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I found another EPROM chip with P/N for IBM PC 5170 (Type 1) on eBay. U17 -- P/N : 6448894 U27 -- P/N : 6480084 U37 -- P/N : 6448895 U47 -- P/N...

This got me thinking about the who knows how many used items I bought on eBay and didn't ONCE take them apart immediately to examine them closely....

I looked at the first and the third I don't have a 5200 anymore but I remember the frustration over that #$#@$%@ controller - so a replacement is...

just call it Screwball Crime.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08eeXcIeM14 It works to a large extent, if you're computer isn't too old (Intel 4th gen or newer), and you're...

At this stage in my life, I'm happy that I can sign up for my Covid jab using Firefox... :)

Two ST506 interface controllers in the same box? I'd bet against it. You'd have to assign different ports, IRQ and DMA and then find a BIOS to work...

I got my i5-4570 and i7-3770 from a local guy for a few bucks each ( he likes to recycle old machines he snags but would rather somebody use them)....

in the one video, towards the end, Linus suggested soldering connectors to something. I want to say he was using a Gigabyte card, but can't remember...

I was under the impression you were talking about the Linus tech video on youtube using mining cards made without pads for video connectors at all...

You don't remember icons like "Best if viewed with Netscape Navigator" or "Designed for Internet Explorer?" This is an old problem ...

One interesting thing about a CRT based scope, especially Tek, right up to the time that CRT's became obsolete, the technology was perfected after...

Maybe, but that's way more work than I want to put into these.

Well I found a cheaper (maybe) method for hooking up a gotek to an early PS/2 Instead of spending money on adapters, I used a regular old...

Hey lots of great tips and info here, thanks. the low profile mill-max header looks interesting and might work. A little taller than what I am...

yes, but the Zotac cards are so basic you can, I believe, solder video connectors to the pads on the circuit board. You may or may not have to...

Just to clarify some confusion here, the issue is not Chrome or IE not working. (Problematic user-interface-of-the-week usability issues aside) You...

While my needs are very modest, I too may go with a somewhat older board. I had been looking at lga1366 boards and prebuilts. I imagine I'd be happy...

Hi Mike, I just bought a Zoomfloppy, it should help me. With that remark about running BASIC, do you mean trying to run a separate BASIC from...

You are talking about headless mining GPUs that you would need to run with a specific motherboard+ CPU combo with built in video that under special...

Most people don't use that many cores on a daily basis so older and slower isn't the way to go. Newer desktop chips also have built in video and...

I'd try formatting the MFM drive on the RLL controller and pattern testing with spinrite. See if it can actually reliably hold an RLL format. Some...

Online versions of 101 BASIC Computer Games: DEC version: https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_decBooks10Mar75_26006648 includes PDF Micro...

although there are some prebuilt xeon based boxes I have a fondness for, HP and Lenovo, I derive pleasure from piecing stuff together. People think...

Did it specify what it was written on? What do you mean by foist ed. AD & D? You don't mean the original digest sized manuals? I had all that stuff....

Sharp PC-7000 Personal Computer https://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/sys/d/snellville-vintage-sharp-pc-7000/7274262780.html Eagle PC Spirit...

There are plenty of "PWM fan temperature control" modules with temperature probes very inexpensive on eBay. Most are rated for 12VDC, but there...