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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-06-21, 15:25

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Recieved my Corsair Carbide 540 case. A bit scuffed and some scratches on the window. But hey, almost 10 year old case. It was really dirty, and bird feathers inside the case. A vacume cleaner, some window cleaner and soap water. I actually thought that it was 3.5 inch drive bays on the front. Nope …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-06-20, 15:44

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I bought a PI-Storm. Fully assembled.

Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2021-06-17, 15:43

in Milliways

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That's what I was thinking this case was for. It's going to look sweet in there once it's all done I was looking for stuff like good cable management and subtle design without any bling-bling. There is room in the top, to be able to use my ATX-64 that have an angled ATX power plug. And it has …

Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2021-06-17, 15:12

in Milliways

in Milliways

chrismeyer6 wrote on 2021-06-17, 13:37: Oohh that's a nice looking case. It is for my ATX-64 build. You know. That ATX form factor Commodore64. 😀

Flashing eprom with network card.

Posted on 2021-06-17, 14:25

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hi all. I remember to have read, that it is possible to flash or write an eprom using a sound card. If this is possible, can someone tell me how that is done and with what tools for Dos or Windows9x it is possible to flash/write? So far I have found one single ISA network card that I did not think …

Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2021-06-17, 13:13

in Milliways

in Milliways

Just bought a Corsair Carbide 540 ATX case. Looking forward to recieve it.

Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2021-06-10, 14:58

in Milliways

in Milliways

Bought a Canon Pixma TS-3151. And I can once again print. I have named it Probaganda on my Linux laptop when using USB and as it is a network printer, then it is named "Probaganda On The Network" on my Linux machine. I have set network printing as the default. USB are only for backup use, if the …

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

Posted on 2021-06-05, 03:50

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Not computer related, but still a retro-activity. I worked some more on my battle vest. I sewed on my new back patch. Happy with the result. I am a fan of multiple genres of metal, so I went for an old Memento Mori artwork instead of just slamming a band name on it. The original image is an old …

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

Posted on 2021-06-04, 23:40

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Got a 400ml can of custom matched black paint from Resenes Automotive so I could tidy up the back half of the fuel tank of my motorcycle. It had a chunk of caprithain had been pulled from it by that scuff resistant plastic sheet when I removed it. The motorcycle is a 1976 Honda CB550F Super Sports …

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

Posted on 2021-06-04, 21:34

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

chrismeyer6 wrote on 2021-06-04, 21:30: That vest is sweet Thanks... Memento Mori, Sepultura and Commodore. I have an Ankh, that I need to sew on upside down. 😉

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

Posted on 2021-06-04, 21:17

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Not computer related, but still a retro-activity. I worked some more on my battle vest. I sewed on my new back patch. Happy with the result. I am a fan of multiple genres of metal, so I went for an old Memento Mori artwork instead of just slamming a band name on it. The original image is an old …

Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2021-06-04, 14:48

in Milliways

in Milliways

Picked up a Mac Mini for $65 CAD today. It was in absolutely gross condition when I picked it up, but fortunately it cleaned up quite nicely. It came with a 1TB spinner, which I promptly replaced with an SSD. I'm definitely not a fan of modern Apple hardware and software (Power PC and the classic …

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

Posted on 2021-06-03, 14:47

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

chrismeyer6 wrote on 2021-06-03, 12:15: I can't wait to see the finished system. It'll be fun to see a modern C64. Still waiting for the pinheader extenders to arive, so I can have it assembled for checking if all sockets have contacts and to make a first power-on test. 😀

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

Posted on 2021-06-03, 09:38

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I have been working some more on my ATX-64 build. Still missing to build those extrenders, that connects the two daugherboard's/riser-card's, get a cartridge-connector, have a custom Rom created and buy the last 50% of the chips. Other than that, then I will have to find a case and a PSU. But the …

Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2021-06-01, 08:47

in Milliways

in Milliways

My phone have been acting up at least 6 to 24 month's now, and I have been waiting for a good offer. Like it would start closing app's, reset apps and not store pictures and so on. Like really annoying stuff, that I could live with, yet now have become so bad so I can not live with it anymore. …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-05-31, 20:16

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Bought a NOS 64pin 251715-01 PLA chip.

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-05-31, 17:16

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Only the NEW Mac M1 has low energy consumption. But I dont think these old Mac Pro’s are DEAD just yet. There is something magical about having a Mac Pro In you home theater room. Also I think NEW energy efficient graphics cards are going to keep these old Mac Pro’s alive. I am just waiting for the …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-05-31, 16:25

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

BitWrangler wrote on 2021-05-31, 16:18: Yeah I can plug a 4TB external drive in my router, I was investigating idle consumption for a PVR rig that has to be ready to go to record on time. Cool.... You have build in server-services in your router. That is a nice addition. 😜

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-05-31, 16:23

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Well, its not on all the time and it has energy saving and sleep mode. Yes, its pretty quiet. The fans are silent only the hard drives make noise when seeking and writing. Yes, I am waiting for some new low power computers to come out. Maybe the next Intel gen CPU’s I was going to go with the intel …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-05-31, 16:13

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I think ppl misoverestimate what typical boxes do at idle, I've had some X2 boxes on a wattmeter and they were reading 40-50, it didn't actually seem to make much difference whether it was a 45W B series or a 95W CPU for idle consumption. That was with the rust spinning too, I hate using power down …

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