Punch-Card computer!

Posted on 2015-03-08, 06:15

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by brostenen

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Hi all. I have this service manual from what I believe to be an NCR punch-card computer or something like that. The manual have schematics and service dates and stuff (I have no clue whatsoever what it is), and my question is, who or what museum could have any practical use for making a copy of it …

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Re: FIC VA-503+ and Isa soundcard.

Posted on 2015-03-08, 00:27

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by brostenen

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Have you checked midi playback in sounds in the control panel and tested by using a game like doom?

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

Posted on 2015-03-05, 23:12

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Did the P5A system build today. Now complete and running Win8SE. Finally the replica and computer I dreamt off in 1997/1998 is completed. The reason for having a Ali-V chipset again, is that the computer I had from circa 97 to 03, was the one that I had the most fun with. It was the most stable …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-03-05, 22:49

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Yeah... People (the seller/shop) just point mindless at it and mechanically shout... "Butt... It's from Apple!" 😁

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Re: Are you also spoilt by high-end retro hardware?

Posted on 2015-03-05, 22:44

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I tend to go for retro stuff that are not quite highend, and a little better than mid range. Circa 1999/2000 are the really high end for me (my P3-500, 820 chipset, TNT2 and such). No, I am not spoiled by highest highend such as 1,4 tualatin's and Voodoo5 For my main daily driver, I am using an Acer …

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Re: Benchmarked 17 cards on a p3-450

Posted on 2015-03-05, 19:35

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swaaye wrote: TNT2 M64 should be slower than a G400 32MB. GF2 MX400 is another story. But it's hard to say how a K6-2 500 will perform because it's so slow. You really should be using Glide with a Voodoo3. G400 is good enough as of now. 😉

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Re: Just want to let you guys know about my computer Youtube channel

Posted on 2015-03-05, 19:33

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Cool.... Subscribed too.

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Youtube fun stuff....

Posted on 2015-03-05, 15:45

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by brostenen

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Found something funny on Youtube? Post here.... Here goes... Anyone knows about the Panda's? This episode is English subbed' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi0rt-JxYLg&i … 7F434ADEB991D08 PART-1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jYKU_vK7jw&l … B991D08&index=2 PART-2

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-03-05, 13:56

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I think this is it http://www.ebay.com/itm/181529925833?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_from%3DR40%26ghostText%3D%26_sacat%3D0%26_nkw%3D181529925833%26_rdc%3D1 So module will speed up os boot time? Something like that, yes. I have burned one or two eproms, back in the 90's when I …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-03-05, 13:24

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Do you know for what operations will be useful to use aditional ROM? its for a BOOT rom. it lets you boot a OS over the network. I've ever only used something similar once. Novell netware computing for instance, or some sort of network based system recovery. Had this explained to me, back in the …

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Re: Benchmarked 17 cards on a p3-450

Posted on 2015-03-05, 11:10

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swaaye wrote: I think you are seeing Matrox's driver optimization of 3DMark99. I suggest testing some games you play. Don't know about that. Yet games run a little better on G400. NFS 2000 run smore smooth, and UT99 are running without any lag, wich TNT2 did on the same settings.

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Re: Benchmarked 17 cards on a p3-450

Posted on 2015-03-04, 22:46

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For the record, I have been fiddeling and testing an P5A board with a K6-2-500mhz cpu and 128 megabyte of ram. For the 3DMark99, I get aprox these results... (I can not remember the actual results, only roughly) The driver used for nVidia was some version 30 driver. All cards were AGP. The driver …

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Re: Asus P5A wierd boot issue

Posted on 2015-03-04, 22:38

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My p2b system does the same thing,runs perfectly fine and shut down works as it should but as soon as i turn the power on it starts booting. Don't know why. I have an msi 5169 ss7 board which does the same thing... Always thought it was the battery but didn't try a new one yet. Maybe bios flash? I …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-03-04, 19:38

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Arctic wrote: Great. Well I opened up a case so let's see how that goes. Best of all luck from here. 😀

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-03-04, 19:30

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@brostenen Thank you for your sympathy http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Computer-Firma-Artist-Bj-2000-Pentium-32-MB-RAM-Festpl-1-94-GB-Disk-3-5-/00/s/MTU3Mlg4ODg=/z/7e8AAOSw1ZBUxlfl/$_57.JPG This is what I have paid for :depressed: Do you know if you can get your money back via PayPal? Not really... I know …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-03-04, 19:22

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I finally have found another Artist P200 :depressed: Now that I received it, I wish I hadn't... I even wrote the seller a heads up to ship it well... http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/z/lKoAAOSwv0tU91XR/$_57.JPG Really a shame. I have never ever recieved something in that bad shape, unless I …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-03-04, 19:13

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I was wondering why that PC was named "hooker". watching a bunch of High Treason's youtube videos last night and I kept hearing the name. now I can sleep soundly finally knowing. As the hooker was created from beat up parts and named thereafter, I should really rename my temporaery "Blackie" to " …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-03-04, 14:09

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I remember the name "Hooker" from youtube now... 😁

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Re: Asus P5A wierd boot issue

Posted on 2015-03-04, 11:41

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Does the clock still run when it is powered off? Or do you need to readjust it every boot? Nope. It still runs perfectly. No issues there. When I get another PSU for my test-bench, then I can say if it's the PSU or not. Other than that, I really want to know if people have had this issue with other …

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Re: Asus P5A wierd boot issue

Posted on 2015-03-04, 11:03

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Does it still happen if you disconnect the power switch on the case? The isuue is still there, with and without the powerbutton connected to the front-header panel on the motherboard. I tested it when I woke up today, so it have been resting a whole night. I have seen this before, just that I can …

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