Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-07-29, 08:27

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by Half-Saint

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I bought a Dolch PAC 386 system for 120€ including shipping. There's probably something wrong with the LCD but at that price I couldn't say no. The rest of the computer is in great shape, I just need to figure out a solution for the LCD. Worst case, I'll go for one of those modern 10" panels from …

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Re: IBM 300GL (6282-87U, P1/Socket 7) Power Supply

Posted on 2021-07-29, 07:36

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Hello, Yes, a have a full working ATX to AT conversion with a 7905 add-on to provide the -5 volts.. Turns out the original disk was bad. have exchanged it with another one.. instaled windows98SE an is fully working... the Power supply is a little tricky because, theres another two molex that goes …

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Re: What do you drive?

Posted on 2021-07-28, 20:57

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My daily driver is a 2008 Mitsubishi Colt 3-door 95HP (not my photo) Filename Mitsubishi-Colt_2007_Hecbeks_1512980751_2.jpg File size 46.54 KiB Views 722 views

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Re: 486 eBay pickup - new project!

Posted on 2021-07-28, 20:50

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I'd appreciate it, if you could share some photos of the repaired traces. I'm trying to learn this art 😀

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Toshiba 310CDT problem with optical drive and video resolution in games under Win98

Posted on 2021-07-28, 19:46

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I wanted to play some games today and found out two things about this laptop. 1) When the optical drive is engaged, the computer slows down to a crawl. I'm guessing the lens needs to be cleaned or the drive itself is half-dead or both :D It takes forever to load/install games and it's not very …

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Re: IBM 300GL (6282-87U, P1/Socket 7) Power Supply

Posted on 2021-07-28, 13:40

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Well, I have the exact same PC and the power supply "exploded" today when I turned it on to do some testing before putting it up for sale. I already messaged nuno14272 to see, if he ever completed the conversion. Still, if anyone else can throw in their 2 cents, please do. I have spare AT and ATX …

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Re: Games that you remember the most from 1990's thru mid 2000's

Posted on 2021-07-28, 07:40

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I played so many games in my life, it's hard for me to tell which ones were made in that time period and which ones were older/newer. When I was a kid/teen, I didn't really pay attention to that. I played both old and new games as long as they had good playability and, most importantly, I could get …

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Advantech PCA-6003 single board computer - doesn't POST

Posted on 2021-07-27, 14:21

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I have an Advantech PCA-6003 SBC as well as the "motherboard" this plugs into PCA-6108P4-C Rev.:C1. The SBC had two bad caps which I replaced. Everything else appears to be in order but it won't POST, no beeps, no video at all. I tried several different sticks of RAM as well as a known working CPU. …

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Re: Toshiba 310CT CMOS battery replacement

Posted on 2021-07-26, 11:40

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Look for same Voltage, close Amperage. Careful as the plugs are 3 pins and what you buy have 2. You just need the smaller battery. Post pics or else you'll be sent to Postojna! There is a part number on the batter P71035001119 and it turns out to be 2.4V Ni-Mh, unknown amperage (?). Most seem to go …

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Re: Fixing up an broken 486 I got from a local radio.

Posted on 2021-07-26, 10:12

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Nice work on this computer! Really nice work! Regarding the BIOS, you should be able to flash it via software just fine. Simply make a bootable floppy with a BIOS flashing utility and the ROM that you want to install. What kind of a 3D printer have you got? I've been thinking about buying one for …

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Re: 486 eBay pickup - new project!

Posted on 2021-07-26, 09:39

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Nice! How did you repair the traces? I have a 386 motherboard that does POST but the keyboard doesn't work. I think the battery leakage destroyed some of the traces.

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

Posted on 2021-07-26, 09:36

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I'm working on several things right now: - removed dead CMOS batteries from a Toshiba 310CDT laptop today, upgraded the RAM to 64MB while I was at it - trying to make an IBM Ethernet II PCMCIA card work with DOS in the abovementioned Toshiba. Still have to find the drivers. - I'm also in the process …

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Toshiba 310CT CMOS battery replacement

Posted on 2021-07-26, 08:55

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Hey guys, I found an old topic discussing leaky CMOS batteries in old laptops so I decided to check out my own 310CT. I've owned this laptop for several years now and I knew that the battery is dead but never thought it could leak. Anyway, I opened up the laptop and found TWO batteries instead of …

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Re: Sapphire Radeon HD 3850 AGP with artifacts

Posted on 2021-05-19, 12:43

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fool wrote on 2021-05-18, 17:45: That card can have one or two poor quality capacitors (was it KZE or KZG?) Those cans usually dries out, although they were fine in my card. Maybe a good point to start from. Thanks, will swap them out for new ones from Rubycon or Panasonic and see, if it helps 😀

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Sapphire Radeon HD 3850 AGP with artifacts

Posted on 2021-05-18, 08:29

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Hey guys, long time no see. I did some testing of this card that's been sitting in a box for years. With one Gigabyte motherboard, it wouldn't even boot. However, I tried this P4 board and got it to boot with artifacts. I take it the card needs a rework? Cheers, SainT

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Re: Too many old hard drives

Posted on 2019-09-11, 09:20

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The best sounding hard drive was a 20MB MFM drive in my mom's old XT. It still kind of works but the controller sometimes loses the settings of the drive when you turn the PC off and you have to re-format.

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Re: Why isn't this Hercules card working properly?

Posted on 2019-09-10, 12:16

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Is there an FCC number on the back side of the card?

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Re: Mix of Old But Not Really Vintage Systems - Ideas for OS's Etc?

Posted on 2019-09-10, 11:22

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Most of those will happily run Windows XP. The exception would be that dual core Athlon X2 which will run Windows 7 no problem. Win98 for that slot A, as imi suggests 😀

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

Posted on 2019-09-10, 10:12

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Keep that 64 value. Their prices are going to skyrocket once the re-release of the 64 gold gets done. https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=68555 Why would the price go up? The assumption is that everyone and is uncle will want one, so demand for AWE64 Value cards, needed for the AWE chip, …

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

Posted on 2019-09-10, 08:59

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luckybob wrote: Keep that 64 value. Their prices are going to skyrocket once the re-release of the 64 gold gets done. AWE64 Legacy Why would the price go up?

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