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

Posted on 2020-05-18, 03:21

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Getting my DX2/66 rig built up a little nicer on the test bench. Got the Mach64 VLB in there, along with the Sound Blaster Pro 2 and Gravis Ultrasound. Working good now! I was afraid the Mach64 wasn't going to work because I got it in a cheap scrap lot, but the image quality is great and it works …

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Re: Giant TV Challenge

Posted on 2020-05-17, 14:19

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Weird thread, but ok. The biggest screen I have is my 105" projector screen with an Epson HomeCinema 1080. It is older but still looks great with the lights off. I have a HTPC hooked up for movies and games.. Emby, Steam Link, Retroarch, etc. Full Polk 7.1 surround sound with Onkyo receiver and BIC …

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

Posted on 2020-05-17, 03:02

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Just installed this in my 486 DX2/66. Works awesome.. the MIDI music is definitely unique.

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Re: Info on erly SSD's

Posted on 2020-05-16, 02:43

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The MODCOMP Classic computers I scrapped at work a few months back all had primitive solid state drives by DATARAM (2MB fully populated). This was mid-1970's technology.. see here: http://www.storagesearch.com/dataram-bulkcore.pdf These are often cited as the roots of modern SSD's. We used them from …

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

Posted on 2020-05-15, 11:22

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That's cool.. All my motherboards are in large boxes stacked against each other and somewhat uncomfortably tightly I might add, I will look into ordering a bunch of cardboards that will comfortably fit a single ATX motherboard each. I wonder if there is a standard size for this? The boxes I'm using …

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

Posted on 2020-05-14, 21:28

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Sorting out some old motherboards and organizing.

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Re: UMC8881/8886 Datasheet

Posted on 2020-05-13, 12:13

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Haven't been able to find it.. we moved offices to a different building, and our engineering library of books was moved into multiple cabinets across 3 offices (each office is like 25k square feet, 2 floors).. I'll come across them sooner or later, I just don't have the time to look through the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-05-12, 18:39

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Gravis Ultrasound Classic v3.4 - eBay seller counter-offered me at $120, so pretty fair IMO.

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

Posted on 2020-05-12, 12:26

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Wiretap I remember wanting one of those when I was in high school. In high school, I had a Compaq iPAQ 3650. I played pranks on the teachers since it has iR with a universal remote app. I also had an IBM Microdrive (340MB), GPS receiver, and a Linksys CF WiFi adapter for it. I remember thinking how …

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

Posted on 2020-05-12, 11:56

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Installed a new battery in my Sony PEG-UX50. Works great now. Super easy to install, with a mini JST type connector once I got the back cover off.. it had annoying star bit screws.

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

Posted on 2020-05-10, 16:12

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Turns out I do indeed have two functional Hinote Ultra CT475's. The one I got I thought was DOA just didn't have a CPU or RAM. lol I swapped CPU and RAM with my other and it booted just fine and has a more functional LCD. They both have a vertical line issue on the right side of the screen where the …

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

Posted on 2020-05-09, 18:35

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Score, found the original user manual and field service manuals. Converted them for HTML. ZIP files attached. Works best in Chrome. There's a RTF text file in each as well.

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

Posted on 2020-05-09, 17:45

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Some more semi-useful info I found on archived websites.. how to take the laptop apart, and how to reset the BIOS password. I'll try to take apart my laptop soon and document the process better.

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

Posted on 2020-05-09, 13:50

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Installed MorphOS on my dirt cheap 1.25GHz Mac Mini G4 that I got from eBay the other day. Works great. I have 512MB of RAM in it now, but I have a 1GB DIMM on the way - thought I had some 1GB sticks left, but apparently I used them all in my Athlon builds. After that's installed, I'll do the 1.5GHz …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-05-09, 11:02

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Sadly as I was removing the cooler to add new thermal paste, one of the screws holding it just snapped off and I am unable get it fixed, so Im looking through my replacement options. I have a 3rd party cooler for this card, but I really want to use the original. P_20200509_122714.jpg Drill and …

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

Posted on 2020-05-08, 23:47

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Picked up another Hinote, and this one has the floppy expansion attachment. It has some dead areas on the screen (pixel damage from an impact), so I'll have to swap with my other screen and hope that one works. Anyhow, the seller sold this one as-is, not working, but it boots just fine into Windows …

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Re: What NAS are you using ?

Posted on 2020-05-07, 00:21

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almost none use retro for this? i hoped to see a few sub ghz machines... For the amount of storage required for modern file sizes, a retro computer would be slow, unreliable, loud, and draw far more power to keep running 24/7. A single 8TB NAS today can draw less than 25 watts from the wall. A 1GHz …

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2020-05-06, 22:27

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I'll definitely get my money back, even if the seller doesn't cooperate. I'm really just more annoyed because I can't complete my new PC build now.. it is my only day off for the next week, working 84hrs a week.

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2020-05-06, 22:15

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Well, attempted to buy a Cooler Master 212 RGB. The eBay seller shipped it USPS in just a bag, so it arrived like this.

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

Posted on 2020-05-06, 15:15

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I'm having that same mouse movement problem intermitantly with my A1200. Pushing down on a connector plugged into the mouse port or joystick port allows its use correctly. Also when disassembled putting some pressure where those 3 stickers are on the motherboard near the connectors allows its …

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