Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-02-26, 21:08

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It is a complete studio-system for home use Only when paired with : actualfactual.jpg Good one :-D But I have my Logitech Z240 stereo speakers, hooked up to an analog and passive audo-input/output 3-way selector. That setup gives good audio quality for DOS/Win98/C64/Amiga. In other words, for …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-02-26, 20:52

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ISIS, in a box, shipped to your door. Yes..... ISIS (Interactive Sound Integration System) fully/complete boxed, as I wrote. The requirement's list have Dos listed as well as Sound Blaster Pro. But it is PCI based, so I am a bit confused as to how old it is. It is a complete studio-system for home …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-02-26, 20:44

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I got these two things during the last week..... Xbox360 (slim) 250gb model for 50 euro. With two black controllers, 20 games and all cables. One of the controllers had a fault though. Whenever the battery-holder was shaken from side to side, during games as an example, then it would shut off. The …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-02-15, 11:41

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Pre-ordered a new Amiga1200 case in grey colour. It is one of them that are produced on new molds. Will be shipped last half of march 2022. (I can wait) Now that I have a recapped 1200, with IndivisionAGA-MK3, Tsunami-1230 and an angled CF/IDE adaptor. Then the machine need a new case too. Final …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-02-14, 22:12

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Pre-ordered a new Amiga1200 case in grey colour. It is one of them that are produced on new molds. Will be shipped last half of march 2022. (I can wait) Now that I have a recapped 1200, with IndivisionAGA-MK3, Tsunami-1230 and an angled CF/IDE adaptor. Then the machine need a new case too. Final …

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

Posted on 2022-01-30, 16:20

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Installed a Gotek drive in my Amiga500 Rev 8a.1 that I have upgraded to 500-Plus spec's. Now it has kickstart switcher (1.3 and 3.1), Boot selector, RGBtoHDMI and now Gotek. I used to have a TF-530 in the machine, but I sold the accelerator and will buy an 8mb/IDE upgrade instead, now that I have a …

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Re: Whats the most rare piece of hardware you own?

Posted on 2022-01-27, 23:40

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DaveJustDave wrote on 2022-01-27, 19:35: probably my Atari Falcon 030 […] Show full quote probably my Atari Falcon 030 Nice machine.... Really nice.

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Re: Whats the most rare piece of hardware you own?

Posted on 2022-01-27, 23:39

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The big Momma of the ST series... cue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZLfasMPOU4 You'd think of these as being equivalent* all round to the Amiga 1200, but while that sold into the millions the Falcon only got into 10s of thousands I think. Reason being that Atari discontinued it and because it …

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Re: Whats the most rare piece of hardware you own?

Posted on 2022-01-24, 21:27

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I would say that these days, the most rare I own. Is the ATX64 board that I soldered/build from scratch. Not many in the world. Filename ATX64-Mounted-01.jpg File size 238.51 KiB Views 1798 views

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Re: What are you eating/drinking? (the vogons food thread)

Posted on 2022-01-22, 21:34

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Got me some Beans'N-Bacon with salad and a bit of tortilla bread.... Filename Beans'N-Bacon.jpg File size 1.64 MiB Views 1329 views

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Re: [SOLVED] Need some help for a VLB Controller

Posted on 2022-01-22, 10:29

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Well... I am not keen on taking it out of my dx2-80 setup. It is a mess, getting all cables to fit nice into the case again and have a decent cable management. I moved it from one case to another, and I removed the SCSI VLB controller that I used and installed the IDE VLB card again. Well, at least …

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Re: [SOLVED] Need some help for a VLB Controller

Posted on 2022-01-21, 19:12

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So I recieved a Controller today, that I bought some time ago. I disabled the LPT port and the Game port, other than that I have not set any other jumpers. It is working to the point, were I can detect a CF card, and the BIOS on the controller loads up, during boot. Yet I can not get the CF card to …

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Re: Is there Anyone "Overpaying" for Hardware and Proud of it? Well, maybe not Proud, but...

Posted on 2022-01-19, 12:28

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Now if I could only find Amiga mice not in a trashed to hell condition, seems the Amiga mice were not well built or perhaps they just took a lot of abuse to break. There are Ps/2 and USB converters and if the cable and casing of your Amiga Tank mouse are still useable, you can buy laser upgrade's.

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Re: Is there Anyone "Overpaying" for Hardware and Proud of it? Well, maybe not Proud, but...

Posted on 2022-01-19, 12:26

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By the way, guys, any ideas why Iomega ZIP 100 external drives cost so much? There are tons of them, they are very problematic ("click of death" issue) ... And still, someone continue to buy them for very high prices. WHY??? Many use them to transfer files to their old computers. I'm not implying …

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Re: Is there Anyone "Overpaying" for Hardware and Proud of it? Well, maybe not Proud, but...

Posted on 2022-01-19, 12:17

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Yep... Sad but true. Speaking of pricing..... The last two good deal that I got on Amiga's, were on my recent purchase of an Amiga500 and then the Amiga1200 that I bought in 2021. They were both fix-em'up deals. Well, the 500 were sold as working, but the low price were an indication of something …

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Re: Is there Anyone "Overpaying" for Hardware and Proud of it? Well, maybe not Proud, but...

Posted on 2022-01-19, 12:12

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Regarding the supply on the market. Some 3 to 5 years ago, you were able to find Voodoo cards and AWE64 Gold cards locally from time to time. They were some times cheap and there would be at least 2 for sale each month. Now I have not seen any AWE64-Gold for sale locally the last year or so. There …

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Re: Is there Anyone "Overpaying" for Hardware and Proud of it? Well, maybe not Proud, but...

Posted on 2022-01-19, 12:09

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Supply and demand. .... ...Hence supply and demand, drives prices up. And yes, you can always spot those that find something old, and think that it is worth tons of money. Yep... Sad but true. Speaking of pricing..... The last two good deal that I got on Amiga's, were on my recent purchase of an …

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Re: Is there Anyone "Overpaying" for Hardware and Proud of it? Well, maybe not Proud, but...

Posted on 2022-01-19, 11:48

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Regarding the supply on the market. Some 3 to 5 years ago, you were able to find Voodoo cards and AWE64 Gold cards locally from time to time. They were some times cheap and there would be at least 2 for sale each month. Now I have not seen any AWE64-Gold for sale locally the last year or so. There …

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Re: Is there Anyone "Overpaying" for Hardware and Proud of it? Well, maybe not Proud, but...

Posted on 2022-01-19, 11:33

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Supply and demand. At some point a specific item were extremely common and thought of as trash. Those who get into the game early, get the best prices. Yes. Amiga's are not cheap any more. And that is happening to C64's as well. Voodoo cards, ISA sound cards, external MIDI modules, 286 to Pentium3 …

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

Posted on 2022-01-18, 21:06

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I had the Amiga500 that I bought on the desk for service today. And yes, it is indeed a full ECS version of the non-Plus machine. Commodore never build this revision with battery, and it can be converted to full Plus if I want to. However this is not for modding at all. I have done a Plus convertion …

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