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11th August 2011, 21:46
Retrograde

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Originally Posted by PymerOne

Dear All,

found a lcdtv thats gone light up my computerroom.
Already tested C=64 which seems to like rf best.
Today i reworked the a2scart cable from a 1084s for use with the tv impression of scart, cable works ok on my widescreen crt tv.
VGA has been tested also, incredibly awesome!!!
Attached C=64 in action picture :)

Grtz, PymerOne.

Now that's a solid computer setup!
If the drive isn't almost as large as the comp, it's not a good and proper floppy drive! :nod:
11th August 2011, 23:13
FastRobPlus

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Originally Posted by amimadman

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Originally Posted by rkauer

The second (and worst) type.

More about it on this site and Wikipedia.

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Faulty capacitors have been discovered in motherboards as old as Socket 7 (1996) and have affected equipment manufactured up to at least 2007. The motherboard companies assembled and sold boards with faulty caps sourced from other manufacturers (see below). Major vendors such as Intel, Dell and HP were affected.[2] Circa 2005, Dell spent some US $150 million replacing motherboards entirely and another $150 million on the logistics of determining whether a system is in need of replacement. HP reportedly purged its product line in 2004. The motherboards and power supplies in Apple iMac G5s [3] and some eMacs [4] were also affected.

I have had quite a lot of dealings with Dell in the past on a professional, not personal front and the capacitor problem that affected them wasn't a case of them leaking over the motherboard, it was a case of them literally blowing their tops! Some quite literaly blowing, others just bulging. No damage to the motherboard was found. Whether that goes for the rest of the quoted problem vendors or not I couldn't say. Just it may not be quite so bad. If it fails, look for the tell tale bulging capacitor tops and hopefully, that will be all the damage!

I lost my all-time favorite PC motherboard (an ABIT BP6 dual Celeron) to blown-up caps.
12th August 2011, 00:10
gazcbm

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Yay a bit of luck shone on me for a change. Picked up a "broken" megadrive and Megacd... Turns out they both work and the MegaCD still had a game in the tray ! :thumbsup: I just need a 32x now
12th August 2011, 00:27
Zetr0

That looks delicious Gaz!!!

(i bet you wish you went for a Everdrive MD now eh? LOL, although that would probably give you the EverDrive set then LOL)
12th August 2011, 00:32
gazcbm

Ahh ha but Mr Zeets.. Ive had my EverDrive MD for over a year :p So when our goodies arrive, I will have a fair amount of EverDrive hardware :thumbsup: I just need the GG and the N64 and I will have the full set
12th August 2011, 00:37
Zetr0

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Originally Posted by gazcbm

Ahh ha but Mr Zeets.. Ive had my EverDrive MD for over a year :p

LOL AWESOME!!

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Originally Posted by gazcbm

So when our goodies arrive, I will have a fair amount of EverDrive hardware :thumbsup: I just need the GG and the N64 and I will have the full set

If I maybe so bold as to ask if you could do a review of the EverDrive MD with the MegaDrive and MegaCD ?

Lots of pics too

that would be awesome!
12th August 2011, 00:55
AmiNeo

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Originally Posted by gazcbm

Yay a bit of luck shone on me for a change. Picked up a "broken" megadrive and Megacd... Turns out they both work and the MegaCD still had a game in the tray ! :thumbsup: I just need a 32x now

:o :blink: :wooha: LUCKY :censored:!!!

;)
13th August 2011, 10:39
keropi

a dear friend cleaned his storage space... and told me to go pick up his old pc-games that we played during our school years:

http://i56.tinypic.com/2qdbc6a.jpg

http://i53.tinypic.com/nz51kk.jpg

http://i52.tinypic.com/amcrb9.jpg

http://i54.tinypic.com/muk4l.jpg

jackpot! :lol:
13th August 2011, 11:08
fitzsteve

Awesome Keropi :thumbsup:

I still cry a small tear I gave into the wifes pressure and binned all my big boxes for my PC collection that were in the loft. (6 years ago?)

I kept the Games (Jewel case) and Manual but its not the same and I'm very sad about it :(
13th August 2011, 11:12
keropi

yeah, either you have the complete deal or you have nothing , I feel the same ;)
too bad about the boxes fitzsteve.... but don't feel too bad, we've all thrown away our share of stuff and regret it later :(