Re: Is this Mac Se (likely) repairable?

Posted on 2020-01-21, 14:31

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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Vynix wrote on 2020-01-21, 12:16: Yep. That's the classic Simasimac problem. Caused by those shitty SMD caps that leak their goop all over the board. Yeah, except the SE has zero SMD caps, only throughhole axials.

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Re: New forum suggestions/Feedback

Posted on 2020-01-15, 12:59

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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I'm going to voice this one again, as all previous times it's been brought up, it has gotten completely ignored by the re-designers: Why is the cursor replacement not opt-in? As cutesy as it is, it's nothing more than a gimmick. To me, it's jarring when I move my mouse around, and it changes cursor …

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Re: Welcome to the updated VOGONS

Posted on 2020-01-06, 12:07

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I'm still not fully sure what to think of the new theme. I wasn't partial to the old one, but I can't say yet whether this is better or not, I will have to give it more time. At least the site's better to browse on phones, but I'm not sure whether a large portion of the user base necessarily was …

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

Posted on 2019-12-14, 22:34

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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https://bootleggames.fandom.com/wiki/Phantom_System Brazil used to make everything back in the 1980s. I think they banned importation of foreign computers? Yes, they cloned a lot of computers, and they went even as far as to clone the Macintosh 512k, dubbed the Unitron Mac 512 . Apple however …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-12-09, 10:13

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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A Mac Performa 200 aka Classic II. Really cool system, even if I keep it simply as a room decoration. Originally it produced vertical bars at boot, but after I've cleaned the whole motherboard with isopropyl and removed both SIMM30 sticks, the system works perfectly well. Guess, I'll have to find a …

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Re: Crazy prices for some retro hardware stuff.

Posted on 2019-12-03, 11:38

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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Also, there are people shooting with analogue cameras that were already obsolete when they were born. Polaroid even came back and started producing their films again because of this. Bit off-topic, but technically it wasn't Polaroid that came back. A group called the Impossible Project bought one …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-11-07, 13:40

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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Today's thrift pickup, an HD3580 AGP card, at €7,50. Bit more than I'd like to pay for an AGP card at the thrift, but this is the fastest AGP card out there as far as I know, so I had to have it 😀 Image removed for copyright reasons.

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

Posted on 2019-10-16, 08:57

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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Not your typical "retro hardware", but I'm counting it. I lucked into these two '80s style spring-arm lamps by the side of the road tonight. I've actually been after one for ages, but apparently they're so far out of style they may as well have never existed. I remember them being everywhere when I …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-10-10, 18:13

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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I wanted to swap the SID with a good one, only to find out that this board has not a single chip sitting in a socket. Everything is soldered, so I called it a day and use that C64 mainly for testing now. I've been fairly lucky on this, all three C64s that I have are mostly socketed. No idea on that …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-10-10, 15:47

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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Saw this at the thrift, at €45 I couldn't resist a boxed C64. At home, at first appearance (running on a improved PSU of course) it seemed fine. Sadly, playing some SID tunes started to make it clear that the SID is dying. It plays the music with all voices, but one voice won't correctly hit all …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-10-05, 18:27

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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A bit overkill, as I intended to go for a more time appropriate 7000 series card] I've got an XFX GeForce 7950GT 512MB AGP laying around somewhere I wouldn't be opposed to selling if you'd like. It used to be in my Pentium 4 build, but I'm parting out a lot of stuff to make room for more PC/XT/AT …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-10-05, 18:21

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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Got this MSI GeForce NX8800GTS 640MB card for my Pentium M build. A bit overkill, as I intended to go for a more time appropriate 7000 series card, but 8000 series cards were more available and cheaper, and I figured a bit more GPU grunt will really allow me to push the Pentium M to its limits. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-09-26, 20:48

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^^ looks like "X1" is silkscreened onto the board too next to the slot in question. How do you even do that? Think about how many people must have looked at that design or its prototypes before it hit mass production. Are those component video outs in the ATX I/O area, and a VESA flat panel …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-09-26, 20:06

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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Are you sure that's a 1x slot and not a built in modem slot? Many late 90s and early 2000s motherboards had built in modems, but left the analog components on a small daughter card for FCC reasons. Yeah, it actually is, the quick install guide, manual, and all online spec lists for this board list …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-09-26, 14:18

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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I've finally found a Socket 479 board! Been looking for either the ASUS CT-479 adapter, or an appropriate board, to tinker with Pentium M on the desktop. I put up a wanted ad, and someone pointed me to a Dutch online computer store that still had two of these lightly used AOpen i915Ga-HSF boards, …

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Re: What retro hardware you killed today or in the past :(. Killing spree stories+serial killers are welcome.Rest in pieces.

Posted on 2019-09-24, 07:51

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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One that really stands out in my memory... Killed a motherboard with a screw driver back in the day after only having it a few months. Can't remember exactly what model or brand, but it had a Duron 600. It was out of a computer my mother had me build for her around 2000 with Tiger Direct parts. I …

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Re: Macintosh Color Classic ( extreme )

Posted on 2019-09-23, 09:02

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twiz11 wrote: Is that an apple pippin controller i see? Nope, Gravis Gamepad! The Pippin has a trackball in the middle of the controller, and a different shape entirely.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-09-19, 18:28

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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Went to the thrift today, and picked up some AGP cards and a special CD player :cool: The cards are an MSI FX5200 (mostly picked it up for that heatsink, already have this junky FX card), and an ASUS V7100 Pro 32MB GeForce 2 MX400. Both cards cost €1 each. I got one of those ASUS V7100 Pro cards …

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Re: XD-Bit on Socket 478 - A Possibility?

Posted on 2019-09-17, 19:05

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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Warlord wrote: There are no Socket 478 CPUs with 64-bit or 🤣 Bit capabilities and its not a useful feature. I guess clicking links to see you're wrong on the 64 bit part is too hard for you 🤣

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XD-Bit on Socket 478 - A Possibility?

Posted on 2019-09-17, 10:23

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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Recently I've been looking into two features uncommon on the Socket 478 platform: EM64T and eXecute Disable Bit. EM64T has been something that's been confirmed to be possible on Socket 478, specifically the Prescott SL7Q8 and SL7QB S-Spec CPUs are known to support it, as proven by VOGONS users agent …

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