Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-04-12, 14:25

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After a few months searching I finally found a working MX400 PCI. I guess now my Pentium 233 is finally complete. one of the criticisms i've heard of pentium 1 is that as a rule the P1 class machines quickly lost out in terms of playing late 90's 3d games due to emergence of P2 and early 3d agp …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2021-04-10, 06:37

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Warlord wrote on 2021-04-10, 01:21: I have that exact keyboard tray. I rather like it. It does look quite nice. Do you know if it's still produced?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-03-18, 09:21

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*sigh* Guys... I could cry. This is... or was... a Sony CPD-1302. An exceedingly rare RGB digital\analog selectable multisync monitor compatible with CGA\EGA\PGA\MDA and others. No words... Just......... No words... What a shame :( These monitors are indeed very rare and as you said this probably …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-03-11, 10:34

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dionb wrote on 2021-03-10, 17:19: I don't usually buy hardware in boxed state. But when I do... 16153965959700.jpg Nice! Just be careful not to connect/disconnect the external rack when the computer is powered on

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-02-19, 16:47

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Got myself one of the holy grail items of MIDI equipment. Complete in box with disks, manuals and everything else :) Great find! Yours look 99% complete but IIRC new SCC-1 cards also came with a pair of RCA audio cables with RCA to 6.35mm jack adapters. I suppose most owners misplaced these long …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-02-13, 23:38

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Predator99 wrote on 2021-02-13, 15:16: Puh, long story but the parcel finally arrived :-) […] Show full quote Puh, long story but the parcel finally arrived 😀 Sellers pic: s-l1600 (1).jpg My cards: IMG_3967r.jpg Amazing grab! Did you test the SCC-1, is it working?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-02-13, 23:36

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lot1.jpg lot2.jpg Purchased these today. All are missing brackets, which really stinks, but there's definitely some decent stuff here. Best of the lot: CT1350B Rev. 3 with an original CMS upgrade kit installed (notice the stickers) Cirrus Logic GD510\520 8bit VGA\EGA card (Eagle II) Not amazing, …

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Re: Advice about retro speakers

Posted on 2020-12-13, 10:36

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It's definitely not as common as it used to be, but there are still the odd speakers that are magnetically shielded, for example the Audioengine A2+

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Re: Advice about retro speakers

Posted on 2020-12-13, 00:21

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Are these edifier speakers shielded though?

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Re: Munt using D-110 ROMs

Posted on 2020-10-28, 21:21

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Great stuff! How did you manage to extract the demo song from the synth? I used to have a D-110 years ago but noticed the Midi OUT was disabled when playing the demo songs.

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Re: Post pics of your CRT monitors

Posted on 2020-10-28, 20:09

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... Oh and yes it was a pain to get a photo of it running, the flicker is real when you try and photograph a CRT. the trick is to use a lower shutter speed on your camera, otherwise you will see noticeable lines on the photograph. For starter, try a shutter speed of 1/30s if your monitor has a 60hz …

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

Posted on 2020-10-25, 11:06

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286-20 baby AT with integrated multi I/O? Nice! 👍

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

Posted on 2020-10-23, 07:14

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Technically I did not find it in a dumpster, but for free on Marktplaats (Dutch Craigslist) near me. I picked it up this morning :) IMG_20201022_161440.jpg It is a Samsung SyncMaster 753DFX, in great condition :) This is my first CRT monitor since I switched to TFT 15 years ago. The image is just …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-10-22, 18:21

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Nice, i just got some MIDI too 😁 The RA-50 Are these really not able to show the MT-32 MIDI messages? It got a led with "MIDI message" written over it. I don't have an RA-50, but I'm pretty sure the "midi message" LED simply means there's incoming midi data on the "midi in" port. This is probably …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-10-20, 10:17

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HanJammer wrote on 2020-10-19, 21:54: This stuff Great haul! I've restored a PC30-III not that long ago and the HDD wouldn't spin up (WD93028-A). I gave it a good shake and that seems to have done the trick 😆

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2020-10-19, 19:22

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My Current Work In Progress Pentium III Tualatin 1400-S System Intel Pentium III Tualatin 1400-S @ 1.47ghz (140x10.5) DFI GCB60-BX1/C1 Intel BX Motherboard 512MB CL2 Ram (2x256) Winfast A250 Ultra Nvidia Geforce 4 Ti4600 Zalman Passive Cooled Adaptec NEC USB 2.0 Card Sound Blaster Audigy Turtle …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-10-14, 08:58

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Aublak wrote on 2020-10-14, 01:47: ... As for the 4MHL3S motherboard, I dunno. It just doesn't start. I thought I got the jumpers right. I know the ISA video card works. Tried a bunch of different EDO ram. I just don't know. Could it be one of these boards that only works with FPM ram?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-10-05, 15:19

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I haven't posted in this thread for a while but I thought this latest find was worth sharing... Non-working but in incredible condition... it looks like it's never been used 🤯

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2020-10-04, 06:27

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Nice little corner! (Needs more 5.25" floppy drives though 😀)

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Re: Where to buy AT io shields for ATX cases?

Posted on 2020-10-01, 20:52

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Thanks for the link! I might get a couple of these.

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