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February 25th, 2021, 07:38 PM

Shadow Lord replied to a thread End of an Era - Frys gone in General Off Topic

Well currently Mouser is sucking an Egg on all fronts for me... Ordered a few components two weeks ago w/ two day shipping. They were finally shipped...

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February 24th, 2021, 08:37 PM

Shadow Lord replied to a thread End of an Era - Frys gone in General Off Topic

Yep, that was the one. They were way ahead of the time with that one. A few years later with WMC and XP and they would have had a real product......

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February 24th, 2021, 07:18 PM

Shadow Lord replied to a thread End of an Era - Frys gone in General Off Topic

I don't follow NewEgg that much any more. When they came on the scene they had excellent prices, free shipping. Then the free shipping went away and...

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February 24th, 2021, 07:13 PM

Shadow Lord replied to a thread End of an Era - Frys gone in General Off Topic

Well wasn't the large TV part of the Gateway systems? That is, they were not selling TVs but had one of the first HTPC setups? I think they came with...

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February 24th, 2021, 11:40 AM

Shadow Lord replied to a thread End of an Era - Frys gone in General Off Topic

Was TigerDirect ever a retail presence or just online? I only knew them as an online store.

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February 24th, 2021, 10:28 AM

Shadow Lord replied to a thread End of an Era - Frys gone in General Off Topic

To quote a movie....

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February 24th, 2021, 09:18 AM

Shadow Lord replied to a thread End of an Era - Frys gone in General Off Topic

Are you sure Chuck? I think you sold me that card many moons ago... Of course I guess you could have had multiples... LOL!

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February 24th, 2021, 09:16 AM

Shadow Lord replied to a thread End of an Era - Frys gone in General Off Topic

I think it is "sudden" in that there was no fire sale or lay offs so no indication that it was coming. Fry's started out as grocery store...

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February 24th, 2021, 05:56 AM

Shadow Lord started a thread End of an Era - Frys gone in General Off Topic

Frys shuts down: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/02/24/business/frys-electronics-closure/index.html I remember when the Frys store opened up in...

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February 20th, 2021, 07:31 PM

Shadow Lord started a thread WTB: 8 x 1mb 80ns or faster 9-chip (Parity) 30pin SIMMs in Vintage Computer Items Wanted

Hello All, Looking for 8 sticks of 1mb 80ns or faster 9-chip (Parity) 30pin SIMMs. Ideally it would be a matched set but not a deal killer if not....

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February 9th, 2021, 10:29 AM

Shadow Lord replied to a thread Latest score: Compaq Portable 486c in Later PCs

Maybe. It would be nice if other owners would pitch in and tell us what they have on their system. Although a 10% reduction seems strange to me. Did...

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February 8th, 2021, 08:16 AM

Shadow Lord replied to a thread ethflop - a network-backed floppy emulator for DOS in Vintage Computer Software

I still like my solution ;)

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February 8th, 2021, 08:09 AM

Shadow Lord replied to a thread WTB or WTT: Microsolutions MatchPoint Card in Vintage Computer Items Wanted

Mark, Can you please clear some messages in your VCF inbox? It won't let me send you any more PMs. TIA!

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February 8th, 2021, 07:51 AM

Shadow Lord replied to a thread Latest score: Compaq Portable 486c in Later PCs

Check out this thread especially the last post. Do you have the original HDD in there? If you do can you take some pictures of it and how it is...

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February 8th, 2021, 07:50 AM

Shadow Lord replied to a thread Latest score: Compaq Portable 486c in Later PCs

Ok. I was not looking forward to replacing the ceramic caps. :D As far as backlight you may want to check this thread here. 25 seconds...

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February 7th, 2021, 04:09 PM

Shadow Lord replied to a thread Latest score: Compaq Portable 486c in Later PCs

Interesting. I would think that turning it all the way down would lead to a black/dark screen. The board I am talking about is not in your pictures....

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February 7th, 2021, 10:30 AM

Shadow Lord replied to a thread Latest score: Compaq Portable 486c in Later PCs

Thanks for the pictures. They are very helpful. I have been struggling with my own 486c for a while. My problem is that I can not adjust the...

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February 6th, 2021, 12:47 PM

Shadow Lord replied to a thread QIC DC600A tapes with broken drive belts in General Vintage Computer Discussions

Ok. so I got my bands from Misumi. Quality looks excellent. They are slightly textured so I think grip should be well. They are made of PU and NOT...

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