Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-08-28, 05:43

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On the topic of prices and availability. Is the general idea that eBay is always going to be the worst in terms of pricing? Depends on where you live. It's priced to the wealthiest market so sellers won't care if you are from a country with less spending power. For many of us Ebay is simply not an …

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Re: Turn on AT PSU without Motherboard

Posted on 2020-08-27, 05:49

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Oj0 wrote on 2020-08-26, 21:40: How is that different from using the wall switch? You don't have to unplug it every time you want to turn the PSU off.

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Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-08-27, 05:38

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What? They didn't need them at all? Is there something that you collect that you also "need"? Of course they don't need them, maybe some of them kinda need them to make a retro system, but most of such cards are collected only, not needed/used. Based on what? So people here build and test rigs just …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-08-26, 20:00

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Master_Shifu wrote on 2020-08-26, 19:36: The display fading to black on the other hand... not sure yet where to look, all fuses seem fine so time to dig into the maintenance manuals Let's hope it's not filled with proprietary components like my Bunker Ramo 2200 terminal.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-08-26, 19:26

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Master_Shifu wrote on 2020-08-26, 19:22: Bought a Wang 2200 MVP-A today 😀 Beautiful, love it! ps. Screen rot is treatable. https://www.vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=675

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Re: Turn on AT PSU without Motherboard

Posted on 2020-08-26, 18:33

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imi wrote on 2020-08-26, 18:12: I don't recall ever having seen one that only has two, got an example for that? if it does it probably has some internal startup circuit. The one I posted is a converter cable from China, haven't seen a single-pole switch on a regular PSU either.

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Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-08-26, 18:21

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Because you contribute to over hyping items on youtube and on the forum plus you hoard things and create scarcity, then when it is rare cuz u hoarded it you resells Common mass-produced hardware won't become rare and expensive just because a few people bought more than 2 of them. People get bored …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-08-26, 17:10

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imi wrote on 2020-08-26, 16:38: I wish there was more purple hardware ^^ Indeed! But I'm in love with those navy blue boards. I keep staring at them. 😁

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Re: Turn on AT PSU without Motherboard

Posted on 2020-08-26, 14:24

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well thats cool I didn't think of looking for something like that. Are the old AT power supply switches that bad? Not at all but it's unsafe when it's outside the PC case. The bare contacts are often visible, the cable lugs may become loose so you have a chance to accidentally touch them and get …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-08-26, 13:44

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My most recent haul. Love the vivid colors, I just hate the all-black design current boards have.

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Re: Turn on AT PSU without Motherboard

Posted on 2020-08-26, 06:13

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Yeah I will. I usually dont mess around anything that is still connected to an outlet or with large capacitors. Electricity is very respected by me.....I'm scared of it. You can also bypass the PSU rocker switch with a single switch adapter, that way you don't have to touch the PSU at all. Just …

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Re: Turn on AT PSU without Motherboard

Posted on 2020-08-26, 05:24

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Careful with AT PSUs as that cord to the front carries mains voltage. Thanks so much! I didn't know that and I probably would have gotten zapped. I never would have thought they'd have mains voltage on them. I'm off the next 2 days and I am planning on working on testing them out Use insulating …

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Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-08-25, 12:19

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Packaging for the Nixdorf PCs: crumpled newspaper on top and an Ariel box on 2 sides (not on the plastic bezel front of course). How they survived shipping is beyond me. I told the seller in advance to pack it properly, I mentioned bubble wrap, styrofoam and PE. No, crumpled newspapers and thin …

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Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-08-25, 12:04

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imi wrote on 2020-08-25, 11:53: some people aren't collectors like some of us and just go for one specific item that they want... Makes sense, but it's still brutal for a single board that was untested.

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Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-08-25, 11:48

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Do people really spend that much on a single item? I feel so poor, that's my budget for 4 months on retro hardware.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-08-25, 10:29

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Got 4x BEETLE /M-II plus, at least they won't take up too much space! Also got this 775 board to replace my current board that has no PCI , only supports 8 GB RAM and only has 2 SATA ports, I neglected to check the power connector though so it needs some conversion.

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Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-08-25, 08:26

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gex85 wrote on 2020-08-25, 06:36: price was just below 60€ for the whole lot. I hate when sellers run multiple ads for the same hardware lot. By the time you win the auction he already sold half the items to his previous regulars. I always leave a negative because the seller wasted my time.

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Re: Replacement capacitor recommendation

Posted on 2020-08-24, 02:49

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I'd just add that soldering caps on a mainboard is completely different than recapping a PSU. The copper layer in the mainboard and the numerous heatsinks conduct the heat away so it's difficult to melt the solder quickly even at 450C°, especially the lead-free stuff that has a higher melting point. …

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

Posted on 2020-08-23, 18:26

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It's like this cap is an offspring of those blasted RIFA smoke grenades (*ahem* filter caps that always love to go up in smoke), to be honest I never had a capacitor give out the magic smoke once. Either they went kaboom or silently inflated. I was lucky then, even had time to flip the circuit …

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

Posted on 2020-08-23, 17:21

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Vynix wrote on 2020-08-22, 17:14: I also have a Allied (which I heard is a rebadged DEER PSU) too, given how cheap it feels I've been too afraid to even power it. 🤣 Indeed. I have a Deer B250ATX and this cap gave me quite the smoke show. I replaced the cap and it worked fine but I never used it …

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