Re: IBM Aptiva 2144 front panel hinge
Posted on Yesterday, 16:45
Hey, I need some for my IBM PS\1 front cover too. Anyone know where I can get some ?
Re: Bought a PowerMac G4 450 AGP - Now what?
Posted on Yesterday, 16:31
I posted this question to Apple community forum once. "I Purchased an Apple computer Now what am I suppose to do with it ?" I did not get much in replies only that "what ever I want." Steve Jobs said "What Apple is is a computer to bring together the worlds people to solve world problems. " I have …
Re: 486 Multimedia dream build ( 1993/94 ).
Posted on Yesterday, 15:26
Have you people see this: https://youtu.be/6Jj97NXgHw4
Re: Borked Voodoo 3 2000?
Posted on 2021-01-24, 10:02
Thats an easy fix. I have had a few video card and even Voodoo 3000 cards with this problem. It turned out the ram chip solder joints have broken on the legs to PCB. The fix is to reflow the memory chips back to the PCB. 1) You can just use a heat gun and some no-clean flux on the memory chip legs. …
Re: My HP Kayak gamestation build
Posted on 2021-01-24, 05:03
My HP Kayak XAs and XU tower workstations have onboard “Advanced logic” sound chip. There is no volume dial you have to install the driver and use the windows volume settings. I think there are drivers for Win95/Win98/NT-4.0 and maybe Win2000. Dual CPU’s are only supported in Win-2000 The XAs is a …
Re: IBM ValuePoint software
Posted on 2021-01-23, 17:57
Look here: https://ps1stuff.wordpress.com/download/downloads-for-type-2133/ I use the 1994 image on my PS/1 consultant 1993 computer. It comes with DOS 5.0 and Win 3.1 And IBM menu system and utilities. Works well with Sound Blaster 16 with OPL3 like a CT2950 , CT1600 Originally these came with a …
Re: 486 Multimedia dream build ( 1993/94 ).
Posted on 2021-01-22, 20:46
I am testing this computer right now with games in DOS and Win3x. And testing with Music CD’s and MP3’s So far so good. This computer run very quiet and smooth. No problems. Performs good for a 540mb.IDE hard-drive. I have not run into any memory problems either. 16mb of ram appears to be more than …
Re: Pentium 133 DOS gamer dream machine (1995/97 ).
Posted on 2021-01-22, 20:38
I have a bunch of DOS and Win3.1 games to test on this computer.
Re: 486 Multimedia dream build ( 1993/94 ).
Posted on 2021-01-22, 09:30
Oh, and regarding the subject and my original rant. Back in the day, I'd run Visual Studio, Photoshop and, perhaps, Word all the while listening to mp3 in Winamp, on a 486 with 16 megs of RAM. Makes one think :) Wow .. I had to overclock an AMD 133MHz to 160 MHz to play WinAmp - and not doing …
Re: Reliable Optical Disc Drives and how to keep them working?
Posted on 2021-01-20, 21:29
Well, I am just going by the DVD manufactures requirements which is a Pentium based computer.
Re: Reliable Optical Disc Drives and how to keep them working?
Posted on 2021-01-20, 20:42
2x and 4x drives were plagued with bad capacitors thats why there are not many around especially the Sony. The capacitor leaked onto the PCB and ate way the traces and solder joints so many capacitors just fell off. For a 386/486 I would look for a 32x thru 52x CDROM drive. Forget about period …
Re: Thinkpad 7xx series restore 2 for 1
Posted on 2021-01-20, 20:36
Yes, that LCD ribbon connector is what goes bad on these old 7xx. That ribbon coils up and rubs on itself eventually causing the traces inside to break. Which leads to non-working TFT/LCD or garbled video. Where did you find NEW LCD panels. I am looking for some too for a 755.
Re: Reliable Optical Disc Drives and how to keep them working?
Posted on 2021-01-20, 20:24
2x and 4x drives were plagued with bad capacitors thats why there are not many around especially the Sony. The capacitor leaked onto the PCB and ate way the traces and solder joints so many capacitors just fell off. For a 386/486 I would look for a 32x thru 52x CDROM drive. Forget about period …
Re: 2 very different computers to cover many years
Posted on 2021-01-20, 20:08
I have several computers for playing old games and apps. On the PC side I have: 1) 386dx-33/40 , ISA MB, with 8mb ram, 128kb cache, 2mb ET4000, SB Pro 2.0, That I can down clock to an 8088 2) 486dx4-100 with VLB MB , 16mb ram, 256kb cache, 2mb CL-5429, SB Pro 2.0, That I can down clock to 286@20mhz. …
Re: IBM T42 win98SE freezing games problem
Posted on 2021-01-20, 19:48
Did you apply the Win98se updates and Directx ? I use to have a thinkpad T43 but it came with Win2000. Check IBM website for drivers and updates for your Thinkpad. Games also run good on Win-2000 I think those hard drives can just pop out for easy quick replacement. You want an IBM 7200 RPM sata …
Re: IBM T42 win98SE freezing games problem
Posted on 2021-01-20, 19:14
Those came with a slow harddrive so I would benchmark that first and post your results. Also what CPU and how much ram do you have ?
Re: 486 Multimedia dream build ( 1993/94 ).
Posted on 2021-01-19, 12:40
Those old gateway 486s were really nice. I still remember the ads. At one point I managed to get my hands on a pristine full sized AT desktop version of this case. I think it was a 4d33 model. That thing was a beast. I really regret having to part with it. Yes, I have a few old Gateway 2000 …
Re: Intel smashes Ryzen
Posted on 2021-01-19, 12:12
Yes, AMD should work with a Linux distro to develop an OS that is stable and will get the best performance out of the Ryzen CPU’s
Re: Intel smashes Ryzen
Posted on 2021-01-19, 02:25
Its not the CPU its what you do with it. I think the 1st gen pentium made the biggest impact in the computer world. I dont see the Ryzen CPU making any big differences in the computer world. The Apple ARM based CPU’s however have made a big impact on the computer industry.
Re: Intel smashes Ryzen
Posted on 2021-01-19, 01:47
Well, with new tech comes new music. And you need people to make music. Lovers of old music exist ffs. A lot of new songs are also a rehash od old song too. New music is more young'n and most of it comp-lete crap. It does seen to be improving recently with this covid thing. What is SCARY is what if …
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