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Okay, I gave it a try. The 5v rail stays at 5v so I don't think there is a short and the other power rails are okay. I looked at the...

I'm pretty sure that is the best version of the Creator3D (FFB2+). I'm using my self control to not bite on this.

Thanks for all the helpful replies I've gathered a 5v power supply and 5v to 12v/-12v buck/boost converter to use as a stopgap solution...

Looking for a HP 9000/300 to complete my HP collection (I'd also love a /400 and /500 but I suspect those are too rare). My preference...

I don't think I was clear - I wanted to make sure that I wasn't missing a need for an "enable" signal to activate the 5v output and that...

Rob and Rob, Thanks for your hints, these are very helpful starting points. One other question - my power supply has yellow and white...

I got a Decstation 5000/200 and started installing Ultrix. The install crashed, and then the power supply died (maybe the power supply...

Looks great. There is a CRX-48Z on eBay (but missing adapter/cable). I'd love to connect one of those to a 735...

Knoppix was painless to get going - literally zero effort, and it detected all of my hardware. I was able to mount some Sun Solaris...

I tried TinyCore and it has the same problems as the Puppy Linux I tried - no SCSI support. I tried Debian Etch and it found everything...

Oooh, I forgot about those! After looking at Ebay, I have one en route for <$20 - I didn't think they would be that cheap. A much better...

Can anyone recommend a good modern(ish) linux distribution for Pentium II class machines? By utility I mean wide hardware support and...

I have a Cyclades terminal server that I find incredibly useful for working on my stack of vintage computers. I only really use a single...

Thanks for the discussion. I'll poke around some more when I get the replacement caps tomorrow and see what I can figure out. I think...

Trawling around Ebay I found this neat machine from 1982, a Instrumentation Laboratory Pixel 100/AP...