Maya Saura 2 :trash:
maya@oldbytes.space
<p>my account dedicated to old computers repairs and analog video shenanigans</p><p>my specific interests include:<br />- bitmap typography and graphic design<br />- the history of user interfaces<br />- analog television and phone systems (i live in the country of minitel, sécam and péritel)</p><p>my collection include:<br />- 8-bit: zx81, sega master system, gameboy<br />- 16-bit: cpc6128, c64, amiga cdtv<br />- 32-bit: a lot of pc from 486 to p4, sega dreamcast, 68020 accelerated macintosh se, lc, lc475, g3</p>
Posts
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Post #2555355
I found a PS/2 keyboard for my PC! It’s a weird Alcatel MF-II K6356 (exist also with Acer branding). It has Acer-Alps hybrid weird switches with a tactile feeling, it’s satisfying but very light at touch compared to my Apple keyboards with beige or salmon switches. The keyboard itself is light compared to an AEK or Model M. (It’s comparable to an M2.) The box has the date code 06/11/95 but the keyboard don’t have the Windows key. I really like it! The Alcatel branding is lovely because in the ei...
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Post #2049612
it&#39;s so weird that the windows nt &quot;boot screen&quot; was just an empty blue screen
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Post #2049611
i have a modem to match with my computer! it&#39;s a french &quot;olitec speedcom 56000&quot; but with a blue shell and a Wanadoo branding! Wanadoo was the internet service of France Télécom before it became Orange. It&#39;s a &quot;no screw&quot; design, the back panel slides out and reveal the speaker and 2 pcbs connected to each others by a connector and rivets (??) i managed to identify these chips inside: - RCVDL56ACFW/SP modem - LBA120 dual relay - CY7C1009 1 MB S...
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Post #2049610
When I will have time I must make a little guide about how to choose good vintage mouse / keyboard that are not expensive and not snobbery
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Post #2049609
Best MIDI instrument?
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Post #2049608
i replaced the 350 MHz AMD-K6-2 cpu by a 500 in my aptiva 2158, the ibm documentation doesn&#39;t include the switch configuration for this frequency but the original documentation of the motherboard (acer v72ma) does ! i also replaced the old thermal pad by thermal paste and the computer boots without any issue on the aptiva bios!
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Post #2049607
DVI ports have disappeared as they never existed
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Post #2049606
it&#39;s the creative ct6950 variant the graphic card works only in the bios and in dos: - when trying to boot windows, i only have a blinking cursor - vmtce crashes the computer - checkit vram test shows multiple errors (but the graphic mode test patterns are fine) also: - the video bios display a text screen at boot - there is no graphic corruption after replacing the 70W PSU of the computer by a 300W one from another computer i have this behavior: - windows still don&#39;t boot - v...
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Post #2049605
I miss Montreal :blob_pensive: (lived there 5 years, leaved because of François Legault)
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Post #2049588
i learned it&#39;s possible to use a 3com ethernet card to flash rom chips up to 128KB https://www.flashrom.org/classic_cli_manpage.html#nic3com-programmer
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Post #1652526
Microsoft Dinosaurs had a textured titlebar!
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Post #997165
i love the weird packagings for cheap 90s speakers