Re: Tube Time: Announcing The Snark Barker, a 100% Compatible SB 1.0 Replica!
Posted on 2020-05-12, 22:37
Another night, more soldering..
Re: Tube Time: Announcing The Snark Barker, a 100% Compatible SB 1.0 Replica!
Posted on 2020-05-12, 10:59
I really appreciate your help - maybe you could just send it along with the bracket eventually and I would cover the shipping and price of the pot via PayPal?
Re: Tube Time: Announcing The Snark Barker, a 100% Compatible SB 1.0 Replica!
Posted on 2020-05-12, 09:45
Mouser usually ships for free for orders over 50EUR. Not sure about Turkey. I bought the whole Snark Barker BOM with Mouser and had no shipping costs (albeit for two SBs). I think it would be enough if you found a small pot with similar layout. You could alternatively solder in two resistors for …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-05-12, 08:07
I like it. XFCE 4, right? Works great ( I used it once to customize a Win 95 look for it). Why? There's LXDE that has that look like win9x by default and it is lighter on resources. Just change the theme to Redmond iirc. I love LXDE for weak systems but you have to admit it's not exactly a great …
Re: Tube Time: Announcing The Snark Barker, a 100% Compatible SB 1.0 Replica!
Posted on 2020-05-12, 08:03
solder a bunch of 2.2k resistors then :D Oh wait, you were not kidding, the reference image actually DOES have 4 2.2KR THT resistors! And it doesn't look half bad, I really didn't need to sweat it this much. LOL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/schlae/snark-barker/master/images/SnarkBarker.png R15 …
Re: Tube Time: Announcing The Snark Barker, a 100% Compatible SB 1.0 Replica!
Posted on 2020-05-12, 07:27
Good news, I sourced the resistor networks, and ordered some SAA1099 chips from China. I now have everything except the Alps potentiometer that seems impossible to source for me yet, so that will be my next problem. Maybe I can find a way to temporarily bypass it? For now, I've started soldering …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-05-11, 22:11
Back on topic, I've done some more soldering on my Snark Barker..
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-05-11, 22:09
pentiumspeed wrote on 2020-05-11, 19:46: Look for pentium cpu with retail intel heatsink attached? Cheers, I have one of these, an MMX-200 IIRC.. I never thought it could be useful, but then I should have known better - I've seen more than enough Socket As with broken retainer clips..
Re: IBM Aptiva - which graphics card?
Posted on 2020-05-11, 14:52
In that case just use the TNT2. If you want to play Glide games give nGlide a try, it should run OK on a K6-2/400 (I would presume) for most Glide only games at 640x480 - for the rest you have OpenGL and DirectX
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-05-11, 12:46
Who is this Korean Tualatin guy?
Re: "Best" sound card for an old ATARI 286 PC?
Posted on 2020-05-11, 11:47
SB 1.5/2.0 or Adlib depending on when you plan to date this PC. Both are available as easy build-kits.
Re: IBM Aptiva - which graphics card?
Posted on 2020-05-11, 11:46
PCI TNT2 + Voodoo 1 is what this PC needs IMO
Re: Found some old video cards: opinions?
Posted on 2020-05-11, 11:44
It would help to know if these are AGP or PCI..
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-05-11, 06:36
I really think this topic dragged on way more than it should, how about knocking it off for now?
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-05-10, 21:26
I got started on my SnarkBarker, finally.
Re: Tube Time: Announcing The Snark Barker, a 100% Compatible SB 1.0 Replica!
Posted on 2020-05-10, 20:52
It would look ugly as sin 😁 I may socket these resistor networks.. that way I can jury rig something for the moment...
Re: Tube Time: Announcing The Snark Barker, a 100% Compatible SB 1.0 Replica!
Posted on 2020-05-10, 17:07
Uh further complication, it appears the RP1 2.2KR resistor network is actually isolated not bussed and the one I have on order is listed as 7+1 so I bet it is bussed... Meh 😒
Re: What game are you playing now?
Posted on 2020-05-10, 12:49
Personally I love M&3, 4 and 5. I never played 6 and 7 but I hear they are awesome so I hope to play them some day. Is 8 really as bad as people say? Oh, and I uninstalled Divinity: Original Sin after sinking 25 hours into it. It just never grew on me. I hope Baldur's Gate 3 does not end up like …
Re: VOGONS Driver Library
Posted on 2020-05-10, 12:43
I'd rather that SquallStrife keep it as it is than have it turn into DriverGuide, no thanks.
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-05-10, 12:42
I got started on recapping my MSI KT3 Ultra 2 motherboard. Desoldering went a lot easier than I thought with just a cheap soldering iron, a solder pump and some solder wick. https://i.postimg.cc/kRnWc865/MSI-KT3-Ultra-2-Decap-01.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/14P0sxCZ/MSI-KT3-Ultra-2-Decap-02.jpg https:// …
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