Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-03-16, 16:17

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Oodles of RISC and CISC fun arrived in my mailbox today 😀 IMG_20240316_142828_HDR.jpg Want want want want want want want want want. IMG_20240316_142815_HDR.jpg Got! Or something like it anyway. I've always coveted a SA card, but at £125-£335 from CJE, I can't really justify that when I could build …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-03-16, 15:11

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Oodles of RISC and CISC fun arrived in my mailbox today 😀 Filename IMG_20240316_142828_HDR.jpg File size 1.89 MiB Views 923 views File license CC-BY-4.0 Filename IMG_20240316_142815_HDR.jpg File size 1.62 MiB Views 923 views File license CC-BY-4.0

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Re: HDD boot a 386 Tulip Computer is possible ? and COMPACT FLASH ?

Posted on 2024-03-07, 18:57

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Did you try an "Industrial" type of Compact Flash card? I once had a system which only could boot of that specific type of CF. I can't remember why though.

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2024-03-07, 16:18

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And for archives sake just a few more: Filename IMG_20240307_160222.jpg File size 1.77 MiB Views 1684 views File license CC-BY-4.0 Filename IMG_20240307_160244_HDR.jpg File size 1.04 MiB Views 1684 views File license CC-BY-4.0 Filename IMG_20240307_160258_HDR.jpg File size 1.53 MiB Views 1684 views …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2024-03-07, 16:15

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And some more: Filename IMG_20240307_164008.jpg File size 1.33 MiB Views 1003 views File license CC-BY-4.0 Filename IMG_20240307_163954.jpg File size 1.26 MiB Views 1003 views File license CC-BY-4.0 Filename IMG_20240307_163937.jpg File size 1.27 MiB Views 1003 views File license CC-BY-4.0 Filename …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2024-03-07, 16:13

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Also I'd like to give you a quick peek at this one: Digital Multia Some quick specs: CPU: Pentium 133MHz (came original with a P100 iirc) RAM: 16MB (2*8) HDD: 1GB solid state drive (compact flash?) SCSI controller: NCR C810 (not in use) FDD: 1.44MB (laptop style) Video: S3 Vision 968 PCI (on-board) …

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Re: Upgrading Digital Celebris XL 5133

Posted on 2024-03-07, 15:14

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Thanks 😀. I guess it's quite safe to check it for myself then. But first I have to recap the power supply. It turns off after being turned on for a few seconds. It's a proprietary psu so a normal AT psu won't work. Your machine is a Celebris XL as well? I've got a Prioris LX 575 which uses the same …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2024-03-06, 15:22

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And some more: Filename IMG_20240306_145235_HDR.jpg File size 1.66 MiB Views 1103 views File license CC-BY-4.0 Filename IMG_20240306_145306_HDR.jpg File size 1.23 MiB Views 1103 views File license CC-BY-4.0 Filename IMG_20240306_150048_HDR.jpg File size 1.15 MiB Views 1103 views File license CC-BY …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2024-03-06, 15:20

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Time for some DEC goodness again 😁 Only very recent I was able to acquire a long awaited system for my collection. This is one of the systems I worked with in the early days of my career as a system administrator. It is also one of the last systems I wanted to add to my collection of (x86) systems I …

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Re: Upgrading Digital Celebris XL 5133

Posted on 2024-03-05, 21:28

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Thanks 😀. I guess it's quite safe to check it for myself then. But first I have to recap the power supply. It turns off after being turned on for a few seconds. It's a proprietary psu so a normal AT psu won't work.

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Re: Upgrading Digital Celebris XL 5133

Posted on 2024-03-04, 21:23

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Thanks. For what it is commented in the Google Groups archive it seems nothing additional is needed to upgrade to a 2nd P133. I will test right away. Recently I acquired such a motherboard too and I've been asking myself the same question too. The manual isn't too clear about it. Did you manage to …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-02-29, 18:18

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Today I'm gonna party like it's 1992! Thanks to a great friend I was able to buy a long wanted treasure. It will stand perfect and very nice next to especially my MSX FS-A1 ST and Acorn 3010 which are also from the early 90's 😀 The Commodore Amiga 1200! The 1200 came in it's original box and with …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-02-29, 16:04

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Today I received a new (at least new for me) server! Let's get acquainted with the: Acer Altos 900 Quick specs are: Pentium 150MHz cpu S3 Trio 64 pci video card 16 MB ram WD 4.3GB scsi hdd 1.44 MB fdd Some Tandberg tapestreamer 5000MB IMG_20240229_165256.jpg IMG_20240229_165027.jpg IMG_20240229_ …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-02-26, 13:45

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Today I'm gonna party like it's 1992! Thanks to a great friend I was able to buy a long wanted treasure. It will stand perfect and very nice next to especially my MSX FS-A1 ST and Acorn 3010 which are also from the early 90's 😀 The Commodore Amiga 1200! The 1200 came in it's original box and with …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-02-19, 16:06

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Today I bought the Escom pc from my youth in exact the same case and configuration as mine was. Underwhelming in terms of performance maybe, but it reminds me of happy days and that's what counts 😀 Filename IMG_20240219_163621.jpg File size 1.14 MiB Views 1178 views File license CC-BY-4.0 Filename …

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Re: DEC mainboard - help needed identifying it

Posted on 2024-02-17, 19:45

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Interesting that the board is 4 layer, but Cache module 6 layers :o and they stuffed all SRAMs on one side. its Celebris XL-5100 https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=71816 last post includes documentation, those are on the spare parts list 54-23532-01 54-23532-01 Module, 256K Asynchronous …

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Re: DEC mainboard - help needed identifying it

Posted on 2024-02-17, 18:39

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Overview photos: Filename IMG_20240217_135720_HDR.jpg File size 1.89 MiB Views 406 views File license CC-BY-4.0 Filename IMG_20240217_135756_HDR.jpg File size 1.58 MiB Views 406 views File license CC-BY-4.0

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Re: DEC mainboard - help needed identifying it

Posted on 2024-02-17, 18:37

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The power supply: Filename IMG_20240217_140436.jpg File size 1.68 MiB Views 415 views File license CC-BY-4.0

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DEC mainboard - help needed identifying it

Posted on 2024-02-17, 18:35

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Recently I obtained another nice specimen made by the Digital Equipment Corporation. At first I expected it to be the guts of a Prioris XL 5200 server (https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/dec-prioris-xl). Now I have doubts about this. My board looks very similar to that of the XL 5200, but there …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2024-02-10, 15:13

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Just in case some might forget how cool DEC machines are... Is that a BTX style mainboard? To my knowledge it's not a BTX style mainboard. It looks more like a proprietary form factor. I just sled the main part of it out of the case. While doing that the daughterboard with all the cables and …

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