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

Posted on 2024-04-05, 05:47

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

It may well have been loose via, or trace cracked at bottom of via that was causing your issue, so it's good luck that it went like that. Yeah, there was no visible solder left in the via, so I assumed it was already weak and perhaps the source of the intermittent connectivity problem I was having. …

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

Posted on 2024-04-05, 03:45

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Replaced the keyboard/mouse PS2 connector on my Asus TX97-XE. Ran into a bit of an "issue" during the removal, as seen in the close-up picture... Via pulled out and lifted trace, so I had to repair that. Fun. After that, it was smooth sailing. Connectivity issue seems fixed. 😀

Re: Real HDD vs CF to ide vs SD to ide?

Posted on 2024-04-02, 23:37

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Personally, I use IDE to SD adapters for my DOS and early Windows needs. For me, their convenience outweighs the speed limitations. Also, very cheap and easy to clone as needed. If I want speed, like for later Windows, I use SATA to IDE and just use a modern SSD. My early/later Windows depends on …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-03-30, 05:18

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The last of my "floppy" goodness arrived! Alps Drive to go into my DOS 6.22/Win 3.1 machine alongside the GoTek. Disks mainly for the DOS machine as well. Sony 2X drive mainly for archival purposes.

Re: What music are you listening to?

Posted on 2024-03-29, 06:57

in Milliways

in Milliways

I really enjoy chiptunes of all sorts, as well as remasters and/or live versions of those same tunes. I have a rather large collection of modules I've download over the years, but I also like a lot of classic video game music. One of my all time favorites just about everything from Castlevania and I …

Re: Where to upload old software extracted off old floppies?

Posted on 2024-03-26, 17:31

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Create a free https://archive.org/ account and archive your finds there. That's what a majority of people do. It's an excellent resource for hard to find data. I just started mine as well, only has a few things on it at the moment, until I have time to start going through all my disks. :) REMOVED …

Re: Where to upload old software extracted off old floppies?

Posted on 2024-03-26, 05:47

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Create a free https://archive.org/ account and archive your finds there. That's what a majority of people do. It's an excellent resource for hard to find data. I just started mine as well, only has a few things on it at the moment, until I have time to start going through all my disks. :) REMOVED …

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

Posted on 2024-03-25, 21:24

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Started printing new homes for my old processors. First one is done and I really like it! Much better than how I was storing them, in the old clam-shells they came in. 😀 Source: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4884515

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-03-25, 20:30

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

BitWrangler wrote on 2024-03-25, 19:59: 90s cable management: "Do the cables get trapped when I put the cover on?" no "All good then, no need to get anal." Heck, I still sometimes do that today, just behind the motherboard tray instead of in front of it. 😜

Re: Re-using dead motherboards components

Posted on 2024-03-25, 20:26

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

It also pays to note that manufacturers sometimes (and even more so these days) use custom components that you wont be able to use on anything other than boards of the same series, if at all. When it comes to newer hardware like you're talking about, for me personally, unless it's the exact same …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-03-25, 18:48

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

My 3.5 floppy drives arrived today! 😀 The Sony drive got a small crack in the cover in shipping, but I only paid $8 for it, so I'm not going to complain. Now it's time to get the Alps installed in my DOS/Win3.1 system alongside the GoTek. Let the data archiving begin!

Re: Re-using dead motherboards components

Posted on 2024-03-25, 17:39

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The simple answer is, it depends. I steal from one board to repair another board all the time. If the part being exchanged is completely identical, then in most cases it can be, it's just a matter of a little soldering work. If it's not identical, but in the same package and of a different model/ …

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

Posted on 2024-03-25, 08:06

in Milliways

in Milliways

Built my new family "server" and installed Ubuntu 22.04. Worked on getting it configured. Ryzen 2600. 16GB RAM. 512GB NVMe. Had most of the hardware on-hand already, not being used. Just needed a motherboard and that arrived Sunday. Once it's all done, it will be somewhat "headless", controlled by …

Re: What brand / computer company used this logo?

Posted on 2024-03-24, 03:59

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I ran into an issue recently where I had found and bought some sticks of RAM labeled as PC133 SDRAM, but they had RAMBUS style metal heat-spreaders on them. I assumed they were just added for cosmetics since extra heat dissipation is not needed on PC133 SDRAM. Either way, I thought they looked cool …

Re: What brand / computer company used this logo?

Posted on 2024-03-23, 19:31

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I ran into an issue recently where I had found and bought some sticks of RAM labeled as PC133 SDRAM, but they had RAMBUS style metal heat-spreaders on them. I assumed they were just added for cosmetics since extra heat dissipation is not needed on PC133 SDRAM. Either way, I thought they looked cool. …

Re: Multilaser Floppy Disks - Anyone use them?

Posted on 2024-03-22, 02:53

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I ended up going with the Maxell disks. 😀 I've used, know, and trust them more than I would a random generic brand. Still, as "brand name" floppies get harder to find at a reasonable price, it would be nice to know if some of these new old stock generics are any good.

Multilaser Floppy Disks - Anyone use them?

Posted on 2024-03-21, 20:59

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Looking at buying a pack of 3.5 floppies, was going to buy a pack of Maxell MF2HD disk from floppydisk.com via their Amazon storefront becasue I have used them before. $13 shipped. Appear to be new, reformatted and verified by seller. https://www.amazon.com/Maxell-1-44MB-Pre-Formatted-MF2HD-10-Pack/ …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-03-20, 18:55

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Some of the parts I ordered for a couple retro projects and repairs showed up today. More on the way! Those awesome 10MHz Z80's are for a couple more Z80-MBC2 builds You can check out my first build over on my blog, linked in my signature. :) The KB/M PS2 ports are for repairs. Need to replace one …

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

Posted on 2024-03-19, 04:55

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Picked up a Sony 2X USB floppy for $8+$8 shipping, so $16 total. I highly doubt the "Brand New" claim, but it physically looks good. Now I just hope it works. If so, good deal I think. I don't think the seller knows much about it based on the listing. 😜 Wish me luck!

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

Posted on 2024-03-18, 17:38

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Just started the same thing! I've got so many parts/components I have no idea what I got or how many. Figured it was time to catalog it all. :P Done that and it took some time. Now to know what I have I just open my file and check. Saves a lot of time. Can we see the list? :-) No, as it is full of …

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