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

Posted on 2022-12-09, 02:29

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I did some cable management repairs on my main desktop since it wasn't enough and too much clutter. I'm going to send the ASUS X570-E board to ASUS to get it looked at and repaired since the board isn't working at all. Fortunately, it has a warranty on it (thank goodness).

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Re: Hardware you wish you'd never bought.

Posted on 2022-12-06, 03:25

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ASUS X570-E. POS doesn't work and I filed an RMA.

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

Posted on 2022-12-02, 07:22

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If only Microcenter has it that you can pay for it online and not in the store and monthly payments. I might get an RTX3060 to pair it with my Ryzen 5 2600X build once I swap boards again.

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

Posted on 2022-12-01, 07:18

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Ensign Nemo wrote on 2022-12-01, 05:32: bjwil1991 wrote on 2022-12-01, 03:02: Contacted Apple Support for the first time. Hi Elon. Glad you got that drama with the app store sorted out! It was for an iPad support.

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

Posted on 2022-12-01, 03:02

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Contacted Apple Support for the first time.

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

Posted on 2022-11-28, 08:08

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Finally got a working CRT monitor for my Pentium II PC 😁 Man, I love CRTs. Great space heaters in the harsh winters, beautiful black levels, crisp picture, and sharper than flat panel displays/TV sets. If I could get my PVM-1341's digital RGB working (possible misconfiguration inside for the …

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

Posted on 2022-11-26, 09:28

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Did some testing on the Kalok KL-330 hard drive. No bad sectors, no defects, and it has a pretty damn great interleave at 1:1, which means it takes 1 cycle to read 1 track. Plus, its track-to-track time is 9.13ms, which is pretty damn fast for an RLL drive. I parked the drive and it'll go to a new …

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Re: Building SOCKET 7 machine with MSI 5124

Posted on 2022-11-25, 06:48

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https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/msi-ms … 4-si7#downloads or https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/msi-ms … 4-si3#downloads

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

Posted on 2022-11-22, 05:02

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When I clean boards and add-on cards, I use soapy distilled water (warmed up in the microwave) for washing, plain distilled water for rinsing, 99.9% Isopropyl Alcohol for getting the water off, especially in hard-to-reach places, and an air compressor. For corrosion, I hit it with a vinegar bath …

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Re: Hardware you wish you'd never bought.

Posted on 2022-11-19, 07:25

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A few pieces of hardware I wish I hadn't bought: 1) iPad 2 that came with a bundle of Apple hardware, such as a MacBook early 2015, iPad Mini, AirPort Extreme Wireless N (not bad and it's being used as a time capsule box with a 480GB SSD connected via SATA to USB) - the iPad has issues from display …

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2022-11-17, 03:33

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

Posted on 2022-10-31, 05:59

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Currently sending DSK and PO images from my MacBook Air A1466 4GB/1TB/Monterey/1.6 system to my Laser 128 using the USB to serial and serial to null modem adapters and a few blank 360KB diskettes (140KB/side and I'll buy a notch so I can make double-sided diskettes). So far, the drive on the Laser …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-10-26, 23:12

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I used that as a case for my main desktop a long time ago. Best airflow in the world and all-around sturdy.

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

Posted on 2022-10-25, 06:12

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I got Ventura installed on my M1 MacBook Air 2020 and I got my beta tested MB Air 2020 Intel running the full version from RC2. So far, both machines run great with it and the M1 system runs faster than the Intel one. The Intel has 8GB RAM, 512GB storage and the M1 has 8GB RAM, 256GB storage, but …

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Re: HardMPU, anyone?

Posted on 2022-10-25, 02:42

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That's a cool looking card. Does it support connecting a joystick to it or strictly MIDI using the adapter cable?

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

Posted on 2022-10-25, 02:38

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Just finished all upgrades and work that I had to do on my Toshiba T3200SXC. Here is the overview video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX30t3lYezs t3200sxc-overview1.jpg Now it has: an internal Wireless LAN + USB storage ISA card (ethernet card with OpenWRT module and SMB server for USB) WPA2 …

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

Posted on 2022-10-23, 08:15

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Repaired an Apple Time Capsule 1TB by replacing the HDD with a working 1TB SSHD (temporary until I can get a 1TB SSD) and the bottom rubber that sits on the metal cage was a PITA to remove, which was su pposed to come off in 1 piece, so I improvised by taping the pieces with duct tape temporarily …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-10-22, 07:18

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Beware of the lasers. Black cats that cross your path as you walk under a ladder will start to tackle you. Filename Screenshot_20221022-031529.png File size 1020.3 KiB Views 521 views Won myself a Laser 128 Apple //c or //e clone.

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Re: HardMPU, anyone?

Posted on 2022-10-21, 03:34

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yyzkevin wrote on 2022-10-21, 02:55: dr.zeissler wrote on 2022-10-19, 15:42: Is it possible to combine a hardmpu with an adlib/CMS clone on a single 8Bit ISA card? Search for PicoGUS, it is an interesting project. Certainly you can do adlib/cms & hardmpu on the pico. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-10-21, 01:52

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Probably capacitors, but that monitor sure looks amazing.

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