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January 20th, 2021, 02:20 PM

resman added 1 photo(s) to album Compaq Deskpro Family
January 20th, 2021, 01:17 PM

resman replied to a thread Miniscribe Model 3650 "error" in Vintage Computer Hardware

I had a similar hard drive shipped in a Compaq Portable as non-working. In a feat of irony, UPS dropped the box hard enough to crack the front facia,...

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January 16th, 2021, 04:22 PM

resman replied to a thread Composite color artifacts: made by design or happy coincidence? in PCs and Clones

There is a difference between what is possible with artifact colors vs. intent of the supported mode. If you fill an area with a solid color in...

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January 16th, 2021, 08:27 AM

resman replied to a thread Composite color artifacts: made by design or happy coincidence? in PCs and Clones

Reenignes answer seemed pretty clear to me. Another way to look at it is to compare the output from a composite signal and RGB signal. For all the...

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January 12th, 2021, 08:20 PM

resman replied to a thread Compaq Portable 386 Questions in Later PCs

I use a 2GB DOM (I feel DOMs are better options than CF cards) with the QUANTUM ONTRACK disk overlay manager on my Portable 386. I like that there...

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January 7th, 2021, 12:50 PM

resman replied to a thread The Compaq Deskpro 8086, finally! in PCs and Clones

I've got a few Compaqs: Portable w/ Tiny286, XT-IDE Portable 386 DeskPro w/ NEC V30, 2xST225 running Xenix 86, XT-IDE running DOS 5.0 (original...

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January 6th, 2021, 04:28 PM

T-R-A replied to a thread 26 Pin Floppy Drives in Later PCs

Lots of older Compaq's used the 26-pin FDD

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January 6th, 2021, 10:20 AM

resman replied to a thread The Compaq Deskpro 8086, finally! in PCs and Clones

Ha, you beat me to it.

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January 6th, 2021, 10:18 AM

resman replied to a thread The Compaq Deskpro 8086, finally! in PCs and Clones

Excellent. It can be challenging to find the original keyboard. If you find yourself in a pinch, the Compaq Enhanced keyboard will work fine with the...

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January 6th, 2021, 10:09 AM

resman replied to a thread The Compaq Deskpro 8086, finally! in PCs and Clones

Entry 46 and 55: https://github.com/MobyGamer/TOPBENCH/blob/master/DATABASE.CSV The Compaq 8086 is really running at 7.16 MHz. I think the 6300...

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December 28th, 2020, 04:25 PM

T-R-A replied to a thread Monitor IBM 5153 - horizontal shift in PCs and Clones

I'm gonna ante-up this warning with "HIGH ENOUGH VOLTAGES INSIDE TO KILL YOU". Make exceptionally sure you know what you're doing: ...

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December 25th, 2020, 07:28 PM

resman replied to a thread Versions of Apple II Pascal vs. USCD Pascal in Early Apple (I, ][, ///, etc.)

Apple Pascal was painful with only one drive. But it had a lot of support for Apple II features. The book "Apple Pascal, a Hands on Approach" was a...

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