Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-07-26, 14:29

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HanJammer wrote: This thing arrived. Case has integrated stereo speakers and amp. MSI VLB + PCI motherboard, 486DX6-66, Cirrus Logic PCI card and CT1600. I paid around 100 USD so not really good price but not bad either... Considering the fact that you got also a SB CT1600 in the price, it isn't a …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-07-24, 13:49

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Bought this lot a few days ago for 10 EUR. Nothing tested though. Are there any highlights? I belive that Hercules 3D Prophet 4500 AGP graphics card (missing fan) is probably a keeper (If it works)...

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

Posted on 2019-06-21, 19:57

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wiretap wrote: Rebuilding my 486.. new old stock Biostar MB-1433/50UCV-D v1.0, Intel 486DX2-66 (new old stock SX955 w/ writeback), ATI Mach64 ISA (new old stock), SoundBlaster Pro 2. Just need to find a more appropriate CD-ROM. Very nice choice of components. Also like the case!

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-06-20, 17:10

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Got this Matrox PG-1281 graphics card today. I belive that VIDEO OUT is for CGA monitor, but don't know what is EGA IN for? There is also a short article about this card dated from 1987.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-06-17, 20:32

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Bought this lot for 8 EUR today. Was particulary interested because of the sound cards, a Gainward 32Mb PCI graphics card and lot of SDR rams. I don't now what will I do with modem cards. Already I have them too much, but since they were in the lot, I took them anyway. 9600 All in wonder is without …

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

Posted on 2019-05-28, 19:25

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These speakers were intended for dumpster, until I came along and saved them.

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

Posted on 2019-05-23, 19:05

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appiah4 wrote: Fuck it. I will swap the dead GF3 with a GF4 Ti 4200 tomorrow, but for today I'm done, enough failures for one day. I just want to drink a beer and brood.. Hang in there buddy 😀 We all have such bad days when retro stuff doesn't work as it should.

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

Posted on 2019-05-22, 05:24

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I've successfully used CS4232 drivers from Turtle Beach, although I don't really care about the 3d function of the CS4289 companion chip. Also, IMO the FM reproduction of the companion chip is absolutely nasty. I have the exact same card, it's a Crystal CS4232, use Crystal's latest drivers and it …

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

Posted on 2019-05-18, 23:53

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Trying to find any drivers whatsoever for ISA sound card Audio Plus 6400 AV309.

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

Posted on 2019-05-05, 13:22

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Having some hard time with Phoenix 286 BIOS. Doesn't let me enter HDD parameters, for the hard disc I have (81Mb) and it is not in the Phoenix BIOS 1-49 list. Any suggestions?

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

Posted on 2019-04-22, 07:31

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Vegge wrote: Spent the last 3 nights putting together 3 systems. K6/2-475 running at 6 x 75, in an old at case as a sort of sleeper. […] Show full quote Spent the last 3 nights putting together 3 systems. K6/2-475 running at 6 x 75, in an old at case as a sort of sleeper. IMG_2723s.jpg Ppro 200/256 …

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

Posted on 2019-03-30, 18:56

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Time to take a bath... The previous owner has cut the cables off, but luckily he left enough cable to be soldered the connections back again. Reset button is missing, so making another one will be a challenge. I've just cleaned it for now. A true restoration comes, when I find suitable components. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-03-30, 09:48

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Predator99 wrote: ^^looking very coll but you will have some work with restauration 😀 I know. But that's the fun of it 😀

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-03-30, 07:40

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This week's lot. The board and the cards on the last photo are quite in a bad shape, because they were lying on the concrete floor and above them there were four or five boxes filled with e-waste. Also one chip is missing on the board (signs of desoldering).

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

Posted on 2019-03-28, 16:47

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@dionb, @luckybob, @wiretap, @twilliamc, @Jed118 - thank you all for your recomandations. I will desolder the dallas chip and will install a DIP socket, that is for sure. And then I will see what will happen with modified dallas battery and what with a new one (ordered from China, that is). Will …

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

Posted on 2019-03-27, 19:07

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Found this sucker on some sort of a scrapyard. Already cleaned it a little bit. However the Dallas battery is dead. And here is my problem: When I go into BIOS, I enter all the data (disc parameters, etc..) and I save the settings. But when the computer restarts, it forgets everithing I've entered …

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

Posted on 2019-03-17, 11:06

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dionb wrote: Cherry G80 or 81? Looks like HAU caps 😀 On the back side of keyboard it says: G80-3000 HAU/04 What does HAU mean?

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

Posted on 2019-03-17, 09:25

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Saved this keyboard from e-waste container yesterday. Cleaned it afterwards. I've tested it, and it works.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-03-15, 16:04

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Today's catch: ATA IDE HDD 80GB and 13 x 30-pin SIMM EDO RAM. Cost me 5 EUR on a local auction site.

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

Posted on 2019-02-23, 12:03

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Finally encouraged myself and removed my SB CT1600 from my main retro rig and installed my Audician 32 plus inside. I'm glad I did it. More DOS games are working now without disturbances.

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