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Today, 08:11 AM

SomeGuy replied to a thread Why the bleep is eBay so expensive?? in PCs and Clones

Every time there is some "disaster", it has been used as an excuse to jack up shipping costs, and prices rising in general. Of course, then they...

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Yesterday, 05:22 AM

SomeGuy replied to a thread PC-DOS 2.x 360k images? in PCs and Clones

Note that you can convert 180k disk images (with valid BSP) to 360k using WinImage. You can also convert a 180k WinImage file to ImageDisk format...

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March 4th, 2021, 07:09 PM

SomeGuy replied to a thread Why the bleep is eBay so expensive?? in PCs and Clones

It seems like some sellers already do this. Which has unfortunately degraded the very meaning of the term "broken/as is". It seems as if there is now...

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March 3rd, 2021, 10:14 AM

SomeGuy replied to a thread Surface Test for Flash Drive in General Off Topic

Just read testing probably won't do much, chances are something got corrupted and the corrupted data will read back "fine". What I would to is...

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March 2nd, 2021, 08:46 PM

SomeGuy replied to a thread PC's Limited 286: Won't boot from floppy in PCs and Clones

Are you trying to boot a 1.2mb or a 360k disk? When a PC forgets what drive type are installed, often 1.2mb drives have problems detecting density,...

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March 1st, 2021, 06:04 PM

SomeGuy replied to a thread Why the bleep is eBay so expensive?? in PCs and Clones

Oh, wow! What a great offer, $319.99, a whole $80 off! ...of a random clone 286 motherboard with no ram, and no good close-up to see if there is...

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March 1st, 2021, 05:17 AM

SomeGuy replied to a thread Why the bleep is eBay so expensive?? in PCs and Clones

I'd love to hear an actual seller's take on it, but I doubt they want to give away their secrets. My observation is that eBay is intentionally...

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February 28th, 2021, 12:49 PM

SomeGuy replied to a thread Can you combine a MFM with a RLL Controller in the same machine? in PCs and Clones

You won't physically damage an RLL drive by hooking it to an MFM controller or vice versa. Although now that you mention what model of drive this...

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February 27th, 2021, 07:42 PM

SomeGuy replied to a thread OEMs & clones on eBay (continuous listings) in Vintage Computer Auctions

By that time, most software required either dual 360k floppy drives, or a hard drive. Managing a Kaypro 2000 with only a single 720k drive was enough...

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February 27th, 2021, 02:52 PM

SomeGuy replied to a thread Don't you love how the Web keeps breaking for any browser that isn't Gurgle Crumb? in Humor

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...

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February 27th, 2021, 02:33 PM

SomeGuy replied to a thread Can you combine a MFM with a RLL Controller in the same machine? in PCs and Clones

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...

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February 27th, 2021, 02:22 PM

SomeGuy replied to a thread OEMs & clones on eBay (continuous listings) in Vintage Computer Auctions

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

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February 27th, 2021, 10:50 AM

SomeGuy replied to a thread IBM Valuepoint Issue- Non Recognition of Hard Drive in Vintage Computer Hardware

What model of hard drive is in it? Isn't that just IDE? It sounds like the hard drive died. I'd take the hard drive out and test in another...

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February 26th, 2021, 03:03 PM

SomeGuy replied to a thread Model 3 video output. in Tandy/Radio Shack

I'm surprised that syncs at all. The sync timings are not the same as composite video. I vaguely recall doing something similar a long time ago using...

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February 25th, 2021, 06:03 PM

SomeGuy replied to a thread Trouble Accessing BBS with Tandy 2000 in Tandy/Radio Shack

Windows 1 drivers often get rolled in to one single ".bin" file to speed up load time. So the individual file may not appear in the the windows...

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February 24th, 2021, 07:50 PM

SomeGuy replied to a thread Back to dial-up in 2021! in General Vintage Computer Discussions

Or people who want something that works reliably all the time, doesn't require constant recharging, doesn't require replacing and changing around...

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February 24th, 2021, 07:31 PM

SomeGuy replied to a thread Back to dial-up in 2021! in General Vintage Computer Discussions

Well, there are serial to TCP/IP devices. I've been told that landline service obtained through a telephone company's fiber/DSL bridge should...

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February 23rd, 2021, 09:41 AM

SomeGuy replied to a thread How to enter the BIOS for a PC’s Limited 286 (Dell clone) in PCs and Clones

Hmm. Some earlier 286 BIOSes did not have built in CMOS setup programs, but rather required one to run a setup program from floppy disk. It does...

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February 23rd, 2021, 05:08 AM

SomeGuy replied to a thread mouse for an IBM XT in PCs and Clones

Did IBM even produce or sell mice before the PS/2?

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February 22nd, 2021, 06:59 PM

SomeGuy replied to a thread unstacking a stacker compressed drive in Vintage Computer Hardware

If you really don't care about the data, sure you can just re-format. On a hard card I would go through the regular low-level, FDISK, and FORMAT...

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February 21st, 2021, 08:34 PM

SomeGuy replied to a thread GrandmaÂ’s got a big TI-99/4a lot for sale in Wisconsin. in Vintage Computer Items For Sale or Trade

Worked for TI? Then there might be a chance there is some uncommon stuff mixed in there. You don't have to test stuff, but something shown...

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February 21st, 2021, 05:48 AM

SomeGuy replied to a thread Winimage question in General Vintage Computer Discussions

I've also seen a few instances where a disk was apparently formatted in a drive that is faulty somehow, but they manage to write the data to the disk...

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February 20th, 2021, 12:44 PM

SomeGuy replied to a thread Back to dial-up in 2021! in General Vintage Computer Discussions

I have no idea, but there are enough advantages you would think people would be lining up for it. But everyone is so hell bent on buying whatever the...

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February 20th, 2021, 06:41 AM

SomeGuy replied to a thread Big vintage computer sale in Stanton, CA in Vintage Computer Items For Sale or Trade

That looks like some very nice stuff. One would think that sort of stuff would get snatched up if for no other reason than to flip on eBeh. Have as...

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February 19th, 2021, 06:25 PM

SomeGuy replied to a thread Back to dial-up in 2021! in General Vintage Computer Discussions

My ISP offers dial-up as sort of a backup. I even tested it the other day and it still worked. It's enough to check my mail, pull up soylentnews,...

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February 18th, 2021, 02:48 PM

SomeGuy replied to a thread OEMs & clones on eBay (continuous listings) in Vintage Computer Auctions

"MMC Micro 386 Amibios Intel 486 DX, 31 MB - NO HDD" https://www.ebay.com/itm/233901161417?nordt=true I don't even know what this is, but I like...

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