Re: Missed opportunties on E-bay

Posted on 2014-11-04, 12:59

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by PeterLI

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There is so much stuff out there that it is impossible to buy everything. 🤣

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Re: Replace 486 HDD

Posted on 2014-11-04, 00:48

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by PeterLI

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There are some cheap IDE HDDs listed on VCF BTW.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-11-04, 00:38

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-11-03, 23:02

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Re: Two MPU-401 at 330 address

Posted on 2014-11-02, 23:18

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by PeterLI

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Re: IBM PC 330 433sx + SB AWE 64 and MPU

Posted on 2014-11-02, 17:33

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by PeterLI

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Re: Two MPU-401 at 330 address

Posted on 2014-11-02, 17:26

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by PeterLI

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Re: found an old packard bell!

Posted on 2014-11-02, 17:23

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by PeterLI

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Nice machine. 1: Check the CMOS battery. 2: Check the FDDs in another PC. FDDs could be bad or FDD controller could be bad. 3: You sould be able to buy an IDE CD-ROM and connect is as a slave to the primary (& probably only) IDE on the MOBO. Or you can get a SCSI or priorietary CD-ROM with sound …

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Re: Seeking advice on updating a modernish PC

Posted on 2014-11-02, 03:01

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by PeterLI

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SSD does more for performance than anything else.

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Re: Seeking advice on updating a modernish PC

Posted on 2014-11-01, 23:54

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by PeterLI

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Stick with Windows 7, get more RAM and a SSD HDD. Good luck.

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Re: IBM PC 330 433sx + SB AWE 64 and MPU

Posted on 2014-11-01, 22:20

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by PeterLI

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Re: IBM PC 330 433sx + SB AWE 64 and MPU

Posted on 2014-11-01, 15:43

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by PeterLI

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2014-11-01, 13:44

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by PeterLI

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Looks good! 😀

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Re: found an old packard bell!

Posted on 2014-11-01, 03:37

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by PeterLI

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Cool. Upstate NY has a lot of cool stuff. LI / NYC not so much and people here usually think everything is worth a lot of $. :) To be fair I did find cool stuff over the years locally: diskettes,Tandy Sensation, IBM PS/2 Model 55, NEC PowerMate 286 Plus, Trinitron CRTs and generic clones. I also …

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

Posted on 2014-11-01, 03:31

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by PeterLI

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Impressive restoration. I throw stuff out when it breaks down. This evening I played 2 games of Age of Empires II HD on my W520. A Pentium 1 game on an i7. 😀

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Re: CivNet

Posted on 2014-11-01, 03:28

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by PeterLI

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CivNet

Posted on 2014-10-31, 17:02

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Re: Sound Card Advice For Systems

Posted on 2014-10-29, 14:35

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by PeterLI

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The MIDI output from a module can go to the CT1600 line in.

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Re: sound fonts vs sound canvas

Posted on 2014-10-29, 13:18

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by PeterLI

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I only use Roland LA and GM/GS personally. FGB summarized it very well.

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Re: Retro PC Build

Posted on 2014-10-29, 13:15

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by PeterLI

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Most, if not all, of these games should run fine on a P100 - P133. 🤣 I highly recommend buying an OEM desktop: comes complete and is cheap. They are also very well documented and basically plug & play upon receipt.

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