Category: Computers

I’ve received my Checkmate Retro Monitor from their Kickstarter campaign a good while back, but I haven’t had the chance to really open this until now, especially since we’ve gotten some home renovations complete downstairs. Anyway, first impressions are already great! I think Steve did a really great job with this display! I wanted to
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My nostalgia for my favorite childhood operating system simply grows more, especially when a friend of mine, PluMGMK has developed a Modern Generic SVGA driver for Windows 3.1 on GitHub, allowing you to really push the system to utilize more modern hardware. Which led to me getting some ideas, which I can thankfully try out
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I want to mention a blast from the past of my childhood, as our first computer was an Acer Power, which had Acer Computer Explorer (A.C.E.) (v1.2), with Windows 3.1. I know how obscure this software is, and I do want to apologize for any old comments I’ve missed due to spam prevention on this
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Greetings everyone! I have an AT style computer case, new old stock that is waiting to be assembled. However I have several choices and thought it’d be fun to let others have some input in which board to choose from! I am considering making a build log, either by making a video or posting pictures
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I’ve been wanting to build an Intel Pentium system for some time, and finally got around to it after obtaining a AT style socket 7 motherboard. Our very first computer was an Acer, which I think was an AcerPower style system I grew up with as a kid, with Windows 3.1 with A.C.E. (Acer Computer
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My recent project ended up with me rebuilding my old system, due to the CMOS battery leaking acid, really eating up some traces on the board. As much as I had hoped to of saved my older motherboard, which was a TMC Research PCI48AF Version 3.0 board, I could not. Here are the traces on
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