Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on Yesterday, 19:36

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I received this beautiful Crystalfontz LCD display with aluminium face plate/bracket, complete with all cables and stuff. Seller even tested it before shipping so I know it works. (Display: SKD204-634 V2.0 / Bracket DBB634LG). Always wanted one of those back in the day, I thought (and still think) …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on Yesterday, 12:17

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I received this beautiful Crystalfontz LCD display with aluminium face plate/bracket, complete with all cables and stuff. Seller even tested it before shipping so I know it works. (Display: SKD204-634 V2.0 / Bracket DBB634LG). Always wanted one of those back in the day, I thought (and still think) …

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Re: Making an AMD "goldfinger" clone ?

Posted on 2021-02-23, 06:55

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wiretap wrote on 2021-02-22, 21:26: Did you set the dip switches both toward each other for ON, and both away from each other for OFF? I think the resistor needed to be 2k ohms. Yes, sure... I set all switches 100% correctly as described in the manual. Will see if I have a 2k resistor at hand...

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Re: Making an AMD "goldfinger" clone ?

Posted on 2021-02-22, 20:47

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Well, the good news first: I didn't destroy any hardware in the process (yet) :D The not-so-good news: It does not work as expected. I tried it on my 550 MHz Athlon on two different boards (EP-7KXA with Award BIOS, FIC SD11 with AMI BIOS). The results are slightly different, but similar: All …

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Re: Making an AMD "goldfinger" clone ?

Posted on 2021-02-22, 09:56

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Aaaand of course I immediately grabed my soldering iron and assembled the first one: Assembled_Front.jpg Assembled_Back.jpg Mounted.jpg Now I have to get back to some "real" work but I will hopefully manage to give it a first try during lunch break. Note that the resistor I used is 2.2kOhms because …

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Re: Making an AMD "goldfinger" clone ?

Posted on 2021-02-22, 09:51

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PCBs arrived today! Filename Stack.jpg File size 1.2 MiB Views 74 views File comment Stack of GFD v2 Clone PCBs Filename Front.jpg File size 752.86 KiB Views 74 views File comment GFD v2 Clone PCB Front Filename Back.jpg File size 610.27 KiB Views 74 views File comment GFD v2 Clone PCB Back @t4ker: …

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

Posted on 2021-02-19, 10:25

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Today I finished another Dallas RTC (or actually ODIN) mod that I have done step by step over the past few days: desoldering, uncovering the contacts, salvaging a coin cell holder, and finally putting everything back together. Turned out pretty much okay, I guess. The motherboard is a Biostar MB- …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-02-11, 20:46

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Arctic wrote on 2021-02-11, 07:09: I dont know where else to post this, I am not gonna bid on this, what do you guys think? https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sony-GDM-FW900-CRT-M … or/164685875289 Sooooo, yeah. Looks like this thing just sold for 35k $. I can't even. What the actual f*uck is going on?

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Re: Making an AMD "goldfinger" clone ?

Posted on 2021-02-11, 12:40

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Good to know that the connectors actually fit. That was my biggest concern, tbh. I received my Digi-Key delivery today, too. Time between placing the order and having the parts delivered from Digi-Key in the US to my doorstep in Germany was less than 48 hours, I am impressed. PCB production …

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Foxconn beige ATX cases NOS on sale (US based shop)

Posted on 2021-02-10, 16:30

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While casually browsing /r/sleeperbattlestations I found this post by someone who found a shop that still has some very nice NOS Foxconn AEI-AP4F8 cases on sale. They are very cheap at 35$ (or 25$ for a lot size of 10): https://store.cwc-group.com/fostcocabeco.html Seems to be available on Newegg, …

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Re: Building project pentium II

Posted on 2021-02-10, 13:03

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Thanks for your input - I really appreciate it. I'll start looking around, and agreed - the case is probably the most difficult to find. (Especially if you wan't one in white/beige like I do.) I'll post my setup when I'm done. Thank you kindly.:-) Depending on where you are located it should be …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-02-10, 12:46

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Acquired an AT midi tower case for my late 486 DX4 build. It does need some cleanup, fixing and retrobrighting but I like it’s calm and clean appearance. This will be my first AT system which will make use of those fabulous ATX2AT adapters I got from xsecret. DX4-Case-Before.jpg Nice, I have this …

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Re: Making an AMD "goldfinger" clone ?

Posted on 2021-02-09, 17:08

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Good catch on that. I hadn't seen those pictures where it clearly shows a resistor there. The one I was going off of looked like a capacitor. From the one picture that's the clearest, it looks like a 2k-ohm +/- 5%, red-black-red-gold. I'll update the schematic and PCB and upload the files later. …

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Re: Making an AMD "goldfinger" clone ?

Posted on 2021-02-09, 15:31

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Okay, so I was once more trawling the archive.org for pictures of the Northwind GFD, something I had done before but without much success, and this time I came up with the four attached. So yeah, this is clearly not a capacitor but a resistor. Looks like 2K or 2.1K Ohms to me (a bit odd, but that's …

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Re: Making an AMD "goldfinger" clone ?

Posted on 2021-02-09, 15:15

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The footprint of the capacitor I used is Capacitor_THT:C_Disc_D16.0mm_W5.0mm_P10.00mm. I ordered the Vishay S203M75Z5UN63J0R capacitor. 0.02 uF / 1 kVDC / 20 % tolerance / 10 mm lead spacing / ceramic disc. I don't even know what the original capacitor is, but I would think 0.02uF would work as …

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Re: Making an AMD "goldfinger" clone ?

Posted on 2021-02-09, 13:01

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Okay, sounds good. I expect the final cost maybe somewhere in the 15€ range, but I'd really have to do the calculation...

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Re: Watercooled Athlon XP in Fractal Design Core 1000

Posted on 2021-02-09, 12:37

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That’s a really nice build you made! I built my own watercooling solution some time around 2002 when there were only very few components commercially available. Those that were around were far too expensive, so we rolled our own. Water block was cut from a piece of copper by a friend who had access …

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Re: Making an AMD "goldfinger" clone ?

Posted on 2021-02-09, 12:07

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@wiretap: What's the lead spacing for the capacitor? I currently can't open the files because I am on my work laptop where I can't install software. I have a bit of a hard time finding a potentially matching capacitor at Digikey, the closest I got was BC5183-ND. Maybe someone could confirm that this …

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Re: Making an AMD "goldfinger" clone ?

Posted on 2021-02-08, 14:35

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That's seriously awesome! I have two Slot A boards (FIC SD11 and Epox EP-7KXA) with mathing CPUs (something in the 600 MHz range I think). Don't know yet how suitable any of this stuff is for overclocking, but however, I have just ordered a few PCBs at JLCPCB and will now try to source the other …

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Re: All things dual: Tyan Tiger 100 (S1832DL), dual P3-600, Voodoo 5 5500

Posted on 2021-02-06, 14:13

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H3nrik V! wrote on 2020-09-09, 04:23: Are they Katmai or Coppermine? Great build! Hi, totally forgot to answer, sorry. They are Coppermine (600E). And thank you!

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