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

Posted on 2018-03-27, 20:10

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by OldCat

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I continued today merging the parts of two broken Toshiba T3200SX from ebay into one working machine. One has a perfectly working HDD and FDD and the other one has a XT-CF, a working screen and 8mb memory, also a better conserved case but damaged internal connectors. Since I am relatively …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-03-27, 15:49

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by OldCat

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AlaricD wrote: That case is FANTASTIC! I know, right? But in all seriousness, I liked it a lot visually and that is why I bought it. I'm glad somebody else appreciates it as well.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-03-27, 08:49

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Shopping spree! Bought HIGHSCREEN KOMPAKT SERIE III 286 - 16 on a whim. Intend to put Hercules card in it and replicate my old childhood computer. No time to work on it at the moment, though, so garage shelf it is for now. Also, found another Siemens-Nixdorf PCD-4ND with working screen, so bought it …

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

Posted on 2018-03-26, 11:00

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by OldCat

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henryVK wrote: Should you hook up a CRT to the laptop in the near future, would you check whether Win95 allows you to switch refresh rates for the monitor?y I will check it if I find a CRT monitor - I don't have any VGA-capable CRT with me (one CGA/EGA CRT and that's all).

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

Posted on 2018-03-26, 09:19

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by OldCat

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Disassembled and reassembled newly bought Siemens-Nixdorf PCD-4ND. Bad news - couldn't repair the LCD. I suspect it is a trivial thing, but nothing obvious like cables or connectors. Good news - it's a nice machine, compartmentalised and well designed. BIOS allows for enforcing LCD+CRT combo at all …

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Re: Siemens-Nixdorf screen issue

Posted on 2018-03-26, 08:04

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by OldCat

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Ah, okey dokey. So the VGA is alright, that's good! :) I suspect that there's a bad connection on LCD panel then. The original Gameboy had screen issues, which resulted in a "similar" effect (missing lines, dead spots, etc). See https://youtu.be/l4PArFarm_k I dismantled the monitor, checked LCD ( …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-03-22, 21:30

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by OldCat

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what is the current resolution and refresh rate on that LCD display? Also - How do you control output to VGA? Does it have a Fn key that lets you cycle LCD, LCD+Monitor, Monitor? Also - Are you running in 16 colors? Make sure device manager is happy. Resolution and refresh - don't know, will check. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-03-22, 19:57

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by OldCat

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cyclone3d wrote: Are you sure it isn't the hard drive making noise (bearings going out) ? Could HDD be that loud? Wow. I'll replace it with CF card and see.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-03-22, 19:28

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by OldCat

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So I did take a jump and bought defective Siemens-Nixdorf PCD-4ND. It's a very well done machine (GERMAN ENGINEERING, JA!) and fairly well preserved, the only flaw being the LCD display: both.jpg The only thing that bugs me is that despite having 486DX4@100MHz processor, there isn't any radiator on …

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Re: Siemens-Nixdorf screen issue

Posted on 2018-03-22, 19:12

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by OldCat

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Hi, what happens if you do attach an external VGA monitor ? Same issue ? No, image is fine. See photo below. both.jpg The pcd-4nd has a very modular build anyway so pretty easy to work on. It indeed is - I already disassembled the thing, looked inside and whatnot. What worries me, though, is my DX4 …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-03-22, 08:45

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by OldCat

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Well maybe I'm not using the proper word, basically it's the city organizing an evenment where streets are closed and hundreds of people can come to sell their crap there. Nothing's advertised except the location and the estimation of people that will come to sell, the rest is pure random Ah, …

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

Posted on 2018-03-22, 08:44

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by OldCat

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Well, not much, but I did find my 486's doppleganger - well, the case at least, LOL. Suncheer/Songcheer XT Clone that was on e-bay awhile back, can't find the auction, but the picture is on google image search. Also found Suncheer International had a PATENT in the US for a modular AT/XT/LPX Chassis …

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Re: Siemens-Nixdorf screen issue

Posted on 2018-03-21, 15:24

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by OldCat

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Hey, I've bitten the bait - bought the computer, will have it soon, then I will be able to continue this thread hands-on. Look forward to updates!

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-03-21, 12:20

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by OldCat

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Dionb's haul must fit in 1m³ max, as for the money, there are still some good deals out there, just find them ^^ 90% of my stuff comes from garage sales, the most I paid for a computer was 60€ and almost everything fit into my 9m² bedroom (though there's not much room left now ...) Unfortunately, …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-03-21, 11:13

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by OldCat

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henryVK wrote: And how do you get all this past your wives? 😉 Oh yes, the wife factor. That too is limiting my purchases. Even more, every now she forces a bit of, ahem, reevaluation of already acquired collection.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-03-21, 08:58

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by OldCat

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Looking at your hauls, I get envious and and every now and then ask myself where do people find money / time / storage space for all that. Don't mind me, I'm just jealous.

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Re: Equivalent of a GeForce2 GTS?

Posted on 2018-03-19, 19:38

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by OldCat

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You are misremembering things. GeForce 2 and GF4MX are both DX7-level cards, where as GF3 and GF4 Ti are DX8-level cards. The GF4MX cards can actually be faster than the fastest GF2 cards. The MX420 is a cutdown version, but both the MX440 and MX460 are very competitive in terms of performance, …

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Re: Equivalent of a GeForce2 GTS?

Posted on 2018-03-19, 14:07

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by OldCat

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I distinctly remember that GeForce 2 GTS was better option than GeForce 4MX. Polygon fill rate etc aside, on the former you could get realistic water in Morrowind, and on the latter you could not. I am not sure, but there was something about the shader functionality that has been cut off. I think …

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Re: Weird monitor behaviour in Kontron IP Lite Color laptop - please advise

Posted on 2018-03-18, 16:14

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by OldCat

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I did check both Doom and Heretic. The monitor behaviour is the same in both of them, namely all good, but every now and then I would get greyed out bars depending on the screen content. See for example how the bottom of the screen gets grey-ish when player turns in Doom. It is repeatable - if I …

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Re: DEC HiNote Ultra CT475 - A 486 "Ultrabook"!

Posted on 2018-03-16, 15:11

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by OldCat

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A very interesting machine indeed. Might want to try to get my hands on one.

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