Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2024-04-25, 12:05

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Hello everyone! This is my first post, so I would like to introduce my crew. The First system I will be sharing with you is my Primary "Retro" rig. It runs DOS 6.22/3.11 and Windows 95. I haven't been able to find any branding on the motherboard, but it is a 440LX with a Pentium II 266 and 256 MB ( …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-02-28, 20:51

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Bought this RT235BTW for $1. It looked completely unused and is *heavy*, especially for a keyboard from this era. Not mechanical but not bad typing feel.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-02-22, 18:09

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Picked up this AT case locally because I needed the case, and because it's my first case with a speed display. What I don't like is the turbo switch controls the display, but I want the MB turbo output to control the display so a little controller board is in order. Picked up this case locally …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-02-22, 13:35

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Picked up this AT case locally because I needed the case, and because it's my first case with a speed display. What I don't like is the turbo switch controls the display, but I want the MB turbo output to control the display so a little controller board is in order. Have that case, just with 3xCD/ …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-02-21, 16:53

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Picked up this AT case locally because I needed the case, and because it's my first case with a speed display. What I don't like is the turbo switch controls the display, but I want the MB turbo output to control the display so a little controller board is in order.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-02-05, 12:41

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Found these for a little over $1 total and couldn't leave without buying. Never know when they might be useful. I don't know if I'll ever have a use for the XT-style hard drive plate, but they look so cool.

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Re: Is the FIC PA-2005 keyboard port offset?

Posted on 2024-01-26, 16:22

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I have a couple of PA-2005 here and I compared them to some random Baby-AT boards. Compared to some, the connector is indeed offset about 2.5 - 3mm, compared to others it´s not. The clue seems to be if the layout also provides landings for PS2 KB- and mouse connectors . The "PS2 ready" mainboards …

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Re: Is the FIC PA-2005 keyboard port offset?

Posted on 2024-01-26, 16:18

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What board was in that case to begin with ? Was it a Pentium PCI board ? Can you measure from the middle bottom pin of KB to middle of the first PCI slot (best when board is out) on your PA-2005? Should be about 1-13/16" space. Do not have a PA-2005, but have a FIC PT-2000, PT-2003, and Asus P6NP5 …

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Is the FIC PA-2005 keyboard port offset?

Posted on 2024-01-24, 20:05

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I have a PA-2005 and noticed the keyboard port appears shifted towards the PCI slots, such that when mounted into a case, plugging a keyboard in causes the keyboard's connector to hit the side of the case hole. I put a completely different motherboard into that case and its keyboard connector is …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-01-23, 14:07

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I picked this up last night for the low low price of FREE! Gateway G6-400 system in its original box, with its original keyboard and mouse, documentation, and software bundle (although the recovery media is missing). The system is in its original shipping configuration (minus hard disk) but is …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-01-12, 15:38

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pan069 wrote on 2024-01-11, 21:43: Edit: PS, the 25Mhz oscillator has a small dent in it, not sure if that is something to worry about... PXL_20240111_213407364.jpg Makes me wonder though how much impact it experienced. Not great especially for something electromechanical like an oscillator.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-01-04, 18:52

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Scored on local market Logitech soundcard sporting mighty thunder chip with authentic YMF262 sound. No jumpers on early '93 card!?! Must be black magic... I'm slightly worried about yellow bits. Are those tantalum caps? I hope they will not "brighten" my day. However before I can test it I need to …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-01-04, 01:48

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100% Please tell me I wasn't the only one that got triggered? I know I'm classified as a neurodivergent by the current generation. But it's not just me, right? I'd bet that at a good number of people here are on the spectrum, as a lot of people here share traits that overlap with Asperger's and …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2024-01-03, 14:33

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This is my system. It is named after Qbix's DOSBox emulator. This system is a long time project that I've had lots of fun putting together. It is very close to complete, but I have a few very minor changes planned ahead. The pictures are from different times in the project, so they are not showing …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-01-03, 13:54

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Picked this very nice PC up. Never saw the case,never heard of the brand :) It was working before I bought it,came home with it and no go. Turns out the problem was: Tantalums on the 12V line,what else... It's a 286-12 with an undocumented board (very nice blue PCB) made by Essex. It's posted on …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2023-12-18, 14:34

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here are some photos of my recently acquired and upgraded dell precision 220. dual piii 1ghz, 512rambus, voodoo5, audigy, adaptec ultra2, 2x quantum atlas 36gig, scsi plexwriter. the seller didn't pack this well, so ended up paying nothing for the dell. replaced the fans on the voodoo5. these …

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Re: JCS286/SCAT (82C235) Motherboard

Posted on 2023-12-15, 14:16

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anyone get their board working at 16Mhz or 20Mhz? anyone try the mr bios for 386sx scat or the generic 286 bios? I didn't bother trying to increase the clock frequency or either of the two BIOSs you mention, but I'd love a MR BIOS for this. I assumed a 386 BIOS won't work on a 286, and that the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-12-14, 14:44

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Need a proper serial mouse for my 286, and wanted some adapters anyway so brought this off Ebay. Surprised how mint it is, wasn't really bothered by that but will now look after it as if it were my 1st born! Its a Genius GM-F303 with 3 buttons, even comes with its own CAD and menu builder software! …

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Re: Annoying Linux boot issue

Posted on 2023-11-04, 15:07

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Well in that case you have no modules, and the error message might be accurate :) Then you should be good to go if you "removepkg modules" to remove the stock modules but you could just keep them too if any of them happen to work. You did remove something from network support to have the symbol …

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Re: Annoying Linux boot issue

Posted on 2023-11-04, 13:56

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I might need a little more info on the make modules_install output if that is a specific directory or how it searches for modules. Is this where you fully built the modules? Also, did you disable modules support? If you copied over the kernel from an emulator, and the source is on a different disk, …

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