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Re: The quest for the perfect retro laptop: a saga

Posted on 2024-02-15, 05:03

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

A few updates on my WinBook adventures: 1. Still haven't found a WinBook XP. I did get a small lot of XP5 (pentium version of the same laptop) parts though, including a rare proprietary RAM upgrade, which will be nice if I ever do get an XP5. The XP and XP5 both use proprietary RAM but both use …

Re: What hasn’t been done?

Posted on 2024-02-06, 22:46

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

dr_st wrote on 2024-02-04, 08:41: A Thinkpad 25 motherboard with the (soldered) 7th gen dual core CPU replaced with a 8th gen quad core! 😁 Totally possible (sort of). It's possible to mod the T25 palmrest and keyboard into a T480, so basically the same thing 😀

Re: You might about to lose all your games bought from Ubisoft

Posted on 2024-01-11, 23:49

in Milliways

in Milliways

You don't own a piece of software unless it's online DRM-free, and doesn't rely on any external server to work. Anything else is just an indefinite license that can be revoked at any time.

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-01-11, 14:34

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

There's a local recycler that lists a ton of stuff on eBay. If you're lucky, you can get some really good deals through them, as local pickup is only $5. This time around I picked up a couple of laptops, a server, and some other goodies. Both laptops were made by NEC, which I don't know much about, …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-01-05, 19:22

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The last thrift shop visit of the year did not disappoint! Between the rubbishy Pentium 4 laptops, one lonely 1998 Toshiba Satellite Pro with its charger sat on the shelve for 15 euros, marked as tested and working. It's a 470CDT, with a Pentium 200MMX, 32MB of RAM and a 2.1GB hard drive. That’s a …

Re: Advice between Toshiba Satellite Pro 4300 vs Compaq Presario 1800T

Posted on 2024-01-04, 13:27

in DOS

in DOS

Now for Satellites, I have personally had hands on older models and much newer models. The older models, Pentium and MMX class, tend to have plastic that is degrading, and we've also seen a few screens delaminate. The CD drives can die and be hard to replace. So I would recommend only in person …

Re: WANTED: Photos of vintage laptops for a large-scale documentation project!

Posted on 2023-12-29, 18:31

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Ah so that’s how you ID’d it. Just also worth noting that the A360 is also a Tualatin, not Coppermine. But it doesn’t have the ATI Graphics. Not sure about the chipset discrepancy. All quite strange. I’ll add A380 to the list as an unknown of sorts.

Re: WANTED: Photos of vintage laptops for a large-scale documentation project!

Posted on 2023-12-27, 22:08

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

That's good to know - thanks! But interesting too... I've currently searched for FIC models through the wayback machine on pcg.fic.com.tw up through late 2001, so at first I assumed the A380 must have come out after. But I just went and checked later captures - it isn't listed anywhere. There's an …

Re: WANTED: Photos of vintage laptops for a large-scale documentation project!

Posted on 2023-12-26, 19:56

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

New site update includes new sections for NEC and FIC. NEC currently includes info on the laptops that creepingnet has documented, and FIC is little more than a model list at the moment. I'll be working on spec pages for the FIC models in the near future, which will include the images of the Gericom …

Re: WANTED: Photos of vintage laptops for a large-scale documentation project!

Posted on 2023-12-10, 02:30

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Site update/PR 12/09/2023 adds Latitude L400 images from bakemono https://macdat.net/pc/dell/latitude/l400_home.html Images of some of the ECS laptops, the Nan Tans, and the other Dells sent in will likely be the next to go up. After I finish up documenting ECS/Alpha-Top Green laptops, I'm probably …

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

Posted on 2023-12-08, 16:47

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

This forum is the direct opposite of AA haha. I think you need more sound cards.

Re: WANTED: Photos of vintage laptops for a large-scale documentation project!

Posted on 2023-12-07, 17:23

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I'll try to fast-track putting up info on at least these models since I have the specs lists and photos, can at least get those up quickly.

Re: WANTED: Photos of vintage laptops for a large-scale documentation project!

Posted on 2023-12-07, 16:59

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

This is all great info, it'll come in great handy when I get to NEC 😀

Re: WANTED: Photos of vintage laptops for a large-scale documentation project!

Posted on 2023-12-07, 16:09

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thanks for this! 😀 I'll add these to a gallery page for the NTC 9200. They'll also come in handy whenever I go to document DFI eventually.

Re: WANTED: Photos of vintage laptops for a large-scale documentation project!

Posted on 2023-12-07, 14:58

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thanks! I'll treat them as CC-4.0 like the others if that's fine.

Re: WANTED: Photos of vintage laptops for a large-scale documentation project!

Posted on 2023-12-07, 02:56

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

When looking more into that Gericom Supersonic (looks super cool!), this page on the new hardware thread came up in google search: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1025506 Can I use these too? - they don't have a license attached. Will probably get documentation on those up when I get to FIC, …

Re: WANTED: Photos of vintage laptops for a large-scale documentation project!

Posted on 2023-12-07, 02:53

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thanks! Will put these to good use when I get to those brands. No worries whatsoever on the delay. According to my local photo list I've also found photos of your C600, CPx, and Green736 from going back through the retro activity thread. I also have the G732 photos bookmarked but haven't processed …

Re: WANTED: Photos of vintage laptops for a large-scale documentation project!

Posted on 2023-12-07, 00:51

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thank you so much for the photos! These will go to good use. Should have the L400 photos up for the next site update as I already have the L400 documented. Others will go into cold storage until I document the laptops in question.

Re: Inside the AST Ascentia 950N P54c/75 Css10

Posted on 2023-12-06, 14:44

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Sorry about the bump - just curious if you still have this laptop today, and if it still works. These have a bit of a reputation for problems and I'm trying to find more accounts. You should also really pull that NiMH green hibernate battery if you haven't already. They leak catastrophically with …

Re: WANTED: Photos of vintage laptops for a large-scale documentation project!

Posted on 2023-12-06, 01:22

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Sure. Doesn't matter if they're common, there's far more laptops I don't have photos of then ones that I do. Appreciate it!

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