Re: How to repair a toshiba laptop floppy drive ?

Posted on 2016-08-15, 21:16

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by adalbert

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I guess that it is a Citizen W1D drive. The old belt can be replaced with a cheap cassette recorder belt. Something like this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AUDIO-CASSETTE-SQUARE-SECTION-DRIVE-BELT-69-5mm-x-1mm-1-BELT-/281084788208?hash=item4171f57df0:g:TYMAAMXQEgpTFf~W My drive was the Citizen W1D FIL, …

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

Posted on 2016-08-15, 13:03

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by adalbert

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Recycled some ISA slots from a definitely broken Socket 3 mainboard (FUBAR - massive battery corrosion, missing chips, the chipset had broken pins). I will maybe use them to make a riser.

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Re: DOS/Win98 gaming laptop - Dell Inspirion 8100 or Compaq N600c?

Posted on 2016-08-11, 21:23

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by adalbert

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I can suggest another laptop, which has probably the best combination of DOS compatibility and processing speed. It is Compaq Presario 1800. It has Pentium 3 up to 1GHz, ESS Solo-1 sound card (full DOS support, FM-music (OPL3 compatible), works under windows 3.1!), you can even use gameport if you …

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Re: Your first Digital (or film )) ) Camera...

Posted on 2016-08-10, 10:50

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by adalbert

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First film camera: http://www.sovietcams.com/sovietcams/m/m_images/wfiles/i0r67112694.jpg My father has used it before, it still works, i even learned to develop the film and make prints of photos by myself :P And Lumix FZ5 was the first digital camera https://2.img-dpreview.com/files/p/articles/ …

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Re: I have an idea... Oh boy.

Posted on 2016-08-09, 00:33

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by adalbert

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So... i found a spare piece of copper clad and I thought it would be a nice idea to finally make that PCB :D Of course everything was made the cheapest way possible, BUT it has even got description layer and a kind of soldermask. I 3D printed a grid with some circles covering soldering points and …

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Re: Stuck red pixel on My 370c :(

Posted on 2016-07-25, 15:36

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by adalbert

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Just be happy you have a 486 laptop with a decent TFT, as many were still mono or crappy DSTN at that time. Exactly, it's really hard to get such displays. I have few old laptops with TFT screens and I'm really happy about that, i don't mind dead pixels or scratches. Treat that screen careful and …

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Re: What's this electronic component?

Posted on 2016-07-17, 14:01

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by adalbert

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It is obviously an inductor. Unfortunately you can't measure the parameters without special equipment. You can try soldering a 1uH or 10uH inductor and maybe you'll be lucky.

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

Posted on 2016-07-14, 22:42

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by adalbert

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Made DIY eGPU for CoreDuo laptop I got for free - a proper DIY, that means soldering wires between an old expresscard and PCIe slot. That costs nothing and requires two hours of soldering. Honestly I don't think that using external GPUs with laptops make any sense, I just did that for fun, but also …

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Re: Alternative to 800mhz slot 1 cpu

Posted on 2016-07-14, 19:36

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by adalbert

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Half-Life 2 is a 2004 game, well, it ran on xbox but that was a heavily optimized version, i tried to run it on a Pentium 3 Tualatin 1.4GHz with GeForce4 Ti 4200, it was playable but a 800 MHz CPU wouldn't be sufficient.

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Re: Windows 3.x security

Posted on 2016-07-13, 18:47

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by adalbert

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I guess that none of today's viruses are targeting 16-bit systems so even getting online with Win 3.11 should be safe, but maybe I'm wrong.

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Re: PCI Sound card for Windows 3.XX & Dos 6.2X

Posted on 2016-07-13, 07:46

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by adalbert

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Yes, ESS Solo-1 works under DOS and Win 3.1. It also has true FM music synthesis. I use that on a Pentium 3 laptop, Presario 1800.

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Re: Getting a laptop battery replacement

Posted on 2016-07-12, 11:08

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by adalbert

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I saw that video some time earlier and I think that a lot of information there is wrong. 486 laptops with soundblaster/adlib sound do exist, even ones with gameport do exist - for example the TI travelmate 4000M that I have. And it also has a gameport. I also have Siemens-nixdorf PCD 4ND, which has …

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Re: DIY retro PC case projects

Posted on 2016-07-05, 21:11

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by adalbert

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Currently I'm not using anything else for my retro projects, they are quite good. I didn't experience serious problems, you just have to remember not to overload those PSUs. When too much power is drawn it gets hot, some interference on screen might be noticeable (due to voltage ripple) and the PSU …

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Re: DIY retro PC case projects

Posted on 2016-07-05, 20:05

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by adalbert

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Oh, that's you. You have probably already seen that 🤣 i will try to make the front panel maybe this or next weekend, I got some new blank HIPS sheets, I just need to cut them and maybe 3d print some details.

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Re: DIY retro PC case projects

Posted on 2016-07-05, 19:53

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by adalbert

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Here are my attemps on making miniature ATX and AT cases, + links to related topics http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=504305#p504305 http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=499255#p499255 https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=474996#p474996 detailed photos of 3d printed mainboard standoffs both …

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Re: Chaintech 6VIA5T-C100A BIOS

Posted on 2016-07-05, 18:06

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by adalbert

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I have that mainboard, but I didn't upgrade my bios. Anyway, here is archived website with working download link, that I found earlier: http://web.archive.org/web/20021205002537/htt … sp?model=6VIA5T just make sure that you use a correct revision.

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Re: Motherboard leaked battery / Corrosion

Posted on 2016-06-28, 09:01

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by adalbert

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Cleaning the mainboard usually will not magically fix it, maybe in some rare cases when electrolyte created some shorts but didn't damage the traces, but in most cases the traces need to be fixed by covering with solder or soldering wires. The mainboard may no longer beep after cleaning because tiny …

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Re: Have anyone bought 486 industrial motherboards from esapcsolutions.com ?

Posted on 2016-06-24, 08:09

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by adalbert

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I don't think that 3D printing for electronic designs procedure will be ready for the next 60 or 70 years, at least for common civil people. Well, 3D printing is '80s technology, and typical FDM printers are working just like modified CNC machines which are '60s technology, I don't know why home 3d …

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Re: Anyone got nVidia TNT2 chipset drivers for Windows 98 for this motherboard ?

Posted on 2016-06-21, 19:26

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by adalbert

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Try them, you can also try these: http://download.driverguide.com/driver/NVIDIA … MAX/d32621.html

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Re: Anyone got nVidia TNT2 chipset drivers for Windows 98 for this motherboard ?

Posted on 2016-06-21, 14:51

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by adalbert

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Can you check the Device ID and Vendor ID of that chipset?

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