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Reply 19820 of 27182, by Caluser2000

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A bit of good ol distro hopping like it was 2008....😉

There's a glitch in the matrix.
A founding member of the 286 appreciation society.
Apparently 32-bit is dead and nobody likes P4s.
Of course, as always, I'm open to correction...😉

Reply 19821 of 27182, by drosse1meyer

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swapped out P166 for P233 mmx 😳

P1: Packard Bell - 233 MMX, Voodoo1, 64 MB, ALS100+
P2-V2: Dell Dimension - 400 Mhz, Voodoo2, 256 MB
P!!! Custom: 1 Ghz, GeForce2 Pro/64MB, 384 MB

Reply 19822 of 27182, by the_patchelor

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cleaning corroded traces with a small nylon brush, need to bridge 7-8 broken traces now.

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Reply 19823 of 27182, by the_patchelor

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and getting some headaches as only the 2nd VLB slot works on the ISA486SV2 Rev 3.1

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Reply 19825 of 27182, by Jed118

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RetroLizard wrote on 2021-08-28, 15:20:
Jed118 wrote on 2021-08-28, 05:33:
This shit washed up on my dock (I retrobrited some classic kit in the sun!) […]
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This shit washed up on my dock (I retrobrited some classic kit in the sun!)

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And the results were B+ grade, overall. That Gateway 2000 case came out mostly white, marbing in annoying places, but I am on the hunt to use period parts to make it a DX 33 again 😁

I love all those cases!

The one on the far right is going to receive a Leopard Blue Lightning SLC setup. Gotta source a VLB I/O card and a VLB video card. I even have an IBM branded hard disk. 256 Mb. That's gonna be a fun build!!

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Reply 19826 of 27182, by Jed118

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the_patchelor wrote on 2021-08-29, 13:24:

cleaning corroded traces with a small nylon brush, need to bridge 7-8 broken traces now.

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What caused the corrosion under there?

Battery? If so, strange place for it.

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Reply 19827 of 27182, by Jed118

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assasincz wrote on 2021-08-28, 21:16:
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My latest project:

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Nice, reminds me of my Ikea Ryzen 5 (obviously not vintage) setup. I have a similar problem with my DVDROM, I have to open the door to get to it. It's locked up, as if I do leave it open, my kid will probably touch it and break it by putting his matchbox cars all over the motherboard. Boom!

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Reply 19828 of 27182, by the_patchelor

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Jed118 wrote on 2021-08-29, 19:50:
assasincz wrote on 2021-08-28, 21:16:
My latest project: […]
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My latest project:

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Nice, reminds me of my Ikea Ryzen 5 (obviously not vintage) setup. I have a similar problem with my DVDROM, I have to open the door to get to it. It's locked up, as if I do leave it open, my kid will probably touch it and break it by putting his matchbox cars all over the motherboard. Boom!

no glue, no battery was installed on this FX-3000 (with ECS "local" bus). May it was out in the rain or on a wet place for some months

Reply 19829 of 27182, by drosse1meyer

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gerry wrote on 2021-08-29, 17:55:
drosse1meyer wrote on 2021-08-29, 12:18:

swapped out P166 for P233 mmx 😳

nice. noticed any difference in applications or games? i know benchmarks will show it, just wonder if its noticeable

I'd say yes. Win98 ui and other functions seem a bit snappier. However its particularly smoother in games where the 166 would chug... in outdoor areas for example. Choppiness in compressed video playback is reduced to almost zero.

With a voodoo1, Quake 2 timedemo went from like 27 to 34 FPS at 640x480. DOS quake at 320x200 gives about 50 FPS iirc.

I was very pleased that this packard bell accepted and recognized the CPU as it seems these boards are hit and miss with support. My only concern is lack of a VRM, so I slapped on a decent hunk of aluminum + fan + a slight amount of artic silver. Gamed for hours, no lockups, I think I'm good.

P1: Packard Bell - 233 MMX, Voodoo1, 64 MB, ALS100+
P2-V2: Dell Dimension - 400 Mhz, Voodoo2, 256 MB
P!!! Custom: 1 Ghz, GeForce2 Pro/64MB, 384 MB

Reply 19830 of 27182, by Horun

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the_patchelor wrote on 2021-08-29, 19:53:
Jed118 wrote on 2021-08-29, 19:46:
the_patchelor wrote on 2021-08-29, 13:24:

cleaning corroded traces with a small nylon brush, need to bridge 7-8 broken traces now.

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What caused the corrosion under there?

Battery? If so, strange place for it.

no glue, no battery was installed on this FX-3000 (with ECS "local" bus). May it was out in the rain or on a wet place for some months

Looks like a cat pissed on it. To get to traces only under the SIMM sockets takes some aiming ;p

Hate posting a reply and then have to edit it because it made no sense 😁 First computer was an IBM 3270 workstation with CGA monitor. https://archive.org/details/@horun

Reply 19831 of 27182, by gerry

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drosse1meyer wrote on 2021-08-29, 22:31:
I'd say yes. Win98 ui and other functions seem a bit snappier. However its particularly smoother in games where the 166 would […]
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gerry wrote on 2021-08-29, 17:55:
drosse1meyer wrote on 2021-08-29, 12:18:

swapped out P166 for P233 mmx 😳

nice. noticed any difference in applications or games? i know benchmarks will show it, just wonder if its noticeable

I'd say yes. Win98 ui and other functions seem a bit snappier. However its particularly smoother in games where the 166 would chug... in outdoor areas for example. Choppiness in compressed video playback is reduced to almost zero.

With a voodoo1, Quake 2 timedemo went from like 27 to 34 FPS at 640x480. DOS quake at 320x200 gives about 50 FPS iirc.

I was very pleased that this packard bell accepted and recognized the CPU as it seems these boards are hit and miss with support. My only concern is lack of a VRM, so I slapped on a decent hunk of aluminum + fan + a slight amount of artic silver. Gamed for hours, no lockups, I think I'm good.

interesting, thanks - it seems a pivot point for some games - that change in Mhz making all the difference, it is quite a proportional change. I have a P166mmx PC which seems good for anything of its time, but maybe i don't push it much, having only a 2d pci card

Reply 19832 of 27182, by dormcat

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Helped a friend of mine finding a computer in his distant memory: An IBM with the shape similar to a Macintosh (classic) and codenamed "hummingbird" in traditional Chinese (蜂鳥).

Me: "Was it PS/1?"
Him: "Shaped more like PS/2 Model 25, but I couldn't find any additional info online."

I remember that IBM "hummingbird" ad, using it as an analogy of "small but fast and powerful."
Having a Chinese name hinted that it was marketed to East Asian users and must be capable of processing East Asian languages.
Must be a small form factor AIO of some kind (I remembered that Japanese customers loved classic Mac's SFF design; IBM and other companies might have followed the trend).

And bingo! Turned out it was an IBM PS/55Z 5530Z SX. 😄

Reply 19834 of 27182, by bjwil1991

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Repaired a GameBoy Color that didn't turn on, no display, and a bit of corrosion on the cartridge slot that caused my game saves to get destroyed and some game to not start up.

Used 30AWG wiring, solder, flux, and exposed trace copper to fix the switch issue, reflowed the IC between the volume wheel and the CPU to fix the display issue, and removed the corrosion from the 1 pin on the cartridge slot using IPA, DeoxIt F5 (couldn't find my D5), and a small screwdriver (flat tip).

Also, I fixed my Pokemon Red game by swapping the Blue ROM out and installing the Red ROM onto the cartridge board and it works without issues (also restored my save thanks to the backups I have).

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Reply 19835 of 27182, by dataino.it

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the_patchelor wrote on 2021-08-29, 13:24:

cleaning corroded traces with a small nylon brush, need to bridge 7-8 broken traces now.

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What product did you use?

Reply 19836 of 27182, by zapbuzz

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although expensive it would be awesome if someone made replacement x86 motherboards to reball components from damaged units given the age of x86 architecture i'm sure it wouldn't be a cpyright thing but a preservation effort

Reply 19837 of 27182, by gerry

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bjwil1991 wrote on 2021-08-31, 09:26:

Repaired a GameBoy Color that didn't turn on, no display, and a bit of corrosion on the cartridge slot that caused my game saves to get destroyed and some game to not start up.

Used 30AWG wiring, solder, flux, and exposed trace copper to fix the switch issue, reflowed the IC between the volume wheel and the CPU to fix the display issue, and removed the corrosion from the 1 pin on the cartridge slot using IPA, DeoxIt F5 (couldn't find my D5), and a small screwdriver (flat tip).

Also, I fixed my Pokemon Red game by swapping the Blue ROM out and installing the Red ROM onto the cartridge board and it works without issues (also restored my save thanks to the backups I have).

with some maintenance gameboy original and color seem destined to last many decades, i've heard of them found working after being abandoned or being readily returned to life several times. seems to be a robust handheld!

Reply 19838 of 27182, by Caluser2000

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A bit of old fashion trolling on /r/linux. The result was far better than I expected...😉 Poor wee things.

There's a glitch in the matrix.
A founding member of the 286 appreciation society.
Apparently 32-bit is dead and nobody likes P4s.
Of course, as always, I'm open to correction...😉

Reply 19839 of 27182, by BitWrangler

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What did you do, put the old "monkey linux" ( https://archiveos.org/monkey/ ) on a 4MB 386 then ask them how to install KDE?

Unicorn herding operations are proceeding, but all the totes of hens teeth and barrels of rocking horse poop give them plenty of hiding spots.