Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-08-13, 23:28

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by JidaiGeki

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I love #9 cards for the same reason - no logical reason :) Don't have many yet though. Could be all the Beatles references :) Number 9, Ticket to Ride, Imagine, etc. As for my purchases, I bought a MiroConnect 34 Wave, in sealed box. Box is huge! Pictured next to a sewing machine for scale. Really …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-08-07, 07:44

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by JidaiGeki

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Miphee wrote on 2020-08-07, 07:31: Yet another IBM product... no idea what system it was used for. It's for the PCjr.

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Re: Were CD-ROMs common on 386 computers?

Posted on 2020-07-25, 14:52

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by JidaiGeki

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I had to petition my dad to get me a CD-ROM in 1994. It was a Toshiba 4x caddy loader (XM3501B), and cost the not insignificant amount of AUD700, so I understood his reluctance. However I'd been mowing lawns for months to save up to buy a sound card (MV Pro 3D) so I guess he felt sorry for me. It …

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Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-07-24, 09:24

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What is interesting is that a lot of time when I watch items, I will get offers from the seller for anywhere from about 10% off to 25% off. Guess they are hoping somebody will buy it at the asking price. The last card I bought recently, the original asking price was $150 or higher.... I had been …

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Re: Trying to find a 90s/00s 'standard ATX' I/O plate

Posted on 2020-07-02, 01:29

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by JidaiGeki

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Not my listing, but this could help for the Gigabyte board: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Gigabyte-12AI1-6SMZ70-02-Motherboard-I-O-Plate-Metal-Shield-Back-Plate-Metal/184257263339?hash=item2ae696b6eb:g:V7AAAOSw131emeAx It's for a socket 478 board (https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-8S648FX-L-rev-10# …

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Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-06-13, 04:46

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by JidaiGeki

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Interesting. I just tried to create a buy it now listing on eBay to test this, and make an offer was enabled by default and eBay even filled in a recommend minimum offer amount. Yeah Make an Offer is on by default for my account as well, with a suggested offer price, it used to be that you'd have …

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Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-06-13, 03:01

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I think ebay defaults the make offer option to on for non-auction buy it now listings. So unless the seller explicitly turns it off, it’ll be there. I think a lot of sellers don’t notice this, get surprised when they get an offer, and respond by declining. Nope... Make offer is not on by default. …

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Re: How to remove motherboard from case

Posted on 2020-06-10, 21:20

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by JidaiGeki

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Quite often the label on an AT PSU tells you how to connect the spades to the AT switch. They have to be paired together, so the order is important.

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Re: What was the first computer you ever purchased?

Posted on 2020-05-31, 21:14

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First time I reached into my own pocket to buy a computer for work (guess university counts at work? I possibly did some office work on it as well) was in late '98 - a Pentium II 300 on a Gigabyte 686LX4 , probably 128MB RAM, Viper V330 AGP in an AOpen full tower. Pretty sure it also came with a …

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Re: Treasure trove of vintage computers shutting down, what to get?

Posted on 2020-05-18, 17:05

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by JidaiGeki

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Pic 5 systems are XT or 286 era. Usually easy to sell. Acer 750 stands out to me as possibly 8086 but the dtk above it is likely 286. What sort of computers are you looking to collect though?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-05-16, 22:04

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Finally...! Managed to pick up a Asrock 939Dual-Sata2 Motherboard. This is a nice motherboard. I wonder if there was ever a CPU upgrade to the upper slot. Also cal you use both AGP and PCI-E card at the same time? As cyclone3d mentioned, there is an upgrade board known as the AM2CPU which has an …

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Re: MICROSOFT MACH 10 - 8086 upgrade for 8088 - missing parts

Posted on 2020-05-16, 20:01

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by JidaiGeki

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Pretty sure it’s Windows 1.03. Win 2.0 came out in 1987. Infoworld had an article in Oct 86 on the newly released Mach 10 product bundle - https://books.google.com.au/books?id=oDwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA63&lpg=PA63&dq=microsoft+mach+10&source=bl&ots=ypOhQiXakP&sig=ACfU3U3BcvFY3ufnLL2cWLm_mpDZJ7hs1A&hl=en&sa …

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Re: MediaMagic ISP32 (OPTi930A+QS700) - wavetable drivers etc

Posted on 2020-05-09, 19:11

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by JidaiGeki

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Try these: http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=05783628481504944808 - DOS/Win 3.1 http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=81187709405881788202 - Win 95 Some pics from the manual: 6EC2058F-D466-4161-A213-42A89FD0B66E.jpeg 9F15C3A6-6C6F-4201-9DAD-C9EBDC793D72.jpeg 64950B93-2C73-4DC4-BDF4 …

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Re: What's the "signature thing" to do after installing an OS?

Posted on 2020-04-30, 02:07

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by JidaiGeki

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Check Device Manager

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Re: Chances of this chip being 100% original?

Posted on 2020-04-24, 03:58

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by JidaiGeki

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Looks like sticker residue to me

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Re: Adlib Gold clone - 2THEMAX SoundMedia Multimedia Board?

Posted on 2020-04-08, 03:47

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Wow, OK that's a very different experience to what I've gone through, but will have to check over my setup again. The pot on yours also seems to be aligned differently to mine - the ones I have are mostly directly above the audio ports. What's in your BX setup?

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Re: Adlib Gold clone - 2THEMAX SoundMedia Multimedia Board?

Posted on 2020-04-07, 07:50

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Sorry to hear that the card was so bashed up, and incomplete - hope the seller does the right thing by you as that doesn't match the listing at all. Sure thing re the manual, I'll get on to it later tonight. It'll have to be 300dpi as I don't think our home MFP goes higher than that. And I got that …

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Re: Adlib Gold clone - 2THEMAX SoundMedia Multimedia Board?

Posted on 2020-04-07, 03:42

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Mine arrived today. Unfortunately the volume pot was either already damaged or was damaged in shipping. I already contacted the seller and I already order some new pots with volume knobs as well. IMG_20200406_181220.jpg IMG_20200406_181250.jpg That's no good - was the outer packaging damaged? That …

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Re: Adlib Gold clone - 2THEMAX SoundMedia Multimedia Board?

Posted on 2020-04-05, 12:23

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Indeed, it was a relief to hear audio! Especially as there were a couple of corroded legs on a component on the SCSI card. The quality of the music it played was decent enough, so if the hiss can be toned down or cancelled that would be great. The mixer doesn't seem to help much on this count, …

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Re: Adlib Gold clone - 2THEMAX SoundMedia Multimedia Board?

Posted on 2020-04-05, 00:56

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Bit of an update. As you indicated cyclone, those files suggest features not on this board, and they are NOT for the SoundMedia Soundboard - they appear to be for the Focus 2theMAX SoundMedia Pro, a later model released in 1994. This card was reviewed in PC Mag, April 1994: 2theMAX SMPro Review.jpg …

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