Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on Today, 07:31
Gigabyte GA-6VX7-4X board with a PIII-1000 Seller's photos: Filename s-l1600.jpg File size 178.71 KiB Views 104 views Filename s-l1600 (1).jpg File size 476.8 KiB Views 104 views
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on Yesterday, 03:06
Won a PVM 8045Q that has integrated RGBs/Component. Seller's photos: Filename s-l1600.jpg File size 96.6 KiB Views 452 views Filename s-l1600 (1).jpg File size 228.59 KiB Views 452 views This'll be my backup PVM if my 9L1 needs repairs.
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2022-01-20, 05:16
Within the last 6-7 days, I modified my Sony PVM-9L1 to allow RGB signal from a video game console (my Genesis Model 1 with the multi A/V adapter that I built close to 3 years ago). Took a lot of trial and error to get it to work correctly (red signal wasn't working well, blanking didn't work or …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2022-01-14, 02:51
I was in the middle of my stream (part 3) and my Colt decided to die. It shows a code on the POST card saying FF-7E. The monitor has power and shows a black screen (not in power save/sleep mode) and the keyboard has all 3 lights illuminated. I checked the BIOS and char ROMs, retraced badly corroded …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2022-01-11, 18:28
Got the 20MB HDD in my Colt to work (somewhat). Oiled and greased both the platter and head motors and it still needs an oil on the platter shaft since the drive requires a whack-a-drive with the screwdriver to get it to start (might need to fix the motor). It has a lot of goodies on it, like the …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-01-09, 07:11
Won an ASUS P3B-F board and PIII Slot 1 CPU to replace the P2B-F board until it gets repaired. Seller's photo: Filename s-l1600.jpg File size 503.46 KiB Views 265 views
Re: What retro hardware you killed today or in the past :(. Killing spree stories+serial killers are welcome.Rest in pie
Posted on 2022-01-08, 04:36
I was doing some reflowing on the GUS Max 2.1 card since it would lock up at the detection using the DOS setup program or when I enable it in Windows 95C's device manager. I reflowed the following to see if the issue would get fixed: [...] Apparently, the ICS1614 GF1 chip is done for and the card …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2022-01-06, 08:18
Archived the Commodore diskette and BIOS ROMs from the PC-III board. Currently designing the battery replacement using the 3.7V 190mA battery and a micro USB charger board to prevent the battery from overcharging. Just needs a diode on the positive out on the charging board and the other end to the …
Commodore Colt (PC-III): cleaning, repairs, and testing
Posted on 2022-01-05, 09:09
Welcome to another retro PC restoration and testing thread. On this episode of retro PC repairs: the one and only Commodore Colt PC. Specs of the system: Siemens 8088 10MHz 8087 FPU unknown amount of RAM 360KB DD FDD 20MB Seagate XTA hard drive The battery had leaked, unfortunately, however, it's …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2022-01-05, 08:50
Did some corrosion cleaning on my Commodore Colt motherboard. Wasn't the worst I've seen. Here's the thread: Commodore Colt (PC-III): cleaning, repairs, and testing
Re: The quest for the perfect retro laptop: a saga
Posted on 2022-01-04, 03:21
I have the 2150CDT as well and it's a unicorn on eBay these days. The plus is the external floppy drive for the 4XXCDT series is compatible with the 2150CDT. Installing a new hard drive isn't that hard either, which is good. Unfortunately, the HDD didn't have the original files, so I did my own …
Re: What modern activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2022-01-02, 09:42
Currently upgrading the MacBook Late 2008 to Snow Leopard via a USB flash drive (don't have any Dual-Layer DVD-Rs at the moment) from the Leopard 10.5.8 installation. In case something goes wrong, I can factory restore it back to the Leopard OS (thankfully, the SuperDrive works).
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-01-01, 20:01
The major difference comes from the following revisions (excluding firmware versions): MT-32 SC-55 SC-55MK2 SC-88 The MT-32 is pre-General Midi so games which support it will only sound correct on this model. All of the later Sound Canvas models (SC prefix) are General Midi compatible but have a …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2021-12-28, 20:05
Another addition to my collection via eBay: Thrustmaster Pinball Controller bundle (with Full Tilt! Pinball) Filename s-l1600.jpg File size 287.65 KiB Views 318 views Filename s-l1600 (1).jpg File size 157.52 KiB Views 318 views And an odd PCMCIA external hard drive: PCMCIA Card and Quick Drive …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2021-12-28, 19:49
Finally got my 2GB SD card to work on my 486 laptop. Had to run fdisk /mbr and it boots up. Not a 386 laptop (typo on my part as I was dead tired after work).
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2021-12-28, 08:50
Cool, did you print a pad or source a real one? I've got a pad-n't one I've had years and never got a pad for, only heard there were some printable ones around this year, haven't got round to finding and making one yet. Sourced a real one (came with the mouse itself). Might print a bigger one (if …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2021-12-28, 04:12
Tested the newly acquired serial optical mouse that uses a special mousepad on my Austin TFT laptop after I disabled the internal trackball mouse and it works, even if the mouse is at 45° angles (NW/SE or NE/SW).
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2021-12-28, 03:58
Not (yet) retro, however, I won myself a MacBook from late 2008 (C2D 2.0GHz, 2GB RAM, 160GB HDD) in better shape than the others I saw on eBay with the recovery media, charger, and pretty much the entire box and other items. Seller's photos: s-l1600.jpg s-l1600 (1).jpg s-l1600 (2).jpg s-l1600 (3). …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2021-12-28, 00:05
Received the Q500 Digital Optical Serial Mouse and it works in DOS. WFW 3.11 is a work in progress (need to change the driver or find the correct ones to play it safe). Gotta say, it's a cool mouse and the pad is groovy as well. Have to get used to this mouse and it's certainly better than the …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2021-12-26, 07:28
Took the HDD caddy and battery out on the NCR 5130/0350 laptop to eliminate possible suspects for the laptop since it doesn't power on at all. I hear blips from the PC speaker, which sound soft, which indicates low power somewhere, possible corrosion, and other items. Haven't opened it up yet due to …
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