Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-12-23, 16:34

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by Miphee

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I'm about to give this hobby up. I specifically told the guy to pack it in a cardboard box and use tons of bubble wrap, ESPECIALLY on the front bezel. I told him I'll pay extra and he told me I'm good. Well I'm NOT FUCKING GOOD! I have to lie down and get away from all this for a while. I'm done.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-12-23, 09:22

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by Miphee

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My local market for retro parts basically dried out post pandemic.. Now I'm just glad to have hoarded so much in the last five years! Does anyone else feel the same? I haven't noticed any change because recycling centers couldn't switch to home office during covid so there was a steady flow of "new …

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Re: Can a hercules compatible monitor work with an IBM 1501483XM MDA adapter?

Posted on 2022-12-21, 16:45

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by Miphee

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The correct technical term for the "oversized text" is "CGA-compatible 40-character mode". The DIP-switch setting for an IBM EGA card to boot up as primary video card in CGA-compatible 40-character mode is "on-off-off-on". I suppose your PT-WTEGA clone is not sufficiently labelled to indicate what …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-12-21, 16:42

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by Miphee

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BetaC wrote on 2022-12-21, 00:28: I can finally add a golden boy to the collection. Beautiful, I just bought the same CPU in similar condition. Love these gold tops. When it comes to CPUs I love gold more than my wife does.

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Re: Can a hercules compatible monitor work with an IBM 1501483XM MDA adapter?

Posted on 2022-12-16, 17:06

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by Miphee

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I also love those amber monitors, my all time favourite monochrome! High-resolution EGA text output should be comparable in quality to the MDA text output, whereas your current "ega.jpg" screenshot has text quality comparable to the CGA output in "cga.jpg". Man, this shit is complicated! :D I tried …

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Re: Can a hercules compatible monitor work with an IBM 1501483XM MDA adapter?

Posted on 2022-12-16, 08:14

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by Miphee

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I'm not really sure about that. Your monitor looks like a Casper GM-1266 monitor. It's actually a Casper DS-1468GS. The few sources I found claims it's an EGA monochrome that supports CGA, hercules and MDA modes. Just tested it with an EGA and CGA card in different jumper configurations, it worked. …

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Re: Can a hercules compatible monitor work with an IBM 1501483XM MDA adapter?

Posted on 2022-12-15, 20:14

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by Miphee

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Just to add to the confusion it turns out that this Casper monitor is actually a monochrome EGA that works with a wide range of frequencies, not just MDA and hercules. Hercules was really popular here so everything that has an amber screen is called hercules now.

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Re: Can a hercules compatible monitor work with an IBM 1501483XM MDA adapter?

Posted on 2022-12-15, 14:06

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by Miphee

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Thanks guys, I wasn't sure about this at all, it's my first MDA (Hitachi clone) adapter. I thought that the "original" IBM needed a special monitor to work with but luckily I was wrong. I didn't want to risk damaging the monitor with an incompatible card.

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Re: Can a hercules compatible monitor work with an IBM 1501483XM MDA adapter?

Posted on 2022-12-14, 21:21

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by Miphee

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Thank you!

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Can a hercules compatible monitor work with an IBM 1501483XM MDA adapter?

Posted on 2022-12-14, 18:10

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by Miphee

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I have a few monitors that work with HGC but I'm not sure about the original IBM MDA.

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2022-12-04, 18:57

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by Miphee

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MMaximus wrote on 2022-12-04, 18:29: Was the mobo rather large? It might have been a PS/2 Model 80 planar: https://ardent-tool.com/8580/Planar_T2_Photo_ … ont_92F0756.jpg Board FRU is 41G3985, according to IBM data it was a PS/2 Model 70 - 061 or 121.

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2022-12-04, 17:46

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by Miphee

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Found this CPU on a trashed IBM board. According to the board FRU it's an Intel 386 CPU @ 20 Mhz. Never seen this package type before, wondering if it's pin compatible with standard 386 PGA sockets.

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Re: Windows XP how many people still use for it their MAIN OS?

Posted on 2022-12-01, 18:36

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by Miphee

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I laughed a little when I read the title but realized that I'm still using W7 and it's about to lose browser support so I may have to switch to Windows 10 soon.

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THIS is why you need to check seller's photos before buying anything on auction sites

Posted on 2022-11-27, 09:46

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by Miphee

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Hungarian seller using American seller's Ebay photos to scam buyers into thinking that the item is in working condition. I feel like a subtle watermark would solve this problem so scammers wouldn't be able to just use stolen Ebay photos. Be careful. Also this guy has more than a thousand reviews so …

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Re: Is the site registration still broken?

Posted on 2022-11-12, 10:30

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by Miphee

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If the E-mail is a problem, maybe consider opening a gmail, hotmail or other e-mail (unless Vogons does not allow using one of those). When we first tried to register we got the confirmation mails just right but couldn't activate. When I tried again later using VPN and a fresh reg there was no …

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Re: Is the site registration still broken?

Posted on 2022-11-11, 17:20

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by Miphee

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- Try through a VPN - Try through a library's public Internet or an Internet cafe or even public WIF hotspot (if possible/available) Thank you! I tried registering from scratch using Proton (Japan) but haven't even got the confirmation email with the activation link. Well, I tried. Must be some …

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Re: Is the site registration still broken?

Posted on 2022-11-11, 14:31

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by Miphee

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I have no idea but I remember encountering the same error years before. We have Telekom here, no problems with the service so far. Thanks for the reply though, must be a local thing I can't do anything about.

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Re: Is the site registration still broken?

Posted on 2022-11-11, 14:21

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by Miphee

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So what's the explanation to the errors in this case? Why does the link in the activation emails lead to "The activation key you supplied does not match any in the database." if it's working fine?

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Re: Is the site registration still broken?

Posted on 2022-11-11, 10:59

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by Miphee

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The Contact us in the mail we received upon registration that comes with the error: "Information No mode specified." Problem still stands, the registration process doesn't seem to work for some reason and it's not computer/OS related. We've tried WIndows 7, Windows 10, Android 11, Chrome, Firefox, …

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Is the site registration still broken?

Posted on 2022-11-11, 08:53

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by Miphee

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I remember trying to activate an account like 2 years ago and it wouldn't let me because of some activation issue so it had to be activated by an admin. We tried to create an account for my son now and it still says: The activation key you supplied does not match any in the database. No matter how …

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