Solo761 wrote on 2022-04-01, 12:29:

HanJammer wrote on 2022-04-01, 08:46:

That's surprising. I would have thought that former Yugoslavia, Hungary, Bulgaria would have the best stuff when it comes to former eastern-block countries in the 80s and early 90s...

There weren't that many computers here in the 80s, in early to mid 80s there were some localy made DIY computers, mostly based on Z80 CPU, and in later 80s smaller home computers like C64, Amstrad (mostly Schneider, as they were from Germany), Amiga, Atari... and they were smuggled accross the border into Yugoslavia.

Ah, yes:
https://flashbak.com/yugoslavian-computer-mag … 80s-90s-370271/

😀

Scored an 80% (? ish) set of key caps at the thrift. Now to toss out the grubby crappy ones off my Model M SSK....

Got this new garbage... The 480 shows this crap... The 7950 GX2 does not have signal at all... At least with another card i can see the OS detects the damn thing.... Overall not happy at all, but got both for 17 euro (shitting included) so cant be too sad about it... Sad part is that good pieces of tech dont work properly....

Downclock RAM and core on the 480, if pic comes in fine then, then consider recapping.

With the 480 I'd pull the card apart give the cooler a good cleaning a full repaste for the core and new thermal pads for the ram and other ics

I will clean both cards, with 95% isopropyl alcohol, and maybe electrical contact cleaner spray too. But from my experience, most of the time parts that work like shit dont get fixed simply with one cleaning.. But will see, i am more interested to see if the 7950 GX2 will show signal after the aslcohol cleaning + the contact cleaner....

With the gx2 make sure that both cards are firmly seated together I remember a friend back in the day had a similar issue with his. We fully disassembled the cards and reassembled them and it worked perfectly again. They can wiggle apart from thermocycling and rough handling.

I got a double dose of retro hardware delivered today, a Dell Dimension XPS P133c and an IBM ThinkPad A22m. This Dell is an absolute tank, I love it.

I see the power button on the right. What is the one in the center? The reset button?

Sleep/Wake/Crash button probably.

BitWrangler wrote on 2022-04-01, 21:35:

Sleep/Wake/Crash button probably.

Yes, but not always in that order.

Remember: A22 is one of these models with GPU breaking. Make sure the cooling system is clean.

Cheers,

pentiumspeed wrote on 2022-04-01, 21:41:

Remember: A22 is one of these models with GPU breaking. Make sure the cooling system is clean.

Cheers,

It is? Maybe that's what killed my A21 four years ago.

Yes, this what happened. Frequently mentioned on the thinkpad forums (not here).

Cheers,

Radical Vision wrote on 2022-04-01, 15:10:

Got this new garbage... The 480 shows this crap... The 7950 GX2 does not have signal at all... At least with another card i can […]
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Got this new garbage... The 480 shows this crap... The 7950 GX2 does not have signal at all... At least with another card i can see the OS detects the damn thing.... Overall not happy at all, but got both for 17 euro (shitting included) so cant be too sad about it... Sad part is that good pieces of tech dont work properly....

7950 + 480.jpg

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I think those 7950's cook themselves, I've seen 2 dead ones in person.

EvieSigma wrote on 2022-04-01, 19:24:

I got a double dose of retro hardware delivered today, a Dell Dimension XPS P133c and an IBM ThinkPad A22m. This Dell is an abso […]
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I got a double dose of retro hardware delivered today, a Dell Dimension XPS P133c and an IBM ThinkPad A22m. This Dell is an absolute tank, I love it.

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What is that strange PCI audio card in the Dell?

appiah4 wrote on 2022-04-02, 04:45:

EvieSigma wrote on 2022-04-01, 19:24:

I got a double dose of retro hardware delivered today, a Dell Dimension XPS P133c and an IBM ThinkPad A22m. This Dell is an abso […]
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I got a double dose of retro hardware delivered today, a Dell Dimension XPS P133c and an IBM ThinkPad A22m. This Dell is an absolute tank, I love it.

PXL_20220401_142254336.jpg

PXL_20220401_144051634.jpg

PXL_20220401_170003246.jpg

What is that strange PCI audio card in the Dell?

Looks like an Ensoniq ES1370 based card to me.

Not one I ever saw to be honest but those have a million revisions..

Lots of love for the Dell Dimension XPS.

Here's my Dell Pentium 90 Mhz.

cyclone3d wrote on 2022-04-02, 04:56:

appiah4 wrote on 2022-04-02, 04:45:

EvieSigma wrote on 2022-04-01, 19:24:

I got a double dose of retro hardware delivered today, a Dell Dimension XPS P133c and an IBM ThinkPad A22m. This Dell is an abso […]
Show full quote

I got a double dose of retro hardware delivered today, a Dell Dimension XPS P133c and an IBM ThinkPad A22m. This Dell is an absolute tank, I love it.

PXL_20220401_142254336.jpg

PXL_20220401_144051634.jpg

PXL_20220401_170003246.jpg

What is that strange PCI audio card in the Dell?

Looks like an Ensoniq ES1370 based card to me.

I'm not sure yet what card it is but it's one of these.