Re: What is the best glue to use in fixing old plastic computer parts ?

Posted on Yesterday, 19:53

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Yes, I am considering some JB clear weld. I have used JB weld original and it has never failed for my applications, but I have never used the clear weld. I don’t know if there is any difference ? I think I am only going to have one opportunity of glueing this back together using a clear glue where I …

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What is the best glue to use in fixing old plastic computer parts ?

Posted on Yesterday, 17:38

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What glue would you use to fix this IBM plastic bay cover ? I need something clear like Crazy glue but Crazy glue only acts like a bonding agent. I want a clear glue that will actually mend/weld the plastic back together.

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Re: IBM Desktop PC-750 , Pentium-90 Restore.

Posted on 2021-04-07, 21:33

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ArtiomWin wrote on 2021-04-07, 16:08: Intel486dx33 wrote on 2021-04-03, 02:20: Anyone know where I can get the original recovery CD ? Hello. Gladly I have one for your model (I've bought one couple of years ago). PM sent. Thanks so much. I will try it out.

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Re: Golden age of computing for personal computers

Posted on 2021-04-07, 16:44

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What about the era with CPUs made with Gold ? 386 and 486

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Re: Sony ending downloads for anything prior to Windows 7

Posted on 2021-04-05, 08:18

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I have some Vaio recovery cds and dvds for Win95 and 98 and 2000 But they require a specific model computer. Anyway to get around this and burn them to a cd that is not model specific ?

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Re: Post photos of your Mega-Luminum computers.

Posted on 2021-04-05, 04:07

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I might go out to my garage and take some more photos of these Aluminum case builds I have.

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Re: 486DX-50 MHz EISA system

Posted on 2021-04-05, 04:06

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Can you post some benchmarks ? Topbench Speedsys Doom Drystone VGA Etc...

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Re: Toshiba out of laptop business after 35 years

Posted on 2021-04-05, 03:54

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My sister had a Toshiba satellite and I liked it so when I saw this Black Satellite for sale at a used computer store I bought it. I add a Blu-ray drive and 8gb ram and SSD. WiFi-ac card and Bluetooth. I max it out and used it for a couple of years back in 2015 It is an 18” Gloss Black Cadillac with …

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Re: [8-Bit Guy] What Happened to America's Electronics Stores?

Posted on 2021-04-04, 18:37

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All those stores are closed in Silicon Valley too. The only electronic stores we have left are Central Computers ( Computer builder store ) Best Buy Costco Walmart Target Apple store Microsoft store I think todays students dont want to experience the old way of living. They are the “NOW” generation. …

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Re: IBM Desktop 750-P90 Restore.

Posted on 2021-04-03, 02:21

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More Photos:

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IBM Desktop PC-750 , Pentium-90 Restore.

Posted on 2021-04-03, 02:20

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I pick up this IBM desktop for very little money. It has a video memory problem. Can we fix it ? I will first try to re-seat the video DRAM chips and if that does not fix the problem I will try to re-float the onboard video DRAM chips. I hope its an easy fix. I really like the clean simple look of …

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Re: Golden age of computing for personal computers

Posted on 2021-04-02, 21:47

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Maybe most of the era of “Computer Chronicles” ( 1983 - 1999 ) But the internet bust of 2000 really killed Silicon Valley and it never recovered like before.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-04-02, 21:40

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Look at all that video ram ? the smaller chips are cache Yeah, I got it cheap because there is a problem with garbled video. I suspect a video ram problem. Most likely just need to re-seat the Video dram chips or refloat the onboard dram. But in any case, worst case scenario I can just add a video …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-04-02, 21:06

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Pick up this Beauty for cheap. Needs a little work but it appear to be minimal. Look at all that video ram ?

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Re: What's the state of old PC networking?

Posted on 2021-03-29, 18:59

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by Intel486dx33

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Just get a Networking WIFI bridge or extender and run Ethernet from your 10-base-T network card to the WIFI bridge. Its “plug and play” Sync your WiFi bridge to your ISP modem. As for Network drives you can use a first gen. WD MyCloud NAS witch works DOS and Win3.x too. Download games and files from …

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2021-03-29, 18:45

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Bruninho wrote on 2021-03-29, 18:03: Intel486dx33 wrote on 2021-03-29, 10:54: robertmo wrote on 2021-03-29, 10:31: i guess the card is as good as GeForce 7950 GX2 though no longer win9x support 😉 This thing runs like a Cadillac. It idles at 1% CPU utilization. How you managed to make the old Vista …

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2021-03-29, 10:54

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robertmo wrote on 2021-03-29, 10:31: i guess the card is as good as GeForce 7950 GX2 though no longer win9x support 😉 This thing runs like a Cadillac. It idles at 1% CPU utilization.

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Re: How often do you buy a brand new computer ?

Posted on 2021-03-29, 10:44

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probably around year 2000 My last NEW consumer off he self computers where 1) HP Kayak XU's and XAs with Dual Pentium 2's 2) HP Vectras with Pentium 3 CPU's 3) IBM ThinkPad's 4) Macbook Pros 5) HP Pavillion laptops. 6) Dell notebooks. 7) Tablets, Tablets, Tablets...... After that for home computers …

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2021-03-29, 10:29

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robertmo wrote on 2021-03-29, 10:21: Intel486dx33 wrote on 2021-03-29, 10:13: My ( $200 ) 8-core 16-thread Xeon HP z420 is a BEAST. GeForce GT 730 😉 Yeah, with the shortage in graphics cards right now I cant even get a RX580 for cheap. I wanted a 5700xt at least

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2021-03-29, 10:13

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My ( $200 ) 8-core 16-thread Xeon HP z420 is a BEAST. Its not a speed burner but it does not hang. It just plows thru anything. Very stable and reliable computer. Does not crash. HP has Win-10 drivers. Its fully supported. Its like a truck with allot of torque. This thing is un-stoppable. Specs: HP …

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