Re: Hello, World! :D - Robert B's PC builds - oogle away freely :)

Posted on 2023-12-19, 15:25

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How is it going folks? I miss the time when I had TIME to spare. :) I didn't post something for such a long time ... I am still doing what I know to do best and that is finding and restoring relics of time gone by but never forgotten. :D The number of parts that have entered my "collection" are too …

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Re: Hello, World! :D - Robert B's PC builds - oogle away freely :)

Posted on 2023-09-12, 17:03

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The DUAL triple FANtastic video card aka lateral winds ahead! 😁 c@rs10 vs Scooter - Techno is Back (long distance mix) More later.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-09-10, 17:02

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What a beauty! 😀

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-09-10, 16:49

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😁 OH YEAH! I can check another one of the Unicorns off my list. I am not complaining though. I think that I have a herd of them by now. 😁 Truth be told I lost count. 😁 I must be getting old(er).

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-09-10, 15:43

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Odds and ends! 😁

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-09-09, 09:48

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In Romania like me! 😁

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Re: Hello, World! :D - Robert B's PC builds - oogle away freely :)

Posted on 2023-08-17, 14:34

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I'll have my work cut out for me in the next episode. 😁 This Dual GPU Monster WILL LIVE AGAIN!!! I have spoken! 😁 More later.

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Re: Hello, World! :D - Robert B's PC builds - oogle away freely :)

Posted on 2023-08-16, 16:37

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I have another BRICK story in the making. A DUAL GPU monster! 😀

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Re: Hello, World! :D - Robert B's PC builds - oogle away freely :)

Posted on 2023-08-16, 16:26

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THE BLOODY GPU aka ASUS GTX 680 DirectCU II OC - GTX680-DC2O-2GD5 We all know that dumpster diving IS a dangerous activity that may have as a result anything from a bruised ego to physical harm. :D Over the years I had my share of special computer parts that required my attention. I mean special in …

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Re: Hello, World! :D - Robert B's PC builds - oogle away freely :)

Posted on 2023-08-08, 15:12

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My TL866A programmer works only with the card powered. This is why I prefer to remove the chip from the board.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-08-08, 14:35

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And one is taller than the other. 😀

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Re: Hello, World! :D - Robert B's PC builds - oogle away freely :)

Posted on 2023-07-25, 16:02

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I removed the BIOS chip as a last resort and to be sure that I had the perfect opportunity to program it like they did at the factory. I thought that maybe it got corrupted but the card was simply dead. :D If I would've been more careful I might've recovered the original BIOS but I am pretty sure …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-05-29, 19:23

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Just a regular day at the "office". 😁

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Re: Hello, World! :D - Robert B's PC builds - oogle away freely :)

Posted on 2023-05-24, 13:48

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BLOODY HELL!!! Yeah, viewer discretion might apply in this case. 😁 The Chased Soon! 😁 More later.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-01-23, 18:55

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My hunch is that they wanted to test it for precious metals but I think that even the use of a torch to remove the chips would've been way better. All is not lost though. Two holes are in the ground plane and the traces on the third are easy fixes. If I find a donor I'll scavenge the chips. Someone …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-01-23, 16:15

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CREATIVE! Sound BLASTER! 16!!! SCSI!!!!!!!!!!!! CT1770. Delivering EARTH shattering sound quality! Prepare to have your socks blown off! (not). :D Damn animals ... though, belive it or not I still have a plan to rescue this basket case. Some time down the line an episode will pop up on my thread. :D …

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Re: Hello, World! :D - Robert B's PC builds - oogle away freely :)

Posted on 2022-12-30, 20:13

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Indeed! :) I used a couple of them on two different Slot 1 motherboards though and on all of them I had issues with Win 98. Corruption of data after I finished the Win 98 installation. Registry ...bla bla. I tried different Win 98 SE versions but this solved nothing. I reduced their capacity with …

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Re: Hello, World! :D - Robert B's PC builds - oogle away freely :)

Posted on 2022-12-30, 16:55

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Me too! 😀

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Re: Hello, World! :D - Robert B's PC builds - oogle away freely :)

Posted on 2022-12-30, 16:47

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Did I find stuff to restore? Well ... I really hate to brag but in this instance there is no other way to put it. :D Over the last two years my life has been turned upside down and only now there are clues that it is starting to reach an equilibrium. What's in store for the future? I really don't …

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Re: BIOS file/BIOS chip specs needed for DEC Digital Equipment Corporation PRIORIS MTE Socket 2 motherboard

Posted on 2022-10-09, 18:05

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I soldered 6 out of the 8 missing inductors near the black ISA slot. I also extracted the BIOS files from the archive. 1.02, 1.04, 1.05 and 1.06 versions are added to this post. The motherboard also was missing a quartz oscillator near the CPU socket. The Am27Co10-205DC threw an error while writing …

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