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

Posted on 2018-06-22, 09:51

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My understanding was that no one had developed Kodachrome film since something like 2009? The reel is already developed. I am just going to get it transferred to digital as I don't want to risk sticking this into a projector myself. This probably hasn't been viewed in almost 70 years so I am hoping …

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

Posted on 2018-06-22, 02:58

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Not computer related, but an incredible find for our family. Found two very early 16mm color movie film reels from the late 1930s while helping my elderly mother clean up her house. I did not realize film reels came in color that early in the 20th century especially home movie reels. My late …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-06-20, 19:33

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There's also the possibility that your board has some shonky half-featured pirate chipset conveniently labelled as a VIA KT133. :P The Gigabyte board it's a knockoff of had the real thing. Yes. I bought that NIB Chinese Socket 370 board for strictly Windows 98SE work and it works well for just that …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-06-19, 17:13

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Cleaning up an Intel branded Pentium 100 desktop for a Youtube demo of the Cardinal SNAPplus. The Socket 370 board I picked up at Alibaba NIB had one ISA slot, but the performance of the ISA slot was insanely bad. A member at vcfed.org said it might be because late Socket 370 boards did not …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-06-18, 13:51

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After going to a fleamarket yesterday that absolutely sucked - I didn't even enter, the "large and diverse" event in a "very large" hall was being held in what basically amounted to a dirty four-car garage and mostly consisted of clothes (and they wanted 2 Euros entrance fee)... I have been to …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2018-06-17, 08:22

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If it seems like I'm posting in this thread a lot, for some reason the local second hand stores have been yielding a ton of good stuff lately. Even the big chain one that is typically abysmal has given up some goodies. Last year at this time there was basically nothing outside of dedicated gaming …

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

Posted on 2018-06-17, 01:04

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Terrible day at the garage sales. Absolutely nothing but junk. On the other hand, I am starting a restore of a Pentium 100 system with 64MB RAM. It will need some paint and scrubbing inside and out. Once done, it will be my demo machine for the Cardinal SNAPplus video card I picked up over a month …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-06-12, 16:36

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Just a couple of months ago I came very close to buying a large 1960s era TV that was in factory new condition from an estate sale, but it was big, heavy and $350 which I thought was steep. It did have the original remote and manuals which was amazing. I didn't know remote control TVs were a thing …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-06-12, 16:13

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Kinda off topic (but still retro) Found this at a garage sale for $8, still new in the box. 4DiQ5Cdm.jpg p4aDjP2m.jpg Just a couple of months ago I came very close to buying a large 1960s era TV that was in factory new condition from an estate sale, but it was big, heavy and $350 which I thought …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-06-10, 08:24

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seanneko wrote: Bought a complete 286 from someone who clearly knew nothing about it. Inside was this. Can't complain about that. Is the rest of the machine mint like the Creative card? Have photos?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-06-08, 18:42

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Usually I expect when its labeled as "new" and the box is on the photo that the box also arrives in good condition and is not used as shipping box...but OK. This is why I have been forced to message every seller I buy from and spell out to them I want the box within a box. If the box is in museum …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2018-06-07, 14:55

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xjas wrote: Seems I'm the only one buying games lately. 😜 No, you're not the only one. I'm just lazy at posting. Picked up Bioforge on GOG for a $1.49. Loved that game back when it was released. Under $2 for heavy nostalgia is well worth the price of admission.

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Re: Eye Of The Beholder C64 Demake. So cool.

Posted on 2018-06-07, 04:25

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Something about that port doesn't seem right. I think it is the sheer number of knives that are dropped. My experiences with the MS-DOS port never give me as many. The EasyFlash cartridge uses a bankswitched 8KB ROM window, so the loss of 8KB of RAM is not particularly acute. ROM is a lot faster to …

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Eye Of The Beholder C64 Demake. So cool.

Posted on 2018-06-06, 16:27

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Maybe some of you have been following this. It's not out yet, but I think it is an impressive feat. It looks incredible for just using the limited C64 color palette. https://youtu.be/yZuSxBN0zoE

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Re: Old Panasonic BR-E3 CMOS battery needs replacement. Any ideas?

Posted on 2018-06-05, 10:26

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Where are you located? I still have several of these NOS from an auction few years ago, but shipping from Germany may be more costly than the device. You could use a combination of two CR123A or a CR P2P instead, because thats basically whats inside this box. The connecting wire of your battery …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-06-03, 09:56

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I'm not really into processors so forgive my ignorance: Were these CPU's already rare when they were new or is this just the typical price inflation that's independent from the production run size (a.k.a "retro/vintage")? Rare or not, back in the day the Cyrix CPUs were considered the budget …

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Re: Old Panasonic BR-E3 CMOS battery needs replacement. Any ideas?

Posted on 2018-05-31, 00:10

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Wow!!! That Miami distributor told me it was in stock and then sent me the invoice that said backordered. When I called the next business day the order was cancelled and they never called me. Never dealing with them again. The distributor tech support was telling me that this battery is 1.2V higher, …

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Re: Old Panasonic BR-E3 CMOS battery needs replacement. Any ideas?

Posted on 2018-05-26, 21:00

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Where are you located? I still have several of these NOS from an auction few years ago, but shipping from Germany may be more costly than the device. You could use a combination of two CR123A or a CR P2P instead, because thats basically whats inside this box. The connecting wire of your battery …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-05-26, 19:43

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286 motherboard with 640kb of ram, the reason I bought this board because it has a harris 286-25 CPU and I won the auction for a far price, one of those impulsive purchases in case I ever build a high end 286, unfortunately no simm memory but on to another related purchase. Wow. 286-25. Is that the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-05-24, 14:27

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OldCat wrote: Does anyone recognize this beauty in blue? Filename blueman.jpg File size 211.44 KiB Views 1221 views

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