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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-03-27, 20:50

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Sorry to hear, getting harder to find. It’s weird that I see your post today as I just received a 5150 p/s I was searching for a long time. My system is a Rev.A 16-64k with an upgraded p/s. Finally , I now have the original black 63w to install. Fortunately, no shipping damage. :) That is a …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-03-26, 20:42

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The last piece of the puzzle for my Frankenstein 5150 arrived - the PSU. And, sigh, the power switch assembly was destroyed in transit. Wasn't bloody cheap, either. Actually, the last part would be a 5151 monitor but this is exactly why I refrain from buying one online.

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-03-19, 21:01

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

ubiq wrote on 2024-03-19, 19:44: Hmm... It's definitely not a sticker? 😁 I've noticed QDI P3 boards always have a sticker covering up the VIA southbridge, presumably in an effort to hide the chipset from the discerning but not too discerning customer of the day.

Re: 2024 - End of the era of Retro Computing Youtube channels?

Posted on 2024-03-09, 16:27

in Milliways

in Milliways

A lot of what creators do on YouTube is simply to satisfy the almighty YouTube Algorithm. This is why frequent uploads, eye-catching thumbnails (including the so-called "YouTube Face"), click bait titles, etc. In part, because this stuff actually works. If you look at BuB's most popular videos, …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-02-29, 20:05

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Are we past peak-3dfx now? I saw a "working" V3 listed for £15.99 and bought it immediately. It's here. It looks pristine. What's the catch?

Re: Orange spider web on the screen , Help :(

Posted on 2024-02-27, 21:57

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

It reminds me of Vinegar Syndrome, and indeed the page is illustrated with an image of a laptop with a heavily degraded screen. In your first photo in the bottom right corner, are those bubbles or just marks on the screen?

Re: Tell about your country

Posted on 2024-02-26, 18:24

in Milliways

in Milliways

PC Hoarder Patrol wrote on 2024-02-21, 23:02: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoots_Mon Thanks. The shop's closed but now I really want some Wine Gums.

Re: "Windows95man" - Finland Eurovision Song Contest entry 2024

Posted on 2024-02-11, 22:00

in Milliways

in Milliways

Not sure if it's true but i've heard that the winning country must host the event the year after. And some suggests that counties are loosing on purpose to avoid paying for that. That's famously the plot of an episode of the sitcom Father Ted: However, despite their poor performance, and against …

Re: 2024 - End of the era of Retro Computing Youtube channels?

Posted on 2024-02-05, 01:03

in Milliways

in Milliways

It even got to the point where he purposefully put his hand in front of the camera's view to cover himself applying thermal paste to some modern build he was making. I took that to be a joke. I've seen other channels where they cut around the application of thermal compound to forestall the …

Re: end of DVD storage

Posted on 2024-01-16, 23:26

in Milliways

in Milliways

I've got a bottleg VCD of The Matrix burned to two Infiniti 'professional' quality CD-Rs circa April 2000. The discs appear completely unblemished but the audio is choppy. I'm unsure if that's an issue with VLC (SPDIF passthrough is similarly broken). I'd test it in MPC but, pertinent to this thread …

Re: I love big crt's

Posted on 2023-12-20, 23:16

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Someone's selling a 21" CRT TV near me which I'm interested in acquiring, but first I desperately need to offload a bunch of CRT monitors to free up some storage space. I still haven't tested three of them yet because I have even less space to work on them - I just couldn't stand the thought of them …

Re: Connecting old machines to the internet: dispelling the superstition

Posted on 2023-11-04, 17:11

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

But over time, you will realize that the danger is exaggerated, and the source of these myths is most likely the sales departments of new products (Completely leaky products, it is worth noting). I call it the Security Treadmill - once they get you on the upgrade cycle, you fear stepping off. …

Re: Man builds his own 80s VHS store in the cellar

Posted on 2023-11-02, 21:42

in Milliways

in Milliways

I've seen similar projects in the past and wished I could do a tenth of that. Sadly my basement is much too small so I had to pass up on the ex Blockbuster display shelves I saw on eBay once. Consequently I can't go fully nuts indulging my nostalgia. Compared to 500 DVDs and Blu-rays, this is …

Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2023-10-16, 18:28

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

When they do want to sell they ask like $30 for a thing that was used as an ashtray for 10 years before it was finally promoted to mouse nest duty in the basement. Just a little insight into how people's mind works. Oh, I know. I know. I trimmed a paragraph from my reply stating the same: an Apple …

Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2023-10-15, 19:43

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

This IBM was going to trash in a store near my house, i think was used to do accounting stuff until recent, because the floppy have lotus 123 spreadsheets with date july 2023 JFC! I've spent over £400 (and rising) putting a 5150 together piecemeal yet somehow someone is tossing a full system into …

Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2023-09-07, 20:05

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Nexxen wrote on 2023-09-07, 17:53: It had puppy eyes "take me home"... didn't it? 🤣 Is it in working condition? No idea, I haven't tested it yet - looks clean inside, though. I was expecting something more recent than Core2, but I'm not one to turn down a freebie.

Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2023-09-05, 15:13

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Was waiting for my colleague to bring the van round when I spotted this Optiplex 380 amongst the detritus of a flat being cleared out.

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-09-05, 15:02

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

How much did you end up spending on these Banshee cards? It seems like all 3dfx stuff is up in price lately. I'm glad I got my pair of Voodoo 2's back when people thought they were junk. I hope I'm not feeding into the bubble by stating the prices: 75GBP for the unbranded one and 82GBP for the …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-09-04, 19:04

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Dammit. It happened again. I thought I would be outbid on this Voodoo Banshee so I placed a bid on a second one that popped up. Won both of them. This is the TNT2 Ultra situation all over again.

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-09-03, 21:32

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Repo Man11 wrote on 2023-09-03, 19:29: But the real score was this pizza box case That's a hell of a deep dish if that qualifies as a pizza box.

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