Re: Novell suggestion: upgrade your PC speaker

Posted on 2020-08-08, 05:03

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by Miphee

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in Marvin \ Sound

I love speakers and wouldn't change them. I grew up playing on my parents' work computers and haven't had a computer with a sound card until 1999. (sad violin tune playing in background) Those crappy little speakers represent my childhood.

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Re: Doubt with COAST (Cache On A STick) module

Posted on 2020-08-07, 19:02

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by Miphee

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Size is 512K, it's legit.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-08-07, 07:31

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by Miphee

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Yet another IBM product... no idea what system it was used for.

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Re: Could you identify this card (made by Sanyo)?

Posted on 2020-08-06, 09:40

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by Miphee

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Okay guys, thank you very much!

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Re: Could you identify this card (made by Sanyo)?

Posted on 2020-08-06, 08:14

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by Miphee

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I don't see a motherboard, does this work in any standard ISA slot or is it proprietary?

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Could you identify this card (made by Sanyo)?

Posted on 2020-08-06, 06:37

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by Miphee

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Images are not mine. SAT-402A 2EC0BIPB49900

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Re: Kids destroying computer hardware

Posted on 2020-08-04, 10:12

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by Miphee

in Milliways

in Milliways

I'm trying the opposite approach, let him in and take away the mystery and he'll loose interest. Depends entirely on the kid's personality. My daughter (10) is a daddy's girl and wants to be with me 24/7. My boy(5) is a little adventurer so nothing is safe that isn't locked away. He loses interest …

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Re: Types of capacitors to recap computer stuff (motherboard and PSU)

Posted on 2020-08-04, 04:34

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by Miphee

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

It doesn't matter. People build and test these computers for a few days or weeks at most then get bored with them, sell them or put them in storage for a long time. They won't be used 10 hours a day for years like modern computers. It's pointless to overthink this "issue". Use whatever reputable …

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Re: Old rusty power supply works, fancy new power supply does not.

Posted on 2020-08-04, 03:52

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by Miphee

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The rusted PSU with the broken seal was already opened and repaired at least once but it doesn't mean that it's reliable. The other one is simply junk, send it back.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-08-01, 18:45

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by Miphee

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I didn't realize my new case was a celebrity! He even got a role in the game Black Mesa!

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Re: Kids destroying computer hardware

Posted on 2020-08-01, 06:05

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by Miphee

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in Milliways

My hobby room, workshop and garage are always locked, off-limits to my kids. Problem solved.

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Re: Chaintech 6LTM-L (6LTM M102) mainboard not starting

Posted on 2020-07-30, 19:35

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by Miphee

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I got a slot1 Celeron 300/66 (Covington), 00C1 error stayed and also got this sound out of the speaker ONCE (out of like 50 tries). Doesn't sound healthy. I tried many memory modules (including a 16 MB stick), nothing. It's officially dead.

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Re: The VOGONS Experience

Posted on 2020-07-28, 13:58

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by Miphee

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

34. Get married and have kids so you'll only have a few hours at most for your hobby on the weekends.

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Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-07-27, 18:01

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by Miphee

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Not everybody is as rich as you are, certainly you must have had ample opportunities to realize this. And prices only going up if someone wants something really special is BS. There's a lot more to it then just that. Wow, I'm a rich guy in Hungary. That's.. rich. But no. But I agree to disagree, …

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Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-07-27, 13:21

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by Miphee

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

486/586/686 were just common junk and would never ever become rare or wanted as supply of these parts would supposedly never run out because millions of attics were filled with this common junk blah blah. They are very common&cheap though aside from the few rare exceptions. "Hard to get" and …

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Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-07-26, 20:20

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by Miphee

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

As the cost of recycling decreases and its efficiency increases, e-waste will continue to be interesting to scrap and smelt. So equipment which is now abundant will probably be gone in a few years time as well. The difference is in the number of units sold before their production stopped. How many …

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Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-07-26, 14:42

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by Miphee

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Seriously, I'm not sure if the Windows XP era hardware will be getting as expensive as the parts for our beloved DOS machines. In the 80's it was privilege to own a personal computer. You had to be rich to buy one. Now everybody can afford it which means that there are millions and millions of used …

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Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-07-26, 14:34

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by Miphee

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Now it's very hard to find one. I'm also responsible for that. When I see cheap parts I just have to buy them even when I don't need it. I just bought 50 CPUs even though I don't need them at all (yet). I just want to stock up on parts before prices go through the roof. I can afford them now but …

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Re: My Tandy 2500 SX/33 386

Posted on 2020-07-26, 14:28

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by Miphee

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

And to be fair, no one assumed that a 10 year lifespan was too short for such short-lived technology. It seems that manufacturers viewed the battery "problem" differently. Designers who made disposable computers chose the barrel type. I've read somewhere that it was common knowledge back then that …

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Re: Replace LGA socket with bent\broken pins

Posted on 2020-07-26, 07:45

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by Miphee

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

There are a bunch of new chinese 1366 boards for $60.

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