Re: What do you drive?

Posted on 2023-09-16, 01:47

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My Grand Prix caught on fire at Wallyworld. I knew it could happen, which is why I had a fire extinguisher at arms length. Idiot fire fighters wouldn't let me near it though. It wasn't worth it anyway, it could have exploded. A tragic end to a pretty good car. Extreme ultra violence.

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Re: Free Borland Delphi 1 and C++ Builder 1 retro development tools

Posted on 2023-08-17, 05:27

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So I found an old D4 cd. Attempted to install it on Windows 11. Got dozens of errors towards the end, some not found stuff or whatever it was. But it seemed to install. I had to go back and rename a file ( delphi32.ddelphi32.dro to delphi32.???, yes that became the actual filename.extension). If the …

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Re: CRT experience

Posted on 2023-08-16, 02:52

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I just watched part of a dvd I found for sale at the library. Dr. Who, 8th season, with Jenna and Capaldi. On a small but rather magnificent Toshiba tv. No lcd beats it. The end of each episode has the BBC logo with a spectrum of color. I'm not knocking lcds, but it's a unique experience. Maybe a …

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

Posted on 2023-08-14, 08:47

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I have a T61 somewhere. It won't boot umless you tap on the area above the fan. I guess it starts overheating. Screen is clapped out. Wish I could juryrig something modern in it's place.

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Re: Vogonians , how do you deal with fatigue?

Posted on 2023-08-14, 07:51

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A reluctance to even fire up my 3d printer. It just sits there, and cries: 20230814_034258.jpg I have a goodly number of stl files to print (mostly stupor heroes). I would like to create my own files, say 35-40mm gauls,celts, and crusader knights. Sci-fi weirdos also. But something tells me this …

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Re: Vogonians , how do you deal with fatigue?

Posted on 2023-08-14, 03:32

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A few notes here based on my experience with weight loss and doctors -Doctors usually don't order thyroid panels during annual physicals. I specifically asked my doctor if he was doing it with the blood panels and he stated "no". I asked if it was possible to do since I have a family history of …

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Re: Vogonians , how do you deal with fatigue?

Posted on 2023-08-14, 02:55

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I just had a cat die. People can laugh, it's the worst I've felt about an animal's.passing, with 1 exception. I was very attached. Gratefully her actual passing was quick. As morbid as that sounds. This was after being "taken" once again by 1 of these after hours emergency clinics. I know what …

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Re: CRT experience

Posted on 2023-08-10, 23:14

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I really can't say for sure why LCDs lack "dimension" to me. Iow a crt seems to have depth, to some degree anyway. LCDs have a hell of a lot of saturation, the color therefore looks like painted on pigmented color (like a print). Iow 2 dimensional. That may be an aspect of it. Someone suggested it …

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Re: Vogonians , how do you deal with fatigue?

Posted on 2023-08-10, 05:16

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OP: Your low energy level is due to being inactive and fat. That's all. You are doing everything you can to avoid what you need to do, which is make major lifestyle changes. There is no substitute for eating right and exercising regularly. If you are 50 and fat and want to live with any kind of QoL …

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Re: Timeline of MS-DOS for NEC PC98 and more

Posted on 2023-08-10, 05:03

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GSX (Graphics System Extension) was the name of the graphics library. The wiki page even mentions the APC III. Did PC98 in general have this library?

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Re: What would be the fastest XP Setup with XP Era Hardware ?

Posted on 2023-08-08, 04:40

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I have not read most of this thread. The Intel s5000 server chipset can boot Windows 2000. So I have to imagine XP also. No AGP though. But different boards have different pci-e slots. There's a gaggle of Supermicro dual socket 771 boards on eBay right now. New. The board is only a little wider then …

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Re: Airbrushing / painting as an alternative to retrobrighting?

Posted on 2023-08-08, 04:07

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Read my last post in that thread (tipc). You dom't have to spray anything. You already have to thin the paint if using an airbrush, thin it down to nearly milk consistency, then swab it on with a disposable foam brush. This works very well on metals with oil based paints like Rustoleum. But it's …

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Re: Free Borland Delphi 1 and C++ Builder 1 retro development tools

Posted on 2023-08-08, 03:32

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So being this is an unofficial Delphi thread, what do you all think of 8? I don't remember using it much, but my copy was installed and registered on an old laptop (long gone). I even remember imaging tje hard drive, but if I still have those cds I haven't a clue where they are. I'd like to install …

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old hard drives

Posted on 2023-08-08, 03:18

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I'm archiving a lot of old material. The reality is most of it has been completed, but there always seems to be this uncertainty when contemplating the sale or destruction of an old hard drive. What do you do? Most, make that essentially all of my various files and downloads get plunked down on my …

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Re: CRT experience

Posted on 2023-08-07, 03:40

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It depends on what unit you need a display for. This site consists of very early collectors (80s), midlins (90s), and 2000s. So I'm supposed to replace every early to mid 80s crt with an lcd? I mean it doesn't hurt to have backup. But if you own 1 or more nice crts, there's no substitute for that …

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Small cheapish modernish oscilloscopes

Posted on 2023-08-07, 03:32

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What are you using? Whatcha think? These old HP color crt scopes are and always will be a marvel to me. I first used 1 at a job back in 1989. I have 2, 1 is so high powered it's ridiculous, something like 12ghz sampling rate. That one I don't even have all the equipment to properly test. Anyway was …

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Re: the unofficial Vogons server centric thread

Posted on 2023-08-07, 03:27

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There was a non workimg/ semi working IBM something I passed up a while back. I cam't even remember tne specifics, but I think it had a Power/power pc something. It was prety early. If I saw it again I'd recognize.it. Pretty vanilla looking beige box.

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Re: How to learn about hardware

Posted on 2023-08-06, 21:37

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Upgrading and Repairing has dozens of editions. Perhaps some editions are more suited to what you're looking to fix then others. Filename Screenshot_20230806-173241.png File size 568 KiB Views 815 views Filename Screenshot_20230806-173249.png File size 483.06 KiB Views 815 views Filename Screenshot …

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Re: How to learn about hardware

Posted on 2023-08-06, 21:25

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First off I think it's an exercise in futility to try and fix every problem of a very problematic component. Sometimes you need a specific ic replaced. This sort of job imho is not beyond the abilities of even a novice, if they have the patience and have nimble enough fingers. But is it worth it? …

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Re: Timeline of MS-DOS for NEC PC98 and more

Posted on 2023-08-06, 01:18

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Yes the NEC APC III was to whatever degree a gringo 8086 based PC98. There was an SLE board (Software Library Expander) that made it I wanna say 90+ percent IBM compatible. Mine came pre loaded with Jeopardy, not a litmus test for compatibility afaik, but a run of the mill cga game. The stock …

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