Re: What retro hardware you killed today or in the past :(. Stories from autopsy room.. RIP= rest in pieces..

Posted on 2019-03-09, 18:31

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Here's what I remember killing in no particular order: I stupidly blew up a Hitachi UltraStar 15k rpm hdd :( it would not turn on so foutu pour foutu, I opened it up.. Then I killed TWO PCs, every time the mobo fired up but never posted.. I have no idea how I killed them.. I also killed a cheapass …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-03-01, 17:52

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Intel486dx33 wrote: Yeah, these cases are a little big , but it beats working in those cheap cases. They beat cheap cases on all sides :p The one I have (IIRC the model is PC-7Plus black), is probably the sturdiest and heaviest case I've ever owned.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-03-01, 15:17

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Ha ! I have a very similar case, albeit mine has only 2 3½ slots and not 4 By the way you can fit full-height 5¼ drives in that case..

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Re: What are your computer-related obsessive-compulsive disorders?

Posted on 2019-02-26, 18:37

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Alright here goes, mine are weird ones however.. Every time my DVD drive pops off from my case (stupid shitty Chinesium screws), I have to push it back in, even à millimeter off is still enough to trigger my OCD :angry: I have also a very annoying OCD that causes me to make my computer super noisy ( …

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Re: And then there was white smoke...

Posted on 2019-02-26, 10:46

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Toss also that Athena Power PSU as well... I heard they're quite "questionable" in terms of quality... Given how the cable melted.. Ah OK. Are you saying that with a "quality" PSU this would not have happened? i.e the cable would not have melted? You might find me foolish in thinking so but, I am …

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Re: And then there was white smoke...

Posted on 2019-02-25, 16:08

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Toss also that Athena Power PSU as well... I heard they're quite "questionable" in terms of quality... Given how the cable melted..

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Re: Old 266MMX Touch screen panel PC

Posted on 2019-02-22, 22:43

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It looks like more or less some sort of NCR cash register minus the drawer thing (whatever it's called in English). But which model? That might be written on the tag on the back of the machine.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-02-09, 16:18

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My parcel arrived, I opened it once I got home only to find a bunch of bubble wrap and newspaper (along with a note from the seller: "Have fun!", sure thing). First I was baffled by how heavy that package was, and for a good reason, the seller included a Data8 tape drive!! An Exabyte EX-8200, that …

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Re: Old KEnitec 286 Plus (suntac) Rescue, will need help.

Posted on 2019-02-09, 13:57

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Can you take a picture of the CPU? It's really hard to tell which 286 version you have (on the picture however, I see that it's an Intel, that's a given) as the picture is kinda blurry. It should have a number like this written on it: 80286-NN where "NN" is the frequency of the CPU (e.g: 80286-12 …

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Re: My ongoing 386 build (aka The Disasterpiece, aka Phoenix)

Posted on 2019-02-09, 06:34

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Chances are that during shipping, the read/write heads got knocked out of alignment, it's fixable (t'was easier on old Tandon full-height floppy drives) but very difficult on a 3½-inch drive. That could explain why it does not want to read anything.

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Re: Hilariously bad stock images of vintage hardware

Posted on 2019-02-05, 15:05

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brostenen wrote: Well... Moving on. And I found the perfect way to "patch" a harddrive. :-) […] Show full quote Well... Moving on. And I found the perfect way to "patch" a harddrive. 😀 This is how you fix bad sectors on a hard drive 🤣

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-02-02, 16:32

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Transmeta was bout out by Novafora, but ironically (rather unfortunately), Novafora collapsed and went defunct in 2009, taking Transmeta with it. EDIT: Fixed typo

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-02-01, 18:48

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Those old caddy-loading ODDs aren't something you see anymore... Let along SCSI ones. Speaking of SCSI, I just scored a nice lot for 30 euros, included in it was : - Two SCSI HDDs (One IBM and one Hitachi, I'm planning to buy a Seagate Elite 47 to go with these two oddballs) - Some SCSI cables with …

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Re: Post your 'current' PC

Posted on 2019-01-26, 19:05

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Current systems, I have 4 in total (#2 and #3 are probably more like tools than actual PCs...) : System 01 (MSI GS70 2PC STEALTH) : CPU: Core i5 4200H RAM: 10Gb (8+2Gb) GPU: nVidia GeForce GTX860M HDD: HGST 1Tb (will be replaced by a 4Tb HDD and two mSATA 1To SSDs, 'cause this laptop has two mSATA …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-01-18, 16:55

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Finally got my parcel, the two keyboards arrived safe and sound... IMG_20190118_174602.jpg The first one (not really visible in the background...) is a shitty Dacomex keyboard: it flat out doesn't work (all it does is wildly flash the lock LEDs and nothing else) I suspect it's a loose wire as it …

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Re: Show us your unicorn! Let’s see the one you wish you’d kept

Posted on 2019-01-14, 06:40

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I know this might sound as a surprise to all of you but... ... One of my unicorns I would have loved to keep was my Indigo iMac G3, I regret having to part with it, because at the time, I was very unfamiliar with MacOS and didn't know how to use it (mind that, when I had it, I was 12 yrs old and had …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-01-11, 15:42

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oeuvre wrote: Dell RT7D5JTW keyboard, said to be the best of the Dell Quietkeys. Now that you mention it, this one indeed looks like a Dell QuietKey from the outside but on the inside... Bah as long I have a AT DIN keyboard, I can't really complain 😜

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-01-11, 13:11

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Bought two keyboards recently, one in particular caught my eye as it has a AT DIN connector (!) and the seller said that it has buckling springs (!!) either way I'm snatching it, as I have a Socket 7 system (a good ole' Shuttle HOT-555A mobo :-D with a ceramic Pentium 133MHz) that has this …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-12-23, 16:36

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Ah yes those Eizo monitors, they're built like tanks, heck I've got a L557 that has nearly clocked in 10k hours of runtime (IIRC) not a single dead pixel.

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Re: Post pics of your CRT monitors

Posted on 2018-12-11, 11:38

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Hi! I'm sorta a new guy 'ere and, 'ere goes pictures of my 2003 LG 702S CRT that I've picked last wednesday (had to drive up 2 hours but it was worth it IMO, CRTs are getting tough to find in France) up for 15 euros. Even tho it's 15 years old (oh the irony, BTW manufactured on October 2003 as it …

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