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

Posted on 2023-01-06, 00:37

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by bjwil1991

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Got the newly acquired Cisco Catalyst 3750-E PoE 48 switch setup by looking at the old configuration to make sure I had entered everything correctly and I was too far off at first and corrected it by looking at the commands I entered on the old 2950.

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

Posted on 2023-01-05, 05:28

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Got the VLANs on my Pi-Hole to not communicate with each other and only have them access the Internet. I also cleared the configuration on the Cisco Catalyst 3750-E PoE switch since it had some items on there. My next step for the switch is to measure the amperage of the switch without PoE enabled …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-01-01, 09:38

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by bjwil1991

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Bought this finger lickin good monitor: KFC CA1507 VGA

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Re: Post pics of your CRT monitors

Posted on 2023-01-01, 09:37

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I think that’s channel and mode. The original picture is a bit blurry and once it arrives, I’ll post an update.

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

Posted on 2023-01-01, 09:31

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Fixed my Orion TVCR0950B (mostly, the VHS needs a cleaning again since the load/eject mechanism isn’t going up evenly, however, after a good scrub down with an old toothbrush and some cleaning solution, it works for now) that had a picture issue by reflowing the microcontroller and jungle solder …

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Re: Post pics of your CRT monitors

Posted on 2023-01-01, 09:21

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KFC 15” VGA (coming soon, just purchased on eBay) Orion TVCR0950B

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-12-29, 10:46

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by bjwil1991

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Type 2 hanging note bug since it has the CT1747. https://www.vogonswiki.com/index.php/Hanging_note_bug

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-12-29, 04:10

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by bjwil1991

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Bought this mystery box. Filename 4419deb7-4b38-4b4f-bc13-b3928ef665f0exas_12233.jpg File size 43.15 KiB Views 245 views Filename 74a3ee8b-ed58-4cb7-9e48-e269c7b9bb9cexas_12231.jpg File size 32.31 KiB Views 245 views Filename 5aa492f0-d915-4820-9614-a58f26456d3fexas_12232.jpg File size 37.35 KiB …

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

Posted on 2022-12-27, 08:34

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by bjwil1991

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In my city, you'll need permits. The last item I got for free in my neighborhood was the Dell PowerEdge 6300 server with dual Xeon 300s or 400s

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

Posted on 2022-12-24, 08:11

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Cleaned my Orion TVCR0950b inside and out (except the tube got dusted off and the power board got the same treatment since I didn't want to risk damaging the set. The VCR portion wasn't working very well at all until I cleaned the sensor off with a bit of contact cleaner and 99.9% Isopropyl Alcohol …

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

Posted on 2022-12-18, 07:03

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Upgraded to Windows 11 Pro after I upgraded the BIOS on my main gaming desktop's motherboard to the latest version since there was a glitch with the fTPM that it would stutter like crazy. So far, so good and I'll test some games to see how they perform. I also connected my Pi-Hole/Kodi Chromebox …

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2022-12-13, 07:27

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I have a SanDisk 128GB USB3 flash drive that supports both USB-A and USB-C and it was about $20 after taxes and it's not that bad.

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

Posted on 2022-12-09, 02:29

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I did some cable management repairs on my main desktop since it wasn't enough and too much clutter. I'm going to send the ASUS X570-E board to ASUS to get it looked at and repaired since the board isn't working at all. Fortunately, it has a warranty on it (thank goodness).

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Re: Hardware you wish you'd never bought.

Posted on 2022-12-06, 03:25

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ASUS X570-E. POS doesn't work and I filed an RMA.

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

Posted on 2022-12-02, 07:22

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by bjwil1991

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If only Microcenter has it that you can pay for it online and not in the store and monthly payments. I might get an RTX3060 to pair it with my Ryzen 5 2600X build once I swap boards again.

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

Posted on 2022-12-01, 07:18

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Ensign Nemo wrote on 2022-12-01, 05:32: bjwil1991 wrote on 2022-12-01, 03:02: Contacted Apple Support for the first time. Hi Elon. Glad you got that drama with the app store sorted out! It was for an iPad support.

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

Posted on 2022-12-01, 03:02

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by bjwil1991

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Contacted Apple Support for the first time.

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

Posted on 2022-11-28, 08:08

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by bjwil1991

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Finally got a working CRT monitor for my Pentium II PC 😁 Man, I love CRTs. Great space heaters in the harsh winters, beautiful black levels, crisp picture, and sharper than flat panel displays/TV sets. If I could get my PVM-1341's digital RGB working (possible misconfiguration inside for the …

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

Posted on 2022-11-26, 09:28

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by bjwil1991

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Did some testing on the Kalok KL-330 hard drive. No bad sectors, no defects, and it has a pretty damn great interleave at 1:1, which means it takes 1 cycle to read 1 track. Plus, its track-to-track time is 9.13ms, which is pretty damn fast for an RLL drive. I parked the drive and it'll go to a new …

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Re: Building SOCKET 7 machine with MSI 5124

Posted on 2022-11-25, 06:48

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by bjwil1991

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https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/msi-ms … 4-si7#downloads or https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/msi-ms … 4-si3#downloads

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