Re: Old Portable Find at Thrift Store - Osbourne 1

Posted on 2018-09-27, 01:20

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by Sev80

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I was talking to a co worker about how i collect older computers. He's quite a bit older than me. He cheekily told me "oh I had an osborne executive I chucked in the trash a few months ago" I nearly threw up... 🙁

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Re: any atari ST experts?

Posted on 2018-05-25, 17:15

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by Sev80

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also they have notoriously unreliable power supplies. You might want to check the voltages on there too.

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Re: Cirrus Logic CL-GD5429 vs Trident 8900D - disappointing

Posted on 2018-05-19, 19:48

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by Sev80

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I remmeber the 8900D being pretty darn fast in doom. Anyone remember these cards with the crazy looking ram chips? https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-TVGA8900D-TRIDENT-1MB-16-BIT-ISA-VIDEO-GRAPHICS-CARD-T8900D-S8-VGA/362086448888?epid=2085697584&hash=item544e08bef8:g:p7UAAOSwkNZUf7AP I had one of …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-05-10, 03:59

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by Sev80

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Just got my first Gravis Ultrasound! https://www.ebay.com/itm/Gravis-Ultrasound-PN … 497.m4902.l9144 Pretty excited about it, would like to know some specific games where it totally blew away the SB. Is it mostly for the tracker scene?

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Re: If you had $5.000 dollars to buy retro hardware, what would you buy?

Posted on 2018-04-18, 06:15

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by Sev80

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I guess everyone has things they want to get. If I had 5k, I'd probably get the following: NexGen board and CPU, the later ones that had FPU's. SCC-1/LAPC-1. I came close to splurging on one a few years ago for $200 bucks. Regret not picking one up Probably a Apple Lisa MOS KIM-1 board IBM5154 since …

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Re: VIA VX98 Keyboard Wont Work

Posted on 2018-04-16, 20:00

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by Sev80

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did a bit more testing and thinking it might be the keyboard. Strangely it works fine with my one 486 motherboard, but not my pentium, other 486 motherboard or pentium pro. Im not sure what's going on

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VIA VX98 Keyboard Wont Work

Posted on 2018-04-16, 18:57

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by Sev80

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Hello, i have a VIA VX98 board, last time i used it, it worked great, this time I'm trying to use it with the same keyboard and it's throwing a "no keyboard present" error on POST. The battery is new and i tried reflowing the solder joints on the keyboard connector, but no dice. Upon power up, i see …

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Re: Retro Hardware Prices... are NUTS!

Posted on 2018-04-08, 16:06

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by Sev80

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I agree, when i started this hobby in 2014, there were decent deals to be had, not just with PC stuff but with commodore and other makes. I used to be able to pick up a ton of stuff locally, Amiga 2000's, 4000's, 1000's, lots of parts. All for next to nothing. I picked up a lot of 3 A2000's, a …

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Re: Dauphin Orasis Tablet

Posted on 2017-10-14, 20:06

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by Sev80

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This is not a DTR-I, its 4 years newer, the Orasis

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Dauphin Orasis Tablet

Posted on 2017-10-14, 19:04

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by Sev80

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So not too long ago I bought a Dauphin Orasis tablet, after about 3 years of searching. The trouble is that it does not come with a power supply and while I have determined the barrel connector is center positive, I have no idea what the voltage requirements might be for this thing. I did try the …

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Re: Anyone in the Southern California area want to do a meetup?

Posted on 2017-10-12, 15:51

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by Sev80

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im in the granada hills area

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Re: Robert Miles died at 47

Posted on 2017-05-11, 18:52

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by Sev80

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The more I listen to his music, the sadder I get. This is just awful

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Re: Robert Miles died at 47

Posted on 2017-05-11, 18:06

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by Sev80

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i feel the same way, his music had a profound impact on me in highschool, back in the late 90's. No other artist passing has had this big of an effect on me.

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Re: Classic Muscle Car on Maxtor HDD

Posted on 2017-02-20, 04:28

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by Sev80

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not true, i have a 170 meg drive with the same GTO. Coincidentally I have a 540 meg maxtor that has a scotty dog on it too. Not sure what it means

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Re: places to buy old hardware?

Posted on 2017-02-01, 03:40

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by Sev80

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I'm really considering starting a retro computer trading site. Mostly focused on pic stuff stateside. Thoughts?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-01-07, 18:37

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by Sev80

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Tetrium wrote: Sev80 wrote: just picked up a 486sx-16. The slowest 486 ever made. Cheers! But not many boards will be able to run it at stock speed 😁 And please do give us some pics! 😁 really? How come?? It's still in transit to me, i shall definitely post pics when it is here!

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-01-06, 23:10

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by Sev80

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just picked up a 486sx-16. The slowest 486 ever made.

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Re: Buying/Selling hardware Places

Posted on 2017-01-06, 22:02

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by Sev80

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im thinking about starting a buy/sell/trade forum for vintage PC/Computer hardware, just so we have a reliable and reasonably priced source of hardware. Ebay is okay but i get sick of having to wade through the ridiculously priced stuff for hours to get to the good stuff.. the focus would be on …

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Re: Newly made Gravis Ultrasound compatible cards ... what's the degree of interest?

Posted on 2017-01-06, 18:10

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by Sev80

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this is excellent news!!!!

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Buying/Selling hardware Places

Posted on 2017-01-06, 17:56

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by Sev80

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I know Vogons doesn't allow a buy/sell/trade... There's always crappy ebay with inflated prices and money hungry sellers trying to sell old trident video cards for 150 bucks. Truth be told, I dont know of any good US based hardware buying/selling/trading sites. There's Amibay, but that's mostly for …

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