Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-06-13, 21:20

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Much to my shock and surprise, not only did the battery not explode, the thing WORKS! The yoke on the CRT is misaligned though, but that's an easy fix. Excellent! Some pointers: Even though it works now, starting it up for the first time in a long time can "excite" the old caps and make them start …

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

Posted on 2021-04-08, 17:22

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Redid the AV connections of my home office after acquiring a HDMI capture card (Magewell Pro Capture HDMI) so that I can do AV captures of any of the systems that are currently connected: AV Logical Connections - 2021.png Dang, this is really impressive. Very extensive and flexible setup, love it. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-03-22, 16:01

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Angels cry when CRT-pixels are sad.

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

Posted on 2021-03-08, 22:17

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bearking wrote on 2021-03-08, 18:51: - I just don't like to switch between inputs manually. That alone is a perfectly viable reason to make the cable. 😀 I was mostly curious whether the Miro had some special sensing or whatever that made the cable necessary. Now I know.

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

Posted on 2021-03-08, 17:26

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Finally managed to make a passthrought cable for my Miro HISCORE 3D, and it works! This was my second atempt, after waiting for almost 2 months for the 9 pin mini DIN connectors from China. Good thing, I ordered three of them... This card will go into my P233MMX build.😀 Do you actually need the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-01-17, 12:23

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I did a very expensive thing. Looking forward to it! OK hol' up, are we just going to let this one slip by without more people freaking out? This is a brand new 3dfx VSA-100-based video card with hdmi out! Super cool! If the existance of this card is common knowledge, then I guess I'm late for the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-01-16, 15:51

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I did a very expensive thing. Looking forward to it! OK hol' up, are we just going to let this one slip by without more people freaking out? This is a brand new 3dfx VSA-100-based video card with hdmi out! Super cool! If the existance of this card is common knowledge, then I guess I'm late for the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-10-06, 12:26

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EvieSigma wrote on 2020-10-06, 03:58: Oh it's not 486, it's a Socket 4 Pentium! Which...I of course do not own any of, I have to buy a CPU and heat sink just to test the board. If you're still looking for make/model on this board, I think it's this one Cool board indeed. I love the "Made in USA" …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-09-22, 21:32

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Hmm, does anyone know a cheap way to adapt PC/104 to ISA bus? IMG_0629-crop.jpg Both pointless, but both so cheap that my response is just "ah why not". The Advantech PCM-4825 with a 5x86 133, Via chipset and CHIPS T65550 video. The Little-PC 386 with its all-in-one 386sx-40 chip. Both have Disk on …

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

Posted on 2020-09-20, 11:06

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Finally finished building out the Docking Station Monitor Stand for my NEC/AT&T Docking Station. *snip* Man, for a while there I was SO confused as to why the "VIRTUALISER PRO" text was mirrored, yet the image was not. Then it hit me. :) Oh and nice monitor stand. Also nice to hear that someone out …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-09-18, 18:37

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I suppose it's K for Karaoke then?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-09-16, 20:51

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Quality info right there. I had never heard of LMSI, and good to know the interface can be found on soundcards. Thanks! Edit: Just saw the list of LMSI-enabled soundcards in the wiki, some heavy hitters there for sure. 😀

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-09-16, 17:18

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Here's one of my recent purchases: Philips_CDD-462_1.JPG At a glance it looks like a normal audio cd-player, until you notice: Philips_CDD-462_2.JPG It's an early CD-ROM reader, Philips CDD 462. Here's a peek inside: Philips_CDD-462_3.JPG Not very much info about this one on the web. I don't have …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-06-07, 09:46

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*a bunch of sensible words* Thanks for saying what I'm thinking. As for "sold-as-is/untested is always a scam", my personal experience tells me that is just not true. Most people just don't have the equipment/knowledge/time to test the wierd items we're into. The alternative would be to just throw …

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

Posted on 2020-05-30, 14:05

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maverick85 wrote on 2020-05-30, 09:37: Purchased a can of brake cleaner fluid on amazon which will be arriving tomorrow. I will be hosing down a grimy Abit AS8-V motherboard, which will be the test subject Whoa there, brake cleaner is nasty stuff. I'd be worried it would remove more than just dirt …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2020-04-28, 20:12

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https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v602/FIRE-FLARE/IMG_20200404_134941983_zpsfdi3vrd1.jpg Case: IBM 5160 chassis with 5150 cover. Motherboard: ASUS P5-99B CPU: AMD K6-2 @500MHz Memory: 512MB Video: Nvidia GeForce 6200. Audio: Sound Blaster 16 with wavetable board. Removable Storage: -> Floppy: 1. …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2020-04-28, 20:09

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Jackhead wrote on 2020-04-22, 15:57: My Retro corner: https://abload.de/img/img_017316tjn9.jpg […] Show full quote My Retro corner: OK, since no one mentions it; I'll do it: Look at all those devkits, gosh darn. Do you have a history in the industry or are you just an avid collector? I'm assuming …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-04-11, 15:07

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The first one I picked off of the pile was an IBM ThinkPad 380D Pentium laptop with 16MB of RAM - not only was it relatively clean but it also booted and loaded Windows 95 so it appears to be in full working order! Beautiful! Bento-box thinkpads, aww yeah. I hadn't bought anything in a long while …

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

Posted on 2020-02-13, 12:15

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... Polaroid HR6000 film recorder ... I had to look this one up; what a wonderfully obsolete piece of kit. :) http://w3.marietta.edu/~mcshaffd/macro/pfilmrec.html "It is usually easier to lug a tray of slides and a slide projector around (and find a place to plug it in) than it is to carry a laptop …

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

Posted on 2019-12-28, 00:12

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wiretap wrote on 2019-12-27, 21:27: Awesome aplhas Real computers doing real work. Alphas tops my list of machines having mythical coolness. 😀

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