Re: Post pics of your CRT monitors

Posted on 2020-10-07, 00:33

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by pentiumspeed

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Gonna say that when I used to be TV/monitor repair technician in our shop they came across interestingly stuff. Oh SONY PVM CRT: Very well made inside and out, and they were made to be transported all the time. Also came across one very high end 17" or 20" monitor (didn't remember the brand, that …

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Re: Using a vintage multi-track recorder as a mixer, namely the Roland VS-880EX - might apply to other Roland VS- units

Posted on 2020-10-07, 00:28

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by pentiumspeed

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Darry, Make sure you have storage disk (not removable) bit set in CF cards. That shows the issues I had with CF cards. Find 2GB or 4GB CF and do a test on a slot 1 machine, by using DOS and prepare them for bootable and if they boot in DOS, might work in your VS-880EX. Ones that works: Transcend …

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Re: Compaq AT power supply difference.

Posted on 2020-10-06, 16:56

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by pentiumspeed

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Wiretap, Cool, one more thing, this one has main cache missing but is that not your goal?

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Re: Compaq AT power supply difference.

Posted on 2020-10-06, 16:01

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by pentiumspeed

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Baoran, Please show picture of motherboard that you want to use compaq power supply on this? Cheers,

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Re: Compaq AT power supply difference.

Posted on 2020-10-06, 16:00

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by pentiumspeed

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wiretap Here's this 1MB upgrade module for the S3 on the motherboard: https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Compaq-213859-001-1MB-Video-Memory-Upgrade-Board-Deskpro-2000-4000-Systems/153408104965?epid=1507946597&hash=item23b7d5ea05:g:rjEAAOSwHLtevt7F This will help with performance of video chip. From 32bits to …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-10-06, 00:59

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by pentiumspeed

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Careful with this board, I can see 2 leads on one chipset is crushed. Make sure it is not shorted, use high magnification loupe. Cheers,

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Re: Digigram PCX9 has midi output and inputs.

Posted on 2020-10-05, 23:46

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by pentiumspeed

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Thanks, I'll see if seller still have this available later on when I'm doing other round of purchases. Cheers,

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Re: CGA monitor (Samtron SC-452) in need of revival

Posted on 2020-10-04, 21:40

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by pentiumspeed

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Monitors will *need* capacitors checked with ESR meter and replaced any that is exhausted (tired). Electronic repair shop who remembers fixing CRT monitors apply. Cheers,

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Re: 386 Oscillator Speeds?

Posted on 2020-10-04, 21:34

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by pentiumspeed

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divide by 2 but most used 66.667 or what ever is. Cheers,

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Digigram PCX9 has midi output and inputs.

Posted on 2020-10-04, 03:10

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by pentiumspeed

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But what about support? They are broadcast quality isa card with DAC built in. Cheers,

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Tseng ET4000AX, Sometimes have 3 rom chips. What's the 3rd ROM (starts with X)

Posted on 2020-10-04, 02:08

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by pentiumspeed

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in Marvin \ Video

When I'm looking at ET4000AX video cards, some of them have 3 ROM chips, along with RAMDAC IC. They usually have H and L ROM ICs but also have third ROM that starts with "X...." , what does these X Rom does? Performance? Or help with compatibility? Cheers,

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

Posted on 2020-10-03, 23:35

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by pentiumspeed

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Even at 700C this should not do that with most soldering stations using typical tips around 40-70W, mine is 90W and couldn't get that kind of damage. It looked like very, old fashioned, powerful heavy soldering iron was used. Cheers,

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-10-03, 01:53

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by pentiumspeed

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Bought 2 power supplies. One is so monstrous PSU for 525W with fan of 120mm in one end, this is actual PSU for intel xtended xpress motherboard. That PSU is so rare but so helpful for me to document the working and document the connectors pin-outs properly! So others can play with xtended xpress …

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Re: Compaq Deskpro EX Mainboard 203966-001 showing Error Messages

Posted on 2020-10-02, 20:46

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by pentiumspeed

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

hard drive is not prepared properly. Need to be done on same motherboard, delete the old partitions and recreate partitions, format it then install DOS or windows 98 SE. Cheers,

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Re: ASUS PVI-486SP3: Need specific resistor value

Posted on 2020-10-02, 20:42

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by pentiumspeed

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Oops. Forgot that. Yeah 22 ohms or 10 ohms are pretty low resistance. Enjoy! Cheers,

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Re: SCSI interface compatiablity of wide scsi and LVD, SE and ultra160, ultra320 between controller and drives.

Posted on 2020-10-02, 17:55

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by pentiumspeed

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Adaptec 2940U2W can I use it as non-raid mode, like two hard drive, one of them for boot? Cheers,

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Re: ASUS PVI-486SP3: Need specific resistor value

Posted on 2020-10-01, 23:52

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by pentiumspeed

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His torn off resistor, next to it is 220 ohm resistor, while yours are 100 Ohms resistors. Revisions do matter. Cheers,

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SCSI interface compatiablity of wide scsi and LVD, SE and ultra160, ultra320 between controller and drives.

Posted on 2020-10-01, 20:40

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by pentiumspeed

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Say I have a wide 68pin controller card connected to the LVD or ultra160 or ultra320 drives? I know about the proper adapters in between on each drive. Just wanted to know for sure this was from one of the thread's post that talked about cross compatibility between controller card and drives. Cheers …

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Re: S3 Vision 968 VLB replica

Posted on 2020-10-01, 20:35

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by pentiumspeed

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in Marvin \ Video

I thought people is saying IBM DAC is not good quality vs TI DAC?

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Re: E-Wave : an ESS based waveblaster card

Posted on 2020-10-01, 20:31

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by pentiumspeed

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What's the differences? Is it higher quality wavetable rom? Cheers,

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