My OSSC arrived today. I hope it works well with my 286 and capture setup. The 70Hz might be a problem for the capture device, but I will test that tonight, or maybe tomorrow. Either way: I love the build quality! Seems like a good piece of hardware!
ES1868F is a very (SB Pro) compatible PnP ISA sound card with a great sounding FM Synth, one of my favorite cards for early ISA systems. Es1938 is a very (SB Pro) compatible PCI sound card with the same FM Synth. Food FM Synths and compatibility are rare in PCI sound cards so it's a nice card to have. The downside is that it has no hardware A3D or EAX but you can't have anything. It's great to pair with something like an Aureal or Live! card in a PCI-only system.
Wow, what a great score!! what did the rest of the lot look like?
wrote:Bought a complete 286 from someone who clearly knew nothing about it. Inside was this. Can't complain about that.
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Just got a Dell OEM - ATI Radeon 9700 (TX? same as non-pro?)
Very similar to my original one with the exception of the completely seized fan and bulging capacitors 😒
Still the fan is fixed now, I guess I should test it at some point.
I also won an auction for an old Pentium machine, which I really bought for the AT case it's in 😁
wrote:Digital converter box + transmitter. […]
wrote:Analog TV in 2018 ?
Digital converter box + transmitter.
Also, it came with a schematic! I didn't know they did this as late as 1987!
EDIT: Twins!
No transformer in the power supply, be careful if you open it !
BTW, I like very much those transistor B/W TV Sets, I have some on them that would like to restore
some of these days!
wrote:Wow, what a great score!! what did the rest of the lot look like?
wrote:Bought a complete 286 from someone who clearly knew nothing about it. Inside was this. Can't complain about that.
Thirded! You left out pics of the coolest part!
wrote:If they ask, tell Industry Canada you've definitely wrapped your house in a Faraday cage.
I would be shocked if the transmitter went further than 35ft. It's a little consumer grade deal with a 3ft telescopic antenna. Is harmless! 😀
wrote:No transformer in the power supply, be careful if you open it !
BTW, I like very much those transistor B/W TV Sets, I have some on them that would like to restore
some of these days!
I'm used to working on older tube radios and used to work on TVs in the late 90s/early 2000s. Safety precautions are always in force.
I remember seeing little cheap B&W sets like these as late as 1994-1996. Even then, I remember seeing a little 12 or 13" B&W set on the wall of TVs in Wal-Mart and being shocked they still sold them (for like 80 Canadian pesos if I'm not mistaken).
wrote:I would be shocked if the transmitter went further than 35ft. It's a little consumer grade deal with a 3ft telescopic antenna. Is harmless! 😀
As long as they don't detect anything. Unlike VHF FM radio, there is no low powered micro-broadcasting allowance for VHF broadcast TV channels. 😒
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wrote:wrote:I would be shocked if the transmitter went further than 35ft. It's a little consumer grade deal with a 3ft telescopic antenna. Is harmless! 😀
As long as they don't detect anything. Unlike VHF FM radio, there is no low powered micro-broadcasting allowance for VHF broadcast TV channels. 😒
What about UHF? This one is on channel 15 I believe.
My little guilty pleasure:
(also a HD3650 I could pick up cheap, although I have no concrete application for it yet)
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Precision Pro was from a friend and the Gravis Phoenix was on Ebay, rest are from local thrift stores. I've been wanting a Phoenix for years because it just looks radical, like it belongs on a Klingon bridge or something. Can't wait to try it out.
I had completely forgot about those Gravis Phoenix until seeing your pic. What a weird joystick.
I got a 13" vcr combo last month and a 5" color TV brand new in box a few weeks back. Lots of tube TVs everywhere it seems, but that's probably my confirmation bias. 😀
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Precision Pro was from a friend and the Gravis Phoenix was on Ebay, rest are from local thrift stores. I've been wanting a Phoenix for years because it just looks radical, like it belongs on a Klingon bridge or something. Can't wait to try it out.
I had completely forgot about those Gravis Phoenix until seeing your pic. What a weird joystick.
I got a 13" vcr combo last month and a 5" color TV brand new in box a few weeks back. Lots of tube TVs everywhere it seems, but that's probably my confirmation bias. 😀
No Tube TVs really are everywhere. Some of the higher end ones are HD and had HDMI so in theory could still be used today. I have a 1080P 32" Sanyo CRT in one of my two HTPC setups. Looks better than most LCDS and a great many LEDs I've seen.
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wrote:No Tube TVs really are everywhere. Some of the higher end ones are HD and had HDMI so in theory could still be used today. I have a 1080P 32" Sanyo CRT in one of my two HTPC setups. Looks better than most LCDS and a great many LEDs I've seen.
weird, I never realized such a thing existed. I know it made sense in monitors, but not 16:9 screens.
It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.
wrote:What about UHF? This one is on channel 15 I believe.
From RSS-210:
Unwanted emissions of transmitters and receivers are permitted to fall within the restricted bands listed in RSS-Gen and TV bands 54-72 MHz, 76-88 MHz, 174-216 MHz, and 470-698 MHz; however, fundamental emissions are prohibited in these bands.
Don't get caught. 😎
All hail the Great Capacitor Brand Finder
wrote:Kinda off topic (but still retro) […]
Kinda off topic (but still retro)
Found this at a garage sale for $8, still new in the box.
Just a couple of months ago I came very close to buying a large 1960s era TV that was in factory new condition from an estate sale, but it was big, heavy and $350 which I thought was steep. It did have the original remote and manuals which was amazing. Very similar to this one, but not quite. Would it even be possible to hook an old console like an Atari 2600 or Intellivision to one of these? Would a standard RF modulator work? I know some of these old units I see have nothing in back to hook up to or maybe I am just not seeing the antenna hookup.
wrote:Just a couple of months ago I came very close to buying a large 1960s era TV that was in factory new condition from an estate sale, but it was big, heavy and $350 which I thought was steep. It did have the original remote and manuals which was amazing.
I didn't know remote control TVs were a thing in the 60s 😀
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wrote:wrote:Just a couple of months ago I came very close to buying a large 1960s era TV that was in factory new condition from an estate sale, but it was big, heavy and $350 which I thought was steep. It did have the original remote and manuals which was amazing.
I didn't know remote control TVs were a thing in the 60s 😀
I believe my parents referred to them as clickers.
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MOAR 486!
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wrote:wrote:wrote:Just a couple of months ago I came very close to buying a large 1960s era TV that was in factory new condition from an estate sale, but it was big, heavy and $350 which I thought was steep. It did have the original remote and manuals which was amazing.
I didn't know remote control TVs were a thing in the 60s 😀
I believe my parents referred to them as clickers.
https://www.metv.com/stories/a-history-of-the … its-advertising
Yes I had a remote on a very old TV. It only had two switches, power/standby and 'next' channel 🤣
They were ultrasonic (rather than infrared like in the 80's/90's), try not to use it with your pets around 😵 ... everytime I pressed the button, my cat would spring out from some crevasse in the room, scream, and subsequently bolt for the door...
I need another PC like I need a hole in my head, but whatever, it was ten bucks. I like the design of these "bulged cap" systems anyway.
Compaq Presario 5204, K6-2 350, unknown RAM as of now, 2 hard drives: WD Caviar 1.6gb and Seagate Medalist 6.5gb. Haven't gotten around to testing it yet.
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wrote:I need another PC like I need a hole in my head, but whatever, it was ten bucks. I like the design of these "bulged cap" systems anyway.
Compaq Presario 5204, K6-2 350, unknown RAM as of now, 2 hard drives: WD Caviar 1.6gb and Seagate Medalist 6.5gb. Haven't gotten around to testing it yet.
I've always been curious about these K6 OEM systems, does it have a S7 board in it or an SS7? I never used an MMX or K6 system, went from P54C straight to a Pentium II, so I want to know if the K6 or K6-2 were commonly paired with SS7 boards with AGP slots, or whether they were mostly used on regular S7 boards and SS7 was a novelty even back then..
