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I scanned through that pdf and it had lots of good info but I didn't see any jumper diagrams. I have the 486sx 25mhz board with 4mb of SIMM ram from...

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June 25th, 2018, 03:42 PM

RadRacer203 replied to a thread IBM PS/1 cpu upgrade in Later PCs

That makes sense, I didn't think of that. Everything should be fairly clearly marked so I'll try to figure it out

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June 25th, 2018, 12:37 PM

RadRacer203 replied to a thread IBM PS/1 cpu upgrade in Later PCs

I am also getting a 301 keyboard error when the original model m2 keyboard is plugged in. Works fine with other keyboards

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June 25th, 2018, 11:30 AM

RadRacer203 started a thread IBM PS/1 cpu upgrade in Later PCs

Just picked up a really clean PS/1 today and I wanted to upgrade the cpu, it's got a 486 sx soldered to the board, but there's a socket next to it to...

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June 23rd, 2018, 11:42 AM

RadRacer203 replied to a thread IBM 5150 Date? in PCs and Clones

Yeah, they're hard to come by in this kind of shape, but I want to actually use it, and it's pretty limited the way it was. I'm keeping everything I...

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June 21st, 2018, 04:40 AM

RadRacer203 replied to a thread Wanted to Buy/Trade: Hercules Graphics Card or Clone and 360k floppy drive in Vintage Computer Items Wanted

Is there any way you could put the files from the disks online? Or is there any place I can find them?

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June 20th, 2018, 01:51 PM

RadRacer203 replied to a thread Wanted to Buy/Trade: Hercules Graphics Card or Clone and 360k floppy drive in Vintage Computer Items Wanted

Ok, I guess that's the one that's going in for the time being. I'll keep my eyes open for an ATI Small Wonder though

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June 20th, 2018, 11:19 AM

RadRacer203 replied to a thread Wanted to Buy/Trade: Hercules Graphics Card or Clone and 360k floppy drive in Vintage Computer Items Wanted

Looks like I now have 4 Hercules cards to choose from. Right before rpiguy sent me the 2 original models (gb102 board, and thanks again!), I also...

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June 20th, 2018, 05:11 AM

RadRacer203 replied to a thread Wanted to Buy/Trade: Hercules Graphics Card or Clone and 360k floppy drive in Vintage Computer Items Wanted

Yeah, I don't need the serial but I do need the printer port. When I take out the cga card and put in the Hercules I can also take out those ports....

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June 19th, 2018, 02:07 PM

RadRacer203 replied to a thread Wanted to Buy/Trade: Hercules Graphics Card or Clone and 360k floppy drive in Vintage Computer Items Wanted

It's got a daughter board on it that gives it an additional 2 ports that take up a second slot. Printer port and serial I believe, but I could be...

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June 19th, 2018, 09:33 AM

RadRacer203 replied to a thread Wanted to Buy/Trade: Hercules Graphics Card or Clone and 360k floppy drive in Vintage Computer Items Wanted

I would do that, but the 5150 only has 5 slots! And I have a ram expansion, a Six Pak Plus that takes up 2 slots, the video card, and the floppy...

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June 18th, 2018, 12:53 PM

RadRacer203 replied to a thread Wanted to Buy/Trade: Hercules Graphics Card or Clone and 360k floppy drive in Vintage Computer Items Wanted

What I really want is a card to emulate cga on the monochrome screen. I want to keep my 5150 pretty much stock, but I want to play some games on it...

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June 18th, 2018, 11:53 AM

RadRacer203 replied to a thread Wanted to Buy/Trade: Hercules Graphics Card or Clone and 360k floppy drive in Vintage Computer Items Wanted

Ok, I didn't realize. I couldn't find much info on the isa Hercules cards. I guess I would be looking for an ATI small Wonder card instead. That...

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June 18th, 2018, 06:55 AM

RadRacer203 replied to a thread Wanted to Buy/Trade: Hercules Graphics Card or Clone and 360k floppy drive in Vintage Computer Items Wanted

PM'd.

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