Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-03, 11:05

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Some very nice acquisitions made recently - I think seeing the ATi Fury Maxx was my favourite (so many pages I had to look back over). So here's my latest delivery, a trade from Italy: 20170703_114639.jpg Western Digital WDXT-GEN2 Plus MFM controller for my XT clone so I can finally get my 40MB …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-06-21, 12:46

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Found another old laptop at a flea market -- this time for the whopping price of 10 SEK (so that's about $1.15 American) :blush: Woo active matrix! You could always make your own Covox with a DAC via parallel. Or, even better, if you have an Adlib: http://www.raphnet.net/electronique/adlib/adlib_en …

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

Posted on 2017-06-18, 10:22

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These were my two latest finds, found within a day of eachother. 1991 Packard Bell Diplomat (aka Zenith Z-LIte) 386 laptop and a 1993 Packard Bell Legend 845 486DX minitower! :D Zenith stuff was business-grade hardware so they actually made some quality shit before they were bought out by Packard …

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Re: I'm pretty Psioned about this one - Psion Series 5 8Mb

Posted on 2017-06-16, 13:17

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yawetaG wrote: Psion, if you still exist somewhere, and come across this: Make a modern version of this thing. Improved version of the OS and programs, color screen, USB, Wifi internet access, phone function, and you'll kill your competitors deader than dead. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_ …

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Re: Humour Thread: Outrageously priced retro gear for sale online

Posted on 2017-06-16, 13:15

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Speaking of old Apples: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-e-IIe-Enhanced-Computer-System-original-boxes-disks-manual-more-1984/401300173083?_trksid=p2047675.c100009.m1982&_trkparms=aid%3D888007%26algo%3DDISC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D41376%26meid%3D1b71cf0e37f44df6ac6e96eccfc113bc%26pid%3D100009%26rk%3D1% …

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

Posted on 2017-06-16, 08:25

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@brassicGamer, oh dang, that Acorn RISC PC made me go :shocked:, I really want one myself. They are cool machines. Any specs on it yet? Not yet. Curiously there are 2 PC CPU boards with this specimen - need to remove the heatsinks and check them. I also don't yet know if this is a StrongARM model …

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Re: Humour Thread: Outrageously priced retro gear for sale online

Posted on 2017-06-16, 08:22

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What really makes this funny are the labels on the front of it. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Mac-Macintosh-PERFORMA-575-Computer-Monitor-CD-floppy-Drive-OS-7-6/132216820730?_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D41375%26meid% …

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

Posted on 2017-06-16, 08:16

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Got a pickup lined up for tomorrow. Been emailing and got a final confirmation today. Lets just say, i'm sleeping like a kid on christmas eve. Uploaded a couple of the pics I got. Thats a mac lc 575 for those who are curious. I'll tell you what's curious - the ISA sandwich on that Intel board. Have …

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

Posted on 2017-06-13, 21:49

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The Apple II Plus, to me is the real prize. Monitor? Floppy drive? Congrats! Neither sadly. Reckon I could find a compatible monitor and there must be a drive kicking about somewhere on campus. I want to get these up and running for a computer history museum I've been asked to be the curator for :)

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

Posted on 2017-06-13, 20:12

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Well it's taken a year but my patience and persistence have paid off. I finally found the small locked room where all the 'old crap' is kept, somehow avoiding the WEEE waste collection. The full list is below but here are the highlights: 20170613_143518-2656x1494.jpg 20170613_143605-2656x1494.jpg …

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Re: Attack Of The Clones: Zenith (BT) XT Compatible

Posted on 2017-06-13, 10:05

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Lovely design of that case. Could we get a top-down photo showing more of the internals? :) I've got a Zenith Z-Station Pentium machine. It's a pizza-box style PC with a riser. Perhaps one of the latest models? Interesting story about the brand there, thanks for sharing. I've got a video in the …

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Re: What speed 386sx might this be?

Posted on 2017-06-08, 11:37

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Maybe it has a dx that's just using an sx case? Maybe, but unlikely. While the DX was socketed and could technically be replaced (with a very limited number of options), the SX was not. So if the motherboard is original, it will be an SX. If that's all you're going on though, it could be a 486 or …

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Re: "What card am I?"

Posted on 2017-06-08, 09:31

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And no video output. That makes them so easy to spot :) I just googled it. They really do lack video output. and here i was being a complete smartass. Serves me right i guess. EDIT: Damn you vogonites, I just realized in a little over a year I've posted here over 400 times. \ The addiction begins? …

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Re: CGA / EGA Dip Switches

Posted on 2017-06-08, 07:52

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I can't offer any insight on the jumper settings but they are a nightmare to find nowdays... what I try to do is look at the cards in TH99, hopefully find one using the same chipset and pray the settings somewhat match... had to do the same for an EGA card I am expecting. Yeah I thought that might …

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Re: Attack Of The Clones: Zenith (BT) XT Compatible

Posted on 2017-06-08, 07:51

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Oh Zenith... I had a 486/66 from them - wish I still had it. Just a plain looking case with that green tree logo IIRC. These older systems are really nice kudos on the restoration! Your 1084 has a TTL input as well right? You can make a simple cable and connect it to the cga's 9pin output - it will …

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CGA / EGA Dip Switches

Posted on 2017-06-07, 23:05

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Dudes, is there a standard when it comes to the settings offered by ISA graphics cards? I've found information on TH99 about my Paradise card, but not this one, so I'm wondering if, you know, they're all the same? generic-188600-002-8-bit-isa-dual-video-adapter-rev-a-1.39__36500.1490122500.jpg Any …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-06-07, 22:33

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brostenen wrote: Bought this today..... Sweeeeeeeet!

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Attack Of The Clones: Zenith (BT) XT Compatible

Posted on 2017-06-07, 22:31

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Think of the biggest names in PC clones in the '80s: Compaq obviously, HP, Dell, Zenith. What, what? Yes, after buying out Heath , Zenith had the 2nd largest share of the PC clone market after Compaq thanks to a shrewd decision to sell to big organisations like the government and their agencies ( …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-06-06, 13:47

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Picked up a Tandy 1000SX on Ebay for $39 before shipping. It arrived today and it's real exciting for me, has a hard card, RTC, and a 286 accelerator card. Not only that, but the seller is an old Radio Shack guy who used it to run his business, so there might be something interesting on the drive …

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

Posted on 2017-06-06, 12:38

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NamelessPlayer wrote: This held back the iBook and PowerBook lines to G4s this whole time... I lost count of the number of times someone asked me when the G5 Powerbook was coming out. The Mac mini was also odd when Intel came on board in the sense that it ran a Core Solo. That didn't last long.

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