Re: Are DA-15 and DB-15 subminiatures the same in practice?

Posted on 2022-09-28, 17:52

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Shelby from Tech Tangents did a reverse engineer on the first LMSI cd rom controller (Philips CD-153) card recently. It even works. He tested it in one of his last streams. Here is a link to his second channel where he dumps his Twitch streams https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUnxjEcIEOGE- …

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Re: Are DA-15 and DB-15 subminiatures the same in practice?

Posted on 2022-09-28, 17:45

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I'll have check for the cable specs, but this drive is definitely not IDE compatible. I had a similar but slower CDD-461. https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Laser_Magnetic_Storage_International Thank you so much, would it work plugging it directly to my gameport with the correct cable even with that …

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Are DA-15 and DB-15 subminiatures the same in practice? Philips CDD 462

Posted on 2022-09-28, 17:34

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So I found a Philips CDD 462 external CD-Rom drive with no data cable, and I'm a bit confused. I'd like to acquire the cable necessary to connect it to my 486, while I'm also missing the drivers. I assume that the interface controller card that came with it can easily be bypassed by connecting to my …

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Re: RSS Feed in the style of the SimCity 3000 news ticker

Posted on 2022-09-27, 17:36

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RSS is there it's just not mentioned. I have 430 feeds I track through theoldreader. Makes it easier to attempt to stay updated. Back around when google killed their reader there was much talk about rss dying and how supposedly other things replaced it which perplexed me since none of those things …

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RSS Feed in the style of the SimCity 3000 news ticker

Posted on 2022-09-27, 15:18

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Years ago I had an RSS News Feed plugin in Firefox that I loved, not a scrolling one but it was nice anyway, and I always wondered why there never was an RSS News Feed in the style of the SimCity 3000 news ticker (well actually like news channels but that was the iteration I loved the most), …

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Re: Missing power cable for SB Audigy 2 EX Platinum - is a floppy power cable a solution?

Posted on 2022-09-12, 16:36

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Ydee wrote on 2022-09-12, 16:05: It´s really 4-pin floppy power connector, better pictures you have here: Thanks for the clarirification, I'll just go with the cable in case the PSU's floppy connector doesn't reach the card

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Re: Missing power cable for SB Audigy 2 EX Platinum - is a floppy power cable a solution?

Posted on 2022-09-12, 15:57

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Yes it appears to be a standard 4 pin Molex/peripheral to 4 pin floppy adapter. They were very common from 1990's thru late 2000's. Too bad the picture ScreenHunter_01 Sep. 12 04.09.jpg is so poor but from what I can see any standard cable should work and appears same as the many I have for …

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Missing power cable for SB Audigy 2 EX Platinum - is a floppy power cable a solution?

Posted on 2022-09-12, 03:16

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I got one of these but it came without the power cable, as shown in the photo and manual below, connecting to the card at the red circle. I'm not yet in a position to start the build as I'm missing some parts (more importantly a case too), but I'd like to know if the MPC-like end is the same as the …

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Re: Sony FD Trinitron KV-21FX30B TV not memorizing all of Service Menu settings

Posted on 2022-09-02, 02:08

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Oooh. You are not supposed to do this with video source like this. You need true NTSC signal like over the air or from a old school signal generator, not from the consoles or VCR or DVD players as they don't output active video areas properly. I imagine that's why people use Artemio's 240p suite …

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Re: Sony FD Trinitron KV-21FX30B TV not memorizing all of Service Menu settings

Posted on 2022-09-01, 22:28

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Interesting. Almost like TV has/had/was supposed to have ability to store calibration per detected input mode? This is how it works in LCD monitors, you can calibrate every individual input frequency separately. But TVs usually only support one input frequency, so this still doesnt sound right :) I …

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Re: "Easy plastic reconstruction and repair" - a recommendation

Posted on 2022-09-01, 22:24

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I secondly approve of this message. I used to think this was janky, or some wive's tale or something, but then I tried it and was utterly surprised. However, I found out because this is what us luthiers do when repairing nuts on stringed instruments (the plastic/bone part that the strings go across …

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"Easy plastic reconstruction and repair" - a recommendation

Posted on 2022-09-01, 15:39

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I had another thread pertaining to a Trinitron TV, and that TV had its front functions plate permanently open due to a plastic piece that was broken and long gone, exactly like the one in the attached picture. I remembered this video by Tech Tangents testing this plastic reconstruction method that …

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Re: Sony FD Trinitron KV-21FX30B TV not memorizing all of Service Menu settings

Posted on 2022-09-01, 15:18

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So it appears that I have figured it out, I will leave it here in case someone else has this kind of problem with Trinitron TVs: Following @pentiumspeed suggestion I applied the adjustments one by one, pressing MENU after finishing one parameter to return to the first Service Mode screen, and …

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Re: Sony FD Trinitron KV-21FX30B TV not memorizing all of Service Menu settings

Posted on 2022-08-30, 14:58

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pentiumspeed wrote on 2022-08-29, 23:27: What about not batch of different adjustments; instead, adjust one item then save? Great suggestion, I did them all one by one, the TV seems to have memorized a few more settings, I'll keep trying to see if I can complete them all

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Re: Sony FD Trinitron KV-21FX30B TV not memorizing all of Service Menu settings

Posted on 2022-08-29, 21:35

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If I remember correctly you have to press mute to write the settings to the TV's memory. For the aspect ratio issue, it could be that your console is sending 5V to pin 8 on SCART which will force the TV in AV mode, but will set the TV to 16:9, normally it should be 12V to force the TV in 4:3 mode.. …

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Sony FD Trinitron KV-21FX30B TV not memorizing all of Service Menu settings

Posted on 2022-08-28, 18:02

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Hope this is not too far from the forum's thematics, Vogons' knowledge is unsurpassed for me and I figure someone would be able to give me a few pointers. I recently got an FD Trinitron KV-21FX30B and despite it having 40000+ hours of functioning time, I was able to calibrate it to a level of …

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Re: P3 Tualatin 1.4 GHZ with box for 100 euros: worth?

Posted on 2022-08-21, 18:25

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bassix6 wrote on 2022-08-21, 18:22: If you do buy it can you show the box and contents please? I'm curious, thanks Here are the pictures. [/quote] Nice, thanks!

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Re: Got HDD, "format c trying to recover allocation unit" issues, ran ScanDisk and WDigital Diagnostic, no issues found?

Posted on 2022-08-21, 18:03

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looks great It all looks good. No increase in any errors. BTW those BB drives are sort of the original "black" drives which came with full 5 year warranty if retail back in mid 2000's. With 17,000 hrs and 6500 start-stops should last you a few years or more as long as you do not move the drive (or …

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Re: P3 Tualatin 1.4 GHZ with box for 100 euros: worth?

Posted on 2022-08-21, 17:57

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Even loose ones are tending to go for between 60-80 euros and with usage obviously, and for example if you're in Europe they tend to normally only be available in Asia or the US, and you may end up paying some 15-20 Euros more for customs charges. So by comparison to get one in box for 100 euros …

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Re: Got HDD, "format c trying to recover allocation unit" issues, ran ScanDisk and WDigital Diagnostic, no issues found?

Posted on 2022-08-21, 16:28

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For comparison, here's the SMART before erase and scan: 21.08.2022 2:24:39 SMART attributes: 21.08.2022 2:24:39 Name Val Worst Raw 21.08.2022 2:24:39 Att # 1 : Read error rate : 200 179 0 21.08.2022 2:24:39 Att # 3 : Spin up time : 167 162 4166 21.08.2022 2:24:39 Att # 4 : Number of spin-up times : …

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