Re: Could you give me advice on buying a new computer?

Posted on 2019-11-04, 05:20

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by Miphee

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Awesome! Thank you so much for the help. What about the GPU? I see the Geforce 1050 GTX and the AMD RX 570 in my price range. Mind you my goal is to be able to play newer titles for a long time even if it means sacrificing quality.

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Could you give me advice on buying a new computer?

Posted on 2019-11-02, 09:55

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by Miphee

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Borderlands 3 is out and I'm tired of my trusty old Q9550-HD6850 not running new titles. I need a new rig and your help. I don't need advice on what to buy exactly but generic advice on what will last me for a long time. I used the Q9550 and HD6850 combo for 10 years so I want something like that …

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Re: Manual required for this XT board

Posted on 2019-10-31, 08:28

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by Miphee

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Thanks for all your help, I'll check continuity when the board arrives. I have never seen a PSU with a power connector like this so I was naturally curious. I don't like forcing things together to make them fit. It's a common board but not in Hungary. :D Famicomaster, I'll post the ROM files once …

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Re: Manual required for this XT board

Posted on 2019-10-30, 09:31

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by Miphee

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Found one in my desoldered pile. Connector dimensions and spacings are identical. A standard PSU's connector (P8P9) went in after using considerable force like Jesolo suggested it. If the pinouts are OK then it's acceptable. I'm still curious about this connector and the correct PSU that fits. Any …

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Re: Manual required for this XT board

Posted on 2019-10-30, 09:02

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by Miphee

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It's full lip secured. If the pinouts are identical to the standard P8P9 connector then I can just solder in a standard socket I have lying around. But that's only as a last resort. It seems that it was fairly common in XTs and early 286 boards. Edit: awesome manual anyway, thanks!

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Re: Manual required for this XT board

Posted on 2019-10-30, 06:03

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by Miphee

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I'd rather find a PSU that fits this connector. XT boards are very scarce here, even generic clones. Besides it's the period correct thing to do if I want to build an IBM XT clone but I need info. Can't find anything about this connector type. Nothing on pinouts.ru either.

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Re: Manual required for this XT board

Posted on 2019-10-30, 05:41

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by Miphee

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Thanks for the answers and the manual! I'm confused because it doesn't look like a standard PSU connector that I know. The shape of the pins are also incompatible: one is flat-rectangular and the other is a square. It will 100% not attach to this board even though the pins are there. Attached a …

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Manual required for this XT board

Posted on 2019-10-29, 15:32

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by Miphee

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Any info would be appreciated. What is the pinout of this power connector? Thanks in advance. Sorry for the shitty images.

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Re: Help identify hardware.

Posted on 2019-10-27, 07:34

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by Miphee

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Got it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE-488

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Re: Help identify hardware.

Posted on 2019-10-27, 07:10

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by Miphee

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Good day! Could you identify this hardware for me? What is it for? Can it be used today?

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Re: How to spot a scam? Could this be a scam?

Posted on 2019-10-21, 13:15

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by Miphee

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But if you are lucky this can still be booting by fluke. Possibly without cache, keyboard, missing power lines on ISA, DRAM, etc. I have 20 corroded boards waiting to be fixed that look better than this mess. If this board would post I would just shake the guy's hand who designed it. The main …

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Re: How to spot a scam? Could this be a scam?

Posted on 2019-10-21, 13:01

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by Miphee

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Another thing to look for are writings on the hardware that aren't supposed to be there. All signs of attempted repairs. These listings are always sold as working but without any guarantees so the buyer has to take the risk.

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Re: How to spot a scam? Could this be a scam?

Posted on 2019-10-21, 12:45

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by Miphee

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derSammler wrote: Be careful. I know, but I'm not accusing anyone. Merely showing pictures of actual listings without naming them. If that board is working properly I happily go to court. 😁 But the point of the thread is to help others avoid buying broken hardware.

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Re: How to spot a scam? Could this be a scam?

Posted on 2019-10-21, 12:42

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by Miphee

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imi wrote: people bidding on their own stuff It happens on local sites as well, but they are dealt with quickly. The advantages of smaller platforms. Ebay is too big to care.

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How to spot a scam? Could this be a scam?

Posted on 2019-10-21, 12:23

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by Miphee

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I think we need a thread where people can ask us to help them identify possible scams and fishy listings. First off, no links to actual listings please, use screenshots. My most recent find is this 386 board with a coprocessor. It's sold as working. You can clearly see the damage caused by the …

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Re: Hooking up Hercules monitor to CGA and EGA?

Posted on 2019-10-20, 16:19

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by Miphee

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Just because you haven't done something and you don't trust others, doesn't automatically make it a mystery waiting to be solved. Others have. I get it that you want to see for yourself though. It's a mistery to me and many others. Like claiming that the 5151 gets damaged using a CGA signal but not …

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Re: Hooking up Hercules monitor to CGA and EGA?

Posted on 2019-10-20, 16:13

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by Miphee

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Scali wrote: Each test you do is only valid for that particular combination of hardware. There are so many possible combinations out there, that it seems futile. You could say the same thing about everything here so by that logic building computers and sharing information would be equally useless.

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Re: Hooking up Hercules monitor to CGA and EGA?

Posted on 2019-10-19, 18:07

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by Miphee

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I see no point in even trying. What would you want to achieve anyway? I guess I just want to see for myself. What you wrote is true though, I won't gain much but satisfy my curiosity. Everything is done to death with these old computers and everything is thoroughly documented. What I miss here are …

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Re: Hooking up Hercules monitor to CGA and EGA?

Posted on 2019-10-19, 10:15

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by Miphee

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CGA signal perhaps, but I have heard from various people that reprogramming the 6845 CRTC on an MDA/Hercules card improperly can indeed fry a 5151. I've read the same thing when I was experimenting with my clone monochrome monitors and CGA cards. If I had the 5151 I'd test it out myself and post …

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Re: Hooking up Hercules monitor to CGA and EGA?

Posted on 2019-10-19, 08:57

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by Miphee

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The 5151 is known to be damaged when fed a CGA signal? In what manner? It's an urban legend spread on forums without actual proof. Nobody dares to try it so they just ASSUME it's going to blow up or something. Fear of losing a valuable monitor is enough for people to stop them from experimenting. …

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