Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2024-05-31, 12:18

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This game is to me like having a seat by a fireplace after a cold winter day, a metric ton of warm fuzzies concentrated into a single game. some games feel like "home" somehow, and its not always ones from childhood, sometimes its the game environment itself, the time of life you played it, some …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-05-31, 08:56

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'ight, since you quoted me, I figured I'd reveal the cards first. I'll put up the mainboards later tonight (hopefully). Top: Inno3d FX 5500 128MB Genius CMI 8738 PCI soundcard Palit TNT2 M64 32MB (that golden PCB lookin' sweet :) ) Supergrace S3 Trio 3D/2X AGP Sparkle GF4 MX440-8X 64MB ATI Rage LT …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-05-30, 16:00

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to3cutter wrote on 2024-05-29, 22:14: I got this 13 pc's today. No sleep till check it all. PcBytes wrote on 2024-05-29, 23:03: I got 7 PCs Tuesday, and by far nothing interesting... apart from a FlexATX-sized ECS P6STP-FL with... a VIA C3 800A. some high volume collecting happening, i like it! …

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Re: Post your Packard Bell computers here!

Posted on 2024-05-30, 15:12

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I feel like big kid, and shouldn't get this excited, but finally, after over a year of searching & trying different Master CDs, lots of research, trial & error, and acquiring missing items (explains my over a year absence) here it is... I present my Packard Bell Club 40 , now returned to it's …

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Re: 1997 Pentium MMX Rebuild

Posted on 2024-05-29, 15:05

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Nick4 wrote on 2024-05-25, 06:33: I ended up with Windows 98 SE, because it is so much better in so many ways. a good choice though, when 98se can run fine it makes sense to run it.

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Re: What modern activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2024-05-29, 15:03

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I got the full-screen Windows 10 EOL message again, but with the text and buttons properly scaled this time (the Windows 11 desktop screenshot on the right was still blurry). I'm totally disgusted by consumer products now, but I also get the strange feeling that the general public is becoming more …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2024-05-29, 14:51

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Finally cleaned up my home office enough to take a picture :lol: running a Dell 24" 2560x1440 primary and 2 Lenovo 22" 1680x1050 for the daily driver and work laptop. At the time, there's an Abit PX5 with 32Megs of SD-RAM and a P55C 200 right of the table on a 19" Dell 1280x1024. I often mount a …

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Re: Will the Book 8088 be a future classic?

Posted on 2024-05-29, 14:47

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Reminds me a bit of the 90s, when I was into collecting various calculators and elecronic organizers (aka electronic databases). It would have been cool if the models sold in my country had featured a translator function, too. the nostalgia! i remember those too, especially the cheap ones that …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2024-05-29, 14:15

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photo_2024-05-27_07-47-03.jpg that's quite a range of electronics there! Greetings, I rescued an old PC from my local Solid Waste Transfer Station's eWaste bin It's a Proteva brand Windows 98 PC with a FIC KA-6130 motherboard, Slot 1 Pentium II 350 MHz, 128 MB RAM, Intel 740 GPU, 4GB Seagate HD, …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2024-05-24, 10:04

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Started stripping down my old DOS Mame cabinet I built back in 2003, to salvage all the vintage PC parts. Still all worked fine, even the old 4.3gb HDD, but the cabinet suffered damage. So this morning dismantled the CPU, and cleaned up the motherboard. For anyone interested it's an A-Trend 6220 …

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Re: What do you drive?

Posted on 2024-05-24, 09:21

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Enjoying summer weather again back before bmw followed the suv herd. i guess they had to, but it seems to dilute the brand a bit to me, they make small cars for some markets too. the 'traditional' ones still retain the bmw look though your example looks really good for what i'm guessing is a 20 …

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Re: How important is screen resolution to you?

Posted on 2024-05-24, 09:12

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Jo22 wrote on 2024-05-22, 19:17: In my home country, the federal TV stations (public service broadcasting) refuse to air in full 1080p to this day. is there a cost implication for doing so? if there was then i'd be happy enough there are still broadcasts at least

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Re: What do you drive?

Posted on 2024-05-22, 11:17

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You bet! Probably more than computer related video's I like fixing up old PC's and making them live again. Fixing up old cars isn't that far off the same subject matter. Helps that getting an old car going is different to an old truck which is still different to an old digger. Then you have …

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Re: what was it like watching the death of 3dfx post voodoo 3 (late 1999-2000)?

Posted on 2024-05-22, 11:06

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i admit i never really thought much about 3dfx voodoo stuff back when it was happening. i spent the period on cheap pci 2d cards and all the games i played looked fine, then when voodoo was ending i got a pc with a tnt2 card and everything 3d looked great!

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2024-05-22, 10:29

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pan069 wrote on 2024-05-21, 21:52: I recently found a couple of NOS 486 cpu coolers with screw on fan (instead of clipped-on/moulded fans). I found one of these a few years ago and they are very moddable with Nocuta fans. PXL_20240521_102351245.jpg that's a nice find, especially being NOS - …

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Re: Is the Pentium 4 underrated for retro computing?

Posted on 2024-05-22, 10:26

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RandomStranger wrote on 2024-05-22, 04:55: Something good enough is still better than nothing. this should be the vintage computer enthusiast's mantra 😀

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Re: Windows Me - "Misunderstood Edition"

Posted on 2024-05-21, 15:38

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Back in 2000 were there actually many users who wanted, cared about or even know what native DOS mode was? Indeed more then you would think. You have to remember that computers were still very expensive while at the same time became obsolete much quicker. Many people either didn't want or couldn't …

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Re: Hi Everyone from Italy

Posted on 2024-05-21, 09:47

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Hi, 'retroinside' is a good forum name :) welcome that celeron machine is like so many late 90's machines, i can imagine all kind of mixed dos and early 9x games being played, some really stretching the capabilities to the limit its amazing how we managed with such small hdd back then, 4gb! …

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Re: What do you drive?

Posted on 2024-05-21, 08:39

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not driving so much, but does anyone else watch those "will it start?" and rescue type videos? its fun to see someone coaxing an engine back to life after decades of of neglect, although often with an approach that's decidedly temporary some videos go through the whole process from barn find to …

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Re: Pentium3 to look for?

Posted on 2024-05-20, 15:38

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as a rule, if you want to save some money then don't try to optimise the components. a Pentium 3 700mhz or 1ghz will have different prices but not all that much difference is noticed when playing typical games. same goes with cards. you could even (shock!) consider a celeron :) a motherboard that …

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