Re: 486DX/50 VLB Build

Posted on 2021-12-15, 17:06

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chinny22 wrote on 2021-12-15, 14:57: Why 50Mhz? I get that you already have a POD 83 and 5x86 but would think a Dx2/66 rounds off the high end 486 line up nicely? Sounds like you have a nice setup for some dos LAN gaming though! I would think running a 50mhz bus makes this a nice quirky build!

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Re: Huge number of K6-2E+/570ACZ CPUs for sale on eBay

Posted on 2021-12-15, 17:03

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The lowest they will take is $58 for 3 + tax + shipping but as i said earlier, the market will have to dictate pricing. It was a rare CPU before, but when you're sitting on 60k of them at some point it makes more sense to turn them into gold than sell to a limited market of enthusiasts. I have read …

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Re: Huge number of K6-2E+/570ACZ CPUs for sale on eBay

Posted on 2021-12-14, 23:05

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So at these quantities, I don't know if the price is all that great anymore. 60k units, how many are they going to sell? How many could you possibly need? that many units effectively tanks the market. They don't seem to want to budge an awful lot on "best offers", maybe it would be best to wait a …

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Re: Any advice on selling retro computer stuff?

Posted on 2021-12-03, 18:34

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Mercari... it's like offerup but you ship. It's like ebay but less rigid. I noticed in the last year there has been more retro stuff on there, and stuff DOES move..

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Re: Dave's Unmitigated Feats of Tomfoolery and Retro Shenanigans (the DaveJustDave thread)

Posted on 2021-11-13, 22:04

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People who lag test displays use 900fps or something cameras. Maybe get one of those? I also don't think the floppy LED activating is a particularly rigorous method of time alignment i agree. Adrian's digital basement recommended I hook up an incandescent bulb to the power strip, and use the first …

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Re: Dave's Unmitigated Feats of Tomfoolery and Retro Shenanigans (the DaveJustDave thread)

Posted on 2021-11-13, 04:56

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So my latest past time is RetroPC Drag Racing... I saw a couple of videos from VWestlife and his ultra fast booting 1000RL . So I came up with a rudimentary way of timing boot times of various boot-from-rom Tandy 1000s that I have, and this was the first attempt.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= …

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Re: Great collectors of Vogons! What's missing in your collections? :P

Posted on 2021-11-13, 03:34

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My list is pretty simple. - Sharp X68000 - Fujitsu FMtowns - a *mint* a500+ - Mac IIfx - a real roland MPU-401 interface - Roland SCC-1 - Roland LAPC-I - Tandy Sensation

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Dave's Unmitigated Feats of Tomfoolery and Retro Shenanigans (the DaveJustDave thread)

Posted on 2021-11-13, 03:29

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Been meaning to create a thread for some time, it's just nice to have somewhere to organize my thoughts that doesn't have to be an image, a video, fit in 140 characters, or require me to setup YET another instance of WordPress. Here's a few pics I took this past Halloween IMG_1083.jpg IMG_1077.jpg …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-11-09, 20:50

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Take it apart. Top and bottom halves of the clamshell you can wash in your kitchen sink with a sponge and dish soap. If there are stubborn stains, use a magic eraser/melamine sponge. Take care not to agitate/loosen the labels on the bottom. If any of it looks yelllowed, now would be an excellent …

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Re: How over powered are modern PCs?

Posted on 2021-11-09, 18:01

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at this point, i think they should just optimize gpu/cpu for Unity, which is what everything is written in now. Really the only thing pushing me to upgrade these days is frame rates. I have a 144hz 38" GSYNC ultrawide, and 3900x + 3080 with DLSS gets me a pretty smooth experience with multiplayer …

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Re: How over powered are modern PCs?

Posted on 2021-11-09, 17:02

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I have a 3900X too. I just can't bring myself to upgrade to a 5900/5950x. What's 10-14% more performance going to do for me vs another $600-700 in my pocket? I think I'll be sitting out the next gen too. Eventually the hardware will be so crippled that it's unusable because someone somewhere …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-10-21, 17:03

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I have two of these Dell Bigfoot keyboards... i love them, except BOTH of them have had 1-2 switches die on me (i think they're Alps switches) Was in town for a medical appointment today so of course checked out the local thrift shop too. Not very optimistic, but this time it was my lucky day: …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-10-21, 16:55

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picked up one of these. prices are getting out of hand. been wanting a isa+pci+vlb 486 board for a while. with a proper cache module, and no cache sockets so no fake cache 😀 I should really try and hunt down a faster cyrix 5x86 for this. Filename 486.jpg File size 269.72 KiB Views 1719 views

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Re: New 486 EISA + VLB build.

Posted on 2021-10-21, 16:50

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Needing to retire? That poor machine's lasted 30 years, if it was going to retire it would have been in the late 90s! 😉 simon_e_hall wrote on 2021-10-19, 14:28: Well, I thought it was time to start a new build, as my current 486DX EISA build is beginning to show signs of needing to retire.

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Mix and Match - big pile of parts, how would YOU build these machines?

Posted on 2021-10-11, 18:28

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So I have a pile of hardware that i've amassed over the years waiting for time to build. Which permutations would you guys think makes sense? CPU/Motherboards - 486-dx4100 with both VLB and PCI - Pentium MMX 233 - Supersocket 7 K6-3 450 - Pentium 3 866 Video Cards Voodoo 2 SLI Voodoo 3 GF4 ti4600 …

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Re: Bring back the game manuals!

Posted on 2021-10-08, 16:41

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I love the cloth maps that ship with Ultima games. ALso some flightsims had HEFTY manuals. remember Falcon 3 and 4?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-10-05, 17:07

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that would make sense seeing as the 5151/5153/5154 were all painted as well. I think you'd get better results and end up with a nice texture without the hassle/brittleness of retrobrite I had this same monitor but sold mine because the tube was getting really dim and I had picked up a 5154 Finally …

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

Posted on 2021-10-04, 18:26

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A friend gave me old Dell Latitude C610 in bad shape: no RAM, broken HDD, some keys missing, overheating, CD not working etc. Fixed it just because it has nice PIII 1GHz Tualatin and Mobility Radeon with 16MB local VRAM. Now it works pretty nice, Unreal and RTCW are playable at 1024. Dell_inside. …

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Re: Is it possible to get an OPL-LPT adapter working through USB?

Posted on 2021-10-01, 16:57

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matze79 wrote on 2021-10-01, 09:23: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dg33QLkHAu4 I've seen this, but I thought this would not work from pure DOS? (maybe I'm wrong)

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Re: your source for new (made recently) floppy disks?

Posted on 2021-09-30, 20:34

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Drives are fine. Heads swabbed with IPA and foam tip when i first get them, moving bits get a tiny bit of lithium grease. So this has been my experience... I keep all mine in a cool dark, and dry place but don't always know how they were stored before I got them. I buy in sealed plastic whenever …

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