Re: Is this CRT Monitor Dying?
Posted on 2015-08-16, 00:09
I had a Macintosh SE whose monitor suffered from this same problem. I do believe that bad capacitors were the problem in that case, and they might very well be the problem here.
Re: identify this case , never seen one
Posted on 2015-08-12, 01:33
shamino wrote: It needs a blue motherboard, clearly. If you wanted to be period correct.
Re: identify this case , never seen one
Posted on 2015-08-11, 18:41
Definitely around the '98-'01 era, I would say. As a couple of other people have mentioned, a lot of case and system makes tried to emulate the style of Apple's iMac around this time. Even eMachines hopped aboard that train!
Re: Questions about installing soundcard on IBM PS/2...
Posted on 2015-08-09, 21:18
soviet conscript wrote: any idea about this one? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Novell-9701648-738-00 … =item51d5a2ec27 That's actually a LAN card.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2015-08-09, 13:53
I spy a WonderSwan among those items. 😎
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2015-08-08, 18:07
For the first time in a while, a decent find followed me home from the dump... http://i.imgur.com/Pz6RR2I.jpg You can definitely tell this thing's been in the trash. Original specs: http://i.imgur.com/EpvoRzB.jpg And, finally, the internals. This is where it starts to get kinda interesting: http:// …
Re: Questions about installing soundcard on IBM PS/2...
Posted on 2015-08-08, 01:07
What Scali said. MCA sound cards in general are very uncommon, and expect to pay a good amount of $$$ if you want one. I found a list of some of the more popular MCA sound cards: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_Channel_a … ure#Sound_cards
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2015-08-06, 03:27
I wish I had a PC when I was 2 or 3... I didn't get a PC until I was 8. To be fair, it was my dad's computer, not mine. I didn't get a computer completely for myself until a bit later, a Pentium-based Compaq Deskpro system. I wanna say I was 5 when I had that system. Even then, it wasn't …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2015-08-06, 01:14
badmojo wrote: brostenen wrote: I exposed my 6 year old daughter to Doom DOOM at age 6? Good lord, seems kinda young to me. I wanna say I started playing stuff like Wolf3D when I was 2 or 3 years old. At least, that's what I remember from stuff my dad told me a while back.
Re: The Ultimate ATX Computer Case.
Posted on 2015-08-04, 04:12
Reminds me of this:
Re: What machines did you use in High School?
Posted on 2015-07-31, 07:14
First off, I should mention that I attended high school from 2009-2013, which meant that I was seeing modern or semi-modern computer systems throughout. Being very computer literate, though, and having my own since a few years prior helped me a lot. Because my school system was so poor, a good chunk …
Re: Which OEM Models Used Standard AT / ATX Cases?
Posted on 2015-07-29, 21:20
I know Gateway 2000 was a big user of AT and ATX cases.
Re: Other hobbies?
Posted on 2015-07-29, 00:52
One of my biggest hobbies is collecting vinyl records, mainly heavy metal and other music I like. I also have a decent stereo setup just for playing these records and occasional listening to the radio. This has really slowed down as of recent, but I still try to go to the local record store whenever …
Re: Newly made Gravis Ultrasound compatible cards ... what's the degree of interest?
Posted on 2015-07-29, 00:35
Here's hoping for a speedy recovery, shock__! This is a cool project; hopefully you'll be able to get back to working on it soon. 😎
Re: Antec PSU. Good or bad?
Posted on 2015-07-27, 05:49
Antec's a quality PSU make from my experience. I have a very similar Antec PSU myself (also 430W) that's lasted almost 10 years without any major repair (made in '06). Only thing I've had to do with that unit was replace the fan on it. :happy: As far as what system would go best for this PSU, I'd …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2015-07-27, 05:43
Mut wrote: The Bad : Its a pcchips 😠 M912 At least you didn't get a version of that mobo with fake cache. As ODwilly said, that's one of the few examples of a decent PC Chips board.
Re: The Forgotten Noire of Internet Cafés
Posted on 2015-07-26, 05:07
Just remember: Play TF2. Don't play "pony server's", "Mariokart" or Vs. or things like that. the scene is pretty humorless in a YTP/roblox kind of way Even I don't play on pony servers in TF2! Stick to proper Valve servers if you want the most fun from that game. On topic: Closest thing to an …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2015-07-20, 20:41
Was searching my basement for packing material, wound up finding these in a box: Also in that box were some ethernet and modem cards. Don't know if any of this stuff works...
Re: Unusual 486 Chipset?
Posted on 2015-07-20, 14:29
alexanrs wrote: This chipset could be just a rebranded one. I have a DataExpert 486 with an ALi chipset rebranded as ExperColor. That's what I was thinking. I got nothing upon trying to look up this chipset, so it's probably relabeled.
Re: Great PC! But can it run Crysis?
Posted on 2015-07-18, 14:16
philscomputerlab wrote: Tried a FX 5500 🤣 That reminds me, I tried running this benchmark with an FX 5950 Ultra a couple days ago. The exact same thing happened:
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