Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-04-21, 19:28

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by LewisRaz

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kixs wrote on 2021-04-21, 01:37: Some recent and some not so recent purchases: […] Show full quote Some recent and some not so recent purchases: Also bought some a bit rare cpus... photos later... Wow that SW60XG box! Is there much documentation inside?

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

Posted on 2021-04-18, 11:09

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by LewisRaz

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Recorded the Transport Tycoon Deluxe soundtrack from my SW60XG. One of the best GM soundtracks in my opinion. Have not heard any versions better than the SW60XG yet either! (Subjective of course...) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfAwTM0X_fg&a … nel=LJRRetroPCs

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Re: Bought these (retro) software/OS today

Posted on 2021-04-15, 23:28

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by LewisRaz

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chrismeyer6 wrote on 2021-04-15, 15:24: That's a great find and still sealed in the bags. You should image all the disks so you can have a digital copy since all floppy disks will eventually succumb to the march of time. Ah but that leaves the question - To unseal or not!

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Re: Bought these (retro) software/OS today

Posted on 2021-04-15, 14:35

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by LewisRaz

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sealed Dell disks for dos 6.2 and windows 3.1. Already have Dell windows 3.1 so very happy to have dos too. To go with my dell 486. Photoshop floppies are also sealed

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Re: Post pics of your CRT monitors

Posted on 2021-04-09, 10:55

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by LewisRaz

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My little Del CRT and the PC it goes with. Have the boxes for both 😀

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-04-02, 17:14

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by LewisRaz

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Just put an offer in and won on what looks to be interesting Asus 486 board. Its and Asus VL/EISA-486SV1. Looks to be boxed with manual and in nice condition. https://i.imgur.com/WppARecl.jpg Nice buy! I looked at that, he has a lot up for sale. I put an offer in for another board but put the wrong …

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Re: Golden age of computing for personal computers

Posted on 2021-04-02, 15:57

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by LewisRaz

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1995-2001 The best years for me 😀

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-03-27, 20:02

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by LewisRaz

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Picked up this monitor today for free! Had a nice chat with the guy too! Also a retro gamer. Technically its probably way worse than the HP it replaced but its got that early LCD warmth that really reminds me of my first one! Goes up to 1280x1024 too which was a surprise but the important part is it …

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Re: The bet. Can a card in this state be repaired?

Posted on 2021-03-26, 09:58

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by LewisRaz

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When I saw the first picture in my head I thought "nope, no need to read any further"... Wow. Well done!

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Re: Compaq deskpro PSU go boom.

Posted on 2021-03-22, 17:09

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by LewisRaz

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Just found a large amount of them online for less than £10 delivered(after searching the spares part number!)... Seems a no brainer! I just cracked the PSU open to have a look and could not believe the dust.. I spotted the blown component. Hopefully it was something in the PSU that cause the pop and …

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Compaq deskpro PSU go boom.

Posted on 2021-03-22, 16:38

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by LewisRaz

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I have had this P2 deskpro in storage for some time until recently I found out the storage area had a massive damp problem so begun to rescue my PCs from there.... Anyway this beauty was part of what was stored there and after being kept warm and dry for a couple of days made a big flashy boom as …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2021-03-22, 15:40

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by LewisRaz

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My spot under the stairs. The Mrs is surprisingly forgiving of the mess that often happens in this area when builds are going on!

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-03-13, 02:14

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by LewisRaz

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Got this on eBay for £20 to fit in my dell 486 😀

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Re: A high end Multi Core (775 or AM3+) Windows XP build

Posted on 2021-02-28, 17:21

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by LewisRaz

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I am currently building an XP machine too The motherboard and cpu were gifts from someone but are exactly what I was after. Asus P5B-VM Q6600 4gb ram 3870x2 500gb WD blue XP SP3.

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Re: Dell Dimension 466i Restoration/Build

Posted on 2021-02-02, 00:11

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by LewisRaz

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Good job on the surgery... Dell actually sold Precisions with the grey as stock (and probably Dimensions too). https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=52263 Thanks for the link. It seems the OEM ones have the same (or even worse!) gap so that makes me happier! Also I really like the contrast of …

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Re: Can I use a socket AM2 CPU in a socket AM3 mainboard?

Posted on 2021-01-30, 20:25

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by LewisRaz

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from wikipedia: "Socket AM3 processors are able to run on Socket AM2 and AM2+ motherboards with appropriate bios updates, but not vice versa. AM3 processors have a new memory controller supporting both DDR2 and DDR3 SDRAM, allowing backwards compatibility with AM2 and AM2+ motherboards. Since AM2 …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-01-29, 22:18

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by LewisRaz

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imi wrote on 2021-01-29, 22:05: I hope you saw pictures of the contents too ^^ not quite but description said the card looks almost new 😀

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-01-29, 22:03

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by LewisRaz

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Sellers pics.. Chucked a best offer in on this and it got accepted 😀

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Re: Help find a manual for this Baby AT Socket 7 board (AVB55C REV B2)

Posted on 2021-01-24, 19:47

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by LewisRaz

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I saw your video earlier and it reminded me of a 386 board I have. It too has some leg damage on the chipset and although I have tried to fix a few it will still only post if I put a fair bit of pressure down on the chip.

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Re: Dell Dimension 466i Restoration/Build

Posted on 2021-01-23, 15:33

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by LewisRaz

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Still need to sort some sort of internal mounts but fairly happy with the result. A shame there is a slight gap underneath the CD drive but its not much more than the gap that was already between the case and floppy drive so I feel it looks ok! Installed windows 95 the other day to test the drive …

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