Re: Small Footprint Keyboard

Posted on 2021-03-29, 05:59

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by OSkar000

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Cherry G80-1800 might be an option. https://www.cherry-world.com/cherry-g80-1800.html Not a standard layout but its easy to get used to. I have used one as a work/office keyboard the last ten years and its great to use. Mine seems to be from 1989 so they are quite durable 😀

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Re: Is it a Tandy?, prototype?

Posted on 2021-03-21, 18:40

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by OSkar000

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Its a bit funny to see this machine appear here. I saw the auction where it was sold but didn't bid on it. What kind of soundcard is integrated on the motherboard?

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

Posted on 2021-01-27, 20:04

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by OSkar000

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I see 72pin RAM and VLB cards, so I'm guessing 486? Also, those hard drives sitting atop that PSU, CD and floppy tower just makes me think one of them is going to throw themselves over the side, base-jump style. Thats just to make it more interesting to change floppys :) I only had one 50pin scsi …

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

Posted on 2021-01-27, 19:52

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by OSkar000

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Trying out some harddrives for my next build 😀 Can anyone guess what its going to be?

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Re: Save or recycle hardware.

Posted on 2021-01-24, 13:46

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by OSkar000

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I had a Asrock K7S8X in my secondary computer for a few years. It was a Duron 1400 overclocked to about 1.9ghz and it ran really stable while I used it. Together with a gf4 ti4400 it was a pretty good gaming rig to a very low cost. I still have the motherboard somewhere but I think it need new …

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Re: What was considered the best gaming keyboard in the early 2000's

Posted on 2021-01-21, 09:56

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by OSkar000

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Noone that I know about really cared about keyboards until about 10 years ago when the mechanical boom hit us. I think the more accurate way of describing it is that "regular" keyboards became so obnoxiously unusable that people started looking for alternatives, "the way things used to be." Kids …

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Re: What was considered the best gaming keyboard in the early 2000's

Posted on 2021-01-21, 06:23

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by OSkar000

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Noone that I know about really cared about keyboards until about 10 years ago when the mechanical boom hit us. I had a Facit branded Cherry with MX Clears at that time.... and thats still the keyboard I use for my computers today. Really good keyboards that seems to survive everything. The oldest …

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Re: Slot 1 to Socket 370-adaptor on Dell 440BX motherboard?

Posted on 2021-01-05, 19:29

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by OSkar000

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I'm acutally not sure if it has a VRM built in but it has jumpers for setting the voltage. I think its worth a try at least. It seems to support as low as 1.3v so if the motherboard can handle it there shouldn't be a problem. Ill check if I can find anything useful about the VRM on the motherboard …

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Slot 1 to Socket 370-adaptor on Dell 440BX motherboard?

Posted on 2021-01-05, 15:42

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by OSkar000

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I have an Dell XPS R450 that I have plans to upgrade with a faster CPU. Is there any chance that it could work with a Slot 1 to Socket 370 adaptor with built in VRM and run a Tualain or Coppermine on it? It happily accepts a P3 500 (Katmai). I know that I'm limited to 100mhz bus but I can live with …

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Re: My first 286 project, Facit S212L - a nice little machine

Posted on 2021-01-04, 17:52

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by OSkar000

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Set up networking to send your files you want to get off the wee gals hdd. Already done :) Also a fan of the pizza box form factor. When I saw those 2 empty slots thought to myself I'd add sound and network and have a "full" system, scrolled down and saw your on the same page. Funny how you …

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Re: My first 286 project, Facit S212L - a nice little machine

Posted on 2021-01-03, 17:37

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by OSkar000

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Nice system you have there. I'm a fan of older slimline systems I also just take the front facia of fdd and transfer them to a good fdd. Some times you have to mod the facia, button and case to get looking good and maybe a bit of glue. Here's my 1990 Zenith 286/12 LP Plus with a similar form factor …

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Re: My first 286 project, Facit S212L - a nice little machine

Posted on 2021-01-03, 17:23

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Even if the computer was nice when I got it I felt that it was something missing. So I looked thru my collection to see what I had that would fit in it. _DSF5789.jpg First a sound card. A bit to new for this system but that's not so important for me. This one is probably from 1995 so putting one in …

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Re: My first 286 project, Facit S212L - a nice little machine

Posted on 2021-01-03, 17:12

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by OSkar000

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Nice system. I don't see a keyboard or mouse port anywhere... does it have PS/2 mouse support? One really nice feature on these systems is that they have PS/2 :) _DSF5785.jpg One of the first things I did after I had verified that it was running ok was to upgrade the ram and harddrive. The orignal …

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Re: Post your 'current' PC

Posted on 2021-01-03, 13:40

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Built myself a new computer in the end of 2019 and it turned out pretty much exactly how I wanted it. Old case that I converted to ATX many years ago with brand new parts and lots of performance that I don't need :) Hardware: CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X Motherboard: Asus Prime X570-Pro RAM: Corsair 32GB …

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Re: My first 286 project, Facit S212L - a nice little machine

Posted on 2021-01-03, 11:47

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by OSkar000

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Nice system you have there. I'm a fan of older slimline systems I also just take the front facia of fdd and transfer them to a good fdd. Some times you have to mod the facia, button and case to get looking good and maybe a bit of glue. Here's my 1990 Zenith 286/12 LP Plus with a similar form factor …

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My first 286 project, Facit S212L - a nice little machine

Posted on 2021-01-01, 19:14

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by OSkar000

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Some of you might have seen a glimpse of this little 286 in my thread about software, utilities and games to enjoy on this machine. This thread will be more focused on the hardware side of it since I got a lot of great ideas for what to do with it there. First, some history. I never had a 286 when I …

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Re: Post your 'current' PC

Posted on 2021-01-01, 18:17

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by OSkar000

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Built myself a new computer in the end of 2019 and it turned out pretty much exactly how I wanted it. Old case that I converted to ATX many years ago with brand new parts and lots of performance that I don't need :) Hardware: CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X Motherboard: Asus Prime X570-Pro RAM: Corsair 32GB …

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Re: When did you purchase your first 386 / 486 Computer? Availability vs the early 90's affordability norm.

Posted on 2020-12-31, 16:15

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by OSkar000

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Our first 386 was bought early 1992 if I remember correctly. It was a 33mhz DX with 64k cache, Trident 8900c and a 100mb conner cp3104. I dont know if it had 4 or 8 mb ram when we got it but it was 8mb when I had it as my own computer 1996. It was replaced by a Pentium 133 in the beginning of 1996. …

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Re: Recomended OS, software and games for a late 286?

Posted on 2020-12-30, 11:59

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Got a few hours over this week and spent some time with the 286. A test was made with Dos 5.0 and Windows 3.0 and most things seemed to work ok... So I'm currently installing Dos 6.22 and Windows 3.1 :) IMG_20201230_125122.jpg Tried out mTCP to make it easier to copy files to and from it and it …

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Re: Recomended OS, software and games for a late 286?

Posted on 2020-12-22, 18:26

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by OSkar000

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I just got my first 286/12 to my collection and since my experience from that time period is quite limited I need some help with finding out what fits it best. Not sure why you wanted it in your collection when you didn't know what you were going to do with it..? 12 MHz is unfortunately already …

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