Re: Sound Blaster 16 Clones

Posted on 2022-08-02, 18:37

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by Thermalwrong

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Thomas_GER, I don't know what's in gerwin's collection because VOGONSDrivers is down, but look in s100dm2.zip for some pinouts and more info. We need to convert this to PDF (which I've done partially) but I haven't managed to insert the pages the way the README.TXT suggests yet. Haha, I should've …

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Re: Patch for Windows 95/98/98 SE/Me to run on newest CPUs

Posted on 2022-08-02, 16:57

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Thanks for making this patch! I was looking for a solution to - windows 98 vmware 6d007eH - and this thread popped up. Your patch is working well for me on Windows 98 SE (4.10.2222B) with VMware Player 16.2.4 on a 5600X CPU. This is after installing the Windows "Security9_enu_15" and re-patching. …

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Re: Bent motherboard

Posted on 2022-08-01, 22:10

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by Thermalwrong

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Yep, it does seem to be a M537 looking at the pictures - https://www.ultimateretro.net/en/motherboards/6150 or https://www.ultimateretro.net/en/motherboards/6156 The renaming of the chipset made it a bit awkward to find on UltimateRetro, but I think PC Chips were the only ones doing that, so there's …

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Re: New case for new retro XT

Posted on 2022-08-01, 20:43

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by Thermalwrong

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You could look for HTPC / home theatre / media center computers - Antec, Silverstone, Cooler Master random cheapies too. Those are almost always regular height mATX or ATX and were essentially the last desktop cases. Some of them have regular 5 1/4 drive bays. They're not beige, but they often have …

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Re: Toshiba Satellite 200CDS

Posted on 2022-07-29, 13:56

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by Thermalwrong

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That's great that it still starts up without the inverter. Can you get a picture of the burned bit? It sounds like the electrolyte caused something to short out, which is just what happened to mine yesterday - although on mine it didn't fully short, just went dim / unusable CCFL brightness. Your …

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

Posted on 2022-07-29, 01:12

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by Thermalwrong

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I've gotta make a write up on this at some point. I keep getting stuck into one project after another and I'm slowly working through them - the most frustrating lately has been a Toshiba Portege 3010CT laptop that I dropped off a tall shelf. The laptop was fine but the CCFL in the LCD was smashed. …

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Re: Toshiba Satellite 200CDS

Posted on 2022-07-28, 23:41

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by Thermalwrong

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Hey there, good timing! I was just checking out the laptop I last fixed the inverter on, to find that the inverter turned on for a few seconds, then off/really dim and there was the fish smell of electrolyte :D I just found out that the electrolyte wasn't cleaned up fully on my inverter. It had got …

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Re: Toshiba Satellite 200CDS

Posted on 2022-07-14, 22:13

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by Thermalwrong

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That's fairly easy to fix although it's going to require dismantling the screen and replacing some capacitors - I've seen that failure mode a couple of times now on the Toshiba UA0392P01 inverter boards. If the electrolytic capacitors wear out or have leaked, the inverter starts making a high …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-06-27, 21:38

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by Thermalwrong

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This Compaq Contura Aero 4/25 with PCMCIA floppy. It works and it's in good shape. Also it has a dead Duracell battery pack which looks fitted with 4 x 18650. This type of battery was introduced in 1994. TabWorks from Xerox it's the default Windows 3.1 interface. (I like it!!!) Those should be NIMH …

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Re: Rare Prostar laptop

Posted on 2022-06-09, 21:12

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by Thermalwrong

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That should be a Kapok 5200P - they were an offshoot of Clevo back in the 90s making premium rebrandable desktop replacement laptops, until they got re-absorbed around 1998. See this page for specs: https://web.archive.org/web/19990127225300/http://www.kapok.com.tw/5c.htm The 5200P is the series - …

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

Posted on 2022-06-08, 23:59

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by Thermalwrong

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My eyes hurt. :( Not even worth trying, too much time and effort. Nah, it's worth it to me :) It also gave a good reason to use the Quick 861DA hot air station and in the end, it should result in a PCB design that others can use to repair the CT1350B PCBs You got it wrong because I wrote it badly, …

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

Posted on 2022-06-04, 03:27

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by Thermalwrong

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A work in progress, the damaged PCB could make for some cool wall art in future. :) This was soundcard #1 back in the day. These days I already have an SB 2.0 clone, but these things are getting a bit rare now and it's a fun challenge. My eyes hurt. :( Not even worth trying, too much time and …

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

Posted on 2022-06-03, 02:48

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by Thermalwrong

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A work in progress, the damaged PCB could make for some cool wall art in future. 😀 This was soundcard #1 back in the day. These days I already have an SB 2.0 clone, but these things are getting a bit rare now and it's a fun challenge.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-06-03, 02:45

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by Thermalwrong

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Ah, thank you Mr Gold Recycler, I hope those precious gold fingers and gold plated jumper pins bring you all the riches you desire

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-05-11, 21:50

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by Thermalwrong

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Thought I'd pop up here and showcase what arrived today from Japan, at least the item that actually works out of the things I ordered - a nice, rare IBM ThinkPad S30. Screen was shot, with the classic vinegar syndrome starting, but I already had a replacement for my previous S30, which sadly is in …

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Re: Toshiba 2805-s402 Ultimate retro gaming laptop

Posted on 2022-05-07, 11:29

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by Thermalwrong

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Sure, here it is: https://archive.org/details/toshiba-satellite … y-winme-english I've never upload anything to Archive.org before, it sure does take a while.

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Re: Gravis Ultrasound Max memory upgrade

Posted on 2022-05-07, 01:20

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by Thermalwrong

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The chips in the picture are TSOP, despite it saying SOJ on the item description. I can recommend the NEC uPD424260 chips, those are nice standard SOJ-40 DRAM chips, it should just work with any FPM 256Kx16 SOJ-40 I was able to use similar chips, the v53c16258 with the later GuS PNP: https://www. …

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Re: The Ultimate Retro project (formerly known as UH19) - a stason.org/TH99 alternative

Posted on 2022-05-06, 21:38

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by Thermalwrong

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If it bumps you up the list in Google's search rankings and secures the future of the Ultimate Retro / Retro Web then that's great news 😀 Good luck with the move and merger, I'll have to start contributing at some point.

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Re: toshiba portege t3400ct - battery life?

Posted on 2022-05-06, 21:29

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by Thermalwrong

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If it's working for 10-15 minutes, that's usually going to be one of the cell sets in the series has failed, so the battery pack's highest voltage is 8.4 volts instead of 12.6 volts, then it'll drop below workable voltage very quickly. The energyplus battery page says it's 10.8 volts and 3300mah, so …

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Re: Toshiba Libretto 50CT - Contemplating Purchase - What Repair Knowledge/Info/Resources Is/Are Out There?

Posted on 2022-05-05, 20:42

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by Thermalwrong

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Doing a full screen swap is something I've researched a bit, it wouldn't be easy and would require some kind of custom adapter. The original screen is the LQ61D133 - all the original LCDs are pretty dim IMO. There are modern equivalents around 5.6" that use the same RGB input that the libretto uses, …

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