Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-06-14, 16:45

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imi wrote on 2020-06-14, 16:06: beautiful :0 Swiego wrote on 2020-06-14, 16:01: Now that th8ngs are working I’m gonna lay everything on the carpet and see what happens. nooooooooooooooooooo! calm down, you’re not gonna fall from the edge of the earth 😉

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

Posted on 2020-06-14, 13:09

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Follow up on my dual king ISA slot project … SUCCESS 😮 Wow, congrats! Not the easiest thing to solder in, especially when the tin is not the easiest to remove from holes (even with desoldering wire). You needed to just solder in the ISA slot and it worked or you needed to solder some other …

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

Posted on 2020-06-14, 10:33

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Today I finished the preparation of my dual king board for my take on my ultimate DOS/W98SE/XP tripple boot system… Follow up on my dual king ISA slot project … SUCCESS After several theoretical tests, checking for shorts, checking voltages and continuity tracing of all 98 contacts I started live …

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

Posted on 2020-06-13, 19:51

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Today I finished the preparation of my dual king board for my take on my ultimate DOS/W98SE/XP tripple boot system… After desoldering the last couple of pads I soldered in an ISA AT-BUS. The voltages are in check, I couldn’t measure any shorts… fingers crossed… will test with an CT4520 in the next …

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

Posted on 2020-06-13, 18:04

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luckybob wrote on 2020-06-13, 17:58: Humans havent changed in 100,000 years... Maybe that's why we're still around 😉 - another kind of retro activity...

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

Posted on 2020-06-13, 14:33

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TechieDude wrote on 2020-06-13, 14:21: I would love to see that. Is it a Gigabyte board? I see it has pads for a second BIOS ROM chip. Yes, it's a Gigabyte GA-6VTXD Rev 1.0 from September 2001... I'll try to build this system with an AWE Gold, a V5 5500 and an USB 2.0 card.

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

Posted on 2020-06-13, 14:03

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Today I finished the preparation of my dual king board for my take on my ultimate DOS/W98SE/XP tripple boot system… After desoldering the last couple of pads I soldered in an ISA AT-BUS. The voltages are in check, I couldn’t measure any shorts… fingers crossed… will test with an CT4520 in the next …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-06-09, 07:21

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Browsing through the office I could have dropped these two at the recycler today… although I don’t have any use for them right now I couldn’t find it in my heart to dump them. A 16” EIZO FlexScan L461 built in August 2001 and a 17” Philips 170S4 built in March 2004.

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

Posted on 2020-05-30, 12:05

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Holy moly where do you get heatsinks like that? And do they just mount on to the existing holes? I got them from Amazon (Enzotech). Not really a bargain at 32EUR/piece ... then again - the Voodoo5 wasn't really cheap either and I wanted a solution with longevity. Yes, they do mount into the …

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

Posted on 2020-05-30, 07:46

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Unfortunately I have to work this weekend switching from the multi-migrated W2K -> W2K3 -> W2K8R2 domain to a new, pristine W2K19 domain😏. (I know I’m a little late) Fortunately this gives me plenty of time tinkering with retro stuff instead of watching endless progress bars😀. As mentioned before I …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2020-05-22, 13:07

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vittek wrote on 2020-05-21, 15:53: Shagittarius wrote on 2020-05-21, 14:41: Thank you, it’s such a joy to share here, everyone has something awesome and unique and it’s always inspirational. I love that YT-2400...

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-05-20, 11:31

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My totally overpriced Voodoo5 5500 AGP arrived today. Box and contents are in good shape … well, except for the fans - the next little side project will be replacing the extremely noisy stock cooling solution in a non destructive and reversible way. Already feeling a little anxiety thinking about …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-05-20, 08:17

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My totally overpriced Voodoo5 5500 AGP arrived today. Box and contents are in good shape … well, except for the fans - the next little side project will be replacing the extremely noisy stock cooling solution in a non destructive and reversible way. Already feeling a little anxiety thinking about …

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

Posted on 2020-05-17, 06:26

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US postage rates are possibly going to increase dramatically in the near future, so it's likely to get even worse if that happens. I miss the old days of being able to send a box of VHS tapes, comics, catalogs, and candy to Australia for $13, and have it arrive during the same week. Yeah, the “good …

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

Posted on 2020-05-16, 19:58

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EDIT: Will not be buying the S2. 20 euros for shipping, it does not cost 20 euros to ship a tiny MIDI board to the US from the EU. Nice attempt at baking profit into the shipping. EDIT: And... they add an extra fee for using PayPal. Nice. I’ve paid 18 Euros for the shipping of the “DREAMBLASTER X2 …

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

Posted on 2020-05-16, 07:32

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Soldering. So much soldering. If there is such a thing as solder high, then I have it. More likely, I poisoned myself with the fumes.. After desoldering an PS/2 to USB slot adapter for my Tomato board I started to desolder the pads of my dualT board’s ISA slot. The tip of my desoldering gun is too …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-05-15, 13:28

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Miphee wrote on 2020-05-15, 08:18: Here is a little game of Find the problem. Apart from the CPU... It may be just the picture but ISA slot 3 looks a little strange. Apart from that I wonder where did all those tantal caps at the RAM sockets go?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-05-14, 15:57

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imi wrote on 2020-05-14, 15:54: derSammler wrote on 2020-05-14, 15:53: Certainly the most rare CH product. never seen that before, didn't even know they made a gamepad ^^ Especially not for the Macintosh

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Re: PC Case supply drying up?

Posted on 2020-05-14, 13:40

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I am done using cheap computer cases. They just aren’t worth it and they look cheap. Not satisfying to the mind. So I try to use only computer cases that will satisfy me. I really don’t care if it costs $200 For $200 you can get a nice quality case. ( Lian Li , or Fractal, or Cooler master ). …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-05-14, 08:04

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I don’t really know if this system could be called RETRO yet, but judging from the sticker on the front "Designed for Windows XP / Windows Vista capable" it should be qualified. Saved this one from a container of a power plant and yes, it’s really gross. Board: ASUS P5B CPU: Core2Duo 6600@2.4GHz RAM …

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