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

Posted on 2017-10-15, 00:49

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by bjwil1991

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Made the serial XBOX EEPROM reader cable , hooked up the XBOX rev 1.1 on a Pentium4, got the hard drive lock key with PonyProg and LiveInfo and booted into xboxhdm to prepare an 80GB WD Caviar with MS dashboard 5960 and ndure 3.1+unleashx softmod. Now to clean the DVD drive and change thermal paste …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-10-14, 13:48

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by bjwil1991

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derSammler wrote: Aztech Sound Galaxy NX Pro http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/VpEAAOSwlRZZ1g4g/s-l1600.jpg […] Show full quote Aztech Sound Galaxy NX Pro Atrend ATC-2000 socket 7 mainboard Nice. I have a Sound Galaxy NX Pro card myself.

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

Posted on 2017-10-14, 01:45

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by bjwil1991

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Tested the PSU Voltage on my C64: 5V DC: 5.07V (passed) 9V AC: 0.63V (failed) Looks like a rebuild is in order (cheaper than buying a we one).

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

Posted on 2017-10-13, 20:30

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by bjwil1991

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Going to re-test the C64 PSU as nothing wouldn't get displayed on my screen. 5VDC: 5.07V <-- good news 9VAC <-- going to work on that The chips do get warm, but I need to test the voltage to make sure they're getting sufficient power.

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Planning a Socket 370 build in place of the Socket 7

Posted on 2017-10-13, 20:18

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by bjwil1991

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I've been looking for a motherboard that supports more memory and faster than my Socket 7 system that has the following specs: Abit AB-TX5 Socket 7 with 3 ISA, 4 PCI 2.1 slots, 2 SD-RAM slots, 4 SIMM-72 slots* (Max RAM: 256MB) - Jumper-less configuration AMD K6-2/300 Processor (66MHz FSB * 4.5 …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-10-11, 23:16

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by bjwil1991

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Bought a set of sealed floppies for $0.99 for 8 of them. Almost bought a Samsung VR 2016 version, but $74.99 at the same thrift store I got the floppies from, but it's a little too much. My S7 Edge is supported for it.

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Re: Music Quest MPU clone cards, anyone interested in them?

Posted on 2017-10-11, 20:33

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by bjwil1991

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Here is a pic of a great combo, the S2's unique sound + whatever external modules one needs to cover all bases :) http://i.imgur.com/dCzaulvl.jpg Sweet! What do the jumpers do behind the headphone jack? Is it for volume control or something else? Also, will the chip that has the window have a …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-10-11, 19:18

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by bjwil1991

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Interesting unit, and it came with everything, minus the MIDI cable? That's amazing. That'll be useful for a computer that doesn't have MIDI ports, like a laptop, for example. Most General MIDI modules include a serial interface to connect them to a computer, but that's mostly useful for music …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-10-11, 18:56

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by bjwil1991

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Just received this little box: IMG_8932.jpg In all its Japanese glory: IMG_8933.jpg Includes power supply, audio cable, and serial MIDI cable with 25-pin to 9-pin adapter: IMG_8934.jpg The MU10 itself: IMG_8936.jpg IMG_8938.jpg continued next post. Interesting unit, and it came with everything, …

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Re: The $10 486

Posted on 2017-10-11, 15:06

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by bjwil1991

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Found the motherboard info online: Shuttle Hot-419 but your's has jumpers by the memory slots and Keyboard port, so I believe your board is a higher revision, but the chipsets do match the info online.

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

Posted on 2017-10-11, 13:28

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by bjwil1991

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I have an Epson SD-800 Dual Floppy Drive that reads and writes 1.44MB, 720KB, 1.2MB, and 360KB Floppies that I inherited from a friend of mine last year that passed away back in December of 2015. I almost took an old computer that had a floppy drive, CD drive, etc, but I ended up taking the sound …

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Re: IDE to Compact Flash as MS-DOS boot drive.

Posted on 2017-10-11, 12:22

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by bjwil1991

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I have a 2GB CF Card installed in my Packard Bell Pack-Mate 28 Plus, but to be honest, it sometimes gets slower as molasses. I still have the 428.1MB HDD in storage the original owner upgraded from a 210MB HDD many years ago. I'm planning on getting a bigger HDD for the system, but 2GB is the limit …

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Re: Period appropriate CRT size for 95-97 games

Posted on 2017-10-10, 20:37

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by bjwil1991

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I had a ~14" IBM fixed-frequency monitor all the way though the 90s. My dad had a 20" CRT monitor since ~'92, though. It was no VGA monitor at all, since it had BNC connectors for each RGBHV signal. ^^ My dad had a 20" Mitsubishi DiamondScan 20 that used the RGBHV BNC Breakout connectors, and when …

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Re: LCD Monitors with Aspect Ratio

Posted on 2017-10-10, 19:49

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by bjwil1991

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BenQ LCDs offer the best in terms of scalers and aspect ratios. This 2K monitor can do 5:4, 4:3 and 1:1, has VGA and goes up to 144hz. The different aspect ratios or settings can be bound to a single button for quick changing too. https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=53954 I could go for …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-10-10, 19:28

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by bjwil1991

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Bancho wrote: 2 nice parts arrived today. […] Show full quote 2 nice parts arrived today. K6 III+ 450 CPU for my Time Machine build Aztech Sound Galaxy Nova 16 Extra II-3D I38-MMSN846 Nice sound card. OPL3 and Wavetable Daughterboard support is awesome.

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LCD Monitors with Aspect Ratio

Posted on 2017-10-10, 19:26

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by bjwil1991

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This topic would discuss the various LCD Monitors with Aspect Ratio controls for various inputs (monitor dependent): VGA, DVI, HDMI, Composite, S-Video, Component. I have 3 monitors that support aspect ratio control for any of the inputs, or goes from 16:9 or 16:10 to 4:3 ratio respectively. 1) Dell …

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Re: My Dual 940 Rig K8N-DL based

Posted on 2017-10-10, 17:53

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by bjwil1991

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in Marvin \ System Specs

That system looks pretty nice.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-10-09, 12:24

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by bjwil1991

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I have a Dimension 4550 that has 4 bad caps by the CPU heatsink, but still fires up. Had to zero (wipe) the 30GB Western Digital HDD since it was used at a dentist office for a long time (no wonder those caps blew). Upgraded the RAM to 1.5GB, GPU from the MX440 to a GeForce 6200 AGP, going to have 2 …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-10-08, 01:49

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by bjwil1991

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One of these.... Can sync to 15khz. Perfect for Amiga's. Price is decent, so I am not complaining. For a long time, I have thought about the perfect flatscreen solution to my mixed PC and Amiga setup. This monitor even has a DVI input, yet nothing more than VGA and DVI. (I have added a link, if …

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Re: CF to IDE adapter not detected by BIOS (Gigabyte GA-5AX rev 4.1)

Posted on 2017-10-06, 17:49

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by bjwil1991

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Hi! I'm putting together a retro PC but I'm running into bit of a trouble with the CF to IDE adapter and the CF card (Kingston Elite Pro 133X 32GB CF/32GB-S2) as it's not detected by the motherboard BIOS as a hard drive at all. I wonder if it's because the CF card may not support UDMA? I tested the …

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