Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-10-14, 07:20

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Bought this pile of junk. IBM Subwoofer for my Pentium I Aptiva. I already got similar black subwoofer, but it just looks wrong with all other beige components. It's a bit dirty, but works. Power LED is broken. I think after cleaning, it will look real nice with my Aptiva. Good buy for 12€, I think. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-10-10, 21:54

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Bought something, but no clue what. :D will need some detective work. It's quite big though, and judging from the battery compartment, it should be able to do stand alone work. Guessing collecting some data. Looks like there is a parallel port connection on the top and infra red. It's like a 10 usd …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-09-23, 12:41

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Bought a network card for my Macintosh Color Classic. Filename ethermac.JPG File size 175.43 KiB Views 2066 views

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-09-16, 18:36

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Intel 486DX4 100Mhz Overdrive for my Prolinea 4/50S to replace 486SX 50Mhz. It's a bit rough condition, but works. Filename 20200916_155845057_iOS_.jpg File size 647.5 KiB Views 2237 views

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Re: Post pics of your CRT monitors

Posted on 2020-09-07, 15:28

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liqmat wrote on 2020-09-07, 15:17: That looks like a pretty serious ?hamster? cage back there. Guniea Pig maybe? Looks like a nice custom job. It is home of two degus. They require plenty of space, despite being small animals.

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Re: Post pics of your CRT monitors

Posted on 2020-09-07, 15:08

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That LG was actually the second new-in-box CRT I got from the same webshop. About a year ago, I bought this Hyundai ImageQuest V995 19". It can do 1600x1200@75Hz, and is very sharp at it. Overall, it is very enjoyable monitor. I always thought that one was a bit overkill to be used with 486, so I …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-09-07, 14:08

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amadeus777999 wrote on 2020-09-07, 12:14: Pretty awesome! Maybe post some pics in the Crt thread.... Here you go 😀 Re: Post pics of your CRT monitors

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Re: Post pics of your CRT monitors

Posted on 2020-09-07, 14:07

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Bought a new in box LG F700B. I wrote in the "Bought this hardware today" -thread that I couldn't wait to unbox this thing, and quite literally I couldn't. Had to unbox this in the middle of a working day :D I really like how it looks. There's something about these flat CRTs that I like :) IMG_0992. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-09-07, 11:51

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New in box LG Flatron F700B CRT monitor. Can't wait to open this later tonight 😀 Filename IMG_0992.JPG File size 816.24 KiB Views 1644 views

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-08-26, 20:50

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I don't know if this is more "junk" than "retro", but I'll post it here anyways :) Bought this 2006 MacBook for five euros :D I don't really care for Intel macs, but at this price, it was cheap enough to buy for no reason. Maybe I'll use it as MP3 jukebox in my garage workshop or something. It has …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-07-30, 12:54

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Turns out some previous owner had screwed around with the dip switches, setting too high voltage for the processor and fried it. I put in Pentium 166 and set the switches in correct positions and motherboard seems to work just fine. Too bad the K6-2 is f’d up 🙁

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-07-30, 08:20

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Picked up some more junk :) According to seller it is: IBM Aptiva Model 2170-26G AMD K6-2 450Mhz / 128MB / 4GB HDD / CDRW / NIC / MODEM Seller says it doesn't start, nothing happens when power button is pressed. I'm hoping it is just a matter of replacing the PSU. Even if it is totally trash inside …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-07-29, 10:02

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Picked up some more junk :) According to seller it is: IBM Aptiva Model 2170-26G AMD K6-2 450Mhz / 128MB / 4GB HDD / CDRW / NIC / MODEM Seller says it doesn't start, nothing happens when power button is pressed. I'm hoping it is just a matter of replacing the PSU. Even if it is totally trash inside, …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-07-28, 22:08

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Bought another one of these Pioneer slot drives. This is the third one I've bought. Two others died quite soon after purchase. Maybe this will last :D I just like how they look. Bit different than typical PC drives, somewhat eyecatching when someone has one of these in their machine. 20200728_ …

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Re: MCA Adlib card -- just need pictures

Posted on 2020-07-22, 08:20

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by CrFr

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TexElec released their assembled card for sale couple of days ago. When I saw that price, it was one of those "shut up and take my money" moments 😁 https://texelec.com/product/resound-2-opl3-mc … nnel-computers/

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-07-22, 01:20

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Bought this Compaq Prolinea 4/50S for 66€ including shipping. I don't know if I overpaid, but I have wanted a 486 or 386 desktop system with ISA slots for some time. It has integrated Tseng ET4000/W32i graphics, which I suppose is decent for DOS games. Hard drive is missing, hard drive mounting …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-07-20, 14:40

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Bought this Compaq Prolinea 4/50S for 66€ including shipping. I don't know if I overpaid, but I have wanted a 486 or 386 desktop system with ISA slots for some time. It has integrated Tseng ET4000/W32i graphics, which I suppose is decent for DOS games. Hard drive is missing, hard drive mounting …

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IBM PS/2 57 SX Error 00370200 0000

Posted on 2020-06-06, 18:46

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I got this machine, and on power on it gives me the error code 00370200 0000. I googled it, and it seems like the internet hasn't even heard of it. Does anyone happen to know what causes it? It doesn't go any further than this. I tried with reference disk in drive and tried all the keys, nothing …

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

Posted on 2020-05-28, 20:25

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Spent the evening disassembling and cleaning my newest purchase, 1993 Macintosh Color Classic. Before-photos can be seen here https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=858228#p858228 Under the dirt was really nice looking machine. It was covered in some black dust and grime, so it really changed. For …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-05-28, 07:09

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Got this macintosh Color Classic today. Seller said the condition is unknown. Usually when I see that said, I assume the seller knows it's broken. So I sent him a real low offer, and to my surprise he accepted. This time it was nice exception, it booted right up. Seems quite dirty, but everything …

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