Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-07-02, 17:39

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by HanJammer

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Those 3 machines with some goodies inside... 1/2 Nice finds! Not sure why, but the 8Mhz speed on the LED display and the 3DBench score of 76.9 look a bit odd to me :rofl: No idea, why 8Mhz - perhaps because motherboard doesn't support Turbo Switch and Turbo LED so it doesn't switch to higher mhz …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-07-02, 12:21

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by HanJammer

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appiah4 wrote on 2021-07-02, 10:12: HanJammer wrote on 2021-07-02, 10:03: 2/2 The rest, I have. But this makes me jealous as fuck.. I would prefer the SCSI version, but I'm not complaining 😉

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-07-02, 10:03

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by HanJammer

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2/2

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-07-02, 10:02

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by HanJammer

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Those 3 machines with some goodies inside... 1/2

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Re: Anyone with a Tandy CM-11 Monitor?

Posted on 2021-06-22, 12:26

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by HanJammer

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Is the STL for this available? I need to polish the design. The one I designed previously fit pretty nicely, but it was before I found the detailed pictures above. I won't make the .stl available for now. However I will have the printed lids for sale when I finish the project. Price will be …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2021-06-18, 14:23

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by HanJammer

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chinny22 wrote on 2021-06-15, 08:55: rust = patina = character. All part of it's history. Rust is rust. It may give character to some 50s rat-rod, but not to electronic parts because rust doesn't come with it's intended use. It's as bad damage as battery electrolyte spilled over your motherboard.

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2021-06-14, 15:23

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by HanJammer

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Scored this working AWE 64 gold. 20210613_100655.jpg Its a bit rusty on the metal plate and connectors: 20210613_100702.jpg Do you have any idea how can I clean it easily? Citric acid. Dissolve some in hot water, put the bracket in. Observe how the rust disappear (spots where it was will be darker …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-06-08, 14:02

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by HanJammer

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These to A2ks Nicer one is in very decent shape, came with GVP SCSI adapter and Vortex GoldenGate 386SX card. Second one will be parted out... it has MFM controller, motherboard is missing the CPU some pins are bent on the chips... Price was very OK on both... Third one is still in shipping I …

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Re: Anyone with a Tandy CM-11 Monitor?

Posted on 2021-06-08, 13:56

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by HanJammer

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HanJammer wrote on 2021-05-22, 20:21: Have you managed to make a fitting one? Because I have exactly same problem... Anyway, I designed the door already, but I think I will improve the design to include the 3D badge and hinges that will look more like original.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-06-02, 14:38

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by HanJammer

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Wow, excellent stuff. Especially on the second photo.

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2021-06-02, 12:46

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by HanJammer

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I have selected various ISA cards for the motherboard with 386DX-40 (see photo), a 128MB SanDisk IDE-CF and CompactFlash adapter, a 16bit ISA controller with Acer M5105 chip and parallel and game serial ports, as sound card I have to choose one between AZTECH and Creativa SB16 Value (CT2770), as …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-06-02, 11:08

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by HanJammer

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This rather uninteresting build, but in a supercute case. Worth a deep clean I'd say. Even the drive bay face plates are cool. :) That's the plan. Plastic is very yellow, but overall the case and internals are in perfect condition (there is even original protective film on the display panel).

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-06-02, 09:30

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by HanJammer

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This rather uninteresting build, but in a supercute case.

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Re: Logitech Mouseman (Serial-MousePort variant M-CJ13 or M-CJ17) help needed

Posted on 2021-06-01, 17:37

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by HanJammer

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I finally figured it out (by buying another M-CJ13 to check the pinout LOL) and repaired my first mouse. What an experience using it again after 25 years. Here are the diagrams for M-CJ13 and M-MC13 (externally they look identical, PCB is different - I guess M-MC13 is cheaper variant without PS/2 …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-05-30, 18:02

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by HanJammer

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I got this mystery ISA video card as part of a $30 lot of much newer computers in various states of disrepair, any idea what it is? All I can discern is that it has an ATI chipset and the ROM is labeled "GRAPHICS ULTRA/A". Have you tried entering "Ati graphics ultra" in google? ;] https://www. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-05-27, 11:12

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by HanJammer

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This NOS dual display adapter based on two CL-GD5429 chips. Found it in local ads for cheap. Thats a cool photo but does this card just mirror the primary display ? If so what good is it ? I have no idea, and I won't check anytime soon (I think about starting a vintage PC youtube channel and I …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-05-26, 14:54

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by HanJammer

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This NOS dual display adapter based on two CL-GD5429 chips. Found it in local ads for cheap.

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Re: Desoldering/soldering Dallas RTC chip

Posted on 2021-05-23, 00:02

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by HanJammer

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My little trick for clearing solder out of holes is to get a stainless steel sewing needle (that solder has a hard time sticking to) hold it in pliers, and either heat it with small torch off to the side, or while you do it, with the iron placed on it close to the hole, and work it up and down in …

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Re: Anyone with a Tandy CM-11 Monitor?

Posted on 2021-05-22, 20:21

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by HanJammer

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Have you managed to make a fitting one? Because I have exactly same problem...

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Re: LCS-6941 - BIOS upgrade

Posted on 2021-05-10, 10:01

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by HanJammer

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bjwil1991 wrote on 2021-04-19, 08:52: HanJammer wrote on 2020-11-02, 01:28: I can confirm the firmware/bios from LCS-6941 works fine on DC4030VL-2 and adds LBA support. Impressive. Is there a specific EPROM speed that is required? Nah, I don't think so. Any modern, readly available UV/OTP EPROM …

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