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Today, 07:39 AM

Casey replied to a thread looking to trade Microsoft Basic, Fortran in Vintage Computer Items Wanted

Is this for collecting purposes? That is, you're looking for original floppies & manuals? You can easily download those items as "abandonware" off...

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Today, 07:33 AM

Casey replied to a thread 4Mb vga resolution in Vintage Computer Hardware

Excellent! Thanks.

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Yesterday, 10:23 AM

Casey replied to a thread 4Mb vga resolution in Vintage Computer Hardware

Thanks for all the answers! 4Mb sounds like it should be fine. Working on a vintage system that will be plugged into an LCD screen with a native...

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January 20th, 2021, 09:00 PM

Casey started a thread 4Mb vga resolution in Vintage Computer Hardware

I am embarrassed to admit I don't remember. What are the max colors & max resolution on a vga card with 2Mb video ram, and 4Mb? Bonus question:...

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January 20th, 2021, 06:34 PM

Casey replied to a thread Vintage Hayes SmartModem 1200B Full-Length Card -- FREE !! in Vintage Computer Items For Sale or Trade

Already have one, else I'd jump on it.

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January 14th, 2021, 08:44 PM

Casey replied to a thread Microchannel SoundBlaster in PCs and Clones

Not always. Depends on the item, the price, and the person. A serious collector may prefer the original, but someone who just wants their system...

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January 14th, 2021, 08:37 PM

Casey replied to a thread Adding a CF card slot to a 5170 without wasting an expansion card bay? in PCs and Clones

If you don't mind using a drive bay, here's another solution:...

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January 14th, 2021, 07:59 PM

Casey replied to a thread Specs for my 5150 S/N 17528135150 (1985) in Vintage Computer Items For Sale or Trade

Nope. Gotta crack that sucker open & look! ;)

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January 13th, 2021, 08:43 AM

Casey replied to a thread looking for a working 486 motherboard in Vintage Computer Items Wanted

If memory serves (as I said earlier it's buried right now) it's an Asus PVI-486SP3. What I can remember for sure is that it's an Asus, has ISA & VL...

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January 12th, 2021, 01:14 PM

Casey replied to a thread looking for a working 486 motherboard in Vintage Computer Items Wanted

*Sigh.* Guess I'll keep looking. Thanks anyway!

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January 12th, 2021, 01:00 AM

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

After struggling with CP/M's ED, I refused to use edlin. A solution I came up with was use Turbo Pascal 2.0's IDE as a text editor. Small & quick....

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January 11th, 2021, 08:34 AM

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

If memory serves the Compaq Portable III & Portable 386 use third-height drives, which are hard to find.

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January 11th, 2021, 08:24 AM

Casey replied to a thread Restoring Compaq Portable 386 in Later PCs

I have a Portable 386 with a 1.2Mb floppy drive. It boots just fine from a 360k boot disk.

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January 11th, 2021, 07:46 AM

Casey replied to a thread looking for a working 486 motherboard in Vintage Computer Items Wanted

Does your m/b support 3.3v AMD 486dx2-66 cpus? If memory serves, that's the chip I have. It's buried under a bunch of other junk right now. Lord this...

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January 11th, 2021, 07:23 AM

Casey replied to a thread Picked up an IBM 5150. Keeping it original or upgrade ? in PCs and Clones

A few months back I got a copy of Compaq MS-DOS 2.11. I may load that onto my Portable Plus, which has MS-DOS 5.0 on its 10Mb drive.

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January 10th, 2021, 12:19 PM

Casey replied to a thread CGA/EGA to VGA Converter Options in PCs and Clones

TexElec offers something similar.

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January 10th, 2021, 11:52 AM

Casey replied to a thread Picked up an IBM 5150. Keeping it original or upgrade ? in PCs and Clones

I kept my 5150 stock; MDA display, two (full height) floppies, and 256k ram with the original Model F keyboard.

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January 10th, 2021, 11:37 AM

Casey replied to a thread Vintage/Semi-Vintage Computer Parts and Other Misc. Accessories: 486’s-Pentium III’s in Vintage Computer Items For Sale or Trade

Certain Compaqs are worth looking at, usually the stuff made before computers became a commodity. That would include the original Portable, Portable...

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January 10th, 2021, 11:23 AM

Casey replied to a thread looking for a working 486 motherboard in Vintage Computer Items Wanted

Pickings are somewhat slim right now. A lot of $300 motherboards for sale. There's a couple nice looking boards offered, but no cpu or ram....

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January 10th, 2021, 11:16 AM

Casey replied to a thread runaway shipping cost on fleaBay in General Off Topic

It depends on what you're buying. Model kits, for example, are almost all made in Japan, Korea, or China now. Revell & Monogram have become one...

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January 6th, 2021, 03:38 AM

Casey replied to a thread 8-bit EGA ISA card for IBM 5160 / 5130 CGA monitor in Vintage Computer Items Wanted

I thought all ega cards were 8 bit? Have an IBM ega card in a model 5170 over here, but it only has 64k ram on it. I have the dip switches set for...

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January 2nd, 2021, 11:24 AM

Casey replied to a thread Getting one of those IDE-to-CompactFlash adaptor boards to work in Vintage Computer Hardware

I was going to point out that Phil of Phil's Computer Lab has switched over to SD card adapters & he loves them, but you've already done that. ...

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January 2nd, 2021, 11:15 AM

Casey replied to a thread at motherboards in atx cases in Vintage Computer Hardware

So it sounds like stand offs would be the biggest challenge. The AT/ATX power adapters I've seen for sale all seem to include a "hard" power...

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January 2nd, 2021, 11:03 AM

Casey replied to a thread looking for a working 486 motherboard in Vintage Computer Items Wanted

Sounds do-able. Are we talking about the battery being removed? Lost my soldering iron a few years back.

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January 1st, 2021, 11:05 PM

Casey replied to a thread Looking for the information on Cyrix 287XL in PCs and Clones

Does it say Fasmath anywhere? Cyrix made a Fasmath 82s87 that was usually detected as an 80387. I have one in a Zenith 286 desktop.

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January 1st, 2021, 10:59 PM

Casey replied to a thread Converting ATX to AT PSU in PCs and Clones

It's my understanding that (as Chuck(G) pointed out) unless you have an older sound card that requires -5v it's not an issue. AT to ATX adapters are...

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January 1st, 2021, 10:47 PM

Casey started a thread looking for a working 486 motherboard in Vintage Computer Items Wanted

As the title says, I'm looking for a working 486 motherboard. Preference for a 486dx2-66 as that's what I had a long time ago. ISA only is fine. To...

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January 1st, 2021, 10:36 PM

Casey started a thread at motherboards in atx cases in Vintage Computer Hardware

Just checking for future use. It seems harder & harder to find AT cases that aren't insanely expensive. I have a 2 part question: can you match up...

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January 1st, 2021, 10:27 PM

Casey replied to a thread 4xAA BIOS battery replacement not working in Vintage Computer Hardware

I have a somewhat relevant question: older Compaq systems (such as Deskpro286) use a 7.2v battery for backup. It's plugged into a motherboard jumper....

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