full height/length cards.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-10-14, 12:07

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So this Mac doesn't have an HDD right? I need to run everything from a floppy disk? Right. Assuming I get it running, how do I even format the necessary disks? I don't have any other Apple hardware and I don't feel like dishing out a small fortune to buy the original disks on eBay. HOO BOY. Are you …

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Re: 386 board that takes 64mb ram?

Posted on 2021-10-13, 14:13

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if you want a 386 board with more RAM get one with 72pin slots, I have 2x16MB in mine, I have also seen boards with 16 30pin-slots but 72pin RAM is a lot easier to come by than 4MB 30pin simms also please use a different site for linking mobo specs, sta$on is terrible, full of ads... here's a good …

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Re: 386 board that takes 64mb ram?

Posted on 2021-10-13, 12:32

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are there jumpers on the board for memory size? could also be, that the board simply isn't compatible with your memory, posting more info/pictures of what board and memory you're using exactly could help.

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