Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-12-21, 01:52

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So I helped out friends quite a bit back in the day when desktops reigned supreme. Packard Bell, Hewlett Packard, etc... had their quirks. But by far the worst machine I ever worked on was an eMachines system that I tried to fix/improve/service for this one girl. I swear those things were the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-12-21, 01:48

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The power supply in that eMachines is dying and will go out probably sooner than later. Back in the day, when I worked at a computer shop, we couldn't keep those power supplies in stock even though we were selling them at $50 a pop. The ones we were selling were much better quality than the ones …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-12-21, 00:45

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To be honest I'm quite happy there are some high-profile collectors around who share their finds here. That way I can see all the cool stuff without having to get into it myself. :) agreed. While getting a voodoo 3 is nice, after seeing 10 a week, the novelty wears off. Seeing items that only pop …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-12-20, 02:18

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I bought a 1 GHz Socket 370 Tualeron (Tualatin Celeron) CPU for $6 shipped. Hopefully it works on my GX150 so I can upgrade it to a Tualatin P3 later on, I'll post an update on the thread I made months ago once it comes. Yeah. I;m still on the hunt for a good Tualatin motherboard. Have a 1.4 with …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-12-19, 10:15

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tikoellner wrote: Very nice card indeed! I was looking for an 8 bit VGA for some time. Then I got two 8 bit WD Paradise cards last week. It amazes me these cards, after almost 30 years, still show up at the recycle center. It just shows me to not give up hope on finding early PC hardware in the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-12-19, 02:17

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Finally found an 8-bit VGA card at the recycle center for my ITT Xtra XP 286/XT hybrid system. It was less than $5 compared to similar cards on Ebay selling north of $50 to $70. I wont pay those prices. It looks to be in good physical condition, but hoping it works. Also found a bunch of other ISA …

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

Posted on 2017-12-17, 15:29

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Yesterday I left my Pentium II on while we went to see Star Wars and when we came home, my desktop was hosed. Had to give the 3 finger salute to restart it and when it came back up, I got the Explorer.exe is corrupted, please reinstall Windows message. LOL. I just took a Clonezilla system image a …

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Re: What was your favorite computing era?

Posted on 2017-12-16, 15:02

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That's easy: 1985 to 1995. An amazing decade of innovation right there.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-12-16, 14:20

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What a weird, but interesting board. Never heard of that expansion chip for that board. Bizarre.

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

Posted on 2017-12-16, 05:01

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luckybob wrote: Well, I didn't mean HERE, naturally. I got some software that wasn't archived for the PC and I gave it to trixter, I think he has a site for such things. It's cool man.

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

Posted on 2017-12-16, 04:49

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It's also the rules here at Vogons my friend. Roll your eyes all you want.

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

Posted on 2017-12-16, 04:31

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For obvious legal reasons.

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

Posted on 2017-12-16, 04:25

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I am a sucker when it comes to promotional software/games that are made to drive sales of a product line. One example would be the three Burger King original Xbox games that you could only get at Burger King stores back in the early 2000s. Well, I ran across this sealed copy of "Mott's Presents The …

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Re: Ebay thread goodbye thread

Posted on 2017-12-15, 00:08

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My definition of vintage is... I can't find much of it and what I do find is all overpriced. 🤣

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Re: Ebay thread goodbye thread

Posted on 2017-12-14, 00:54

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I will miss the thread, BUT Vogons still is and always will be a HUGE resource for me. Dege, who works tirelessly on updating dgVoodoo2 to work with more and more old game titles and asks for basically nothing in return. The guy is endless in his generosity of time and coding. Ripsaw8080 who codes …

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

Posted on 2017-12-13, 18:56

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A HUGE thank you to an anonymous source for finding (by complete chance) the VERY hard to find ITT Xtra keyboard for my restoration project. I tore it down and cleaned every nook and cranny and decided against a retrobrite treatment since it does weaken the plastics from what I have been reading. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-12-13, 12:53

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Oops. CameraZOOM-20171212213427573.jpg Ah well, never had one of these before. :P Fairly standard 2+ with only a floppy controller and "language board" (aka 64k expansion) installed. Was really really hoping for a Mockingboard, but can't get lucky all the time. It doesn't work, but it really, …

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

Posted on 2017-12-13, 01:57

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swap chips. if the error remains in the same place, it is an issue with the board. You might have a flakey socket or cold joint. So I flipped that massive mobo over and boom... corrosion on so many joints. Amazing how the top of a board can look completely different than the bottom of the board. …

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

Posted on 2017-12-12, 13:28

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swap chips. if the error remains in the same place, it is an issue with the board. You might have a flakey socket or cold joint. That's what I was dreading. The board actually has a built-in diagnostic rom and I find it odd it does not pick up the problem. Time to disassemble for closer inspection.

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

Posted on 2017-12-12, 04:31

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Was testing memory on an XT machine tonight and its built-in diagnostic tool shows all 640K as testing ok. I run Checkit v2.1 and its memory test shows a spot that is bad in memory. I replaced all the DRAM and reran the Checkit memory test. Still shows same spot as bad. Have any of you run into this …

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