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

Posted on 2020-01-13, 13:40

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https://i.imgur.com/YZ4CVnem.jpg Fixed this floppy drive that wouldn't read disks by cleaning the head with a Q-Tip + isopropyl alcohol. Nice system ! have you looked for a decent beige KB to match your nice Dell tower ? Not particularly... fine with this generic HP one as it is comfortable and …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-01-12, 18:23

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This Dell Dimension XPS T450. https://imgur.com/a/jZLGTf5 Intel Pentium III 500MHz Slot 1 processor 256MB PC100 SDRAM (2x128MB) 3.5" floppy drive IOMEGA 100 zip drive Toshiba SD-M1212 DVD-ROM drive Western Digital WD400BB 40GB 7200RPM IDE hard drive Windows 98SE Diamond Viper V550 16MB AGP video …

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Re: The Case Badge Thread

Posted on 2020-01-12, 14:24

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love me some designed for windows stickers

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

Posted on 2020-01-12, 14:22

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Fixed this floppy drive that wouldn't read disks by cleaning the head with a Q-Tip + isopropyl alcohol.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-12-25, 16:07

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Re: Old style media viewer... MPC-BE, MPC-HC or what?

Posted on 2019-12-25, 14:06

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Yeah, I have also been using K-Lite for many years (and CCCP for a few in between). Never had issues with either, regardless of OS

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-12-25, 14:04

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wish i could find a 486 board again but their prices are absolutely ridiculous

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

Posted on 2019-12-25, 14:03

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damn, that bad boy requires 2 molex plugs

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Re: FYI: Steam drops XP/Vista in 2019

Posted on 2019-12-25, 14:03

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steamed hams

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Re: Moving: How to safely and efficiently pack hardware

Posted on 2019-12-24, 00:06

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To be honest never had an issue with shipping PCs with all components inside... so YMMV

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Re: To end the AMD v. Intel debate.

Posted on 2019-12-23, 14:50

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That requires a $5 68K module.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-12-23, 14:02

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Yet another haul — this December has been particularly kind to me. I now have a bit of an issue, because I've nearly doubled my collection, and now I have to let go of some items, but nearly every thing in the last three hauls was new to me. So, here's what I got today for a total of 55 USD: …

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Re: Vaio PCV-RX450 Driver Issues

Posted on 2019-12-23, 14:01

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little more info on what hardware it has would be nice... I know it's likely a P4 rig

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

Posted on 2019-12-23, 14:00

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Atari is a great console and a big part of my childhood. However, this advert was incredibly stupid... By today's standards, then yes.... However that is taking the add out of the context. The add is in fact quite genious. You must remember, that Stevie Wonder, was highly successful in the 1970's. …

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Re: Moving: How to safely and efficiently pack hardware

Posted on 2019-12-23, 13:59

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Static bags for cards and drives, generous amounts of bubble wrap. I've sold and shipped desktop towers with those fragile tempered glass side panels and never had an issue.

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Re: The Case Badge Thread

Posted on 2019-12-23, 13:58

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"Intel inside, idiot outside"

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2019-12-23, 13:57

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Been absent for a while, but picked this up earlier this week... IBM Aptiva 2153-E44, AMD K6-2 300Mhz Aptiva.JPG Bit poorly at the moment, but will keep me busy over the Xmas break I was stuck with an Aptiva 2153 as the family computer right up until 2005. Took a photo of the internals in December …

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Re: My "new" HP Z400 Workstation.

Posted on 2019-12-23, 13:55

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Some pics of my Z420 https://imgur.com/a/fCpcI7l

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Re: VOODOO 2 SLI Memory reporting

Posted on 2019-12-23, 13:54

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mmm 1600x1200

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

Posted on 2019-12-23, 13:49

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Working on another ThinkCentre build... more to follow. In the meantime, enjoy these wallpapers. https://imgur.com/a/yW9Xu9V

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