Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on Yesterday, 13:46

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Bought 3 Asus v9950 128mb cards. And 11 7800gt and 7 7900gs. But those are PCIe so not so excited about those. I got the lot for getting the fx5900's 😊 Ahh... so THAT is why the seller never answered back.... 😥 I can possibly donate a 7800gt or two if those are the ones you were interested in ^^ …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-01-15, 18:35

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SVD wrote on 2021-01-04, 15:04: Bought 3 Asus v9950 128mb cards. And 11 7800gt and 7 7900gs. But those are PCIe so not so excited about those. I got the lot for getting the fx5900's 😊 Ahh... so THAT is why the seller never answered back.... 😥

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Re: Best WinXP Video Card

Posted on 2020-12-30, 11:42

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Fixed! 😎 Had to add the line "safe_texture_manager" at the end of the 'cam.cfg' file... AND, then also to set process affinity in taskmanager (for the live* 'SShock2.exe' process) to 1 single CPU... (*: after starting the game, and getting to the menu, but before loading any savegames)

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Re: Best WinXP Video Card

Posted on 2020-12-28, 20:58

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So, this may warrant a separate topic, but seeing the game mentioned here earlier, and given the rest of this topic, I'll give it a go... Basically: trying to play SystemShock2 on a Nvidia GTX780Ti.... problems solvable or just forget it ? Been finally putting together an overkill WinXp PC, man was …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-12-22, 17:29

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....Most adapters with an I/O voltage conversion chip seem to support the Tualatin mod, so I went ahead and ordered two PCB-style adapters on eBay. One will go onto a 1400/100 Tualatin Celeron and the other one onto a 1400/133 PIII-S. So I can fiddle around with the C400 and my Epox EP-BX3 (which …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-12-22, 10:18

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Tell me I'm not insane.. I just bought 4x GTX 780Ti. anybody ever tried 4-way SLI in XP? I have a board (ASUS Rampage V Extreme) that can do it along with a XEON E5-1660 V3 (octa-core) that overclocks to 4.5Ghz which is going to probably be the upgrade to my current main system but not with this …

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Re: cheap mail forwarder from US to EU

Posted on 2020-12-20, 17:40

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Assuming this is via ebay, see if you can convince the seller to turn on the GSP option in the listing ? For heavier items (over 8-16 oz/500g) it is surprisingly cheap, even when compared to USPS First Class packages. Granted, they always charge $4 in handling cost*, but that is peanuts to our local …

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Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?

Posted on 2020-12-20, 17:28

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I once bought a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz pci card on ebay, because I wanted a cheap quality card with midi connector for my Roland daughter card, and never noticed the attached Yamaha DB-XG card in the listing picture (or text), until I opened the arriving package and wondered what the heck THAT …

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2020-11-30, 21:13

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How much did you pay ? Seems like these things are ridiculously expensive... 🤔 ....but quite nifty, yes indeed....

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-11-16, 08:56

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I got this sound card, or something similar. What is it? Looks expensive for it's time. Option b) : https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/showthread.php?t=164625 ... Speech Design Audiocard 300E vintage speech recognition card for PC - ISA Speech recognition? What application would it be used for? …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-11-13, 22:39

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SVD wrote on 2020-11-13, 21:28: I got this sound card, or something similar. What is it? Looks expensive for it's time. Option b) : https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/showthread.php?t=164625 ... Speech Design Audiocard 300E vintage speech recognition card for PC - ISA

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-10-19, 21:19

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Well, not quite as retro, but here is a 2010 model that will maximize your drive space for sure.....! 😆 https://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/lian_li_pc_a77f_review.html More models: https://forums.unraid.net/topic/16925-tower-cases-with-525quot-drive-bays-top-to-bottom/ As I predict you will have …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-10-19, 20:32

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... I also got a kg of ram at least, a new AT power supply, several new socket 7 heatsinks, socket 8 heatsinks, hard drives MFM, ESDI, ATA, SCSI. 5.25" floppies. joystick. On top of the CD rom stack there is an LS-drive. So i have an LS-drive, 2 ZIP, 2 JAZ, 1 DAT, 1 DLT. I got several QIC-150 tapes …

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Re: Rare storage media aficionado build

Posted on 2020-10-18, 11:37

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You are perhaps missing the dearly beloved UDO system ? 😅 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra_Density_Optical I actually considered this for safe storage (vs DVD/Bluray), but could not get my hands on a reasonably priced drive.... https://www.ebay.com/sch/58058/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=udo Or, how …

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Re: Post pics of your CRT monitors

Posted on 2020-10-15, 16:12

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Heh, maybe, but it sounds somewhat different (and much louder) from when I actually actively use the degauss button, hence my question... AND, my other monitors does NOT do that (or ANY crt monitor I've ever encountered), power-on degauss I mean... which makes it hard to compare. So, it'd be just …

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Re: Post pics of your CRT monitors

Posted on 2020-10-15, 15:02

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Latest additions to my collection :lol: 22" ViewSonic P227f 17" Sony G200 https://i.imgur.com/OuoOzdG.jpg https://i.imgur.com/OuoOzdGl.jpg Just wondering, does your ViewSonic give out a loud 'bang' every time it is turned on ? Mine does, and have done that since I bought it brand new in box... Not …

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Re: Any compelling reason for Socket 5/7 build if I have SS7 boards?

Posted on 2020-10-13, 20:46

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I am kinda fond of the Intel AN430TX socket 7 board, with its very low capacitor count - one would think it would contribute to a longer life (or shelflife) than those with a bunch of 'normal' caps... At least for someone with no soldering skills etc... They even have a Yamaha sound card embedded 🙂. …

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Re: Protection caps for 4-pin molex connectors

Posted on 2020-10-11, 22:18

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Well, it could happen to a motherboard near you as well, so... better safe than sorry ? 😁 Re: What retro hardware you killed today or in the past :(. Killing spree stories+serial killers are welcome.Rest in pieces.

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Re: Protection caps for 4-pin molex connectors

Posted on 2020-10-11, 22:09

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The Serpent Rider wrote on 2020-10-11, 21:53: Redundancy. Que ?

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Re: Protection caps for 4-pin molex connectors

Posted on 2020-10-11, 21:39

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I know it's not exactly what you're asking for but as an alternative you could try buying the other part of the connector without pins. File it down a bit and you're very similar to the rubber protector. Heh, sure, but sounds like a lot of work...as I want dozens of these things. 😅 AND, these molex …

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