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

Posted on 2018-10-11, 10:45

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by brostenen

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I worked some more, on my Amiga500 refurbishment project. This time I finished the Floppy disk drive part of the machine. I had to do a couple of tricks, and now it has a working drive. Finished it off, by updating my blog about this project. One thing that strikes me, is how long it takes to do …

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

Posted on 2018-10-09, 15:37

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Not computer related. This weekend, I found a the last pieces of Transformers toys that my parents had kept since I was a child. So I cleaned them and now it is my son's turn to try and wear them out. I know that at least one of them are collectable, yet they are no near perfect in condition. He …

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Re: What IBM 486 computer could this motherboard be from?

Posted on 2018-10-04, 20:16

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by brostenen

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Something tells me that this is not an IBM board. Though it looks high quality, it just dont look IBM'ish. Never seen that video connector for a daughterboard on any IBM from that era.

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Re: Anything else besides games on your retro PC? How old are You?

Posted on 2018-10-04, 07:53

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by brostenen

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Jo22 wrote: brostenen wrote: Get a haircut you young hippies..... 😁 Man, where do you know of my haircut from ?? 😳 (Just kidding!) Heh' 😁 For some odd reason I was thinking about Futurama's version of Nixon. 😉 Or was I projecting? (Me and my hair down to the waist)

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Re: Anything else besides games on your retro PC? How old are You?

Posted on 2018-10-02, 22:36

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by brostenen

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Get a haircut you young hippies..... :-D Well. I use vintage computers and retro computers mostly for 15 minutes of gaming each time they get turned on. I am actually not really a gamer as such. Shure it evokes memories from past and bygone (wasted? perhaps?) youth. Mostly I just fiddle with putting …

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Re: I am ready to build an AMD-K6-3+ / Voodoo-3 computer

Posted on 2018-10-01, 21:43

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by brostenen

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Philscomputerlab.com has DOS drivers for the SB live 5.1. Yes, but even so - PCI cards compatibility with DOS games in pure DOS is not as good as that of ISA cards, and the SB Live is not even among the most compatible ones. Ironically, PCI cards from other vendors often have better compatibility …

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Re: I am ready to build an AMD-K6-3+ / Voodoo-3 computer

Posted on 2018-10-01, 20:26

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I spot potential mounting issues, if any ISA card, are longer than the slot it self. There are lots of componen behind the slots and there might be a problem with front panel wires. It is the header just behind the lowest positioned ISA slot. My advise, is to get an Audician32 type of card (YMF-718/ …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-10-01, 17:49

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If the caps on the board is not the issie, then I suspect the RF modulator to be the culprit. Oh so you're using RF? Switching to at least composite would be good if possible - what display are you using? I am using composit in a scart dongle on a CRT television. The thing with the video signal on …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-10-01, 09:27

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Bought my self a capacitor pack for my C64. I think it is about time, the 31 year old machine get new cap's. It is beginning to change brightness level on it's own, and is doing it in a specific pattern. So it will be interesting to see if this will solve the issue that my C64 has. I replace all my …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-09-30, 21:13

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Bought my self a capacitor pack for my C64. I think it is about time, the 31 year old machine get new cap's. It is beginning to change brightness level on it's own, and is doing it in a specific pattern. So it will be interesting to see if this will solve the issue that my C64 has.

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Re: Creating 80186 Based System

Posted on 2018-09-22, 15:20

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80186 based computer: http://rc700.dk

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

Posted on 2018-09-20, 19:57

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And I had time for some more Amiga restauration. Fitted the old lady with a top and bottom shield. Then updated my blog on the progress. Filename TopShield-Fitted.jpg File size 1.29 MiB Views 2310 views

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-09-20, 19:44

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stamasd wrote: Talking about retro, I picked up a MK1red3 That is not retro. It is pure vintage-pr0n. 😜 I like it.

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

Posted on 2018-09-20, 14:46

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Had a fellow Amiga'n over for lunch and fiddeling with Amiga computers. - Found out why an 1200 board would not boot DF0. It was because the board was an Escom board. - We tested two a500 keyboards to work. We had a lot of talk about Amiga's in general, and we talked about the Playstation mini that …

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Re: Absurd prices for vintage hardware?

Posted on 2018-09-19, 14:09

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mr tibs wrote: Sounds like your dragging yourself into a fight. Yup. I noticed. As to why I had to say stop. 😀

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Re: Absurd prices for vintage hardware?

Posted on 2018-09-19, 13:49

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No need to report anything to anyone. You guys fighting, are ruining it so perfectly well on your own. Just saying that we have been there before. Remember the "cheap not for me" tread. Yeah.... Bad apples destroyed the it. Let me get this straight: you want a moderator to close this thread, so …

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Re: Absurd prices for vintage hardware?

Posted on 2018-09-19, 13:30

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by brostenen

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Can we close this tread. No matter who is right or wrong, people start getting on each others throat. I dont care who is right. Just dont argue right... There is a report button on top of every posting. Never noticed before? Guess you could say this thread is... absurd. https://media.tenor.com/ …

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Re: Absurd prices for vintage hardware?

Posted on 2018-09-19, 11:56

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Can we close this tread. No matter who is right or wrong, people start getting on each others throat. I dont care who is right. Just dont argue right...

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

Posted on 2018-09-18, 14:52

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If I had an A2000 I would be buying shit for it nonstop lol. I know the thought dude.... I know it. And because they are just a tad too expensive for my pocket, I have bought a lot of upgrades for my Amiga500. Well... One of the two I own. It is not an Amiga300, yet on paper, my 500 should become …

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Re: Best AGP card for Aladdin V super socket 7

Posted on 2018-09-17, 21:02

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On SS7 machines, I have had the following cards running stable and good. - Matrox G400 and G400-Max - Voodoo3-3500 - Voodoo2-SLI - TNT2-Pro and Ultra - Geforce2-GTS Shure there are speed differences. The cards listed have all behaved stable on SS7. That is on both VMP-3 and Ali-V. Just make shure …

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