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Reply 18143 of 27171, by SodaSuccubus

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Cloudschatze wrote on 2021-02-09, 21:50:
https://www.symphoniae.com/misc/vogons/wip2_s.jpg Drawers and vent panels. Oh, boy. […]
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Drawers and vent panels. Oh, boy.

Vogons award for the madlad with the BIGGEST organized-midi-mountain goes to....you!

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No but seriously though, very nicely organized little display in that little case. Awsome retro corner 😀

Reply 18144 of 27171, by darry

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SodaSuccubus wrote on 2021-02-10, 01:18:
Vogons award for the madlad with the BIGGEST organized-midi-mountain goes to....you! […]
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Cloudschatze wrote on 2021-02-09, 21:50:
https://www.symphoniae.com/misc/vogons/wip2_s.jpg Drawers and vent panels. Oh, boy. […]
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Drawers and vent panels. Oh, boy.

Vogons award for the madlad with the BIGGEST organized-midi-mountain goes to....you!

*Clapping*

No but seriously though, very nicely organized little display in that little case. Awsome retro corner 😀

That's not a mountain, that's a continent !

Wow ! Really nice setup.

Reply 18145 of 27171, by Xicor

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Cloudschatze wrote on 2021-02-09, 21:50:
https://www.symphoniae.com/misc/vogons/wip2_s.jpg Drawers and vent panels. Oh, boy. […]
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Behold..... The MIDI shrine !!!

Congrats for the beautiful setup.

Reply 18146 of 27171, by creepingnet

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My birthday yesterday became all about the Tandy 1000A. Started playing some of those DOS games from my downloader/hoarder years and deleting the ones that don't work or are no fun. Thinking about doing a YouTube serries around the ones that are not as much fun though. There's so much more out there than Donkey, Alley Cat, Sierra AGI games, and Ultima. Like I',m rather enjoying the Arkanoid ports with the Deluxe Mouse.

I also reinstalled the original 2nd floppy drive and went back to the "Stealth" configuration where teh HDD is hidden behind the floppy drives. Just a better way to leave the system unmolested from stock and just add other hardware on top of it. Next plans are to order an 8087 and a V20 for it, and possibly make some Gamepads for it. of my own design.

Also started experimenting with retrobriting a little - took the faceplate off my badly yellowed CD-RW drive that was in the NEC Ready 9522. Going to see if my method works - just involves water, sunlight and pure medical Hydrogen Peroxide. So far some change has occured.

And according to shipping the Versa V should be here today, so there's that to work on next. I did just order the wrong FFCs and connectors for the two screens I have laying around that need logic board swaps/repairs.....so I might need to educate myself some more on those. Bought some that were too small.

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Reply 18147 of 27171, by PD2JK

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Thought that my Seasonic AT PSU deserved fresh caps:
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Oh, and a brand new Noctua Redux 80mm fan.

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Reply 18148 of 27171, by creepingnet

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Well, got the Versa V in just a few minutes ago, and it's running like a champ already off a 540MB HDD, which I'm now installing FreeDOS on. That means if I do get any more Versas, it's going to be the earliest one (UltraLite) - that all hinges on prices/availability/whether I can put the Humpty Dumpty cracked up one back together and get the motherboard working or not. I'll go into more detail in my build's thread.

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Reply 18149 of 27171, by BetaC

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Well, my SCSI2SD finally arrived, and I spent a good chunk of the day setting up the SD card to have a nice, usable install of Mac OS 7.5.

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So, naturally, this means I used the Macintosh LC II to it's fullest extent.

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Reply 18150 of 27171, by kolderman

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BetaC wrote on 2021-02-11, 02:26:

Well, my SCSI2SD finally arrived, and I spent a good chunk of the day setting up the SD card to have a nice, usable install of Mac OS 7.5.image0.jpg
So, naturally, this means I used the Macintosh LC II to it's fullest extent.
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Oh I have a mac quadra that I want to do this to one day. Do you mind going into detail about what you had to do? I am curious as to how to get a bootable os onto the SD.

Reply 18151 of 27171, by appiah4

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I replaced an E4600 with an E6600.. only to find that my system wouldn't POST with it. Now, I'm a total absolute newbie to LGA775, I never messed around with it before. I have been an AMD guy ever since Socket 370 so I was kind of blindsided by the reason: The E6600 I got was actually a Pentium Dual Core CPU from 2010, not a Core2Duo from 2006. My motherboard's BIOS had no idea how to deal with it, so I just threw it in the trash. But I should have known to be more careful, we are talking about Intel here. Oh, before I forget. Fuck you Intel.

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Reply 18152 of 27171, by Ozzuneoj

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appiah4 wrote on 2021-02-11, 07:41:

The E6600 I got was actually a Pentium Dual Core CPU from 2010, not a Core2Duo from 2006.

Ah yes... nothing like using the same model number on two different (often incompatible) devices that go in the same socket. I agree that was a really dumb move on Intel's part and probably led to a fair amount of confusion back in the day.

The Core 2 Duo E6600 is a 2.4Ghz 65nm Conroe core with a 1066Mhz FSB and 4MB of cache if memory serves me (not going to look it up this time). The Pentium Dual Core E6600 is, I think, a 3Ghz(?) 45nm Wolfdale-3M core with 1066Mhz FSB (or was it 1333Mhz, like the other Wolfdale chips?) and 3MB of cache.

Socket 775 was a good platform but FSB and core compatibility from one year to the next was a pain to deal with. This is partially a side-effect of the socket being around for so long (around 7 years).

Now for some blitting from the back buffer.

Reply 18153 of 27171, by bjwil1991

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Swapped the V3 3000 PCI and the Intergraph Intense VooDoo 3D card and the card has either bad RAM or something else went horribly wrong. And the IDE cables got disconnected on the motherboard, so that needs to be fixed again and the V3 3000 PCI will go back in once I fix the fan as it makes a horrible bearing noise.

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Reply 18154 of 27171, by creepingnet

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Kicked off FreeDOS on the Versa V for the 3rd time this morning - forgot to throw E-Z BIOS on the drive leading to an unreadable boot sector (540MB Drive, BIOS tops at 528MB).

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Reply 18155 of 27171, by PTherapist

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Today I was getting intermittent power on my Gotek that I'm using externally on my BBC Micro.

The culprit - cracked solder joints on the Gotek's power connector due to a shitty design. The Gotek might be a great device, but they didn't think the power connector design through properly, absolutely no reinforcement on the pins with the solder taking the full strain when plugging/unplugging or even moving the power cable around. So I re-soldered the power connector, then added some hot glue to stop it flexing. Working good as new again.

Also today, sort of retro related - heard a bang from my computer room & went in to discover I'd lost all power to my 20-year-old Cambridge Soundworks 4.1 Surround PC speakers which are still in active usage. Tested the DC plug with my multimeter and absolutely nothing.

Thinking a PSU failure was to blame, I was about to start the arduous task of taking my whole setup apart to reach the power plug, when I happened to notice my pet Rats were looking quite startled and staring into the corner of the room. I looked into the direction they were staring and noticed a picture frame missing off the wall. The picture frame had fell down the back of a side unit and knocked out the power plug that powers the speakers plus several other devices. Well done ratties, they just saved me a lot of work!!! 🤣

Reply 18156 of 27171, by vutt

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Thermalwrong wrote on 2021-02-02, 23:17:
That thing looks great :) Re-using an existing case is really cool. Just a heads up, from my testing, the MT32-Pi just uses 0.5a […]
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vutt wrote on 2021-01-30, 17:51:

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My little MT32-pi in old TV set-top box project is shaping up nicely.
Now I need to fit that rats nest into case and figure out how much cooling Pi 4 in closed case needs. Will went holes drilling be sufficient or I need to add active cooling.

That thing looks great 😀 Re-using an existing case is really cool. Just a heads up, from my testing, the MT32-Pi just uses 0.5a so cooling isn't super important I think.

I've been putting together one for myself too, many thanks to Dopefish on these forums for making the mt32-pi image/project and making the wiki so clear.

I just tamed the rats nest on my MT32-pi with a strip board, which turned out nice and tidy. I'm wondering at this point if I should put together my own super basic MT32-pi hat and make a case around it. There are others, but all I want is a midi in, some buttons/a wheel and a cheap-but-good DAC. The geometry of the MT32 isn't exactly complex and mine just has a screen and a wheel. Though having used buttons 1&2, to switch roms and switch to soundfont mode, I'm thinking it should have buttons too.

Since I'm working without a schematic, I labelled it this evening with my little label maker, and put some insulation on the conductive side of the PCB.

I actually finalised my little project.
Ended up reusing section of IP TV box motherboard for I/O (power and RCA). My initial concerns about heat management were solved by little bit beefier heatsink. Current baremetal solution on Pi 4 isn't heating up too much. I hooked it up to my bench power supply and I never saw power draw beyond 1A. That's why I put 5V 2A label there.

You can clearly see that it was bolted together from random bits and pieces. I only had to buy DAC, few missing electronic components, MIDI female socket and of course Pi 4. However I ended up investing little bit by buying Dremel rotary tool. You can clearly see that I used it first time 😀 Anyways it is back side. I went for back controls because I like that TV box Scandinavian minimalist look. Now I am tempted to do something about that Motorola front logo.
I also need to find some sort of net style covers for old SCART and LAN holes. I do not want them cover completely because that Pi heatsink needs some air circulation. Actually metal case helps as well. Heat transfers trough screws to metal case. I can feel it warming up.
Also in order to maximize my investment on Pi 4 I'm still thinking to turn this device onto dual boot one adding for example internet radio functionality or something. It has LCD and decent DAC and it's permanently hooked up to my audio setup already.

And last but not least many thanks to Dopefish indeed.

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Reply 18157 of 27171, by BetaC

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kolderman wrote on 2021-02-11, 03:05:
BetaC wrote on 2021-02-11, 02:26:

Well, my SCSI2SD finally arrived, and I spent a good chunk of the day setting up the SD card to have a nice, usable install of Mac OS 7.5.image0.jpg
So, naturally, this means I used the Macintosh LC II to it's fullest extent.
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Oh I have a mac quadra that I want to do this to one day. Do you mind going into detail about what you had to do? I am curious as to how to get a bootable os onto the SD.

I used http://www.savagetaylor.com/2018/01/05/settin … csi2sd-adapter/. I will eventually move down to system 7.0.1 for the sake of speed, but it's a good place to start.

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Reply 18159 of 27171, by bjwil1991

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Is there a process for setting up a Raspberry Pi as a modem?

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