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Signs It’s Time for a Phone Upgrade

Retromash about 2 days ago

Mobile phones are personal objects that bring so much usefulness into your life. It’s no wonder then that many people get nostalgic about their old phones. How many of us out there had a Nokia back in the day, or perhaps a BlackBerry or a Sony Ericcs …
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A1 Unicorn Will Have "One Of The Best D-Pads" Of Any Handheld, Says ZPG

Time Extension about 7 days ago

Hadokens very much welcome.Thanks to the efforts of companies such as Anbernic, Powkiddy, AYANEO and Miyoo, we've certainly not been short of options in the world of emulation handhelds over the past few years, but there's always room for more – and Z-Po …
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Sega's System 18 Arcade Board Is Getting An FPGA Core

Time Extension about 20 days ago

CPS3 core also in development.Sega's System 18 arcade board is getting an FPGA core courtesy of developer Jotego.The board – which made its debut in 1989 and is essentially an augmented System 16 – is unique in that it includes a Video Display Processo …
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The Processor Used In Pac-Man Is Being Discontinued, 48 Years After It Launched

Time Extension about 1 month ago

The Zilog Z80 launched in 1976.The Zilog Z80 8-bit microprocessor has finally reached the end of its commercial lifespan, 48 years after it first hit the market.Designed by Federico Faggin and Masatoshi Shima and developed by a team of just 11 people, the …
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Ayaneo brings the power with the Pocket S

Portable Gaming Roundup about 1 month ago

Android devices are driving retro gaming to new heights with a constant raft of specification updates. The new Ayaneo Pocket S is the latest example, packing a six-inch 1440p borderless IPS screen, a Snapdragon G3x second-generation processor, improved coo …
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Design from a promotional 2000 IBM T-shirt featuring Mario. This is referring to the fact that…

Supper Mario Broth about 1 month ago

Design from a promotional 2000 IBM T-shirt featuring Mario. This is referring to the fact that Nintendo commissioned IBM to develop the Gekko, the CPU used in the GameCube, which was a modified version of their existing PowerPC 750CXe processor.Main Blog | …
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Even Yu Suzuki Didn't Expect 3D To Become So Big, So Quickly

Time Extension about 2 months ago

"The speed of advancement surpassed even my expectations".It's doubtful that the video game world will experience a change quite as dramatic as the shift from 2D to 3D again. Within the space of just a few years 3D gaming became the norm, and the transitio …

Westinghouse Flight Computer

VCFed about 2 months ago

Picked up a couple Westinghouse prototype computers that were part of the first-generation systems used on the F-16, No microprocessor chip, all discreet components. They have around eight cards in them. Two memory cards that are 4K by 8, a termination car …

resurrecting/upgrading power mac 7500/100

VCFed about 2 months ago

I own a power mac 7500/100 that seems to have a bad processor card. If I am to replace this card, I'd like to upgrade at the same time. On ebay, I have found an Apple Macintosh Mac 820-0780-A G3/G4 Computer Processor Card. Is this card compatible w …
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Problems with installing a 387 FPU

VCFed about 2 months ago

I bought a [387 FPU] off Ebay for my new 386 system and was glad to find that it had arrived in my mailbox today. However, when trying to place it in the slot of my motherboard, I can not get it to fit, no matter how much i try. It seems like it should wo …

honeywell/measurex gp60 qbus graphics processor

VCFed about 3 months ago

hey all, just curious if anyone has info on this boardset? i can't seem to find anything despite bits of it being fairly common on ebay …

Anyone Familiar with a TK TK83305-4N-D-03 Motherboard?

VCFed about 3 months ago

I just purchased a computer with this system and had a question about processor configuration. I was able to obtain some information about it with the documentation here: TK TK83305-4N-D-03​ Appa... it can use a solder on CPU (which mine has, an …

Weird Wifi Issue

VCFed about 3 months ago

My main rig is an HP Elite 8300 with an i7-3770 processor. The motherboard has three PCI Express slots ... a PCI Express x1, a PCI Express x16 and a PCI Express x 16 downshifted to a x4. I always had my GTX 1050Ti videocard plugged into the downshifted PCI …

Toshiba 110cs Rip...

VCFed about 3 months ago

So just a friendly reminder to cut out or unplug and remove those aging parcels of death attached to your vintage stash.. Battery corrosion claims another victim from my collection.? Rotted the pentium chip clean off the board. Even if my soldering skills …

GRiD 1755 486SLC, Just 20 MHz Models or 20 & 25 MHz Models?

VCFed about 3 months ago

I've noticed recently in several early 90's publications and on several websites they list the GRiD 1755 486SLC as being either a 20 MHz or 25 MHz processor. In all of these instances the badges on the machines are all the same as the ones I have personall …

Trying to reinstall OS X 10.3 on an eMac G4

VCFed about 3 months ago

(Wasn't sure which board to post this in, mods feel free to move this thread if necessary) Anyhow, picked up an eMac w/ a G4 processor from the thrift store a while back, and just getting around to wiping and reinstalling OS X. Wiping the hard drive went …

Did Coppermine-128 Celerons have a Processor Serial Number (PSN) like the Pentium IIIs?

VCFed about 3 months ago

Title says it all... …
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RAM blocks architecture and total RAM amount

Apple Fritter about 4 months ago

Hello, gentlemen! I am devouring the masterpiece Understanding the Apple II by Mr. James Sather and the Apple II Reference Manual as well.So far, so good, but I am stuck on the total amount of RAM available and considered by the system. I am aware that th …
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New Vita successor rumours, bright specs, dim idea

Portable Gaming Roundup about 4 months ago

On the same day Lewis Hamilton to Ferrari rumours rampaged across the net, us portable gaming types got our own top-level gossip. However, while the F1 champion's move is now confirmed, it could be years until we hear anything, if ever, about a proper PSP …

PC 486SX (ao486) • Emulating Hardware

MISTerFPGA about 4 months ago

On the AO486 core, is it possible to make other emulated hardware with a pi (or other device) like the MT-32?? Maybe the 80487 Math Co-Processor and Video Cards and/or Audio Cards? This could transform the core into a 486DX4-75 from 486SX-33??My first PC …

Smith Corona PWP 350 Word Processor help

VCFed about 4 months ago

I have a Smith Corona PWP 350 Word Processor I just picked up and I can't get it open to look inside. I took out two screws that hold the access cover in place, but I can't get it off until I remove the knob on the carriage return. That is the problem. I c …

CoCo2 Assembly Oddity: User Stack Weirdness (Seeking Feedback)

VCFed about 4 months ago

Hello, I've been recently digging into learning 6809 assembly for speeding up some ideas I have for the CoCo2, and I'm having trouble when trying to use the User Stack, or U. As detailed in the processor's datasheet, we have two stacks, S & U, where S …

Electronica MC1504 - the only Soviet laptop, clone of Toshiba T1100+

VCFed about 4 months ago

Hello, My journey to the land of retro laptops started with this machine that I accidentally bought at the local online marketplace. There's only Soviet laptop has been made, years of production 1991-1994 (according to wikipedia), volume of production is u …

Garou Mark the Wolves Vs Street fighter 3

Neo Geo Forums about 4 months ago

Which of the two games is better for you, stage quality, graphic sound, taking into account that the Capcom board has a different processor. Regards …

Wanted: SWTPC 6800 Processor card(MP-A CPU Board) and case cover.

VCFed about 4 months ago

Hello all Can anyone help me find a MP-A CPU Board? I bought a system and it is completely missing. I am in the UK but happy to pay shipping. Infact I am in Scotts Valley California in 2 weeks so I could have it sent their. Thanks …