Re: Most useless/undesirable piece of vintage computer hardware

Posted on 2016-06-13, 13:15

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by Errius

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Are there still corporate networks running over BNC or other old hardware? The only justification for this I can think of is if the old cables run inside walls or other inaccessible places and its not economic to rip them out and replace them.

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Re: Most useless/undesirable piece of vintage computer hardware

Posted on 2016-06-13, 12:49

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Oh yes, anything related to pre-RJ45 networking.

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Re: Most useless/undesirable piece of vintage computer hardware

Posted on 2016-06-13, 12:25

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by Errius

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Tape drives. I have a stack of these I don't know what to do with. Worthless, useless. In defense of modems, they're still useful for emergency internet access. I keep two around for that reason. V90 Sitecoms IIRC. Serial of course. PCI/ISA modems are a waste of space. (Though if I still had an XT …

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Re: so excited

Posted on 2016-06-12, 22:17

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Cool. You can never have too many PCI modems.

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[SOLVED] CD Audio cable question

Posted on 2016-06-11, 09:35

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Hello, I have a Plextor SCSI CD-ROM drive which I want to use in a DOS build. However it uses an unusual CD audio connector I haven't seen before. Imagine a rectangle with two clipped edges on one side. Four pins. Does this connector have a name? How do I connect it to my SoundBlaster? eta: pictures …

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Re: Adorable 1/3 scale Macintosh

Posted on 2016-06-09, 11:45

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by Errius

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Yes, great idea. The biggest problem with retro computers is finding space to stow them when not in use.

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Re: Why are old PCs considered lame and boring?

Posted on 2016-06-09, 11:37

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PeterLI wrote: This hobby is and will remain tiny and irrelevant to society at large. Until the nukes go off and the survivors have to fight each other (and Mel Gibson) for fuel, food and 486s.

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Re: IBM PC 365 Max HDD Size?

Posted on 2016-06-08, 21:18

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IDK, but this being IBM they probably wanted you to buy a server if you wanted to use larger disks.

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Re: IBM PC 365 Max HDD Size?

Posted on 2016-06-08, 21:00

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by Errius

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General info here: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Large-Disk-HOWTO-4.html

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Re: Keyboard vs. Soda -- keyboard lost :(

Posted on 2016-06-08, 13:43

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Yes, be careful with heat. Even if the keys don't visibly 'melt' they can become distorted enough to jam in the holes. This is irreparable. I lost a keyboard this way.

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Re: Ageia PhysX carwash Tech demo - missing!

Posted on 2016-06-08, 00:10

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Why don't archive.org make such huge files available as torrents?

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Re: My dual 1GHZ PIII Monster, I call it "The Witch Doctor"

Posted on 2016-06-08, 00:02

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I wish there was still some manufacturers making beige cases or beige PC stuff in general. If I had the choice between black and beige I'd choose beige most of the time. Wish my modern PC setup was beige. I like the look of the Nanoxia Deep Silence 5, with a coat of paint that could look very nice …

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Re: Keyboard vs. Soda -- keyboard lost :(

Posted on 2016-06-07, 23:52

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by Errius

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Take it apart and clean the internals? If I didn't do this I'd have to buy a new keyboard every month or so.

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Re: The IBM Pentium Pro W95 Build

Posted on 2016-06-07, 15:07

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Is the 150-200 MHz PPro good for Windows games? Does the graphics card matter more than CPU at these speeds?

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Re: english, the planetary language

Posted on 2016-06-07, 15:00

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Hollywood must play a huge role in this. The whole world watches American movies.

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Re: The IBM Pentium Pro W95 Build

Posted on 2016-06-07, 02:19

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Yes the PPro makes a fine late DOS platform. You can also disable cache to get it down to 386 speeds.

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Re: What was the coolest looking vintage computer?

Posted on 2016-06-06, 18:57

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Sulu and Chekov want their console back

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Re: What was the coolest looking vintage computer?

Posted on 2016-06-06, 17:00

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Scali wrote: Not sure if this counts, because technically it's an arcade machine, and it's discrete logic rather than microprocessor-controlled, but other than that, the Computer Space cabinet looks ossom! I like the ashtray hole in the side. You don't see that any more in arcades.

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Re: Why are old PCs considered lame and boring?

Posted on 2016-06-06, 16:32

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Regarding the collapse of Commodore. The early 1990s were also a time of economic recession. All gaming-related computer companies would have been struggling, but people still needed business computers, so the PC clone manufacturers would have been less affected.

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Re: reading txt files

Posted on 2016-06-06, 15:26

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There's also the old PC Magazine utility BROWSE.COM by Charles Petzold How to view long command usage pages though? You can't use CMD.EXE /? | MORE

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