Re: Retro keepsakes that you don't actually use (and know you won't ever)

Posted on 2016-06-07, 15:58

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by stamasd

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Zip drives of any kind have been on my "do not touch with a 10-foot pole" list for more than 10 years. I have had really bad luck with them. I must have used at least 10 units (mostly at work, but I also owned 3 or 4 at home) of various types (parallel, IDE, SCSI). They all died, without exception, …

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Re: Aztech Sound Galaxy BXII 8Bit Sound Card... MPU401?

Posted on 2016-06-07, 04:31

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by stamasd

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Try 0x300, 0x310, 0x320...etc all the way up to 0x370

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-06-07, 04:21

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by stamasd

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I'm earmarking this one for my XT clone.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-06-07, 03:05

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by stamasd

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Inspired by the Sound Galaxy saga above, I just bought this: Aztech Sound Galaxy Pro II Based on the fact that it lacks connections on the ISA bus for data bits 8-15 this is basically also a 8-bit card, correct?

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Re: Midi Art GS1000R Synthesizer?

Posted on 2016-06-07, 01:45

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by stamasd

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This is the only information I could find about it. http://equipboard.com/items/goldstar-gs1000r-gm-sound-module The reviewer wasn't particularly thrilled about it.

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Re: 386SLC with 387 coprocessor, is it worth it?

Posted on 2016-06-07, 01:28

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by stamasd

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Does anyone use retro machines for spreadsheets? While I know lots of people use them for gaming and also music applications I am not sure I know anyone who wants to to use retrospreadsheets.....would be interesting to be wrong though! Hmm, I might try one day to recreate the experience of …

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Re: Are there any pcmcia graphics card?

Posted on 2016-06-07, 01:18

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by stamasd

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I've learned early on that the most important component of a laptop is not the CPU, and it's not the memory or the HDD either. It's the video card. The system that taught me that is a Thinkpad 570e with a P2-366 (which is good enough for w98), 128MB PC-100 RAM (which is good enough for w98), 12GB …

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Re: Retro keepsakes that you don't actually use (and know you won't ever)

Posted on 2016-06-06, 22:28

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by stamasd

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Speaking of firewire, I have a very early firewire PCI card from the 1995 era when the standard was not completely done; it has only 1 port and cannot transfer data at more than 100Mbps. I'll never use it again (especially now that firewire is practically dead) but I'm keeping it as a curiosity.

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

Posted on 2016-06-06, 21:04

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by stamasd

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kithylin wrote: Just so you know for the future, we have a "modern stuff" thread over here: Bought this (Modern) hardware today Yeah but this isn't about something I just bought, but something I just built from parts I already had. More of an "activity" than a "buying spree". 😀

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Re: 386SLC with 387 coprocessor, is it worth it?

Posted on 2016-06-06, 20:59

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by stamasd

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Only for software that does a lot of floating point operations (spreadsheets etc). It will make absolutely no difference in games. Lots of information about x87 coprocessors: http://wiretap.area.com/Gopher/Library/Techdo … /Cpu/coproc.txt (as of January 1993) 😀

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Re: Retro keepsakes that you don't actually use (and know you won't ever)

Posted on 2016-06-06, 19:22

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by stamasd

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I have a small stack of Intel-branded Bt848 PCI video capture cards. Probably made for an OEM, as they have no tuner (only S-video and RCA inputs) and I could never find drivers for them for any version of Windows. I tried many Bt848 drivers but none recognize these cards - IIRC the PCI ID is …

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Re: How much were PCMCIA flash cards back in the day?

Posted on 2016-06-06, 19:16

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by stamasd

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Don't remember specifics, but they were on the same magnitude of price as a comparable (in size) CF card. PCMCIA flash cards are essentially CF cards with a PCMCIA connector.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-06-06, 17:11

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Some day, I must get a SCSI capable rig, as I've got three drives in a box I've never done more than check that they power on... and the one SCSI card I do have is for the older type. I have a dozen or more SCSI cards of various generations, starting with AHA1542 (ISA) and ending with AHA3940UW ( …

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Re: What was the coolest looking vintage computer?

Posted on 2016-06-06, 16:52

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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/SGI_O2-IMG_7208.jpg/1024px-SGI_O2-IMG_7208.jpg http://www.aaronjamesrogers.com/misc/computers.jpg http://www.nekochan.net/w/images/1/1c/Sgi_crimson.jpg You can hardly beat the coolness factor of the SGI workstations. Ignore the Macs in the …

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

Posted on 2016-06-06, 16:40

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by stamasd

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Not very retro but I'll list it anyway. Got a Lenovo IS6XM motherboard (socket 1155) a couple of weeks ago, but haven't had time to deal with it until now. It's originally from a Thinkcentre E30 workstation. Just installed in it my old i7-2600 and 16GB. It seems like the on-board video is dead, …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-06-06, 11:16

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by stamasd

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Congrats, that looks like a sweet build is coming up. I have something somewhat similar http://www.tyan.com/archive/products/html/tomcativd.html Dual socket 7, haven't used it for a build yet (lately I've been busy with P4-era builds).

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Re: Roland MT-200

Posted on 2016-06-04, 11:25

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by stamasd

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TBH I had never eard of the MT-200 until now, and information is scarce. Roland even doesn't list it in their archive: http://www.rolandus.com/support/manual_archive/ According to this it should have at least a SC equivalent inside, plus other goodies: https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-12503655.html …

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Re: Why are old PCs considered lame and boring?

Posted on 2016-06-04, 01:57

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by stamasd

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leileilol wrote: Some FOSS communities are absolute on the latest compilers, libraries, and etc whateer because Debian says so. And systemd 🙁

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Re: Why are old PCs considered lame and boring?

Posted on 2016-06-04, 01:38

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by stamasd

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Also, PCs are very generic. It's not a specific brand or type, everything is interchangeable and upgradable. I generally bought a new PC every 2-3 years, and upgraded parts in-between. A C64, Amiga, NES or whatever is something you'd enjoy for many years at a time. So you get more attached to it, I …

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

Posted on 2016-06-04, 01:32

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Finally had the time to assemble my socket 423 build. QDI Legend Platinix 4x motherboard p4-1.8 Willamette generic s423 cooler 2x256MB RDRAM 400MHz video card: I wanted to use a Radeon X850, but for some reason it gave me corrupted video. The card works perfectly fine in other systems. I ended up …

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