Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-02-08, 11:20

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wiretap wrote on 2020-02-07, 20:26: They're here... UPS man is totally crazy carrying a CRT + tower in the OEM boxes, lol. He didn't drop them though. […] Show full quote They're here... UPS man is totally crazy carrying a CRT + tower in the OEM boxes, 🤣. He didn't drop them though. That must have …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-02-08, 10:58

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I also had to look twice when seeing that ram and the pentium 2! Interesting board! Pretty standard i440FX board. In 1997 quite a lot of these things were being made, apparently because the i440FX was cheaper/easier to come by than the new i430LX. Basic PentiumPro features with a P2 CPU. Now the …

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Re: Has anyone else experienced a particular "smell" from old electronics?

Posted on 2020-02-01, 21:37

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I have noticed over the years that old CRT monitors and televisions emit a distinctive smell when powered on.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-02-01, 00:13

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imi wrote on 2020-01-31, 20:53: what a beast :3 It reminds me of the Amstrad ALT-286, the Tulip LT286 and the Toshiba T3100.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-02-01, 00:08

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Intel486dx33 wrote on 2020-01-31, 17:54: More photos It looks like a Bravo LC at the back and inside. Great find.

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Re: Hardware museum website and YouTube channel

Posted on 2020-01-31, 23:51

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havli wrote on 2020-01-31, 20:53: 7800 GTX 512MB is almost impossible to find. I have one for sale on my website if you're interested. I actually have two, the other one is complete in box but I like to keep that one (found them last year during a clearance sale of a former pc fair trader).

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Re: My collection of Late-era AGP cards

Posted on 2020-01-31, 21:13

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It's extremely rare, and quite historic as a very famous misstep from nvidia, that they later corrected. What is extremely rare? How many were manufactured? I can think of many things that are old and rare, but not worth much. The fact that you can find 2 on ebay in a 5 second search, at a random …

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Re: My collection of Late-era AGP cards

Posted on 2020-01-31, 20:55

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meljor wrote on 2020-01-31, 20:28: but the one I can not obtain is the Fx5800 Ultra.... (and way to expensive for me on Ebay). What is so special about that card? Is it worth this kind of money?

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Re: Hardware museum website and YouTube channel

Posted on 2020-01-31, 19:48

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havli wrote on 2019-12-16, 20:16: Radeon HD 2600 XT vs GeForce 8600 GTS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj9SAwyROBU My old daily pc has a Crossfire Club3D Radeon HD 2600 XT setup. That was quite powerful for its time (2007 or so?), it ran Flight Simulator X pretty smooth at 1280x1024p.

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Re: Phil's YouTube and Website updates (philscomputerlab)

Posted on 2020-01-31, 19:42

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I think Phil played a crucial role here and he really helped around a lot here :) Or at least he certainly had a positive influence on here :P If anyone wants to know what exactly happened, why not just ask him? It's not like he disappeared from the face of the earth lol But in the end, people come …

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Re: Trying to find a picture of a specific 1970s-1980s tv.

Posted on 2020-01-31, 19:28

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Vynix wrote on 2020-01-29, 17:51: I might have found a similar one on some FB group, I don't how how close it would be but still worth a try. France had their own SECAM models, sets offered in The Netherlands were PAL.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-01-30, 23:08

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New old stock, zero hour CRT. Filename 20200130_144608 (002).jpg File size 118.15 KiB Views 1686 views You've got to love the beige & silver front 😀 I was lucky because 1) it was advertised as a LCD and I was the first one to contact, 2) it was cheap and 3) seller wanted to ship it.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-01-21, 20:58

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I want one too :) Where are you going to use it for? Windows NT 4.0 Dual Pentium Pro Intergraph OpenGL machine build. :-) That's going to be an unique system :) I have never installed NT 4.0 on one of my retro game pc's because of the lack of USB support, but you can of course use a NIC, optical …

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Re: Installing MS-DOS on a CF Card

Posted on 2020-01-21, 20:35

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boxpressed wrote on 2020-01-19, 20:53: I can't quite remember, but I believe you do it in this order: […] Show full quote Falcon_H wrote on 2020-01-19, 20:42: Thank you! That must be the problem! What commands do I need to do? I can't quite remember, but I believe you do it in this order: fdisk / …

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Re: Floppy disk quality.

Posted on 2020-01-21, 20:33

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Nashua, TDK and Fujifilm are also great.

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Re: Is this Mac Se (likely) repairable?

Posted on 2020-01-21, 20:29

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Don't buy it, unless you need parts like the pretty rare high density disk drive.

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Re: Philips PC info needed.

Posted on 2020-01-21, 20:19

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Baoran wrote on 2020-01-21, 10:03: asked about if power supply uses standard AT connectors so I would know if it can be replaced. If it has the Delta Electronics PSU as shown in the previous post, then yes. That's a reliable PSU, haven't seen one go up in smoke yet.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-01-21, 20:12

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furan wrote on 2020-01-18, 04:42: I was waiting for the InWin IW-A500 to show up on eBay, and it did, but I hemmed and hawed about buying it and someone here got […] Show full quote I was waiting for the InWin IW-A500 to show up on eBay, and it did, but I hemmed and hawed about buying it and …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-01-21, 20:07

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The main part of the ebay lot I picked up this weekend was this 386 pc (Still with delivery box from 1991 and CRT also in delivery box from the same time.) https://i.ibb.co/wdJpFQh/IMG-2061.jpg I have never owned anything older than a 486dx4 100 so I am unsure what to do with it. That's a neat …

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Re: What do you drive?

Posted on 2020-01-11, 21:49

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bfcastello wrote on 2019-12-27, 02:30: A 2014 Ford New Fiesta 1.5... *sighs* I would be quite happy with that, if it has decent seats and cruise control 😀

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