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

Posted on 2023-04-24, 09:13

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by HanJammer

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https://www.symphoniae.com/misc/vogons/bbund_s.jpg Recently patched a number of Brøderbund MPU and Ad Lib routines for RS-232 MIDI and OPL3LPT usage, respectively. Brøderbund heavily supported the Tandy DAC as well, making the 286/10Mhz-based Tandy 1000 RLX an excellent system for these titles. …

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

Posted on 2023-04-24, 09:10

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by HanJammer

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mrfusion92 wrote on 2023-04-21, 14:34: debs3759 wrote on 2023-04-21, 14:32: I thought VGA was DB15 😀 Not for Apple since they re-arranged the pins in only two rows! It's still DB15 😁

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Re: Suntac 80286 Mainboards

Posted on 2023-04-24, 08:43

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by HanJammer

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My collection of Suntac motherboards... all working perfectly fine. suntac1.jpg suntac2.jpg suntac3.jpg suntac4.jpg suntac5.jpg Hi : ) I have got a board with pretty much the same layout as yours but there is no DIP Switch, making it hard to right config the 4 sipp (1mb each) I am trying to install …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-04-19, 00:21

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by HanJammer

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And this socket 7 minitower...

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-04-19, 00:19

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by HanJammer

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And this socket 3 Highscreen and this socket 7 minitower which also work fine...

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-04-19, 00:15

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by HanJammer

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Also this big tower which seems to work just fine...

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-04-19, 00:11

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by HanJammer

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This 386... Mobo needs some cleaning and fresh battery. Powers on and POSTs, HDD is dead, needs some more testing...

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-04-14, 08:23

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by HanJammer

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Another big tower system... I try to avoid them (with mixed results) because I don't really have space for them, but I couldn't pass this originally black with dual-color MHz display. Internally it came with DFI MVP3 board, K6-2 500MHz and Creative Graphics Blaster TNT. Case also has the metal stand …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-04-06, 16:15

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by HanJammer

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appiah4 wrote on 2023-04-06, 13:27: I went from 880K Amiga floppies to a 213MB HDD overnight. My mind was blown. I went from 286 with 2 42MB HDDs to a K5 PR133 with 1,2GB HDD. I won't say my mind was blown but that was definitely an upgrade.

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Re: History of Polish computer trade fair 1986-20xx. HD video/hires images from Giełda Komputerowa na Grzybowskiej (1993

Posted on 2023-03-26, 19:44

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by HanJammer

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I don't mean to be rude, but.. The video quality doesn't quite do PAL or VHS justice. Lot's of interlacing artifacts, over saturation etc. My first thought was "was this an AVI file, originally ?" - On the other hand, if it was, it would fit the 1994 days just nicely. 160x120 @15 fps make me feel …

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Re: History of Polish computer trade fair 1986-20xx. HD video/hires images from Giełda Komputerowa na Grzybowskiej (1993

Posted on 2023-03-26, 11:28

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by HanJammer

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Someone probably went by the name of fb fanpage? maybe same person posting on wykop https://wykop.pl/link/5556551/gielda-komputerowa-na-grzybowskiej-16-stycznia-1994 My excuses are 1994 was before my time, I assumed school was renting gym at some point before moving people back to corridors :) and …

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Re: History of Polish computer trade fair 1986-20xx. HD video/hires images from Giełda Komputerowa na Grzybowskiej (1993

Posted on 2023-03-25, 22:00

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by HanJammer

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Private VHS recording. Giełda Komputerowa na Grzybowskiej 16.01.1994. https://archive.org/details/gielda-komputerowa-na-grzybowskiej-16.01.1994 This is Adams computer market in Poznan. It's not Grzybowska. It is obvious for anybody who ever attended to Grzybowska computer market. Whoever uploaded …

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

Posted on 2023-03-24, 13:38

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by HanJammer

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Here is an example of the info card I attach. The information is different depending on ISA/PCI/AGP and sound/video/etc. I try to include as much information as possible. All of my CPUs are sorted and labeled as well. 20230320_181411.jpg But isn't that info reduntant? When the bag is transparent …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-03-24, 10:49

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by HanJammer

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Picked up this neat AIR 486SE board. Lots of discrete PALs/GALs/logic on this one. Seems to have a Dolch-branded Phoenix BIOS. It needs a new Dallas RTC and I’d bet money the NVRAM’s battery is shot. It runs a fixed 33MHz FSB, probably derived via the 66.67 MHz oscillator. I’ve been curious about …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-03-15, 20:47

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by HanJammer

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Scored another beige beauty at the thrift again today for $15, complete tower. Haven't had the chance to see if it powers on yet but it has an ASUS A7V motherboard with unknown CPU, two 128 MB PC133 RAM sticks, a GeForce 2 MX video card, Creative CT4810 (I think?) sound card, D-link PCI wireless …

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Re: Finally! CMS Upgrade Equations for All SB2.0s

Posted on 2023-03-15, 19:44

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by HanJammer

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Hi guys, sorry for the n00b question. I've only used my EPROM burner (TL 866 II Plus) to burn .bin files to my EPROMS etc. Do you burn a .JED file the same way as a .bin? Just needs to be opened and burned to the right IC template? Thanks, Yes. There are some additional options you can set (ie. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-03-04, 17:26

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by HanJammer

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Bought this lot of 3x "K6-2 300" CPUs. K6-300-black.jpg K6-300-1998.jpg K6-2-300.jpg Had been wanting to get a K6-300 for a while.. and two different versions popped up in one listing. Date codes are weeks 12, 37 and 40 of 1998, right? Yeah, that's the production date. Also 2 of those are K6 and …

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

Posted on 2023-03-04, 01:01

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by HanJammer

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So yesterday I've been approached by my colleague at work who asked me if I can help her make some pretty old scientific program (FSSR-1D/2D spectrometer software) running on her modern notebook because she had some old laptop borrowed by somebody else but it wasn't possible to run it correctly (it …

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Re: Anyone with a Tandy CM-11 Monitor?

Posted on 2023-02-27, 17:58

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by HanJammer

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I would be able to print the missing elements and replace them on the lid, but I would have to get the lid (at the same time I would have an opportunity to take the exact measurements for my complete 3D model). But for that you would have to send it to Poland... it may be viable option or not …

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Re: Anyone with a Tandy CM-11 Monitor?

Posted on 2023-02-27, 10:43

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by HanJammer

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Hi everyone, I've recently acquired one CM-11 with broken tabs on one side of panel door. The tabs are kind of delicate and not easy to recreate with glue or metal paper clips, I am not familiar with 3D printing and neither have a 3D printer but if anyone here can help with some resources or …

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