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

Posted on 2018-11-29, 16:55

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by bjwil1991

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Replaced the motherboard in my Optiplex 745... it had a leaky cap and a new mobo was cheaper than buying soldering iron + caps. https://i.imgur.com/wUx8m3vm.jpg https://i.imgur.com/qVRedlcm.jpg new https://i.imgur.com/UZ82P3Bm.jpg old (see cap above video card) I hate bulged out caps on …

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

Posted on 2018-11-29, 15:33

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by bjwil1991

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Not sure if this counts or not. However, my parents and I moved stuff around to move the couches, the TV stand, record shelf, futon mattress, and the computer desks in order to put the rug in the center. My plan is to move my main desktop to my desk along with three LCD monitors that are presently …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-11-28, 17:06

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by bjwil1991

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My old 486 supported hard drives up to 7.8GB, which was weird, yet awesome. In fact, my Packard Bell desktop supported up to 3.2GB surprisingly, yet, my 10GB HDD won't get detected at all for some reason after upgrading the BIOS from the OEM Phoenix BIOS 4.03 to Micro Firmware 4.05.10 (maybe it's a …

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Re: Famous computer slogans and quotes ?

Posted on 2018-11-28, 15:50

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by bjwil1991

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"Ken and Roberta Williams wish to thank you for playing King's Quest ][. We are very sorry that you did not succeed and hope you will fare better next time. Good luck." - Death screen in King's Quest II.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-11-28, 14:47

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by bjwil1991

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keropi wrote: I bought very cheap this 486DLC system: […] Show full quote I bought very cheap this 486DLC system: That is one cool system you got there.

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Re: 486 era memory limitations

Posted on 2018-11-28, 14:34

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by bjwil1991

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I had or have a few 486 motherboards that supported a specific amount of RAM: Past boards: PCChips M912 v1.7 w/ real L2 cache: up to 64MB (either SIMM-30, or SIMM-72) EDO or FPM Shuttle Hot 443 (PCI + ISA): up to 256MB EDO or FPM SIMM-72 Current board: Packard Bell PB450M (Micro Firmware 4.05.10 …

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Re: How stable is your Windows 98?

Posted on 2018-11-27, 22:31

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by bjwil1991

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I found Windows 98SE stable on a few of my machines either in the past or present using the following configuration per system: Past setup: Socket 3 system: PCChips M912 v1.7 (genuine L2 cache installed), later a Shuttle Hot 443 motherboard (integrated I/O) AMD Am486 DX4-120, later an AMD AM5x86-P75 …

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Re: mt-32 rev.0 (old) vs rev.1 (new)

Posted on 2018-11-27, 21:14

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by bjwil1991

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You can always add IC chip sockets for the ROMs themselves. Heck, I have a Creative Labs CR-563-B CD-ROM drive that has a "socket" for the firmware ROM that'll allow me to change the ROM in case it fails (backed it up recently to be safe). I put socket in quotes since it's nothing, but 1 pin socket …

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Re: Your thoughts..."new" Athena AT PSUs from Amazon?

Posted on 2018-11-27, 20:29

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by bjwil1991

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I purchased a new 250W AT PSU at Microcenter back in 2012, the fan gave out, and the PSU blew white smoke the same day. Here's a suggestion: use a new ATX PSU and purchase an ATX-AT w/ -5VDC and Dummy Load (3.3V) for your older systems that you paid good money for. I have a 145W PSU in my Packard …

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

Posted on 2018-11-27, 16:08

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by bjwil1991

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I got shocked when I was attempting to turn off an AT power supply and when I was turning the lamp I made for my mom off as well. And I have 120V lines in my house. Also, when I work on my computers, I disconnect the power, remove the battery, and wear an anti-static wristband when I swap out parts. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-11-26, 22:08

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by bjwil1991

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Desolder the Lithium battery assembly (post, battery, the whole 9 yards), purchase a 3.6V Lithium battery and a battery holder for the battery itself. The 3.6V Lithium batteries aren't as prone to leakage, but, that can take a serious amount of neglect to get those things to leak, such as exposed …

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2018-11-26, 21:24

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Cyber Monday 2018 purchases: Seagate FireCuda 1TB SSHD IQ Shield for my Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge that desperately needs a screen protector <-- this counts, right? Black Friday 2018 purchase: Western Digital 4TB External HDD for my Xbox One S since it's very low on storage (4K HDR games take more …

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

Posted on 2018-11-26, 05:40

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by bjwil1991

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Ended up taking the two CRT monitors outside since they were beyond repair and not working very well (the picture would turn pink or nothing came on the monitors). On top of that, those things weigh more than my wheel hub on my car. Also put a worn down LCD HDTV and 19" LCD TV (non-HD) that lost its …

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

Posted on 2018-11-23, 00:48

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by bjwil1991

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Looks like an MPEG2 encoder card for watching DVDs and MPEG2 videos since the older PCI video cards didn't support hardware encoding for MPEG2 until later on.

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2018-11-22, 14:53

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by bjwil1991

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Looks like it. They also made U-Scan POS systems.

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

Posted on 2018-11-21, 21:35

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by bjwil1991

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Huh. I found my mom's old Sony DCR-TRV260 HandyCam that I currently have in my room and the camera's video heads need a cleaning again, and I have no idea how much battery life is left on either the extended battery or the other battery. My plan is to buy blank DVDs, setup my iMac G4/800 with the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-11-21, 20:09

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by bjwil1991

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An A-Trend ATC-6631 (OPL3-SAx) will suffice, depending upon your region.

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What are your plans for Thanksgiving?

Posted on 2018-11-21, 18:41

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by bjwil1991

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Spending time with most of the family, watching football, going Black Friday shopping, and watching A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving.

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Re: The Weekend Thread (Fri-Sun)

Posted on 2018-11-21, 18:36

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by bjwil1991

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Weekend coming up: Wednesday night: figuring out how to fix the Pentium OverDrive 83 CPU Thursday: Thanksgiving lunch/dinner, Black Friday shopping, watching A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, and watching football Friday: work on my car (needs a new gas cap and filter since the cap has cracks on the O- …

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Re: Famous computer slogans and quotes ?

Posted on 2018-11-21, 17:42

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by bjwil1991

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"Computing without limits" - Kingston Technology Corporation

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