Re: The great Pentium Pro haul of 2018
Posted on 2018-10-02, 22:54
Re: Power Player Super Joy III not working well
Posted on 2018-10-02, 19:18
Ah. Wish the stores that sell consoles and games from the Atari 2600 to the PS4 had those adapters. Also, the light gun wasn't in the box either (sadly), and I don't know if they sell 9-pin light guns at all. Edit: attempted to jumper a wire for the composite lead to no avail. Still the same as …
Re: No audio from DreamBlaster on Sound Blaster 16
Posted on 2018-10-02, 18:52
Question: would this also be the case for an ESS AudioDrive ES1688F card? My SB16 card's wavetable works without issues and I can get the sound in both Windows 95C and MS-DOS 6.22. Heck, FM works on the AudioDrive card and I cannot seem to find the drivers for the ES1688F card.
Re: WysePC 286 WY-2200-01: the saga
Posted on 2018-10-02, 18:37
Check the solder joints for cracks or cold spots, check and repair the traces, and spray some contact cleaner in the ISA 8-bit and 16-bit slots. Could also be a bad or failing capacitor as well.
Re: My 320MiB Yamaha FM/Chiptune Compilation SoundFont
Posted on 2018-10-02, 17:07
Fancy. Can't wait to try it out on my Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 Platinum card.
Re: The great Pentium Pro haul of 2018
Posted on 2018-10-02, 15:42
Re: Checking for updates...
Posted on 2018-10-02, 15:39
oeuvre wrote: https://i.imgur.com/gNfgw2jm.png […] Show full quote This... this is what peak Windows looks like. Wait... how?
Power Player Super Joy III not working well
Posted on 2018-10-02, 14:19
On my thrifting adventures, I purchased a Power Player Super Joy III with the second controller, minus the light gun, power adapter, A/V cable, and battery pack for a few USD. However, last night when I tested it, there was no signs of life (no video), and the battery pack was corroded since the …
Re: Mitsumi CRMC-FX001DE detected, device not ready
Posted on 2018-10-01, 14:33
The CD does rotate just for a split second, the laser does pivot (I even moved it to the end and the laser still moves forward), and I think I found the issue: one of the chips has brown stuff on the pins. My plan is to remove that chip or clean that area, and hope for the best. Edit: still the same …
Re: Mitsumi CRMC-FX001DE detected, device not ready
Posted on 2018-10-01, 01:26
(also, the light turns on briefly and the motor clicks for a split second): ... Could the laser assembly be stuck? (I don't know how big the PCB in these drives is but it may be possible to observe the drive in operation with the bottom cover off.) The laser assembly does move, but, the spindle …
Re: Mitsumi CRMC-FX001DE detected, device not ready
Posted on 2018-09-30, 16:23
DId this drive come with its interface card? It is not an IDE drive, Mitsumi drives of that age use a proprietary interface that only looks like IDE (40 pin ribbon cable) but it is not IDE. Alternatively, there are sound cards that have integrated mitsunmi interfaces. There are 3 different …
Mitsumi CRMC-FX001DE detected, device not ready
Posted on 2018-09-30, 04:43
I purchased a Double Speed Mitsumi CD-ROM drive at a thrift store that was in an NEC MultiSpeed 8x CD-ROM drive box with the fixings (IDE controller card, manual) and when I installed it into my Packard Bell Pack-Mate 28 Plus, everything went south. The CD Drive won't read CDs, however, in Windows …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2018-09-30, 02:59
Swapped the 32x CD drive and Mitsumi 2x CD drive, it's detected, but not reading disks (not ready error). Even the CD drive light turns on briefly and I can hear the motor, but, no luck. Help? I also adjusted the CD laser assembly to the full up position without success and another machine detects …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2018-09-29, 20:29
Bought a box that said NEC 8x CD drive, which has a Mitsumi Double speed CD drive in there (can't complain asthat'll be in my Packard Bell desktop), and the power player super joystick and power gun (no idea if it has it in the box).
Re: What modern activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2018-09-29, 02:53
Updated Google Groan on 2 laptops: my mom's red plague Dell Inspiron 1525 and my Compaq Presario C700 to the latest version and reverted back to the old theme since the new one gives me issues with my eyesight. I also attempted to fit an SSD in the Dell laptop and it won't get socketed in there (I …
Re: MG 286/25MHz Harris Headland ht21 help needed
Posted on 2018-09-28, 19:33
What happens when you remove the jumper? Does the keyboard still act up? Have you checked the solder joints on the keyboard controller for any missing, cold, or cracks? I would also check the capacitors as well and replace them.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2018-09-28, 03:38
Alright, which one of you bastards outbid me on that 1.4GHz powerleap Dell Dimension XPS T450 on eBay with a VooDoo3? :( Wasn't me. Maybe it was Jade falcon again. I have car repairs that need to be done, and bills, too. You've been trying to fix that car for weeks! It's almost done. On top of that …
Re: The Weekend Thread (Fri-Sun)
Posted on 2018-09-27, 21:42
Another weekend, another adventure or headache: Friday: going to Autozone to check the engine light and why it's on (and purchase MAF sensor cleaner, throttle and intake cleaner, and a new fuel cap*) Saturday: bowling, thrifting, and working on my car to get rid of the stalling once and for all ( …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2018-09-27, 21:38
I paid $50 + S&H (new) for my PCI 3000 card, yet, I paid about $20 or so for the VooDoo2 card that has 12MB of RAM on it.
Re: Laptop gaming the hipster way: using an external GPU before it was cool
Posted on 2018-09-27, 21:36
I'll take a snapshot of my ThinkPad R40's docking station port and post it on here later on tonight. Here she be:
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