Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-01-25, 16:00

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Yesterday I've got my first ever retro laptop. It is the Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo-EL 6800: IMG_20240109_195834_HDR.jpg IMG_20240109_194253_HDR.jpg Spec-wise it is not special really, but it's in great shape for it's age. Hard drive was not formatted by previous owner (of course...), and from file …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-01-11, 22:46

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Today I've got an Audigy sound card in great shape: Filename IMG_20240111_205122_HDR.jpg File size 1.74 MiB Views 757 views Also got this 256MB DDR SO-DIMM to upgrade the Fujitsu laptop I've got this week to 512MB of RAM total: Filename IMG_20240111_205236_HDR.jpg File size 1.64 MiB Views 757 views …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-01-10, 20:42

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Yesterday I've got my first ever retro laptop. It is the Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo-EL 6800: IMG_20240109_195834_HDR.jpg IMG_20240109_194253_HDR.jpg Spec-wise it is not special really, but it's in great shape for it's age. Hard drive was not formatted by previous owner (of course...), and from file …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-01-09, 19:37

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Yesterday I've got my first ever retro laptop. It is the Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo-EL 6800: IMG_20240109_195834_HDR.jpg IMG_20240109_194253_HDR.jpg Spec-wise it is not special really, but it's in great shape for it's age. Hard drive was not formatted by previous owner (of course...), and from file dates …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-01-02, 19:32

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Today I've got these new old stock slim ATA cables from Revoltec: Filename IMG_20240102_171625_HDR.jpg File size 1.11 MiB Views 1202 views Really handy.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-01-01, 17:35

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Today I've received an Ensoniq SoundscapeVIVO sound card, that I bought recently: IMG_20231229_204208_HDR.jpg I'll have to clean it, as it is a bit dirty. Nice. Looks dusty indeed. Stick it in the dishwasher (no soap) and rise with distilled water and then IPA. That cap in the top left corner looks …

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

Posted on 2023-12-30, 23:09

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IMG_20231230_230023_HDR.jpg Today I've finished recapping the ECS K7S5A socket A motherboard. It had G-Luxon branded caps and almost all of them in the CPU VRM area were bulging. I've used Rubycons and Jamicons for replacement. IMG_20231230_230039_HDR.jpg I had to clean it as well, because it was …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-12-29, 20:53

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Today I've received an Ensoniq SoundscapeVIVO sound card, that I bought recently: Filename IMG_20231229_204208_HDR.jpg File size 1.56 MiB Views 1445 views I'll have to clean it, as it is a bit dirty.

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2023-12-25, 22:47

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K6 200Mhz! Nice :sunglasses: Is the tiny fan cooling the VRM? Yes, there is a voltage regulator with heatsink under there. Actually when I first got that motherboard it was faulty. It turned out that voltage regulator was bad, it was getting like 90 deegres C hot and that was causing system to lock …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2023-12-25, 13:25

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I was planning to do a retro build in modern case for a while now, and finally decided to do it. Here it is: IMG_20231221_220405_HDR.jpg IMG_20231221_220420_HDR.jpg My goal was a pc for playing late DOS, early Windows and early Glide games. Here are the specs: - Case: Modecom Oberon Pro Glass - Fans …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-05-30, 19:46

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Recently I obtained 3 cool sound cards. First one is a Gallant SC-7000 V2.0 with OPL4 onboard. However I have some problems with this card, can't get it to initialize in any of my systems. Will have to do some troubleshooting. IMG_20230521_133509_HDR.jpg Other 2 cards are both from Labway and based …

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Re: Kasan Blitz 2200 - missing components?

Posted on 2023-03-21, 23:43

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Thanks for the replies! I've had some time to take a closer look at the card and it looks like this transistor is indeed part of the TV-Out circuit. It leads to the big IC chip which is missing on my card (Chrontel CH7003A-V). Apperantly it is a digital PC to TV encoder according to datasheet I …

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Re: Rendition Verite Thread

Posted on 2023-03-13, 01:24

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Hi, two weeks ago I made a post about my Kasan Blitz Verite 2200 card. Can anyone who also own this card take a look? I need some help, as there is very little information about this particular card on the internet. Kasan Blitz 2200 - missing components?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-03-03, 20:17

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From the category "weird shit that I found and bought on the internet", today I received a new, in box Microsoft wireless mouse with a weird branding on it. It looks kind of ridiculous, but works.

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Kasan Blitz 2200 - missing components?

Posted on 2023-02-25, 16:31

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Some time ago I bought a lot of 5 untested sound, graphics and other PC cards. One of them is a PCI Rendition Verite 2200 4MB card made by Kasan. Recently I have finally found time to test and repair it. I've noticed that two 100uF caps have leaked and one 22uF cap was missing completely, so I …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-01-24, 20:14

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My small collection of GPUs is growing. Here are my recent pick ups from online auctions: - Aopen Geforce4 Ti4200 - Ati All-in-Wonder Pro - Ati All-in-Wonder Radeon 9000 - MSI Geforce2 Ti (MS-8855)

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-12-08, 20:32

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Oh wow, I actually have one NIB (though the box is pretty beat up :D) and never knew it was a fast specimen.. I would exchange my Elsa Banshee with this, but I really like the passive cooling setup :( That's very generic looking box, weird... According to Tweakstone's Banshee Asylum site the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-12-08, 19:30

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Today Gigabyte GA-630 Banshee card that I bought has arrived. Pretty much the best Banshee out there with whopping 130MHz memory and 110MHz core clocks. I've already tested it and it works fine, fan is a bit loud but i can fix that. Oh wow, I actually have one NIB (though the box is pretty beat up …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-12-07, 18:51

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Today Gigabyte GA-630 Banshee card that I bought has arrived. Pretty much the best Banshee out there with whopping 130MHz memory and 110MHz core clocks. I've already tested it and it works fine, fan is a bit loud but i can fix that.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-11-26, 15:49

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Not retro, but I bought 16GB kit of DDR4 for my modern rig tu upgrade it to 32GB total, and... I wasn't expecting that style of packaging from Adata :D. It reminds me of that time, when every gpu maker had to have some virtual chick on the box or the card itself (or both). It's interesting, because …

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