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

Posted on 2017-10-31, 05:24

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by luckybob

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Did a bit of tinkering on my macintosh Plus with a hyperdrive. (it adds an internal 20mb hard drive to a system with ZERO expandability. New aux power supply, new wiring harness. Still instantly bombs with an 0f002 error at boot. I wish I had a good copy of the firmware to compare mine to, to check …

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Re: Is CRT dead?

Posted on 2017-10-31, 03:56

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by luckybob

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I've long switched to LCD. I got my hands on a nice 17" multisync 1760nx damn thing has a large chunk of dead pixels at the very top, but it will display just about everything I can throw at it. Even with my old 68k macs.

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Re: Humour Thread: Outrageously priced retro gear for sale online

Posted on 2017-10-30, 02:36

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by luckybob

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Jade Falcon wrote: That system is a legend to be honest.

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Re: old servers as gamming pc's

Posted on 2017-10-28, 21:47

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by luckybob

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As someone who has used server hardware as their main system for 15 years now, I want to chime in, dispel some myths, etc. STOP RAISING PRICES!!!! I buy server hardware that is just getting decommissioned for gaming. Basically only from supermicro. Tyan was great up until the P4 era and have really …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2017-10-26, 16:34

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by luckybob

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HPI wrote: SPEC PC9821 XT13/C12 PENTIUM 133>>>K63-400 millennium MGA-2064w 4M 64MB CDROM 4X SCSI-2 HD 36G MPU-401 PC-FXGA WIN95 […] Show full quote SPEC PC9821 XT13/C12 PENTIUM 133>>>K63-400 millennium MGA-2064w 4M 64MB CDROM 4X SCSI-2 HD 36G MPU-401 PC-FXGA WIN95 oh thats neat. id wager that …

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Re: Humour Thread: Outrageously priced retro gear for sale online

Posted on 2017-10-25, 21:47

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by luckybob

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I know this thread is supposed to be for retro gear.. but if I venture out of that for just a moment, will I be shot? :dead: https://www.aztekcomputers.com/Z87EXTREME11AC-AsRock-4322332.html?source=googleps&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIv-XA6tiM1wIVl3u9Ch0dXQWmEAkYASABEgIji_D_BwE I support tag and release. ^.^

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-10-25, 18:31

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by luckybob

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overdrive333 wrote: Nobody wants? 😲 https://www.ebay.com/itm/Workstation-HP-Vectr … GIAAOSwmuNZ374R i do, but that price is asinine. even with overdrives.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-10-24, 23:04

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by luckybob

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xeon3d wrote: Ok, so... I spent €50 and got this.... […] Show full quote Ok, so... I spent €50 and got this.... oh for fucks sake, I thought you paid 50 for just a crappy fan. Finally found the link, and that is an nice score of scsi! color me jealous.

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2017-10-21, 05:27

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by luckybob

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alvaro84 wrote: A witching power supply, that's exciting 😁 The entire system may run on magic. Just look at what happened when he dared to touch it.

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Re: "Outrigger" OR840 build

Posted on 2017-10-20, 18:01

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by luckybob

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wow, not many caps...

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-10-19, 22:27

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by luckybob

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ill beat myself looking at the pics... *wink wink*

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-10-19, 21:40

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by luckybob

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I have "secured" (I really don't know the English word for it, in my home language is "apalavrei") a apparently non-working PPro brand machine with filled RAM Slots (EDO), a SB CT2980, Matrox VGA, should have SCSI too and a couple more expansion cards... for €10. I'm hoping the disk is a 50-pin …

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Re: Holding PS/2 connectors together

Posted on 2017-10-19, 07:35

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by luckybob

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vvbee wrote: Try heatshrink instead of tape for the dongle. *scoffs derisively*

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Re: Holding PS/2 connectors together

Posted on 2017-10-18, 05:47

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by luckybob

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https://www.amazon.com/Premium-Gaffer-GafferP … e/dp/B00GZE3UJ8

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Re: pci-x speed

Posted on 2017-10-17, 22:30

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by luckybob

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to me, they are the same thing. it's kinda like the difference between pci-e generations.

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Re: pci-x speed

Posted on 2017-10-17, 21:30

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by luckybob

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NJRoadfan wrote: Many standard 32-bit PCI cards also operated at 66Mhz, but this was rarely advertised. notable cards: Voodoo 5 pci this particular ethernet card: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?I … N82E16833166002

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

Posted on 2017-10-17, 04:27

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by luckybob

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nice idea, but the 9v is AC.

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Re: pci-x speed

Posted on 2017-10-16, 22:19

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by luckybob

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yes I can. will I? No.

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Re: pci-x speed

Posted on 2017-10-16, 21:38

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by luckybob

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PCI-X is sort of like an even less successful VLB. It's long, not all that practical, has strange issues with it, and at the end of the day was replaced by a better standard that stuck firm. https://i.imgflip.com/1dxet4.jpg pci x was a staple of the server market for a long time. It came into play …

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Re: pci-x speed

Posted on 2017-10-16, 21:16

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by luckybob

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this image comes in handy:

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