Re: My Ultimate Pentium MMX 233 / Voodoo 1 Build & My Computer/Tech Workshop Room

Posted on 2020-12-01, 01:42

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This looks nice =) Perhaps not what you made this thread for, but I actually like your workplace. I'm using 2 so called sortmasters (basically hard plastic suitcases with lots of little compartments on both sized) as these are easy to move around, but are otherwise similar in function to the system …

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Re: english, the planetary language

Posted on 2020-12-01, 01:15

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In some way, these relatively archaic measurement units are somewhat fascinating to me. In The Netherlands I've seen the use of the "pond" (== pound) mostly on markets selling stuff like vegetables, fruit, nuts and cheese. There even used to be a Dutch pound apparently (around 480 grams). Same thing …

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Re: english, the planetary language

Posted on 2020-12-01, 01:07

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Imperial units are superior, period. Indeed, NASA lost an unmanned mission owing to a mix-up between metric and imperial units. In September 1999, its $125 million Mars Climate Orbiter probe was destroyed because its attitude-control system used imperial units but its navigation software used …

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Re: english, the planetary language

Posted on 2020-11-28, 22:29

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Not long along, French was the Diplomacy language. To be fair, French was all the rage in 18-19 century and still has noticeable influence in Africa and Canada. Perhaps due to climate change Russian may become a more important language, or perhaps Mandarin? Heavily depends on economics and there …

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Re: PB450 motherboard went from 2MB vRAM to 512KB vRAM

Posted on 2020-11-27, 17:12

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I've only had a similar experience using desktop DDR. I bought 2x1GB DDR-400 for an upgrade, but apparently it was of shoddy made quality as after a while I could see Windows recognizing only 512MB of it. A bit later the system crashed and I'd have to let the RAM cool off before it would work again …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-11-27, 16:49

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Got a few things so far; 1. Tiger branded K6-2 system; M577 with a K6-2 300. Doesn't appear to POST, and I might fault the M577 on that one. 2. P5A-B with a K6 300 . If the M577 is shot, the P5A-B will go in its place. 3. Compaq Contura 400C with the i486 DX2-40 and 12MB of RAM. The Quantum Daytona …

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Re: Microsoft Windows Security Update CD 2004

Posted on 2020-11-26, 17:03

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I remember vaguely about a Dutch version of this disk? But I don't remember if I ever ended up uploading it. It may have been the Dutch ME updates instead. EDIT: Apparently I had uploaded both, but both links are long gone now. Any interest in a MS Windows Security Update CD?

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Re: Strange issue with Jetway l401-R motherboard, black screen after hour of use.

Posted on 2020-11-26, 16:48

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_UV_ wrote on 2020-11-25, 00:27: Maybe too modern display and unsupported video mode. I seen strange behavior with cheap MX440 and 9250 cards, once they even manage to kill testbed 19" Diamondtron (don't get me wrong, 2010 and dealing with old stuff like 478 P4). Wait, you had a graphics card make …

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Re: VGA-0021A missing chips

Posted on 2020-11-26, 16:05

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Thermalwrong wrote on 2020-11-20, 22:57: Google says the only pictures of the VGA-0021A are on this forum 😉 I was referring to pics of your own card. Regardless of availability (or lack thereof) of pics online I know how google works.

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Re: Do I really need a floppy drive?

Posted on 2020-11-23, 20:37

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I use floppy drives on every machine that has an 32bit or 16 bit OS (on 64 bit OS I've had problems because of the lack of 16bit support I think), floppy disks are the basic file transfer system for me for drivers, bios, and of course games on older systems. Floppies were always around back then …

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Re: Do I really need a floppy drive?

Posted on 2020-11-23, 20:29

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SVD wrote on 2020-11-22, 22:06: You need a floppy drive for the classic floppy seek sound under boot 😉 ^This! =)

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Re: 5.25" Floppy drive support.

Posted on 2020-11-23, 20:26

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What are the newest motherboards that have bios that supports 5.25" floppy drives and also supports having dual floppy drives? I could really use something that allows moving files between different floppies and hopefully would also allow me to at least install Windows XP in the system without it …

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Re: 5.25" Floppy drive support.

Posted on 2020-11-23, 20:17

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Huch it depends hardly on the programs you run. If you optimize it will run on less then 256Mb and it will run snappy This is XP SP3 Professional pimp_my_xp.jpg This is true. But I've always felt like using something like 384MB for a tweaked XP was a minimum if I wanted to also run at least one …

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Re: Need foam filter for old cases

Posted on 2020-11-22, 01:49

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Another favorite of mine are the AOpen H600 tower cases (the beige ones) especially after having removed the back exhaust fan grills =) Are you referring to this case (screenshot)?!? xxxx.jpg Not quite. I mean the beige version like on this page https://tweakers.net/pricewatch/57884/aopen-h600-a- …

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Re: MSI 815EPT Pro board Tualatin capable only works well with 600mhz Celeron

Posted on 2020-11-21, 16:34

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After trying everything I found the real issue, I changed the remaining working CD-ROM drive (I had a dead one too) as an absolute last resort after running everything you told me and that I could think of. It worked. I found it had a not exactly bent pin, but more like a sunken one on the drive's …

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Re: Need foam filter for old cases

Posted on 2020-11-21, 16:27

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The centurion 5 is probably my favorite case to use and build in. The vent filters I used do a great job keeping dust out if the case. Even the original foam did a decent job keeping the inside clean The Centurion 5 is one of my favorite cases =) But it does have its flaws. I don't like how it is …

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Re: 3d printed Heatsink&Fan Mount for Socket 3/5/7 ?

Posted on 2020-11-21, 11:31

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I made a Z clip out of low gage springing dental wire, but it had a bad habit of slipping off the clips and I was worried that it was going to fly off and short out the mobo one day Valid concern indeed. I never had to make my own as I had salvaged several off of some old P1-era machines. The clips …

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Re: (The Tuala-Bus) Pentium III-S 1.4ghz, AWE64G+Audigy 2 ZS, Voodoo5 5500, Chieftec Dragon Rambus rig

Posted on 2020-11-20, 22:20

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I finally got around to upgrading the PSU, swapped it for a 500W PC Power and Cooling MKIII, the one with 24a on both the 3.3 and 5 volt rails. I'll post a photo later when I get a chance. I was going to mention the PSU, but happy to see that you already replaced it =) Very nice to see someone use …

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Re: 3d printed Heatsink&Fan Mount for Socket 3/5/7 ?

Posted on 2020-11-20, 21:58

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This is interesting, particularly for those boards that do not have any of those socket tabs at all (early s3 CPU sockets). I'm not sure if the board pictured here is the board you are trying to create this fan mounting printed assembly thingy for, but even with just the 2 tabs (1 each side) and …

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Re: 3d printed Heatsink&Fan Mount for Socket 3/5/7 ?

Posted on 2020-11-20, 21:55

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This is interesting, particularly for those boards that do not have any of those socket tabs at all (early s3 CPU sockets). I'm not sure if the board pictured here is the board you are trying to create this fan mounting printed assembly thingy for, but even with just the 2 tabs (1 each side) and …

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