Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on Today, 03:53
Beauty, eh?
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on Yesterday, 06:22
Agreed. I thought my Compaq Portable 1 was going to arrive with broken pieces externally and no damage. Packed well and that made me happy. Just had to adjust the cards on the inside, but it's a great project computer. Also, the one card looks like a Microsoft InPort Bus Mouse card.
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2021-03-03, 08:53
Cleaned corrosion off of the DFI MF-100 RAM expansion RTC Serial parallel GamePort card (Varta battery of DooM).
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2021-03-02, 18:55
As someone who got swindled by a scammer on Twitter, I'm not taking chances either for those items.
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2021-03-01, 11:45
Excellent. If the temps creep up a bit, feel free to add a fan as well since some CPUs require a fan (AMD always required one and Intel didn't, but I usually added a fan on an Intel CPU).
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2021-03-01, 11:19
Real or faux cache? Looks like a PC Chips M912 v1.4 or 1.7 Hope the CPU doesn't go out on you. In any event, I fixed the two Magnetic Peripherals Inc floppy drives by oiling the spindle motors and greased the rails with White Lithium Grease along with moving the heads back and forth to make it move …
Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread
Posted on 2021-02-28, 19:43
Compaq Portable 1 (dual FDD) unit from 1983. Specs: NEC D8088D CPU 256KB on-board RAM Compaq OEM Floppy Controller Compaq OEM CGA card Green Phosphorus CRT monitor 2 floppy drives (360KB) --> both need repairs DFI MF-100 RAM expansion/RTC/Serial card (can also have a GamePort and LPT port) with …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2021-02-28, 10:35
Fixed the 20MB HardCard and it boots up on my Portable. 2 of the 5 issues resolved (blank screen fixed by reseating the cards and fixing the HardCard 20) and 3 left to tackle: floppy drive issues, keyboard issues, and the expanded RAM card issues.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2021-02-27, 16:52
Bought the following for my Compaq Portable: 1) 10-pack of TMS-4164-15NL chips (for the DFI MF-100 to go up to 384KB RAM) 2) XT-IDE CF card (already have a 256MB Industrial CF card) 3) LIR 2032 3.6V rechargeable coin cell (5-pack) 4) 2032 battery holders
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2021-02-27, 16:49
Tested the DFI MF-100 card by changing the memory settings from 384KB (4002 201 meant Bank 6 has no RAM installed) to 320KB and the card works in my Compaq Portable 1. Still need to fix the 20MB HardCard so I can back up the files for the memory expansion card and many others.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2021-02-26, 21:09
Warlord wrote on 2021-02-26, 12:38: I wouldn't even touch it. It's a hairline crack, any amount of fooling with it it will be worst. I thought it was bigger than a hairline crack and it's best to leave it alone anyway.
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2021-02-26, 11:43
Tested the Compaq Portable 1 I received and made sure the cards were seated properly and not touching the bare metal cages. The HardCard+ 20 isn't booting up, the floppy drives need a lubrication, and the keyboard needs new foam contact pads (the Postal Service is a bit slow). The Time Spectrum 384 …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2021-02-26, 09:44
Fancy. The crack can be fixed with super glue and baking soda with a file to smooth it.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2021-02-25, 05:34
$20 for both boards? That is a bargain.
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2021-02-24, 17:32
Nicely done. Finally fixed my Lite-On DVD±RW drive that had no belt for the past few months and it opens and closes without issues, even without a CD or DVD inserted, but it's slow at opening and closing (eject motor needs oiling or replacing). But other than that, it lives once again.
Re: The great Pentium Pro haul of 2018
Posted on 2021-02-24, 02:05
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2021-02-24, 01:37
E-waste pickup *Sound Blaster 32s *a whole lot of Voodoo3s and early Sound Blasters *3dfx banshee *a Geforce256 DDR I believe *a Voodoo2 (love those). likely 8mb *brand new 250mb Zip disks for an internal zip drive that I bought earlier *Gigabyte Slot 1 mobo *and some other stuff (I'm just getting …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2021-02-23, 09:53
It's a Jetway J-403TG VLB.
Re: Your Retrogaming laptop/portable machine megathread (recommendations, tips, minutae)
Posted on 2021-02-23, 02:21
My 410CDT Satellite Pro had the dreaded Ni-MH CMOS and Wake batteries. I put in the 3V rechargeable coin cell from the broken T4800CT in the 410CDT and it works without issues for the CMOS. The wake battery is a suggestion.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2021-02-23, 01:27
Bought the following from TexElec's site: 1) Foam contact pads for the Compaq Portable 2) CF-IDE adapter From eBay (screenshot): 1) 360KB internal FDD for writing 360KB diskettes 2) 256MB industrial CF card for the Compaq Portable 3) CT1350B w/ the CMS upgrade and comes with manuals and diskettes ( …
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