Re: QUESTIONS ABOUT: Shipping a CRT

Posted on 2020-07-27, 05:10

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by hwh

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I ordered a surplus CRT in 2011. The seller got an appropriately sized box, and used spray foam to cushion it. While I do feel the package was appropriately secure, and probably efficient for its size (it's a 19"), holy hell that was a mess. There there foam pieces everywhere. I had to break the …

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2020-07-25, 05:18

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by hwh

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Dear Mumak, try to come back to it, but I got that system into an unbootable state and I don't see how I can fix it. Might be a while. Thanks though.

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2020-07-23, 22:39

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by hwh

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Here's a K6-2. Seems pretty normal. There's some OEM strings :p https://i.imgur.com/fZRlC2e.png Seems a little uncertain about the integrated graphics chip ("unknown"). I think shared video memory is 8MB, no less than 2MB definitely. Drives not in system summary for whatever reason. Here's the …

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Re: Floppy drive won't write in XP

Posted on 2020-07-23, 08:15

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by hwh

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

IRQ or DMA conflict ? Floppy controller uses irq 6 and dma channel 2 . Make sure irq 6 is not assigned to PCI in the BIOS . Seems normal. As for IRQ there's nothing I can do in the BIOS besides IOAPIC, which I am assuming I don't want to be messing with. I tried disabling every driver, process, and …

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2020-07-23, 07:42

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by hwh

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Here's a K6-2. Seems pretty normal. There's some OEM strings :p https://i.imgur.com/fZRlC2e.png Seems a little uncertain about the integrated graphics chip ("unknown"). I think shared video memory is 8MB, no less than 2MB definitely. Drives not in system summary for whatever reason. Here's the stuff …

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Re: 386 barrel battery replacement

Posted on 2020-07-19, 04:30

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by hwh

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I would probably get this.

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Re: So... I picked up a simple unassuming beige AT computer and it turned out to be this....

Posted on 2020-07-15, 00:41

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by hwh

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Wow, what a little treasure box. Someone spent a huge amount of money there. I'm surprised given the obvious interest that the owner just let it go (I'm assuming middle aged guy is the builder). Or maybe a relative? I never found anything this sophisticated. I'm curious to know what's on the failing …

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Re: Would you break a plastic piece covering a port in a 30-year old laptop? Does old hardware deserve "special" treatme

Posted on 2020-07-14, 06:06

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by hwh

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I'm at the point where I would rather not punch out sheet metal drive ports; but I might just be losing it. I think keeping it original is sweet. As for your laptop, I'm not sure that is the same thing. I don't know.

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Re: 486DX2 heat sink debate

Posted on 2020-07-14, 06:01

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by hwh

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

pentiumspeed wrote on 2020-07-13, 14:33: I'm looking for that type of heatsink with clip that snaps onto CPU's package. Where can I get one like this? I have no idea, sorry. I've had it about 15 years...and I don't remember what computer (which I may or may not still have) I got it out of.

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Re: 486DX2 heat sink debate

Posted on 2020-07-12, 04:39

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by hwh

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hopefully you also liked johnnycontrario's analysis. I liked his scientific approach. Me? No. You could somehow meter the airflow you expect in your case, or incorporate ducting, or do some kind of correction for room temperature, because it's a given that the higher the ambient temperature, the …

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Re: 486DX2 heat sink debate

Posted on 2020-07-12, 03:41

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by hwh

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Anything above 25Mhz needs a heatsink. Never hurts to have one, though I'm not sure what the adhesive they used for the early chips was. I always heard it was 50mhz. I know I ran my 486sx-33 naked back in the day. Well it's my opinion based on, essentially, OEM practice I have observed. For …

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Re: Retro builds with modern conveniences

Posted on 2020-07-10, 02:58

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by hwh

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Pretty much all I do is use "modern" monitors. I don't have much in the way of monitors. I picked up very few monitors though. For some reason they usually weren't in the same waste stream as the computers themselves. They tend to not look good and have serious issues. Like my Sony whose case is …

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Re: Replacement Laptop Battery Options

Posted on 2020-07-08, 21:27

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by hwh

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

If the battery format is out of production, your best option may be buying loose cells yourself and soldering them into the old pack. Typically what you can buy is far better than what you get with those Chinese crap batteries; and that is where you decide how much to spend. I would be conservative …

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Re: NTVDM on "new" PC

Posted on 2020-07-08, 03:57

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by hwh

in DOS

in DOS

Jo22 wrote on 2020-07-05, 16:10: Windows XP has SB 2.0 Emulation, according to its Autoexec.nt file. That's interesting. I see that in the file, but I cannot get it to work.

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Re: Advantages of Dual Pentium3 or dual Pentium motherboards for retro PC?

Posted on 2020-07-07, 07:20

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by hwh

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Run any CPU-limited game and you hit 100% on one CPU. Run anything else at the same time and something is going to have to wait. That's not rocket science. But you want a source? How about this: https://images.anandtech.com/graphs/athlon%2064%20x2%203800_08010580841/8123.png Use case: you're using …

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Re: Advantages of Dual Pentium3 or dual Pentium motherboards for retro PC?

Posted on 2020-07-06, 08:20

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by hwh

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

But back to retro stuff: the argument that SMP makes no sense if you only play games is more than valid, but that it made no sense for all-round systems back in the day: no way. Wrong, your unsourced assertion that average users not only ran multiple programs at once but that those programs by …

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Re: 486DX2 heat sink debate

Posted on 2020-07-04, 08:29

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by hwh

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Anything above 25Mhz needs a heatsink. Never hurts to have one, though I'm not sure what the adhesive they used for the early chips was.

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Re: Advantages of Dual Pentium3 or dual Pentium motherboards for retro PC?

Posted on 2020-07-04, 08:23

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by hwh

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

See, this is why I thought the whole dual core thing was stupid. Practically all software mainstream users had was single threaded. So we got a bunch of benchmarks and hype over what, initially, had no effect. Of course I felt that way about a lot of things. Consider first generation SATA drives, …

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Re: finally found a 17" CRT Monitor! what a blast from the past

Posted on 2020-07-02, 00:37

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by hwh

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Wow, what luck. I'm sure this time you will treasure it.

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Re: To ditch or not to ditch, that is the question

Posted on 2020-07-02, 00:32

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by hwh

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Heh, finally someone whose stuff is as messed up as mine :( Don't force anything. Wiggling doesn't hurt though. I'm not familliar with Slot 1; but it likely has some kind of catch holding it in somehow. I just checked a PII slot 1 I have and that one (in addition to being mysteriously affixed) has …

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