Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-07-17, 05:11

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cyclone3d wrote on 2021-07-17, 04:59: Pretty sure there were at least a few keyboards that automatically detected AT/XT and used the mode needed. I have a few of these - two different model M and a Commodore PC keyboard. They all have an "autosense" XT/AT capability

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2021-07-05, 18:19

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Work in progress. Voodoo5-6000 Build! -Dual AMD AthlonMP 2800+ Thoroughbred-B. -2x 1024MB PC-2700 @ PC-2100 ECC Reg. -TYAN Thunder K7X Pro. -3dfx Voodoo5 6000 AGP 128MB Rev.A1 3700+ HanK Semenec's PCI Rework (Week 37, Year 2000) -Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum Preview Sample (2503 - …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-07-02, 13:02

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HanJammer wrote on 2021-07-02, 10:02: Those 3 machines with some goodies inside... 1/2 Nice finds! Not sure why, but the 8Mhz speed on the LED display and the 3DBench score of 76.9 look a bit odd to me 🤣

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Re: SAS SCSI for retro computing

Posted on 2021-06-29, 18:00

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If you want to mess around with SCSI, you can also try with an SCA 80 pin HDD ( which can be bought for cheap as there seems to be plenty available second-hand) and plug it to your ISA SCSI card with the help of an adapter. It may or may not work 😅

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Re: My CRT haul and giveaway (UK only)

Posted on 2021-06-29, 14:02

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Very generous of you to offer these monitors for free - I hope they go to good homes! To me it looks like that monitor you believe is CGA is actually 9-pin VGA. I can't tell with certainty but its aesthetics look more in line with a VGA monitor and I'm not sure there were many CGA monitors …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2021-06-21, 21:10

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It looks like you don't mind having several projects going on at the same time 😆

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-06-21, 21:08

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Miphee wrote on 2021-06-21, 14:00: Got my next quad-core from China, a Q9505. Only 3 cheap models left, the rest are $50<. Cool - I have a Q9550 in one of my LGA775 systems, but I actually never heard of the Q9505 until now

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Re: Looking for a good flightstick for Dos

Posted on 2021-06-20, 20:13

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Great purchase! I've been using the same FlightStick Pro since the the mid '90s. Rock solid and has always felt great. Before that I had couple of Thrustmaster FCS and they ended up drifting and or breaking. CH products were definitely a step above at the time!

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Re: Monochrome and CGA monitors rescued from oblivion

Posted on 2021-06-20, 19:59

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Great finds! I have an HX-12E as well. Would love to know more about this NEC monitor when you finally open that box!

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Re: Suntac 80286 Mainboards

Posted on 2021-06-11, 08:34

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crossposting from the main 286 BIOS thread... here's yet another Award BIOS. interesting how these old Suntac boards all look nearly the same, and yet each one has its own bespoke BIOS. this is Award version 3.03HL, but it's twice as large as the version already dumped (64k instead of 32k, and it's …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-05-31, 13:28

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... I have done it in the past with other cards, the alternative you suggest of the external battery, instead requires the setting of the jumpers, theoretically it is simple to do, unfortunately I do not have the manual and therefore I do not know how and what are the jumpers to set. I'm 99% sure …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-05-29, 17:00

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This motherboard for 386DX arrived today. The card includes in addition to the 40MHz AMD 386DX CPU, four 30PIN SIMs for a total of 4MB (4X 1MB). I don't know which manufacturer is, on the board it says TK-82C390A-4N-D11SE, this maybe could be useful, from a search I did the board was very similar …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-05-15, 18:10

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Bought this Asus P4C800-E (Deluxe) socket 478 motherboard, which came with 3GhZ CPU, 2 x 1 GB RAM Kingston and Thermaltake Silent tower. For 5 EUR extra the seller addded this PC case. Sadly the front cover of the case is broken. This is the heaviest case I ever got. Nice! I used to have a case …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-04-12, 14:25

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After a few months searching I finally found a working MX400 PCI. I guess now my Pentium 233 is finally complete. one of the criticisms i've heard of pentium 1 is that as a rule the P1 class machines quickly lost out in terms of playing late 90's 3d games due to emergence of P2 and early 3d agp …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2021-04-10, 06:37

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Warlord wrote on 2021-04-10, 01:21: I have that exact keyboard tray. I rather like it. It does look quite nice. Do you know if it's still produced?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-03-18, 09:21

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*sigh* Guys... I could cry. This is... or was... a Sony CPD-1302. An exceedingly rare RGB digital\analog selectable multisync monitor compatible with CGA\EGA\PGA\MDA and others. No words... Just......... No words... What a shame :( These monitors are indeed very rare and as you said this probably …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-03-11, 10:34

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dionb wrote on 2021-03-10, 17:19: I don't usually buy hardware in boxed state. But when I do... 16153965959700.jpg Nice! Just be careful not to connect/disconnect the external rack when the computer is powered on

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-02-19, 16:47

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Got myself one of the holy grail items of MIDI equipment. Complete in box with disks, manuals and everything else :) Great find! Yours look 99% complete but IIRC new SCC-1 cards also came with a pair of RCA audio cables with RCA to 6.35mm jack adapters. I suppose most owners misplaced these long …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-02-13, 23:38

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Predator99 wrote on 2021-02-13, 15:16: Puh, long story but the parcel finally arrived :-) […] Show full quote Puh, long story but the parcel finally arrived 😀 Sellers pic: s-l1600 (1).jpg My cards: IMG_3967r.jpg Amazing grab! Did you test the SCC-1, is it working?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-02-13, 23:36

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lot1.jpg lot2.jpg Purchased these today. All are missing brackets, which really stinks, but there's definitely some decent stuff here. Best of the lot: CT1350B Rev. 3 with an original CMS upgrade kit installed (notice the stickers) Cirrus Logic GD510\520 8bit VGA\EGA card (Eagle II) Not amazing, …

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