Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on Today, 18:02
money well spend indeed 😀
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on Today, 12:42
I also had a TV card back when in my HTPC, I used it to record analog cable TV, mostly documentaries and stuff to watch later.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on Today, 10:13
luckybob wrote on Today, 09:54: The microchannel video card caught my attention. that was one of the reasons why I wanted it too x3
Re: What is your Favorite CPU and Why ?
Posted on Today, 09:45
probably 386DX(20-)40 because I have the most childhood memories connected to it (40) and it was the cpu in the very first computer I used (20).
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on Today, 09:16
🙁 I was watching that one with the full intention of bidding... guess I should have bid right away :p I keep making that mistake of just watching auctions instead of putting a bid in as soon as I see them so the seller can't just end them prematurely.
Re: things you don't do with a retro PC
Posted on Yesterday, 23:08
gerry wrote on Yesterday, 09:54: I like the idea that making it work IS the game 😀 "Achievement unlocked: you may now hear sound!" heh, I like this approach ^^
Re: Making a midi device tower
Posted on Yesterday, 13:56
I also "only" have a MU50... you take what you can get ^^ can't be too picky there.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on Yesterday, 11:33
debs3759 wrote on Yesterday, 10:57: I love #9 cards for the same reason - no logical reason 😀 Don't have many yet though. well they're really pretty, reason enough imo :3
Re: Aztech Sound Galaxy cards
Posted on 2020-08-12, 18:44
http://www.amoretro.de/2013/08/aztech-waverider-32.html idk what the add-on board does, maybe some kind of mixer? it has a "Dual 4-channel analog multiplexer/demultiplexer" chip on it.
Re: things you don't do with a retro PC
Posted on 2020-08-12, 11:53
actually play games or listen to midi music... I'm tinkering around so much I never really get to the actual goal of a build x3
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-08-11, 20:17
I always wanted to have an ATX Big Tower that looks cool and has plenty of room for ventilation and extensions. enjoy that in-win... I was contemplating a while if I should bid x3 but I pretty much had everything in there already, the contents alone are easily worth that anyways ^^ glad it went to …
Re: post up pics of your "computing area"
Posted on 2020-08-11, 11:51
Dimitris1980 wrote on 2020-08-11, 07:55: This is my office. mhh trinitrons 😁
Re: Fix stuck pixel on a laptop
Posted on 2020-08-11, 10:36
I have fixed a stuck pixel before with the rapid color changing method many many years ago... but it's more luck than anything.
Re: Cheap Homebrew ISA->PC104 adapters
Posted on 2020-08-11, 01:40
awesome, I've been thinking about trying to do something like this before too. also thumbs up for making them public domain 😀
Re: post up pics of your "computing area"
Posted on 2020-08-10, 20:42
I will dive deeper into more pics of way more gear, especially more DOS/Win95 gaming stuff I have. Don't want to overload the server so I will post the rest with tiny pic of something. Long time lurker (years!) It's great to finally have the courage to say hi to all of you. PS I have way more …
Re: AMD Interwave LT1 board (reference card?)
Posted on 2020-08-09, 22:54
I'd have posted photos if I hadn't been outbid :c
Re: Novell suggestion: upgrade your PC speaker
Posted on 2020-08-08, 06:57
same, i still only had a pc speaker as late as 1996 iirc... if only I knew what my first sound card even was later on... but Monkey Island and the like on an old pc speaker is just very nostalgic to me :3 on my current test setup I put an empy plastic shell over the speaker which nicely amplifies …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-08-07, 17:59
so I found this hiding on ebay... Intel InBoard XT to 386DX upgrade card :3c ...I wonder if this works fine in XT clones too, needs a good clean though ^^ hardware39_39.jpg Wow, nice, I bought one inside Commodore PC10 few months ago, so yeah, it works in clones (although my had custom cable …
Re: OK sleuths, what kind of Audiodrive is this exactly? You have not seen this before!
Posted on 2020-08-05, 00:36
yeah I don't see why it wouldn't work in another board, the ISA connections looks to be just that ISA, and all the audio is probably handled through the pinheader.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-08-04, 21:57
so I found this hiding on ebay... Intel InBoard XT to 386DX upgrade card :3c ...I wonder if this works fine in XT clones too, needs a good clean though ^^ hardware39_39.jpg Ah, happy you got it. I was the 2nd high bidder, sorry for that... lol... ofc it was you again! x3 how'd you find it even, the …
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