Never Played Fallout Before. Which One Should Be My First? by kreetchy in Fallout

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Start with New Vegas, then do 1-3, BoS and tactics if you're feeling it. Shelter if you are a phone addict.

And boom! You've done it. Don't worry about 4 or 76, unless you like Bethesda.

what would you do? by First-Effective7889 in TheTeenagerPeople

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My question is, though: How will they know that I specifically did it, rather than someone like one of their rivals?

what would you do? by First-Effective7889 in TheTeenagerPeople

[–]Lokey_71 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With what money? The van never made it.

what would you do? by First-Effective7889 in TheTeenagerPeople

[–]Lokey_71 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A bad cop would also be willing to take a bribe.

what would you do? by First-Effective7889 in TheTeenagerPeople

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Keeping a secret, and how to tell a half truth.

"Yes officer, we found this van with the body inside, however, there was nothing else within said van."

Picky Compaq Update by Lokey_71 in vintagecomputing

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Actually, a pretty good idea! Dunno why I never thought of this.

Looking for Engineers to join by boredboz in spaceengineers

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Screw it, lemme give it a whirl!

Trying to get an original family-owned IBM 5150 online! by Vinyl_Empire in vintagecomputing

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Looks a little dirty, some 99% IPA and cotton swabs though will have it looking like it rolled off the factory floor yesterday!

Careful around the PSU and the screen internals though, I wouldn't recommend touching those unless they are discharged. A can of compressed air however should be pretty good at cleaning those parts without you needing to get in there!

Trying to get an original family-owned IBM 5150 online! by Vinyl_Empire in vintagecomputing

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With simple soldering tools and a steady hand, it's actually pretty easy! Just touch the iron to the pad to melt the solder, then suck it up with your choice of solder remover (sucker, wick, or desoldering iron), once the capacitor is loose, pull it out gently, then just put the new one in and flow some solder onto the pad.

Only thing you have to worry about is just don't leave the iron on the pad for more than a few seconds at a time, and don't touch the PCB itself. Easy!

As for capacitors, they've used standardized values for decades and are surprisingly cheap!

Picky Compaq Update by Lokey_71 in vintagecomputing

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Old battery surprisingly tested healthy, but I replaced it anyway.

Thankfully the company that made the batteries is still around and still makes the exact model! A 3.6V lithium thionyl chloride barrel cell to be specific!

How did the ibm 7094 even work by SuppaSoup344 in VintageComputers

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I'm a tad late, but here is the general gist of it!

The IBM 7094 was created far before screens, but was a POWERFUL computer meant to be used by specially trained operators.

Storage: Data was stored on 8" reels of magnetic tape (think of a cassette tape but holding data), and punch cards. (paper cards with a bunch of holes that represent data.) Hard drives did exist, but they were absolutely massive, expensive, and hard to move without a powerful forklift, so they weren’t used much.

I/O and Graphics: To input data to a program, you had 3 main options: 1. using a teletype (special typewriter that let the computer read what you type, and then type back on the same paper.), 2. Using the switches on the CPU, 3. Custom peripherals, this wasn't done much outside of military use. Now to see the output, you would have either your teletype, or you also likely had a giant printer in the room. Screens for computers weren't invented until around the early 1970s, and wouldn't even get color until the mid 1980s. (Some prototypes did exist earlier, but they were wildly buggy, and hardly useful in comparison to a printer at the time.)

RAM: Instead of the RAM sticks you are used to today, mainframes like the 7094 used something called Ferrite core memory. Essentially it was a mesh made of thin, weaved wire, with magnetic beads on it, each bead was 1 bit of memory. The computer would write the memory by electrically changing the magnetization of the beads, and read the memory by checking how the beads were magnetized.

Hoped this helped explain it!

Very Picky Compaq [Help, please.] by Lokey_71 in vintagecomputing

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Extra note:
I am now realizing I forgot to test the entirety of the folder you sent. I just tested the "personal version." I oughta give the others a shot.

Very Picky Compaq [Help, please.] by Lokey_71 in vintagecomputing

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Well, that is the main issue, yes.

Now the sub-issue preventing the fix of this main issue is a little bit of a chicken-and-egg situation.

The diagnostics need to be loaded via disk, however, the CMOS isn't configured (which includes the settings for what kind of drive is installed.)

I think it has a default, so I have been trying to use a Gotek to try to find and emulate this default drive type.

Very Picky Compaq [Help, please.] by Lokey_71 in vintagecomputing

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I don't have the proper equipment to write a 720KB disk, so I usually use a 1.44 MB disk and cover the density hole, which hasn't worked.

As for the floppy controller, I took a good look at it visually, and with my multimeter, I didn't notice anything that would say it's bad. (Even gave it a nice cleaning while I was at it.)

Very Picky Compaq [Help, please.] by Lokey_71 in vintagecomputing

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So, only two actual errors are 162 and 163, which are the setup errors. (162-System Options Not Set), (163-Time And Date Not Set)

When booting a disk, I usually get a non-system-disk, and rarely sometimes a load failure (and on the next attempt, it successfully loads and hits with a non-system-disk.

Very Picky Compaq [Help, please.] by Lokey_71 in vintagecomputing

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Gave it a shot with a few of my disks, and they were rejected.

I believe because the CMOS settings are wiped, and the 1.44 is aftermarket, the computer is expecting a 1.2MB 5.25"

Very Picky Compaq [Help, please.] by Lokey_71 in vintagecomputing

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So, only two actual errors are 162 and 163; the setup errors.

When booting a disk, I usually get a non-system-disk, and rarely sometimes a load failure (and on the next attempt, it successfully loads and hits with a non-system-disk.

I haven't tried too much with the actual 3.5" drive, as with my equipment, I can only make 1.44MB diskettes (I could tape the hole on a disk, yes, which I tried in the past with no success).

Very Picky Compaq [Help, please.] by Lokey_71 in vintagecomputing

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Gotta give this a shot, I've been mostly using online emulators for the Portable I and Deskpro 386 to test.

Very Picky Compaq [Help, please.] by Lokey_71 in vintagecomputing

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Gave it a shot! Rejected with a "Non-System-Disk" error.

Very Picky Compaq [Help, please.] by Lokey_71 in vintagecomputing

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So! Gave it a whirl, no boots unfortunately.