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

Posted on 2018-04-28, 20:27

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Is there a high quality scan up somewhere? Here. I scanned in the glossy cover of the Tempra Show 2.0 manual. Same exact graphic as the box. 600dpi in 24bit color. It's 30MB so Google drive it is. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1B4qwHE9xB42d8iyXn_mHRJ-Gv35vGWhP Oh, awesome. I absolutely love this …

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

Posted on 2018-04-28, 01:21

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Backed up the S3 Velocity 3D and Adaptec AHA-2930UA Mac BIOS EPROM chips with my new EEPROM reader/programmer that I got from Amazon. My plan is to buy a couple of EEPROM chips and make an XTIDE Universal BIOS for my 3Com EtherLink III 3c509-TP Ethernt card, backup BIOS for my Packard Bell Pack- …

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Re: Nerdgasm dreams

Posted on 2018-04-27, 22:46

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Vancouver can be a treasure trove for retro stuff sometimes, not sure why exactly! I've done well off of Craigslist here and we have some good used video game stores around as well. Not just Vancouver (my wife is a dualie and we love YVR), but the Northwest in general. I find more vintage hardware …

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

Posted on 2018-04-27, 15:08

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xjas wrote: Is there a high quality scan up somewhere? Here. I scanned in the glossy cover of the Tempra Show 2.0 manual. Same exact graphic as the box. 600dpi in 24bit color. It's 30MB so Google drive it is. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1B4qwHE9xB42 … _mHRJ-Gv35vGWhP

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-04-27, 12:49

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That keyboard is kind of nifty. Kind of nice a mic is in the keyboard, but then maybe not if you're typing and talking at the same time.

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2018-04-26, 20:40

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Cyrix200+ wrote: Not really retro: […] Show full quote Not really retro: Found a case sitting like this next to the paper recycling container: What an awesome find and free makes it epic.

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

Posted on 2018-04-26, 19:26

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Well, good news is Tempra Pro and Show work fine on the Tualatin 1.4. I read an article about Divide by Zero errors on older programs in DOS and one of the solutions is to disable the L2 cache. Once I did that in the BIOS Tempra worked perfect. So the next step is... will that 16-bit ISA slot work …

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

Posted on 2018-04-26, 17:19

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Awesome, glad you managed to get a working copy off the disks. I'm really curious about this kind of old AV equipment & software, I was always under the impression that the Video Toaster was the only thing of its kind but I guess there were bound to be some alternatives around. Please do link the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-04-26, 16:38

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My mom used Wang computers back in the late 1980's... Why do Beavis and Butthead voices keep echoing in my head. Stop it. Stop it. I'm guessing some "immature" nerds came up with the name. :lol: All the techs I worked with back in the 90s, including myself, got bored and came up with names for …

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Nerdgasm dreams

Posted on 2018-04-26, 16:28

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Just came across this article on Flipboard. Can you imagine coming across seven floors of new in box decades old hardware that you wanted? https://arcadeblogger.com/2016/02/11/robotron … e-time-machine/

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

Posted on 2018-04-26, 02:22

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As some of you know I finally found my most wanted piece of vintage hardware which was the Cardinal SNAPplus video card. Unfortunately the SNAPplus I found did not come with a piece of software that my SNAPplus I had back in the early 90s came with which was Mathematica's Tempra Pro. Tempra Pro is a …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-04-23, 15:16

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^^^ Sounds like a fun time to me. Smart choice on the Next machine. An old friend of mine picked one of those up years ago and it has sat in his closet since. Not a lot was developed for it, but it's interesting to look at and good for museum and collection display purposes IMO.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-04-23, 12:42

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Won this auction for "Assorted Computer Components Lot". Nowhere in the description did it say what they were actually selling, but I am pretty sure that's an Awe 32 PNP with some sort of add-on module. I'm not really sure what the add-on module is though. It also includes a unknown Trident ISA VGA …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-04-23, 03:02

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https://archive.org/details/CardinalSNAPplusCompleteArchive Will you be uploading to vogonsdrivers as well? I think that will be easier for some users to find. Downloading the zip file to add to my drivers library now. Thanks. I don't have the card yet, but always download obscure video drivers …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-04-23, 01:34

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@liqmat post some pics of the card/software in action :) Cardinal SNAPplus Box Contents.jpg After days of imaging, photographing and scanning I am happy to report the Cardinal SNAPplus complete archive is done and up @ -0°. Considering there was very little info and zero files for this card online …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-04-19, 17:06

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IMG_20180418_145152 (Medium).jpg picked up a 1040ST. Monitor is monochrome... I need a color solution, debating getting an SC1224 color monitor or just settle for a composite breakout cable. Anyone know if there's a way to get these to output to a Commodore 1080/1084? Wow! No yellowing at all. Did …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-04-19, 14:53

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This card was $1300 back in 1992 when it was released. Alright and how much was it 2018? A little less than 1/5th the original price. I was happy to pay it too considering its condition and it has been at the very top of my wanted list. @liqmat post some pics of the card/software in action :) How …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-04-19, 02:52

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MCGA wrote: I'd be one happy mofo if I found a Cardinal card, let alone in box. There is one on Ebay, but barebones and pricey. There are no cables, docs or software either. I will be archiving all the docs and software shortly.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-04-19, 00:57

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So that an ET4000ax with video capture? 1mb? upgradable to 2mb? Mpeg accleration? 4 cables (8-pin DIN to composite / 8-pin DIN to S-video) Maximum resolution 1280x1024. Tseng Labs ET4000AX chip Two SNAP+ FujiFilm/Cardinal FMD0191YFP digital processor chips 1MB NMB AAA1M304Z-06 1x1Mb 1MB NEC D42274V …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-04-19, 00:12

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Welp, all of you probably have your unobtainium piece of hardware that you either seek or have found. I finally found mine and unbelievably NIB. You bet I'll be archiving all of the floppies and docs. Cross your fingers all the floppies work as the DOS/Windows 3.1 drivers and software for this card …

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