Re: Why is Amiga so popular with retro community ?

Posted on 2021-04-13, 16:58

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by Shagittarius

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On my A2000 I have the following setup for transfering files: I run a SCSI2SD drive which I have setup a machine to access in WinUAE, and an 4GB HDD on myt SCSI chain. So I have to perform 3 copies, the data to the SD card, then the SD card to the 4gb HD, then the 4GB HD to another 16GB SD card …

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Re: Burning my first iso in 15 years

Posted on 2021-04-03, 22:52

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I believe only 3rd party versions of Win98 are bootable.

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Re: Burning my first iso in 15 years

Posted on 2021-04-03, 20:31

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Most Win98 discs are not bootable. But if Win10 doesn't recognize the format sounds like something is wrong with the iso or the way you burned it.

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Re: Golden age of computing for personal computers

Posted on 2021-04-03, 07:54

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Golden Age = Pre Internet

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-03-31, 16:13

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by Shagittarius

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Red Faction

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Re: A high end Multi Core (775 or AM3+) Windows XP build

Posted on 2021-03-28, 16:05

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by Shagittarius

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I think the only difference is you would see an improvement with the x5470 in highly threaded operations/multitasking and general OS performance. The Xeon is also likely to run way cooler even with the same cooling setup. I don't see a reason not to swap in the x5470.

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Re: Why is Amiga so popular with retro community ?

Posted on 2021-03-25, 01:51

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by Shagittarius

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The 68040 trades blows in performance with a P60. Wins some and loses some measures. The Amiga 4000 was competitive at the time of release, only just so. Had the full AAA design been put forward instead of AGA and had C= not focused on trying to break into the console market I think they would have …

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Re: Why is Amiga so popular with retro community ?

Posted on 2021-03-23, 21:09

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I just pulled this off my old amiga which appears I had saved Nov 22, 1993. Its DH discussing C= plans for the future, obviously just prior to the end of C=. I'm sure you can find this elsewhere but here is the text as I got it back in the day: From: zarthac@cs1.bradley.edu (Matt Simmons) Newsgroups …

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

Posted on 2021-03-19, 16:15

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Saw a cheap Promsie SuperTrak SX6000 and got an idea. 2x WD SiliconDrive II 1GB RAID0 + 2x Kingston 16GB RAID0. Windows 2000 boots pretty fast, but not as fast like some post-modern SSD. Maybe I'll get two 16GB CF cards more, and configure RAID5 so the i960 and RAM will get some work to do. ;) a …

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

Posted on 2021-03-09, 00:10

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by Shagittarius

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Thanks for the critique and advice. Could I not also just put a new socket in check for continuity and run a bodge to the trace from the socket pin? This board unfortunately is becoming my trainer to some degree, obviously my goal is to fix it. I talked with Jens about this and he said that with …

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

Posted on 2021-03-08, 19:27

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I was replacing the 84 pin PLCC socket on my Amiga motherboard, when I decided to give up. To me it appears that someone had done some repairs to the traces on this motherboard at some point and by desoldering the socket I removed their fix. I'm very much a novice at this so I doubt I could …

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

Posted on 2021-03-08, 00:55

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I was replacing the 84 pin PLCC socket on my Amiga motherboard, when I decided to give up. To me it appears that someone had done some repairs to the traces on this motherboard at some point and by desoldering the socket I removed their fix. I'm very much a novice at this so I doubt I could properly …

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

Posted on 2021-03-06, 08:13

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Spent an hour trying to coerce the pins of a 84pin PLCC socket to cooperate only to ultimately snap a pin off. So this weekends adventure is replacing the PLCC socket.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-03-04, 18:57

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by Shagittarius

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First, did not bought these retro PC, just found it today waiting for me for years in our old building at work. Looks like Compaq 4000 5233MMX, no video and RAM, but CPU is still there. Here is a pic with it's firs best friend :) p.s. What OS to install if it is running, Win 95 or Win 98? …

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

Posted on 2021-03-04, 18:54

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Would playing 15 year old games on a CRT be considered retro now? :D Got myself a used PS3 this weekend, so I decided to play some games I missed out on in my Highschool/Uni years. Tried out Resistance:FoM and Killzone 2. Dear lord I am happy I did not spend money on them when they were new. …

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Re: A high end Dual Core (775 or AM3+) Windows XP build

Posted on 2021-02-28, 06:12

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by Shagittarius

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cyclone3d wrote on 2021-02-28, 05:49: You mean 5960X, right? Whoops sorry I actually meant X5690.

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Re: A high end Dual Core (775 or AM3+) Windows XP build

Posted on 2021-02-28, 04:11

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by Shagittarius

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My XP machine is an X5960 with a 780Ti. I consider it complete overkill for anything I would choose to run on XP.

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Re: Any others given up on the hobby?

Posted on 2021-02-28, 04:05

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My collection consists of the machines I have built to play games on and parts that I bought to replace pieces I expect to possibly fail at some point in the future. The only other pieces I own are the pieces I bought mistakenly, either because I thought I was going to use them or they ended up not …

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Re: The A2630 Troubleshooting Thread. Keen eyes and minds needed.

Posted on 2021-02-26, 00:24

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by Shagittarius

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Thread closed, problem solved.

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Re: The A2630 Troubleshooting Thread. Keen eyes and minds needed.

Posted on 2021-02-25, 23:00

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by Shagittarius

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HAng on, I just set the jumper and removed the 68000 and this thing fired up. Stay tuned it appears the board does work, at least in this config. Or maybe knocking it around long enough popped something into place?

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