A beast of a computer - Compaq Deskpro 84'

Posted on 2018-05-30, 21:12

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by tikoellner

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I was lucky yesterday. Saw this beauty listed locally. I offered the seller around 60$ and he agreed. The unit looked tired, but as I picked it up it turned be just dirty - not a single scratch or scuff! Within the price it came with a CRT and, as it later turned out, an original set of …

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Re: ZyMOS VGA?

Posted on 2018-03-31, 19:12

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by tikoellner

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This card is designed to work with industrial single board computer. I have two of those with matching connectors.

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2018-03-23, 22:29

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by tikoellner

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I love this box! My father gave this set to me in 1993.

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2018-02-28, 09:48

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Hello, I wanted to share with you the lastest addition to my still growing collection of vintage PC games. I collect mostly games from 198x-1994, with some minor exceptions. Dos only.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-02-25, 19:29

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by tikoellner

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Yesterday I met an older guy who runs electronic workshop where he fixes industrial hardware. He told me he had some vintage PC hardware so I visited him at his place. Man, there was a lot! Nothing very fancy, but he had an extreme amount of NOS 286 and 386 motherboards and some industrial 486. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-02-20, 21:59

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by tikoellner

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That case must have been very popular in NL >25y ago. My first thought when I saw this was that you had bought the one on Marktplaats (NL Craigslist-equivalent) since Saturday claiming to be a 286 - but nope, double-checked and it's slightly different (it has a CDRom and a Shitec badge instead of …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-12-28, 11:06

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by tikoellner

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Heah, I actually don't like the game. Prerendered 3d graphics and super-annoying "MegaHost" - Lance Boyle. I picked it up as it was from the same seller as some of the more interesting game and only payed 5 USD for this one.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-12-28, 09:46

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by tikoellner

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Hey there, I know this is a bit out of topic, as this is mostly a hardware forum, but I still wanted to share with you the PC games I got this December. Most of them I found pretty chepa locally, and some seem very collectable. I think the most precious of all is System Shock. I did not expect to …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-12-19, 06:48

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by tikoellner

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Finally found an 8-bit VGA card at the recycle center for my ITT Xtra XP 286/XT hybrid system. It was less than $5 compared to similar cards on Ebay selling north of $50 to $70. I wont pay those prices. It looks to be in good physical condition, but hoping it works. Also found a bunch of other ISA …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-12-02, 21:54

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by tikoellner

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^ seems like an early 20mhz 386DX motherboard that sadly also lacks a BIOS... I really like this early 386 stuff. Much more interesting IMO than those 40mhz all-in-one boards with soldered CPU. I believe BIOS can be easly replaced with some AMI 386 generic BIOS. We'll see. I don't know if it even …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-12-02, 21:05

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by tikoellner

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Bought this interesting 386 board today. Would appreciate if someone tells me what it is and where I can find any info about it. The good: made in USA, no battery, low integration!:

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Please help to ID this 286 (?) motherboard

Posted on 2017-12-01, 20:05

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by tikoellner

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I just bought an old Escom slim PC. It has some rather interesting motherboard I can't identify: Any help appreciated 😀

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Re: Any of these 486 boards worth buying?

Posted on 2017-11-29, 10:59

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by tikoellner

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Yep, 5$ is always a good deal. I personally avoid: - Opti based 486 boards; - PCI 486 boards (just my personal preference, I just think a proper 486 is VLB or ISA only); - Barrel battery - but if there was no leak AT ALL, I would make an exception. I also hate if there are any unused spaces on the …

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Re: Fastest "Turbo XT"

Posted on 2017-11-28, 07:27

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by tikoellner

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8088 and 8086 are not pin compatible so you can't just drop 8086 in 8088 socket. 8086 is 16 bit internally 8088 is 8 bit internally

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Re: List the CPUs you owned when they were new

Posted on 2017-10-15, 08:08

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by tikoellner

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around 1992 - 286 @16mhz - if I recall correctly. Huge AT case with power switch on the side, "Casper" color VGA monitor; >>> 1993 - 386 @16mhz - in compact Escom enclosure. Same monitor. >>> 1994 - 486 SX 33 - IBM PS/1 machine that I can't find anywhere. No photos, no model number - it must have …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-30, 14:24

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by tikoellner

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Nothing big, but I found this little board in a pile of junk today: https://i.imgur.com/qXaZHCa.jpg?1 It's a UNIQUE FDC-344 8 bit floppy controller with it's own BIOS (It came with no EPROM at all - I just burnt one using the image I found at Minuszerodegrees site). It allows IBM PC/XT and similar …

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Re: Does anyone have one of those ridiculously large 386 motherboards?

Posted on 2017-09-26, 22:01

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by tikoellner

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I happen to have one of these full-sized AT boards. It's a Unisys PW2 800 system board. I believe it was actually made by Micronics. The board runs (yep, it works) on i386DX-20 along with i385 cache controller and i387 coprocessor. It has 32kb of cache. There are some nice jumper cables which seem …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-25, 07:41

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by tikoellner

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My Aztech Sound Galaxy collection is growing.. at least the cards I am interested in for now. Just picked up a Sound Galaxy BX II. Pretty rare to see them for sale. I was looking at pictures and from what I can find, there were at least 3 revisions of the card. The earlier one using the standard …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-22, 08:26

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by tikoellner

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I just recently bought some cool CRT. I remember my cousin used to have one exactly like this somewhere in mid 90s. It's IBM 8512, just like this one: http://www.retrocomputing.net/parts/ibm/monitors/8512/b.JPG . Mine is in great cosmetic condition and works very well. Doesn't seem to be burnt out, …

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Re: IBM 5162 - seems dead

Posted on 2017-09-21, 07:49

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by tikoellner

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I'm still trying to figure out what may be the problem with the system board. Yesterday I tried the following: - I have burnt two 27256 eproms with Supersoft/Landmark diagnostic ROM. It is not mentioned if it works with 5162, but as it does with 5170 and even some 386/486, why wouldn't it. I …

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