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

Posted on 2020-05-06, 14:37

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by Shagittarius

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Got the Gotek working as an external boot drive on my A500. I put the selector switch in my trap door area. It works! Motherboard is Rev 6A, first time it has been opened -- I broke the warranty seal. The only issue I see so far is the mouse only wants to move horizontal.. have to troubleshoot that …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-05-02, 01:08

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vmunix wrote on 2020-05-02, 01:05: hey guys I haven't posted in a while, where are you hosting the images now? I mean a hosting that is not cancer like photobucket or tinypic Just host them on this site.

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-05-01, 19:34

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Currently playing : Red Dead Redemption 2 - Find this really hard to maintain interest, too much simulation crap. Been trying to keep playing for months and keep falling off of it. Operencia - Old School Turn based Might and Magic style modern game, good characters and excellent art, enjoying this …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-04-30, 18:24

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2005 Mac Mini G4 and power adapter ($35 shipped).. going to use it for Morph OS. Maybe give it a custom paint job. I have a G4 mac mini that I was attempting to put Morph OS on as well but I didn't want to lose my OS 9 or OS X installs, and without commiting to the install I couldn't tell if it was …

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Re: New sound card project: AWE64 Legacy

Posted on 2020-04-27, 18:39

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Terrific, thanks for the bronze prize. I'm going to test that you guys assemble it correctly and buy the full completed board from you. =) Looking forward to it.

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

Posted on 2020-04-23, 23:53

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Today I've spent hours trying to get SLI running with two Voodoo II's and it just doesn't work. First I had just two of them: A Creative CT6670 and a PowerColor. Both of them work fine individually, but in SLI mode my screen just turns itself off and the computer locks up. On the PowerColor I …

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Re: New sound card project: AWE64 Legacy

Posted on 2020-04-22, 00:21

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I am not volunteering to Beta test because I know there is a Russian guy with more posts than me who knows the significance of the deadline. I just want to say huzzah, please keep me on the quick list to buy though... however if no one else volunteers (fat Chance) you can tap me. I've got an IBM AT, …

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Re: Windows 3.11 vs. Windows 95

Posted on 2020-04-16, 04:07

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Can you not use Setver to fool those programs?

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Re: What sound card do you use on your modern PC ?

Posted on 2020-04-15, 15:22

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Currently running this in my main rig, I've been having some intermitant issues with it not powering on sometimes with a cold boot. I've changed PSUs removed additional cards etc and it still occurs sometimes. It's a great sounding cad but I'm a bit annoyed by the intermitant issue, I've talked with …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-04-02, 13:20

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The biggest problem I had with Divinity: Original Sin was that the combat felt too puzzle-y most of the time. Due to the environmental factors the dev routinely decide to throw encounters that you couldn't defeat without using environmental factors, like electrifying water or setting something on …

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Re: Suggest a beige 5.25" bay device?

Posted on 2020-03-28, 06:32

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by Shagittarius

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You could just burn yourself to create a wound that can symbolize your emotional pain, or as a way to avoid telling loved ones about your feelings. Or maybe just as a really round-a-bout way to charge your cell phone...

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Re: Suggest a beige 5.25" bay device?

Posted on 2020-03-28, 06:04

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PC Cigarette Lighter : https://www.coolerguys.com/products/sunbeam-c … er-for-computer

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

Posted on 2020-03-27, 23:53

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My first HDD was a 20MB Hard Card (HDD and Controller on the same ISA Card). It cost 200$ or $10 a Meg in im guessing '90 or '91.

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2020-03-20, 15:56

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On my P90 I get : "Fatal Error: Cannot open HWiNFO.PCI" using MS DOS 6.22, maybe this isnt intended to be run with PCI bus? It is. Are you launching the tool from the directory where all files (including HWINFO.PCI) are located? Oops, sorry, my mistake I somehow didnt include that file on my boot …

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2020-03-20, 15:45

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On my P90 I get : "Fatal Error: Cannot open HWiNFO.PCI" using MS DOS 6.22, maybe this isnt intended to be run with PCI bus?

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-03-17, 00:33

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kolderman wrote on 2020-03-16, 17:21: Why do people talk about xen as if it's a stand alone game? It's a level ffs. Maybe because it was released totally seperate from Black Mesa? What does it matter to you ffs?

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-03-16, 15:27

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I finished Xen too a little while ago and I think the problem with Xen and most Half Life games is the heavy reliance on puzzles in what is essentially an action game. I think you could pull this off given the correct game design but to me it feels disconnected from all the Half Life games. I know …

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MS-98L9 V2.0 , a new 1151MB with an ISA slot

Posted on 2020-03-16, 02:51

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Just saw this on Tom's and though there may be some interest here for Vintage purposes: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/spectras-new-lga1151-motherboard-1992-pci-slots If it had and AGP slot I would probably be interested, but then it would need compat Win98 drivers too which I'm sure it doesn't. …

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Re: Rounding out the collection..

Posted on 2020-03-12, 03:38

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I never took it apart, I didn't let it smoke all the way down last time, I saw the familiar dimming of the CRT and knew what was coming so I shut it down. I don't know how soon I'm going to get to it but thanks for your offer, I'll probably get back to you at some point.

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Re: Rounding out the collection..

Posted on 2020-03-12, 00:45

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A bit off topic, but hey Shagittarius you ever get your Ibm 5154 back in working order? Unfortunately no, I took it to the only guy around here who would do the work and he tried twice, and charged me twice and each time it gave up magic smoke within 5 minutes of me getting it home. So I've got it …

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