Re: Aztech Sound Galaxy cards
Posted on Yesterday, 18:44
http://www.amoretro.de/2013/08/aztech-waverider-32.html idk what the add-on board does, maybe some kind of mixer? it has a "Dual 4-channel analog multiplexer/demultiplexer" chip on it.
Re: things you don't do with a retro PC
Posted on Yesterday, 11:53
actually play games or listen to midi music... I'm tinkering around so much I never really get to the actual goal of a build x3
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-08-11, 20:17
I always wanted to have an ATX Big Tower that looks cool and has plenty of room for ventilation and extensions. enjoy that in-win... I was contemplating a while if I should bid x3 but I pretty much had everything in there already, the contents alone are easily worth that anyways ^^ glad it went to …
Re: post up pics of your "computing area"
Posted on 2020-08-11, 11:51
Dimitris1980 wrote on 2020-08-11, 07:55: This is my office. mhh trinitrons 😁
Re: Fix stuck pixel on a laptop
Posted on 2020-08-11, 10:36
I have fixed a stuck pixel before with the rapid color changing method many many years ago... but it's more luck than anything.
Re: Cheap Homebrew ISA->PC104 adapters
Posted on 2020-08-11, 01:40
awesome, I've been thinking about trying to do something like this before too. also thumbs up for making them public domain 😀
Re: post up pics of your "computing area"
Posted on 2020-08-10, 20:42
I will dive deeper into more pics of way more gear, especially more DOS/Win95 gaming stuff I have. Don't want to overload the server so I will post the rest with tiny pic of something. Long time lurker (years!) It's great to finally have the courage to say hi to all of you. PS I have way more …
Re: AMD Interwave LT1 board (reference card?)
Posted on 2020-08-09, 22:54
I'd have posted photos if I hadn't been outbid :c
Re: Novell suggestion: upgrade your PC speaker
Posted on 2020-08-08, 06:57
same, i still only had a pc speaker as late as 1996 iirc... if only I knew what my first sound card even was later on... but Monkey Island and the like on an old pc speaker is just very nostalgic to me :3 on my current test setup I put an empy plastic shell over the speaker which nicely amplifies …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-08-07, 17:59
so I found this hiding on ebay... Intel InBoard XT to 386DX upgrade card :3c ...I wonder if this works fine in XT clones too, needs a good clean though ^^ hardware39_39.jpg Wow, nice, I bought one inside Commodore PC10 few months ago, so yeah, it works in clones (although my had custom cable …
Re: OK sleuths, what kind of Audiodrive is this exactly? You have not seen this before!
Posted on 2020-08-05, 00:36
yeah I don't see why it wouldn't work in another board, the ISA connections looks to be just that ISA, and all the audio is probably handled through the pinheader.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-08-04, 21:57
so I found this hiding on ebay... Intel InBoard XT to 386DX upgrade card :3c ...I wonder if this works fine in XT clones too, needs a good clean though ^^ hardware39_39.jpg Ah, happy you got it. I was the 2nd high bidder, sorry for that... lol... ofc it was you again! x3 how'd you find it even, the …
Re: OK sleuths, what kind of Audiodrive is this exactly? You have not seen this before!
Posted on 2020-08-04, 19:57
just a riser from some OEM system that has the soundchip on it instead of the motherboard itself... I've seen it before but I don't remember which system it was. e: google says some AST advantage system probably
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-08-04, 19:28
so I found this hiding on ebay... Intel InBoard XT to 386DX upgrade card :3c ...I wonder if this works fine in XT clones too, needs a good clean though ^^ Filename hardware39_39.jpg File size 286.1 KiB Views 259 views
Re: Disassembly of laptop, how to disconnect this ZIF-like cable?
Posted on 2020-08-04, 16:19
speaking of rough, those pins don't look particularily shiny, maybe there's some corrosion preventing it from slipping out easily... did you try some contact cleaner as "lube" maybe?
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-08-02, 19:58
wiretap wrote on 2020-08-01, 03:17: so I should be able to see if it powers on.. if not, I'll be ordering a new PCB. I thought you already did? ^^ anyways, great job on the repair!
Re: Kids destroying computer hardware
Posted on 2020-07-31, 21:40
kids? lol... you should see my office colleagues pens and pencils are their favorite pointing devices on monitors... (need to touch it firmly to be able to show something obviously) ...if they want to be gentle they just touch them with their greasy fingers ^^ I once got a big present for myself by …
Re: Technological critique
Posted on 2020-07-31, 19:20
I'm going to get really petty here. Why do all our expansion cards have to be upside down? With ISA they were upside right - back when most cases were horizontal and it didn't matter. When PCI was introduced, they flipped the cards over so they could have 1 "shared" slot position, where 2 slots …
Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread
Posted on 2020-07-31, 19:12
My retro rig is actually a retro rack that consists of 4 systems. Built to be easily accessible and movable since I don't have much space for retro hardware. Every system is connected to a KVM switch and audio mixer inside the rack. I love it ^^ similar to what I want to do, only I want to also …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-07-31, 18:51
Roland MPU-IMC (Microchannel, Boxed). I have this (bare) but boxed ones show up rarely so I felt it was worth picking up imho. *gasp* speaking of microchannel stuff, I picked up this PS/2 56slc with 486slc2 processor upgrade :3c ... the power supply is borkd though, I hope the rest is ok, no cards …
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