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Creative Soundblaster AWE32 Value card for ISA bus computers. CT3660 Introduced: 1996 FM Synth Chip: CT1978 (CQM chip) Wavetable Synth Chip: CT1971 (EMU-8000) and CT1972 (EMU-8011 ROM) Plug & Play: Yes Various internal headers for inputs (e.g. CD-ROM), joystick port etc. Was...

Buffalo USB floppy drive with 2x speed feature. Collect from Hampshire or domestic postage £3.50.

I have some 40 pin DIP sockets. I ordered them many years ago when Rapid were having a big sale, thinking I was getting 10 or something, but it must have been 10 tubes because there are approximately 150 by my count. £FREE I'd rather someone took all of them, but I can send a few tubes if...

As you can see in the photo, the very top layer of the screen plastic assembly doesn't make good contact with the layer under it. At the bottom it is lighter where it isn't pressing against the lower plastic layer. The "screen protector" part is flexible plastic. It is exactly 9mm wide and...

I'm creating a CPU family tree poster and could do with some help adding additional families and verifying data. PDF file attached. The idea is to have all the CPUs used in various computers and game consoles. I only go up to 1996 but I could add some more years if there is interest, or maybe...

Using MS-DOS on the Amstrad PC https://archive.org/details/sinclair-ian-r.-using-ms-dos-on-the-amstrad-pc-0434918423-1987 My own scan.

I have an iBook G4 (identified as a PowerBook6,7 with 1GB of RAM) with Japanese OS. I want to make a backup of it before replacing it with an English OS. I'm struggling to reliably do it. I downloaded an old Ubuntu 6 ISO and booted it. First problem is that the battery is dead, so the clock...

Back in the late 80s/early 90s I had a book about Locomotive BASIC 2 for the Amstrad PC1512. It contained a particular program listing that drew concentric circles that ended up looking like ripples on a pond. I can't remember the name now. It's definitely not "Using Locomotive BASIC 2 on the...

I know PGA370 isn't all that vintage, but this machine could be a useful little XP era platform if I could repair the CPU socket that was broken in shipping. The heatsink came loose and damaged the clip. It won't stay on reliably now. The system works otherwise. Any ideas? Or is it about to...

I've been retrobriting a few things and the constant problem I have is keeping them underwater. Plastic parts float to the top. Sometimes you can use cable ties to attach a spanner or some other weight but often there is nothing to attach to. I tried tape, that failed after a few hours, I tried...

The Amstrad PC1512 is known to have very slow CGA graphics. The CGA chip is connected to a shared 8 bit bus which adds a lot of wait states when being accessed by the CPU. On the other hand it does support some special modes like 640x240 in 16 colours but for playing CGA games the bottleneck...

I have the opportunity to buy a Panasonic FS-A1F in lovely red colour. I expect I'll have to repair the floppy drive, and I see that a 128k upgrade is possible. It has RGB out and a built in 100V PSU. Will likely need re-capping. Anyone got any other comments on this computer? Anything I...

I've been looking for an 8086 based machine to relive some nostalgic memories of my Amstrad PC1512, but also thinking about some EGA and AdLib stuff. An Amstrad PC2086 popped up on eBay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/113858664232?ul_noapp=true&shqty=1&isGTR=1#shId The fault is the well known...

Back in the day I had an Amstrad PC1512 with 20MB HDD and 640k RAM. CGA for video, DOS 3.3 and GEM desktop. I was thinking about getting another one, but they have quite limited expandability and I'd like to try some other software out. Also the 1512/1640 are a pain to use with 3.5" floppies...