Re: Cleaning corosion on an odd sound card (Gallant SC-8000)
Posted on 2017-05-24, 08:44
It's Kapton tape - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapton
Re: Amstrad Adlib Clone: Restoration and Testing
Posted on 2017-05-18, 10:10
Hey, Sorry for the bump, just curious if you got this working in the end?
Re: Lazy retr0bright?
Posted on 2017-05-17, 13:36
I think the blotches are usually caused by the paste drying out while the item remains in the sun. If you start seeing dry patches forming, you'd need to ideally wash the entire thing down with water before re-applying the stuff (I think the 'burned' off stuff remaining on the plastic has a …
Re: WD90C11 VGA BIOS needed
Posted on 2017-02-22, 12:20
I have a chip reader on the way from China so if you're willing to wait a few weeks, I can get you copies of the BIOS
Re: WD90C11 VGA BIOS needed
Posted on 2017-02-06, 18:40
It looks to have the same video chipset as my Dell 333P. I unfortunately don't currently have any way to make a copy of the chip. Unless there's some software that could do it?
Re: WD90C11 VGA BIOS needed
Posted on 2017-02-05, 22:11
Can you put up a few pictures of the board?
Re: WD90C11 VGA BIOS needed
Posted on 2017-02-02, 21:47
What Dell 386 is this from? Might be possible for someone to make a copy of theirs for you?
Re: Acclaim Entertainment computers recovered from Brooklyn warehouse
Posted on 2017-01-18, 19:16
WolverineDK wrote: Anyway, if you are easily offended , then do not read the reddit thread. https://www.reddit.com/r/n64/comments/5o5wv5/ … _is_lost_again/ Wow, the sense of entitlement from some of the people on that thread!
Re: LS-120 drive (and using in Windows 10)
Posted on 2016-12-10, 19:37
Hi, My Sata adapter is an enclosed piece of plastic, so I've no idea what colour the PCB actually is inside. It came with one of my old motherboards... an Abit Nforce board perhaps? Or possibly the Asrock Dual sata board I got after that.. I've since moved the drive temporarily to a win95 machine to …
Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.
Posted on 2016-12-06, 14:58
I love Gateway machines, I'd certainly keep it myself...
Re: Amstrad 1512 - CGA(ish?) to VGA
Posted on 2016-11-24, 00:47
Thanks, got those ordered. Also finally got the parts and time to make up a power lead. It's.. crude. Amstrad 15 pin DIN to ATX socket for plugging into a standard ATX PSU. I've a nice light Compaq PSU with a -5v volt line I'm going to use. I just tested it and the power light comes on the machine …
Re: Amstrad 1512 - CGA(ish?) to VGA
Posted on 2016-11-19, 14:50
When I have something working for converting to VGA, I'll let you know. reenigne, will 4 of these in addition to 2 of the chips I bought previously work? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5PCS-D41464C-D41464 … yEAAOSwqfNXmcuH
Re: Amstrad 1512 - CGA(ish?) to VGA
Posted on 2016-11-18, 20:59
No worries, not your fault - I had no idea either and didn't check. Sneaky Amstrad 😁 I can use two of the chips I bought at least! If anyone needs any for a '86 model 1512 let me know, I'll have 18 left.
Re: Amstrad 1512 - CGA(ish?) to VGA
Posted on 2016-11-17, 21:33
Well, shit. I finally got those memory chips and just went to put them in.. uh on. My 1512 is a later model (marked as 1988 on the motherboard) with a different memory config. Argh! There are empty sockets, and the 512 to 640k jumper is present. Here's what I have: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com …
Re: Generic Pentium II Driver Help
Posted on 2016-11-03, 19:22
woops my board is different. It's a SIS 630 chipset board - a Procomp BST1b apparently.
Re: Generic Pentium II Driver Help
Posted on 2016-11-03, 09:13
I have a machine with one of these boards (I think), plus the original HDD which has windows 95 on it so maybe there's some drivers on that drive.. I can have a look at some stage if you're still stuck but It'd probably take me a while to get around to doing.
Re: LS-120 drive (and using in Windows 10)
Posted on 2016-10-27, 11:59
Thanks, that is good to know! 😀 It's nice to have the drive in my main modern PC but maybe I'll move it to another older machine... or get a second drive 😀
Re: 8 bit Pro Audio Spectrum
Posted on 2016-10-20, 12:38
The Amstrad DOES have a -5v rail 😀
LS-120 drive (and using in Windows 10)
Posted on 2016-10-18, 20:31
Hey, So I decided to pick up one of these drives. It's a Matshita drive and I have it on my Windows 10 x64 machine with a PCIe sata controller with a sata->ide adapter. Works well, well..more or less. The eject button on the drive won't work when I'm in Windows as I hear since Vista this has been an …
Re: 5.25 Floppy drive shows dir but wont open files.
Posted on 2016-10-11, 23:00
Well, if you're not sure what you're doing then leave it alone until someone more knowledgeable comes along, you might knock the drives head our of alignment! 😀
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