Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-12-20, 22:33

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by brostenen

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i have the GA-P43T-ES3G and im pretty sure its not 100% win98 compatible wrong graphics slot.. wrong chipset.. wrong everything that board is a waste running windows XP even because it can take 16gb ram, better for a hackintosh or win7 As far as I understand. Then PCI-E is rather troublesome, to …

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Re: Amiga500 on steroids

Posted on 2018-12-20, 22:23

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Forgot to mention.... I have recently bought one of these "4-way" kickrom switcher. It is working flawless on an 500 revision 8a.1 board. I have had it running with a dual kickstart 2-in-1 switch, that I bought on eBay. (Link below the 4-way kick switcher) 4-way kickrom switcher.... https://www.ebay …

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Re: The perfect computer

Posted on 2018-12-20, 22:15

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Perfect machine for me is going to be a laptop, one of the tabletlaptops that were popular some decade ago. This is gonna be such a wall of text... * 14...15" non wide panel, 4:3 preferred. 16:9 and 16:10 are not acceptable. 1400x1050 or 1600x1200 screen are ideal, DPI much higher than 150 no thank …

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Re: Amiga500 on steroids

Posted on 2018-12-20, 22:01

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I was thinking a serious memory upgrade like the 8mb you said and rom selector would be a really cool mod, its just a wish list for now. Back when I was a kid the 512kb upgrade to make the ram 1mb was the dream so I already achieved that :) Sweet... Yeah... 1mb is a minimum upgrade. If you are only …

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63/37 or 60/40 solder tin?

Posted on 2018-12-20, 21:23

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Hi all.... I am qurious on what solder tin people usually use, when soldering SMD and Hole-Through. There is these two most commonly seen on the market, which are 63/37 and 60/40. Usually I use 60/40 for all my solder work, though I really would like to know what people use. Do people use 60/40 for …

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Re: The perfect computer

Posted on 2018-12-20, 16:44

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oeuvre wrote: kids these days need to be taught proper MS-DOS prompts Or some Basic command lines. Like formatting a floppy on C64 without the help of some sort of program. 😉

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Re: Amiga500 on steroids

Posted on 2018-12-20, 08:41

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thanx for the tip, managed to track down a adf version https://i.ibb.co/M5hng1Y/IMG-20181220-133907.jpg basic stock a500, if anything I think getting a ecs upgrade would be the next step for me Yup. Sounds like the right thing to do. :-) 1mb Chip is good to have. What will the next thing be then? …

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Re: What's the absolute best 486 motherboard for 40 MHz FSB and slots?

Posted on 2018-12-19, 21:38

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I have perfect stable VLB on my machine, using 40mhz FSB, and two VLB cards at 0 wait state. Now... I am running with an DX2-80 and not DX4-120. The last time I used a DX4-120, it would not run with the same VGA card in question, only with PCI, yet that was a different motherboard. The card's that …

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Re: Amiga500 on steroids

Posted on 2018-12-19, 12:50

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currently I have a gotek inside my case plugged straight to the motherboard, using HxC which is good enough for me using a usb stick with adf files I can select which adf to boot into. Was wondering if there is a program I could download in adf format and boot it off my gotek like I boot the games …

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Re: Amiga500 on steroids

Posted on 2018-12-19, 09:57

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wow what a pain, guess the cost of all that extra power. This reminds me I might desolder the barrel battery from my 512 extension card alto it was supposedly refurbished when I bought it. Kind of been eyeing off the 2mb expansion card + the adaptor since this thread started after saying im happy …

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Re: The perfect computer

Posted on 2018-12-19, 00:28

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See, there's absolutely not even an objectively best concept. I don't think we'd even be able to choose a set of criteria that were consistent and not conflicted. Shure... That is perhaps the only advantage that an tablet like the iPad has. Though I think that a chromebook is just as portable as an …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-12-18, 23:43

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Nothing special today... For conversion of an Amiga500 Revision 8a.1 board to an Amiga500-Plus, I bought the following: - 20 pieces of 16pin DIP sockets - 20 pieces of 20pin DIP sockets - 4 pieces of MC74F139N IC's - 10 pieces of TMS44C256-10N IC's This is more than I will need, (enough for 2 full …

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Re: The perfect computer

Posted on 2018-12-18, 23:20

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The perfect computer will have fixed components because it is perfect. Like on a tablet. Not upgradable or abibility to modify. All-in-One Built-in keyboard, speakers, display, etc.... All-in-One IPad You know... Even Woz dislike iPads and Iphones.... To him they are nothing but fancy toys that …

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Re: The perfect computer

Posted on 2018-12-18, 23:07

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I am lately trying a "similar" Core2 E8600 with lubuntu and it's fast enough for a modern machine even if I don't really like latest gui changes. Sweet... Yup. No need for the latest and greatest, when standard tasks are what one need a computer for. :-) Perfection would be boring. Nothing to …

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Re: The perfect computer

Posted on 2018-12-18, 18:25

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So nowdays I try to build and use only machines with older/oldest possible components for the most optimized os configs (lightest gui with most modern kernels on linux) and for usual modern office tasks I could still live with a late Pentium4 or with a Raspberry Pi. But one goal would be to use a …

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Re: The perfect computer

Posted on 2018-12-18, 16:37

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Ironically, The iPad is Apples least expensive computer and I think it’s it’s best all-around computer. I did not say it’s most powerful just better all-in-one, diverse, and mobile. https://youtu.be/llZys3xg6sU Can it run crysis? all apps are handicaped down programs, you have a free (handicapped) …

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Re: What's the absolute best 486 motherboard for 40 MHz FSB and slots?

Posted on 2018-12-18, 15:05

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I have perfect stable VLB on my machine, using 40mhz FSB, and two VLB cards at 0 wait state. Now... I am running with an DX2-80 and not DX4-120. The last time I used a DX4-120, it would not run with the same VGA card in question, only with PCI, yet that was a different motherboard. The card's that I …

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Re: The perfect computer

Posted on 2018-12-18, 14:53

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The iPad has everything I need. Right then this explains why you can never be bothered posting actual pics, it's all too hard on a pad. https://media.giphy.com/media/L8XuphFGqlSfe/giphy.gif :lol: :lol: :lol: Right on with the posting of pictures part as in general useage of the iPad. And then there …

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Re: The perfect computer

Posted on 2018-12-18, 14:46

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iPads are no way the perfect "computer", nor is iPhones for that matter. Yes, they are a kind of computer, in were people have begun referring to programs and games, as "App's". The reason for it loosing on that "the perfect" criteria. Is that they are a major and gigantic pain in the rectum, if you …

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Re: Amiga500 on steroids

Posted on 2018-12-18, 14:27

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Well... Finally I wanted to give my new 500-Turbo a run, and use it as intended. And I ran into some major issue. So it has taken me a couple of days to figure out. The issue was a memory conflict. However this require some explanation to understand what exactly was the problem. And it was not …

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