Re: Creative cr-563b in external enclosure?
Posted on 2023-03-11, 05:14
It possibly came with a matsushita single speed drive in at first and got upgraded to 2x.
Re: percentage of old PCs and components that are saved?
Posted on 2023-03-11, 01:06
Yah the dotcom boom did them no favors, overleveraged buyers/users of them and overconfident suppliers of them. The big names with fingers in multiple pies clung on, but it killed everyone else. High prices are the symptom not the disease, like temperature rising when you've got an infection, it's …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2023-03-10, 21:07
Today was a day of busts. Tried buying Republic Commando, early release with manual. Turns out it's already sold, the seller just forgot to take down the listing. But I'm getting a full refund. I also grew unsure about the vintage market game seller guy. Checked the address I should go see the …
Re: Can somebody tell me how the clock generator circuit works
Posted on 2023-03-10, 20:52
I got an idea if you really really really wanna know it's putting out a clock... Got anything like this around? https://www.eham.net/reviews/view-product?id=3310 I just came across an old one of mine when I was looking for something, or an old RadioShack patrolman or something, analog tuning, don't …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2023-03-10, 18:28
Hah, I just dug one of those out at the end of Jan Re: Flying Dutchmen, White Whales, the ghost HW that eludes you, lost & found. but mine is missing a BIOS .. and I'm always short of EEPROMs so don't know when it will get one. I am not sure if I have a PCI SiS 6326, but if I do I will see what …
Re: Voodoo 3 3500 TV AGP or Asus V8200 Deluxe geforce 3?
Posted on 2023-03-10, 18:09
That one time I tried video out on a Voodoo 3, it was better than Rage cards, but still kinda "muddy", the GF3 I had did very well with video out, as good as you'd expect to be possible. Voodoo I think has the advantage that it's video out is full time, you can see post screen etc, and use it in …
Re: Building a new Socket 7 MMX MS-DOS / Windows 95 All-in-one system
Posted on 2023-03-10, 17:57
That's quite different. If it were one of mine I'd feel compelled to name it after Jake Tucker in Family Guy 🤣
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2023-03-10, 17:52
The Elite 4/75cx has been disassembled. What happens if I remove one VRAM chip, will it boot with only 256kB video memory? One way to find out. DSC_3051.JPG TBH I don't think that is gonna achieve anything. If it's the low chip you pull it won't be looking high for it's basic RAM, if it's the high …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2023-03-10, 17:43
Seeing stuff cheap is my weakness, even at the grocery store, donuts 50% off, that means they're half the calories right? Current most tempting thing is a PC Chips weird old pentium board, can't actually get a firm ID from Ultimate Retro, that is sitting in a town some ways away, that some of my …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2023-03-10, 15:49
The Elite 4/75cx has been disassembled. What happens if I remove one VRAM chip, will it boot with only 256kB video memory? One way to find out. DSC_3051.JPG TBH I don't think that is gonna achieve anything. If it's the low chip you pull it won't be looking high for it's basic RAM, if it's the high …
Re: percentage of old PCs and components that are saved?
Posted on 2023-03-10, 15:20
CPUs aren't really the problem, on top of being fairly durable up to the 2000s, and several being in existence per motherboard in the first place, they're most likely to be saved if everything else is scrapped. There are however challenges in getting FPGA to emulate core logic AND get to to connect …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2023-03-10, 14:42
Xcellent... I just found one in the ignored systems pile last week, so will want to see how you do with yours.... and if it's worth sacrificing a Trident to fill the holes.
Re: DOSBox Game Launcher (DOSBox Frontend)
Posted on 2023-03-10, 05:14
So I was thinking # isn't seen in URLs, so I did a human eyeball lookup and the URL is https://www.mobygames.com/game/97125/big-blue-disk-1/
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2023-03-10, 00:39
Plating on the via is harder than solder you can feel your way down it real easy as long as you're using a bit that's small enough, cavemen who are gonna attack it at 5000 rpm with a 1/8 drill bit probably broke the board over their knee first.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2023-03-09, 20:28
Yah I think some ranges of stuff compaq had plastic that turns to cheese with age, got one monitor that makes distressing noises just moving it across the room in a careful hug, wouldn't wanna ship it at all, no matter how.
Re: percentage of old PCs and components that are saved?
Posted on 2023-03-09, 20:25
Good luck to them, a lot of them were foisted on them as cast-offs from richer countries back in the day. Earlier "recycling" was just shipping them abroad where they weren't your problem any more. Rumors of 7 year olds pounding them with rocks for raw material reclamation and breathing in the toxic …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2023-03-09, 20:18
The issue I have with these large ground planes isn't so much removing the leads; those can just be heated up and pulled out. It's the solder that gets stuck in the hole. No amount of heat, suction, or even heated vacuum pumps will work for some holes, and overworking it often ends up damaging or …
Re: Where can I find older AT Cases?
Posted on 2023-03-09, 20:06
FYI if you find something the right shape and want it "less black" or haven't got time to do a super good paint job, then Dollar Tree has been having self adhesive vinyl come in in several widths, I might be remembering wrong but 1", 2" 4" and 12" was what I saw, but the local crafters etc fell on …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2023-03-09, 19:09
Version really matters with the slotkets.
Re: 486 HDD Fail Message at POST
Posted on 2023-03-09, 19:07
Sometimes ageing drives don't come up to speed fast enough to beat the check. That can also be a PSU ageing issue, it doesn't quite deliver enough at the power on surge to get everything going.
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