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General Old Hardware • Massive load of old PS/2 and PS/1 machines: worth it or not?

Vogons about 11 months ago

Some Finnish guy is selling a metric buttload of old IBM hardware on a local marketplace: 21 PS/2 machines, 5 PS/1s; a mixture of desktop and tower cases, even one laptop. There's 23 displays, and IBM mice and keyboards for all of them. All have been reti …

Strange BSoD issues on a ThinkPad A22p

VCFed about 11 months ago

Snagged a ThinkPad A22p from the recent swap meet as untested for $5. If I can get it working it would make an amazing pentium 3 laptop as it’s got a 1.0GHz chip in it and an incredible 1600x1200 display. I found it missing its hard drive, RAM, and ultra …
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SSD in an TAM (ATA Drivers Issue)

Tinker Different about 11 months ago

Hi everyone, I've been on a long journey trying to get my TAM to boot from 120GB SSD, I'm booting to a Mac OS 9.1 install CD to do the installs. The parts I'm currently using are: Dogfish Msata 120GB Internal Solid State Drive Mini Sata SSD Disk GINTOOYUN …

More NC200 questions

CPCwiki about 11 months ago

I'm half keen on getting an NC200 - it's likely the closest thing to a CPC laptop I will ever get without using emulation.I have an NC100, just bought it to replace one I had 20 years ago which I installed the CP/M clone on, so I sort of know the r …

Adoption of software from Motorola MC680X based computers to Epson HX-20 - Is it possible?

VCFed about 11 months ago

Epson HX-20 laptop has a Hitachi HD6301 CPU (actually two of them). From what I've read on the Internet, it is software-compatible with Motorola's MC6801 CPU. So, my question is, whether it is possible to adopt a software written for MC680X CPU based com …

General Old Hardware • Compaq armada e500 ram type pc100/pc133

Vogons about 11 months ago

I want to upgrade my compaq armada e500 memory to 512mb which is the maximum that can hold the laptop. Inside the laptop there is a 64mb PC100 memory type. And i want to buy a 256MB-PC133WILL IT WORK ON MY LAPTOP?Statistics: Posted by rostomzerrougui — …

off-topic • OT - How old is your everyday computer?

Stardot about 11 months ago

Just noticed that my use-it-all-the-time-every-day laptop is from "mid-2013" which makes it more or less 10 years old. (My other laptop dates from 2015.)Any advance on using a 10 year old machine for all your email, browser and video conferencing needs?S …

CTX EzBook 800 No Power/No post

VCFed about 11 months ago

This one’s been a pain. Got this laptop in great shape, working from the swap meet and took it apart to make sure it didn’t have any VARTA battery inside of it ready to cause doom. And it freakin’ did! Soldered barrel battery that had already caused …
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Retro Gaming • Flinthook - fairly new and overlooked modern-retro game.

LemonAmiga about 11 months ago

Few years ago I bought Flinthook on Steam. The game's graphics intrigued me, because of very Amiga-like aesthetics.The game has plenty of unique mechanics and uses probably all the buttons on a modern gamepad since the main hero has plenty of skills that …

Documentation and/or schematics for an ASUS - L3500H

Retro Computing Forum about 11 months ago

Hi there! This is my first post here and I’m not really sure if I’m at the right place. Apologies if I’m not but how retro is retro when you talk about computers in 2023? I’m going straight to the point then I’ll explain my problem i …
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Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Brandon Hurles

Old School Gamer Magazine about 12 months ago

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Brandon Hurles, who currently is displayed on card number 4291, from the Superstars of 2023 Collection. Host at The Game Junction, Staff Member at GoNintendo and Founder at Game Junction, Brandon is a creator based …
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Episode 76 - Oakland Needs Kevlar Fiber Lines + 6 Good FPS Games

Pixel Gaiden Gaming Podcast about 2 years ago

We're back for Episode 76! In this episode Cody and Eric catch up on the news and discuss 6 Good FPS Games. We are doing news for the first monthly episode and then "catching up" later in the month.   Episode Guide --------------- 6:54 Quick Questions  …
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MODE: The Multi Optical Disc Emulator Review for Saturn and Dreamcast

Retro Gamer Randomness about 4 years ago

As video game consoles age, they are more prone to failure, especially when moving parts are involved. The more complex the console's design, the more susceptible it is. As such, the lasers in optical disc consoles are less robust than their cartridge pred …