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

Posted on 2017-06-14, 22:20

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by brostenen

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Sorting through the collection, to find parts I know that I will never use. They need to get out in the wild again, for other people to use them. Taking pictures of the items, and setting up sales add on local sites.

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Re: What do you guys do with damaged laptops?

Posted on 2017-06-14, 22:15

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by brostenen

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I fix them, if they can be fixed. Else I take them apart and keep the working parts.

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

Posted on 2017-06-12, 23:00

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by brostenen

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Today I recieved my Amiga600 and it is working great. So I have been playing games on it for some 8 hours. I was really surprised by the stuff that came with it. 4 full boxes of disks, complete set of manuals, lots of cheat codes, a complete official cheat-code book from 1992, 2 joysticks, rgb to …

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Re: What would an AWE32 CT3900 be worth?

Posted on 2017-06-12, 10:02

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by brostenen

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100 seems a bit high too, in my book. A couple of month's ago, I wrote with a fellow collector here in Denmark. And he stated that he paid something in the neighbourhood of around 150 dollars. Wich just seems way, way, way over the top. Between 50 and 90... Hmmm.... 90 is a bit steep as well. …

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What would an AWE32 CT3900 be worth?

Posted on 2017-06-11, 21:58

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by brostenen

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Hi all... I am in the process of shifting focus, and parting with stuff that I normally do not use. So I really need some help on this, in order to decide if I want to part with it. If the value is high enough, I might part with my AWE32 CT3900 in the near future. I am really not shure at this. I …

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Re: Soundblaster Choice for 486 DX2-66

Posted on 2017-06-11, 15:09

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by brostenen

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My personal choices for a 486dx2-66 are in the range of SB-Pro to SB16. AWE or SB32 cards are something I would reserve for dx4/5x86 and faster.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-06-10, 08:43

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by brostenen

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Had some DARN good luck at the recycle center today. Voodoo 2 "3.0" (110MHz RAM?) and a Creative Labs Riva TNT2 Ultra (not pictured). voodoo2.jpg Sweet.... Congrats. :-) Man. I have wanted to dive into Amiga for years but keep waiting on the right deal to come along (Ideally a local deal to bypass …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-06-10, 01:05

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by brostenen

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Bought this today..... It has all the cables, the powersupply, mouse, two "the arcade" joysticks, a full box of disks, original manuals and an extra external floppy drive. Really looking forward to play some games on it. s-l640e.jpg Well done sir. My Amiga 1200 is alive and well. Here in Swindon, …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-06-07, 22:39

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by brostenen

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brassicGamer wrote: brostenen wrote: Bought this today..... Sweeeeeeeet! True... I was stupid to sell my two 1200's and one 600, back in 2005. Now I can finally show my children those old Amiga games. 😀

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-06-07, 20:48

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Bought this today..... It has all the cables, the powersupply, mouse, two "the arcade" joysticks, a full box of disks, original manuals and an extra external floppy drive. Really looking forward to play some games on it. Filename s-l640e.jpg File size 53.19 KiB Views 901 views

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

Posted on 2017-06-07, 08:18

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by brostenen

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As for me... I am in the process of thinning out my collection. (not found much though) There are stuff wich I do not use at all, and I really want to see some of it go to people that are going to use it. (Plus it takes up space, wich I could really need for other parts that I will be using)

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

Posted on 2017-06-07, 08:12

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by brostenen

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PhilsComputerLab wrote: But you lose it when you work on other era projects. Amen to that... 😀 I perfectly know what you mean.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-06-06, 09:34

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by brostenen

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I agree, I love the hacks. VLB was never supposed to be a long-term solution. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VESA_Local_Bus#Limitations I think it all comes down to the wide adoptation of VLB, that makes it a favorite choice for a retro rig. Not that it was any better than others, there are just …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-06-06, 07:19

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by brostenen

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Nope, it's a very standard thing: google PICMG 1.0. I had thought it was VLB actually. VLB was pretty much a hack job spec just like PICMG. So, they used the same hack job design techniques. Like flipping an MCA connector around and using it for a different bus. None the less, I simply love VLB. To …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-06-02, 20:16

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by brostenen

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Bought a Commodore64 PLA chip and a socket for the chip. Hope I do not screw the soldering job up. My machine begun to make some strange stuff. Poke 1,63 did not freeze it, and the diagnostic program said that there are some timer issue and bad U5. Hope my reading is correct that it is the PLA. I …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-06-01, 22:41

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by brostenen

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Bought a Commodore64 PLA chip and a socket for the chip. Hope I do not screw the soldering job up. My machine begun to make some strange stuff. Poke 1,63 did not freeze it, and the diagnostic program said that there are some timer issue and bad U5. Hope my reading is correct that it is the PLA.

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

Posted on 2017-05-31, 18:52

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by brostenen

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I recieved that SD2IEC and I have been messing around with it for a couple of days. Running the filebrowser and launching stuff directly from it. No complaints, and it even looks awesomme attached on the computer. I really like this little device for what it is. And it was a bit cheaper than the …

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Re: Pentium 133 question

Posted on 2017-05-29, 23:40

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by brostenen

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No need for thermal paste on a P-133

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Re: Other hobbies?

Posted on 2017-05-27, 12:12

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by brostenen

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Basically speaking a slice of bread, that have a shitload of stuff on top of it. You mean like pizza? Nope... They are not the same, as pizza are served warm, not cold, and are made in a total different way. Damn! That looks tasty! Thanks... I will see if I can dig out some more pictures. :-) @ …

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Re: Anyone falls victim to WannaCry ransomware?

Posted on 2017-05-25, 20:30

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by brostenen

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The board seems to be quiet about WannaCry as well. Maybe it's because most of us still use old operating systems, so we're not being infected? I have not seen any attack on my personal computer, as I run Linux on it without Wine. My spare laptop is running Win7 and I have not had it turned on for …

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