Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-03-25, 20:04

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Bought this nice IBM Aptiva Pentium 150MHz tower. I already had the exact same machine in desktop form factor. For some reason, I felt like it needed a tower as a friend. After cleaning, it looks pretty good and works flawlessly. That dampened sliding door mechanism needed some plastic glue to get …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-03-14, 16:57

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How to close the gap between the two part glued? i’m looking for the same for my monitor I wedged the crack more open with couple of toothpicks, then added glue, removed the picks, and pushed it tightly together with a woodworking clamp like this. Left it to cure for about 12 hours with the clamp. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-03-09, 20:10

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Bought this Compaq V50 CRT monitor. It is (was) in excellent shape. Of course the bezel had to crack during shipping. Other than that, it looks almost like new. Managed to inject some glue in the crack and then push it back together. It looks fairly good now. Interior is very clean. I took it apart …

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

Posted on 2022-09-24, 13:13

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Brought this stinky boy back to life :) Some of the caps had started leaking badly. Geometry was all messed up, and when it warmed up, it started smelling like rotten fish soaked in piss. Replaced all the caps, almost 50 pcs of them in there. Wasn't really a quick job to do, but I had shopping list …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-08-18, 11:03

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SB0460 Fatal1ty with break out box. Haven't got ANY clue if it's of any interest, but "oh, something to fill a 5.25 bay" :lol: I've thought about buying one of these for years, but I can't ever think of anything to plug into one. I think it's mostly about aesthetics, having all those knobs and …

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Re: What is your most hated/feard task in building a (retro)PC?

Posted on 2022-07-24, 13:21

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Hated: scrubbing dirty keycaps Feared: opening cases with plastic tabs, working on CRT monitor internals

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

Posted on 2022-07-23, 22:40

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Oh I didn't see this and I have just joined your SPRINGS EVERYWHERE club :D https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=89046 I don't suppose you took a photo of what spring was where before you closed it up did you? I'm about to try to do it but yeah I need to figure out where the springs should …

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Re: CRT and wrong colours

Posted on 2022-07-23, 13:33

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I remembered my model wrong. It was F700B, not F700P. It looks just the same as yours, but I can't get to service menu. Power led blinks once when I try it, but nothing else seems to happen. Problem I have with it is, picture is slightly nonlinear vertically. I mean, for example, row of text is …

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Re: CRT and wrong colours

Posted on 2022-07-23, 10:26

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Guys, i've got some news! I found service menu. No idea if these values are from factory or previous ovener, but green driver is definetly overdone. I've made RDRV and BDRV to 100 and GDRV to 80. Now i've got proper colours and default RGB menu can be used for tempereture setting, not the colour …

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

Posted on 2022-07-21, 21:03

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Repaired and cleaned this IBM Model M2 today. It was pretty clean to start with, but it had couple of problems. One capacitor had leaked, and it also had bad connection between key mat ribbon cable and the PCB. This is one of times when I should have done a bit of research before starting the …

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

Posted on 2022-07-13, 13:31

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Framed couple of old press photos to put them on display in my retro cave. Usually I'm not at all into collecting photos, but I own the machines in these photos, so I tought that's cool. IBM PS/2 Model 30 and Model P70. It looks much better in person, photo doesn't do it justice. Frame I picked up …

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

Posted on 2022-06-20, 21:23

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Today I made a wooden USB floppy drive 😀 Filename 20220620_205239499_iOS_.jpg File size 616 KiB Views 420 views

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-06-20, 14:40

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Good points Nexxen. I think I'll keep it sealed and download an English version for testing. It is still cool to have unopened box in shelf for display purposes, even if it is not very valuable.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-06-20, 11:58

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Sealed copy of OS/2 3.0 in finnish language. I'm tempted to open and try installing it, but then it wouldn't be sealed anymore 😁 I've never used OS/2. Filename os2.jpg File size 397.99 KiB Views 691 views

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

Posted on 2022-06-15, 20:15

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Found some woodgrain goodness :) Logitech Z-3. Beautiful set. Cast aluminium stands, aluminium front plates, feels like a premium product. I guess these are about 20 years old? I remember seeing these things when Pentium 4 was new. I didn't dare to power them on yet. There must be a reason why …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-06-08, 08:19

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Bought a matching graphics card for this Formac ProNitron 17/500 monitor I got earlier: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1072506#p1072506 Formac ProFormance III. Probably not the greatest card ever, but having same brand monitor and graphics card pleases my autistic mind :) At least Unreal …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-06-01, 08:02

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Got couple of mechanical keyboards for cheap prices. Is there a better way to spend few hours than pulling keycaps and washing them one by one :) Apple M0110A with original cable for 10€. Good to have a spare keyboard for my Macintosh Plus. These things usually go for crazy prices, so I didn't have …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-05-19, 08:50

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what's that cool Compaq on the left? 😎 It's my Prosignia 500. I posted it here last year: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1015734#p1015734 Sadly, that thing doesn't see much use. Really beautiful machine, in almost like new condition. Not a single scratch on it and clean like the day it came …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-05-18, 21:36

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New monitor arrived today. Formac ProNitron 17/500 (Sony CPD-203FT). After cleaning, it looks very decent. Very sharp image. Can't find any specs for it. I think I have seen similar looking monitors branded for Dell and Silicon Graphics too, but can't remember the models. It was surprisingly clean …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-04-22, 21:40

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Bought a SCSI scanner for 5€ 😀 Umax Vista-S6. Takes pretty good pictures, even by today's standards. It's slow as shit of course, but I'm usually not in a hurry. Filename s6.jpg File size 89.42 KiB Views 559 views Filename IMGP2173_.jpg File size 623.84 KiB Views 559 views

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