Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-03-20, 18:55

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by StriderTR

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Some of the parts I ordered for a couple retro projects and repairs showed up today. More on the way! Those awesome 10MHz Z80's are for a couple more Z80-MBC2 builds You can check out my first build over on my blog, linked in my signature. :) The KB/M PS2 ports are for repairs. Need to replace one …

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

Posted on 2024-03-19, 04:55

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by StriderTR

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Picked up a Sony 2X USB floppy for $8+$8 shipping, so $16 total. I highly doubt the "Brand New" claim, but it physically looks good. Now I just hope it works. If so, good deal I think. I don't think the seller knows much about it based on the listing. 😜 Wish me luck!

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

Posted on 2024-03-18, 17:38

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by StriderTR

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Just started the same thing! I've got so many parts/components I have no idea what I got or how many. Figured it was time to catalog it all. :P Done that and it took some time. Now to know what I have I just open my file and check. Saves a lot of time. Can we see the list? :-) No, as it is full of …

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

Posted on 2024-03-18, 06:54

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by StriderTR

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Nexxen wrote on 2024-03-17, 23:31: Created a file with all the components I have to buy. Not as long as I expected, not short either. Just started the same thing! I've got so many parts/components I have no idea what I got or how many. Figured it was time to catalog it all. 😜

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

Posted on 2024-03-18, 06:51

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by StriderTR

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I take it "frozen tundra" is nowhere near Buffalo, guy on Craigslist has a bunch of cases $5 a pop. I have seen ppl string up their boards on the wall though, like a dissected insect lol nails/screws and zipties. Nope. Wisconsin. :) Sadly, the area around me lacks a good selection of PC tech, …

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

Posted on 2024-03-17, 23:04

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by StriderTR

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I stuffed mine into https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1109516#p1109516 which I never got around to putting the Athlon II 620 X4 I had into. It has just been muddling along with the X2 260... which had nothing to unlock. Single core speed isn't a great boost over the 260, but I have not made …

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

Posted on 2024-03-17, 22:27

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by StriderTR

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Ordered some parts, some to build 2 more Z80-MBC2 CP/M machines. A couple Z80 10 MHz CMOS processors, 128K static RAM chips, ATMEGA32A-PU 8-bit microcontrollers, MCP23017 IO expanders, etc. Also picked up a couple replacement keyboard/mouse dual 6-pin DIN connectors to have on hand for repairing old …

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

Posted on 2024-03-17, 18:11

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Got around to putting the Phenom II 955 in the AM2+ mATX board... it go faster.. all seems okay, got it baking on the AMD overdrive stability test for a bit. Edit: passed round one, shut it down to cool off and cycle the thermal paste. Just dug out an old Biostar board I have with that same CPU, …

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Re: Did you create maps for games?

Posted on 2024-03-14, 17:07

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by StriderTR

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Many ... many years ago. Yes. :P Primarily for Doom, Command & Conquer Red Alert 2, and Roller Coaster Tycoon, with a few for Duke 3D thrown in. I wish I still had that data, but it was lost years ago. For Doom and RA2 I must have made a combined 20 or so maps, had some of them on my website at the …

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Re: Motherboard Identification

Posted on 2024-03-13, 17:51

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by StriderTR

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I can find that board for sale on a German site, but can't find any documentation for it anywhere.... still looking though. Finding a good number of "very similar"486 boards, both with that VIA VT82C496G (Pluto) chipset and not. Hate it when jumper settings are not printed right on the board. :( …

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Re: Unknown part Inside a Desktop

Posted on 2024-03-12, 18:21

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by StriderTR

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I'm going with intrusion detection as well, based on this Siemens Nixdorf System Board I found on The Retro Web. https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/siemens-nixdorf-system-board-d1127-a-b-c Not the exact same board, but it has a very similar connector in the same general location marked as "Cover …

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Re: the definitive "I want to retro game but I only have space for 1 PC" build

Posted on 2024-03-11, 23:38

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by StriderTR

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I considered playing with something like this a few years back, but ended up going a bit older with my hardware, and leaving games from the late 90's onward to my modern machine. I built dedicated DOS/Win3.11 and Windows 95 machines. With the Win95 build keeping within my very limited space budget. …

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Re: my boring Pentium200, do I install Win95?

Posted on 2024-03-11, 20:58

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by StriderTR

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Personally, Win 95 is my favorite MS OS, specifically OSR 2.5, and would run great on a P200. I agree, go for it! 😀

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Re: Via Epia 5000 ITX Build

Posted on 2024-03-11, 04:39

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by StriderTR

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That's quite a bit of power for an EPIA 800 series system! Mine pull significantly less than that. Were you using a PCI GPU? Nope, no PCI cards at all. Though I did notice TWO errors that make it all confusing. Typo: "Average Idle Watts: 45W" is supposed to read "Average Idle Watts: 5W". Also, my …

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Re: Via Epia 5000 ITX Build

Posted on 2024-03-10, 17:47

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by StriderTR

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I Will Build the System this week, if I finally need these USBs I Will contact you...i do not know anything about soldering or microcomponents...so... Another question, the PSU i Will finally get IS a 24pin 160W pico PSU, converted to 20pin with that adaptor from Amazon. The external charger i …

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

Posted on 2024-03-08, 08:27

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by StriderTR

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Does printing and painting an Atari Adventure Dragon to go on top of my printed Pentium N3700 NUC case count as a "retro activity". 😜 It does make an excellent retro emulation device!

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Re: New PSU killed motherboard?

Posted on 2024-03-05, 18:36

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by StriderTR

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If you consider ALL old PSU unreliable, you're missing out on some good hardware. There are quite a few good old units - some with all-Japanese caps too. Just have to know what to look for / which brand. ASTEC is one of these - I've seen nothing but solid PSUs with good quality Japanese caps from …

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

Posted on 2024-03-04, 06:27

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by StriderTR

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Working on printing a case for one of my Pentium Quad-Core N3700 powered NUC boards (NUC5PPYB) so I can set it up as a small family Minecraft server . Picked up a couple of these a while back super cheap. Excellent as Linux machines and for classic console emulation. Also make good basic servers for …

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Re: New PSU killed motherboard?

Posted on 2024-03-04, 01:26

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by StriderTR

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You can use a modern ATX power supply on an older AT board without any problems. This is what I do simply becasue AT power supplies are so old and unreliable and I don't want them taking out my "retro" hardware. The -5 volts will only be a problem if you use one of the very few specific sound cards …

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

Posted on 2024-03-03, 00:03

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by StriderTR

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Finally decided to explore Particles BBS. So many good memories! 😀

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