Re: Spam, spam, spam
Posted on 2021-03-06, 12:01
Re: Sound card without i/o bracket, how do you fit in?
Posted on 2021-03-06, 09:50
I believe you can buy plastic/mesh brackets on fleabay. You can then cut your own holes without need for any heavy duty tools.
Re: Old games that had CD Audio tracks?
Posted on 2021-03-03, 03:24
Tempest 2000 has been mentioned. It has notable music which was also given a separate release: https://www.discogs.com/Various-Tempest-2000- … release/1438185 (I see this includes an additional track, Glide Control, which is not on the game CD)
Re: Show us your retro printers
Posted on 2021-03-02, 20:11
The Epson LQ were daisy wheel and LX were dot matrix, IIRC. I think I had one of each many years ago, but no longer remember the models.
Re: Windows XP/Windows 7/Windows 10 - TRIPLE BOOT - Is It Possible?
Posted on 2021-02-27, 23:13
Re: Windows XP/Windows 7/Windows 10 - TRIPLE BOOT - Is It Possible?
Posted on 2021-02-27, 22:03
My approach to multi-booting is to use one boot drive per OS and to use the BIOS' boot drive selection ability to choose which OS to start . This has proven very reliable for me and avoids pretty much all potential issues related to MBR/bootloader over-writing or corruption . It also makes re- …
Re: Video Card prices
Posted on 2021-02-27, 08:04
The popularity of cryptocurrency is a response to global political uncertainty and is not just a fad. (In other times people would be hoarding gold.)
Re: Do you want an EGA monitor?
Posted on 2021-02-25, 23:17
Yes, it would be useful to have a list of anything that can display the signal. Actually, the same would be useful for CGA as well.
Re: Do you want an EGA monitor?
Posted on 2021-02-25, 16:05
Is there a comprehensive list of EGA monitors anywhere? I just know about the 5154.
Re: RadioShack 1991 Catalog
Posted on 2021-02-22, 10:35
haha I have that "3-input/output control center" 42-2115 on page 15. It's connected to my hi-fi system. It's used to switch between the tape deck, reel-to-reel, and computer with Audigy ZS Platinum Pro and breakout box (which functions as just another tape deck).
Re: Do you want an EGA monitor?
Posted on 2021-02-21, 19:03
If I had an EGA monitor I'd be scared to use it given how expensive they are. I know nothing about monitor repair.
Re: looking for a rear power bracket
Posted on 2021-02-19, 07:52
I fried a hard drive messing around with these ports in the dark. It's very easy to short the device if you push an upside-down Molex connector against the socket. It won't go in, but the electrical contacts can still touch.
Re: Temple Operating System
Posted on 2021-02-18, 12:22
Re: S604 Project - Worth a Shot?
Posted on 2021-02-17, 14:28
These rigs were hot stuff circa 2005. They're basically Pentiums 4, but with extra Xeon goodness, and two of them. I can imagine everybody crowding round them at LAN parties to appreciate all that power. Then C2D dropped and it all became obsolete. So it goes.
Re: english, the planetary language
Posted on 2021-02-13, 15:10
bump Americans will not have noticed that in most of the world, yesterday was 12022021
Re: Questions on CoPros
Posted on 2021-02-13, 12:54
Jo22 wrote on 2021-02-13, 11:36: Errius wrote on 2021-02-13, 02:29: I remember a text file called the 'co-processor faq' which used to be distributed on Usenet. Did anyone here save a copy? It explained all of this stuff in great detail. http://www.cpu-collection.de/info/copro16a.txt ^This one? 😀 …
Re: Preferred IDE and Floppy cables?
Posted on 2021-02-13, 04:06
DNSDies wrote on 2021-02-12, 21:20: All you need is a crimp or vice, some ribbon cables, and the IDC connectors. 34 pins for floppy, 40 for IDE. That sounds interesting. What specific tools do you use?
Re: Fun with thermal paste
Posted on 2021-02-13, 03:05
Looks like a nozzle mishap. Watch those cheap tubes. Squeeze too tightly, and the nozzle will pop out, with often disastrous results.
Re: Questions on CoPros
Posted on 2021-02-13, 02:29
I remember a text file called the 'co-processor faq' which used to be distributed on Usenet. Did anyone here save a copy? It explained all of this stuff in great detail.
Re: Chrome Will Soon Lose Support For Some Ancient CPUs
Posted on 2021-02-11, 12:05
My backup server for many years was a twin Tualatin rig which got retired when Chrome began requiring SSE2. It was replaced by a twin Irwindale Xeon machine. This supports SSE3 so is still good for a while yet.
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