Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-03-17, 13:34

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by HanSolo

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The widescreen Trinitrons were worse, though now that I think about it .. my 55" Plasma likely weighs just a little more and if it wasn't for its width I could likely pick it up and move it about with a bit of effort and an angry back. Its weird knowing that a 22" CRT weighs as much as a 55" Plasma …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-03-17, 12:39

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by HanSolo

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Im gonna guess that a 22" Trinitron Cad based CRT is gonna weigh in the ball park of 30 -40kilos, I had one way back and it was downright painful to move around, I could just manage it on my own but they did put massive lead weights in the bases. Imagine shipping that thing .. better yet imagine …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-03-16, 13:33

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by HanSolo

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Works for me. Maybe your ISP is playing net-nanny on you...? Edit: On Imgur: https://imgur.com/a/g5tw2pf Thx for the rehost...Might be local security settings blocking because it's not an encrypted connection, your browser is saving your bank account from getting stolen because you absent mindedly …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2022-03-15, 18:00

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by HanSolo

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Hi Guys, Posted this on reddit a few days ago and got pretty mixed reactions, some of you probably saw it. This is a sleeper build I did over the course of 4 years and just been adding to it up until this point. Case is not from an original 5170 but a clone I made look like one. Display is not IBM …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2022-03-15, 13:20

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Hi thx! Well, some people/communities seem to think i destroyed a vintage computer to do this. They either didn't read my comments or they're just hating. The Gotek does look out of place, but is very practical. I'm a practical guy. ;) I do have a 5,25" inch floppy drive, but since I don't use that …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-03-15, 13:11

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I wanted a 2 MB card and had several on my watch list. But they all were too expensive for my taste. This 1 MB model nobody seemed to want and when the seller reduced the price to 15 Euro I reconsidered if the additional memory is really worth spending more. The higher resolutions with more colors …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-03-15, 12:47

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by HanSolo

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Cuttoon wrote on 2022-03-15, 12:33: Wasn't Phil's computer lab Phil from Germany? Maybe I'm mixing that one up. Certainly a good import then. He's from Austria as far as I know. Just like Peter from CPU Galaxy

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-03-15, 12:46

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Finally I got the last piece of hardware that I was looking for. (I mean hardware I am planning to use and not just stuff into boxes and call it a collection :-)) A VLB graphics card for a future 486/66 build. It has only 1 MB but back in the days that was quite common and for DOS I don't see a …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2022-03-15, 12:24

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by HanSolo

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I think it's great 😀 Personally I wouldn't have used a Gotek because it looks somewhat out of place, but apart from that what problem do people have with the build? Is that the original old PSU?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-03-15, 09:44

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Im guessing its a Mirage by the writing on the BIOS chip, after that ..well itll require the post string. Mirage is the name of the card line by Spea. They were based on various S3 chipsets. This particular card is V7 Vega Plus though and it will have Avance Logic ALG2228 chipset. That's correct. …

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Re: The quest for the perfect retro laptop: a saga

Posted on 2022-03-15, 01:04

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by HanSolo

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In this context: would it be possible to replace the screens of old notebooks with more modern ones? I mean not only old DSTN-displays but also old TFTs with modern TFTs. For example the screen of my Toshiba CDT (Pentium MMX) is really good for its age, but the screen of my 10 year old Lenovo i5- …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-03-15, 00:22

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by HanSolo

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Finally I got the last piece of hardware that I was looking for. (I mean hardware I am planning to use and not just stuff into boxes and call it a collection :-) ) A VLB graphics card for a future 486/66 build. It has only 1 MB but back in the days that was quite common and for DOS I don't see a …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-03-10, 18:23

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by HanSolo

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Yes, now that you mention it it's quite obvious 😀

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-03-10, 17:48

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by HanSolo

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That usually indicates that it can't find the CPU, memory, or video card. Try a different processor, ram, and a PCI video card. Another possibility is that the FSB is set incorrectly and the processor can't start. Another mystery of old hardware.. I tried all combinations (with/without RAM, VGA, …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-03-10, 15:10

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by HanSolo

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Bought a NMC-5VM5e (Super Socket 7) which is supposed to be a rebranded EPOX EP-MVP3c. Unfortunately it's not working. I only get a neverending beep as soon as a CPU is installed 🙁 Filename NMC5VM5e.jpg File size 517.94 KiB Views 1380 views

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Re: The quest for the perfect retro laptop: a saga

Posted on 2022-03-10, 01:57

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by HanSolo

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Does anyone know if there are any 8088, 286, or 386 laptops that have TFT screens? Maybe not the best source but still better than nothing: https://www.wsj.com/adimg/sas-laptop-history.pdf "1992 First IBM ThinkPad: 700C is a tour de force in basic black. Pointing stick and touchpad; first TFT (thin …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-03-08, 21:29

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by HanSolo

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I totally understand people were throwing out 90s clone PCs in the early 2000s - I don't understand same applied to Amigas as these were less popular, mostly used by fanatics as you called them and Commodore was already dead so they should be rather sought after even them... It's not like they …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-03-08, 20:31

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by HanSolo

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I knew nothing about the card but it had 'Yamaha OPL' written on it and came with box, so for 15 Euro shipped I had to take it :) That appears to be a YMF-719 based card. Those are supposed to be pretty good: https://www.philscomputerlab.com/audician-32-plus.html Nice find at any price, for 15 all …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-03-07, 20:56

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by HanSolo

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More stuff I got last week. I knew nothing about the card but it had 'Yamaha OPL' written on it and came with box, so for 15 Euro shipped I had to take it 😀 Filename Harmony3DS719.jpg File size 355.12 KiB Views 1332 views

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-03-05, 12:31

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by HanSolo

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No, only the integrated one in the CT1747 OK, right, the chip I saw lacks two legs to be a YMF-262. Well, that one in the CT1747 is the minimum amount of OPL3 a SB16 should have. It somehow still seems to be a discussion whether the integrated one was as good as the original. No idea, I liked it on …

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