Re: CRT experience

Posted on 2023-08-16, 18:54

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by creepingnet

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How is input lag a thing for monitors? I mean, I can get complaining about DSPs on TVs, but those are TVs not monitors. Complaining about TV sets then generalizing that to computer monitors is hardly a fair or legitimate concern. I have yet to experience any input lag on a computer monitor. Was not …

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Re: CRT experience

Posted on 2023-08-16, 14:47

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by creepingnet

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For TVs I'm using a Rhapsody 5" CRT Portable for fun little shennanigans. When it's not running, it's on display. I mostly use it with my Atari 2600. It's funny because the ATARI can act as a TV stand for it, lol. For 16 bit and 8 bit consoles like the NES or Sega MD I don't mind playing them on …

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Re: isa or pci network card with dos and widows 3.11 in my retro pc's?

Posted on 2023-08-16, 01:41

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by creepingnet

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Not quite a simple question to answer for a few reasons so I'll give you a few views from a few different angles from my experiences....... As for the cards themselves, most of those machines would be best - speed-wise - using a 10/100 PCI Ethernet Card. ALL ISA Ethernet cards are 10mbps. The reason …

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Re: CRT experience

Posted on 2023-08-15, 21:42

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by creepingnet

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I have five CRT Devices and I love em' all, but I'm going to be running them until they truly die past a point of me replacing them. For TVs I'm using a Rhapsody 5" CRT Portable for fun little shennanigans. When it's not running, it's on display. I mostly use it with my Atari 2600. It's funny …

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Re: VGA Capture Thread

Posted on 2023-08-15, 20:36

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by creepingnet

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Well, my Fosmon VGA to Composite Converter just died, I figured I'd give a little review of it here and tell what's next. So my current setup is a late 2015 iMac 21.5" with a Amazon.com bought Composite/S-Video capture USB device, and I would feed my VGA machines into the composite device via a 1/8" …

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Re: The Retro Web submissions thread: suggest edits and/or add new boards here

Posted on 2023-08-14, 15:47

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by creepingnet

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are Laptop Motherboards accepted here - got several loose NEC Versa Motherboards, and I took some nice gut shots of a NanTan FMA3500C taken, as well as pictures of others.

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

Posted on 2023-08-14, 15:18

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by creepingnet

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Finally replaced the battery in my BSi/NanTan FMA3500C. So no more Varta. That said, I think NanTan uses boat paint on their motherboards because even scrubbing with 2000 grit sandpaper and Mass Airflow Sensor cleaner did not breech the traces, and neither did the battery acid, so it was a nice easy …

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Re: Will the Book 8088 be a future classic?

Posted on 2023-08-14, 14:45

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by creepingnet

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Especially the Hand 386. Turns out when it's plugged into the wall and powered on, it still only runs from the battery. The battery only charges when the computer is switched off. What the hell is that?? I wonder if there's some way I can fix that. I don't think that's that unusual. I don't own …

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Re: The quest for the perfect retro laptop: a saga

Posted on 2023-08-03, 22:19

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by creepingnet

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Would love to hear what that chime sounds like! Not enough computers have startup chimes. Here's the DFI Version I sold off - it's identical to the NanTan except the Generic NanTan version I have is a color unit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9J74rs6Yms&t=511s You can turn the Chime off too by …

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Re: The quest for the perfect retro laptop: a saga

Posted on 2023-08-01, 22:32

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by creepingnet

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Even though for me I found the perfect retro laptop in my opinion, I'm still scouring the web for the next diamond in the rough. I figure its going to be some no name, unbranded trash that nobody ever heard of and, that has features that must of been last generation when it came out, so nobody ever …

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Re: Will the Book 8088 be a future classic?

Posted on 2023-08-01, 22:29

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by creepingnet

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I have a few angles to look at the Book 8088 from.... First is it does indeed fill a niche that does not exist in any capacity historically. While all of those passive matrix laptops and handhelds from the 80's are really nice systems for their time, they still don't display in color, only have …

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Re: Collection rationale

Posted on 2023-08-01, 22:02

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by creepingnet

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For me it's all an efficiency thing. I spend less time messing around with my old hardware than I do getting some *modern solution* to run an emulator properly. It takes me 15 minutes to plug in my main 486 Desktop computer - that includes 17" CRT, keyboard, mouse, speakers, MIDI Passwthrough, and 2 …

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Re: SATA to IDE adapters

Posted on 2023-07-27, 22:22

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by creepingnet

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I'm using a Generic KingWin ADP-06 I bought at Fry's just before they closed in Silicon Valley. I've been using it for the last 4 years in my 486 and it's been great (but I have Dual IDE). I don't think it has any jumpers though, just a thought. However, I have had AMAZING luck getting SATA drives …

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Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware

Posted on 2023-07-27, 22:16

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by creepingnet

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NEC Versas are interesting laptops and I have half a dozen or more of them (486/Pentium 1 ERA). The issue I have with them are the feet turn to goo, some have hinge issues, and mostly they kept changing the power bricks in-between models using that funky 4 pin connector plus spare parts are hard to …

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

Posted on 2023-07-24, 19:09

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by creepingnet

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Finally moved into my new place about 92%. Have the Tandy 1000A all setup minus networking (I'm toying with using Wireless Bridges now instead of Long Ethernet cables), and my NanTan FMAK9200C up and running in full swing on the new ginormous bar counter. Switched ISPS as well, have AT&T Fiber now …

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Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware

Posted on 2023-07-24, 18:58

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by creepingnet

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Well...I kind of consider my laptop craziness of the last several years a bit of a testament to how much a nobody can influence the prices. Right now I'm seeing NEC Versas being posted at over $100 when I bought all mine for $75 or less, ditto the NanTan Laptops - I paid $25 for my FMA3500C and $25 …

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

Posted on 2023-07-17, 20:14

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by creepingnet

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No internet for at least 2 days at the old apartment - Spectrum did not ask moving date when we planned to close their service and move to our new place with AT&T fiber. Guess that's motivation to get more moving stuff done. Good news is we could end up with the equipment on day 1 at our new place …

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Re: Are Windows 2.03 / Windows 3.0 useful?

Posted on 2023-07-14, 21:14

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by creepingnet

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Windows 1/2/3.0 are pretty useless IMHO for my intents and purposes, only by which that I can do everything they can do in DOS on the same systems a whole heck of a lot faster. It would be kind of neat to make some new applications for those APIs though and see maybe what could have been but never …

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

Posted on 2023-07-14, 18:59

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by creepingnet

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Fixed up card socket services on my NanTan Notebook FMAK9200. Turns out I was able to pull the drivers from the wayback machine, lol - https://web.archive.org/web/19970121183038/http://www.kapok.com.tw/SELE31.HTM - they have everything except the graphics driver for the CL GD6448 graphics card in it …

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Re: List of PC games that you have not played or beaten yet that you'd like to

Posted on 2023-07-12, 20:17

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Well, thanks to binge watching the Space Quest Historian's videos I'm now on a major Sierra Kick as of late.....just the ludicrous light he puts the King's Quest series in gives me a whole new curious perspective on those games which makes me want to give them a chance, so I've been playing King's …

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