Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2021-02-27, 14:51

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First, I want to say "Thanks" to all nice people here, who helped me a lot with their posts in Vogons. After a lot of reading I decided to register at last. And, here is my working place just now: lab.jpg Absolutely love the fact that your cat on the mousepad is attacking your mouse. Nice touch!

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-02-27, 14:44

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I keep it simple in my life. I put in the highest amount I'm willing to pay from the get-go and if bidding goes higher than that I have a heart attack and die.

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Re: System Shock Pre-Alpha Demo playable for free 22hrs?

Posted on 2021-02-25, 17:42

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in Release Announcements

Final UE4 demo is out today before the game's release! https://www.gog.com/game/system_shock_demo

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Re: The great Pentium Pro haul of 2018

Posted on 2021-02-25, 13:44

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konon007 wrote on 2021-02-25, 07:17: Great job, Liqmat! Maybe do you have still some pentium pro 200/1M chips and PPro motherboards for sale/sharing? Unfortunately, I do not. Between the ALR 6x6 systems which require six Pentium Pro CPUs each and all the dual Socket 8 motherboards the entire …

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Re: Journey of a Unisys Aquanta HS/6, aka ALR Revolution 6x6

Posted on 2021-02-25, 00:43

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Don't know how I missed this one, but another good archived resource for ALR 6x6 owners: https://web.archive.org/web/20010423021407/ht … et/alrbase.html Note: The best part of this archived website is the mapped out motherboard power connector pinouts.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-02-24, 21:30

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The screw size it takes is 2-56 or M2.5. I had to order some for mine. None of the hardware stores had them either lol. That tower of yours never gets old to look at. Especially combined with the "Future Power" underneath. Love it. deleted content cause I hit reply instead of edit Can't tell you …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-02-23, 20:34

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

dulu wrote on 2021-02-23, 20:30: I made a mirror image to better fit the photo: D haha. I think we all agree it's a unique looking case. Rather like it myself.

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

Posted on 2021-02-23, 18:35

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Why I said "early" Atari. Tramiel cheaped out on the initial ST models imo. The MIDI ports were great, but the sound chip was abysmal. The gfx weren't anything to write home about either, but they sufficed. I did find Atari's TOS way more stable than Amiga's Kickstart/Workbench combo on initial …

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

Posted on 2021-02-23, 16:57

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

It's all about the Miner imo. The man was a freakin marvel. A legend for both early Atari computers and later Commodore.

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Re: The great Pentium Pro haul of 2018

Posted on 2021-02-23, 16:34

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After 2½ years since picking this haul up I finally shipped out the last box of NOS parts last month. Over 80% of this haul was given away for free (just the cost of shipping). To all those who believed in this not-for-profit endeavor I am so glad you benefited from this amazing find. It all went to …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-02-23, 16:16

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Love it or hate it. It's a matter of taste. Shipping was a killer but all in all for such a rare and unique case I was happy to get it for what i paid. Feast your eyes on the Asus Vento 3600, a rare and beautiful case from circa 2005. This case immediately reminds me of the Guild Navigator scene in …

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

Posted on 2021-02-23, 16:03

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Uhmm... What? Look at the spec's for AtariST, Amiga1200, Amiga500/600 and Atari Falcon. This is no fight/war or anything, it is just facts, that the Amiga1200 is way more powerfull than an AtariST. If I may use a different platform as an example, then the Pentium eats 486 for breakfast. In the case …

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Re: OLD NOT NEW List of Free Games

Posted on 2021-02-22, 15:48

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Zup wrote on 2021-02-22, 14:28: Maybe they've implemented a regional lock? Possibly. Downloads still work for me here in the U.S.

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Re: Searching for Gender wars and Omnikron The Nomad Soul demos..

Posted on 2021-02-21, 15:24

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Quick Google search >> https://www.fileplanet.com/archive/p-72030/Om … Nomad-Soul-Demo Thanks saw it before, but was used that Fileplanet links were dead or filled with malware at least for some time, but this one is working, thanks. Yeah, it's not the same Fileplanet from yesteryear, but it still …

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Re: Searching for Gender wars and Omnikron The Nomad Soul demos..

Posted on 2021-02-21, 15:04

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EDIT: There is a demo disc that apparently has that demo : https://archive.org/details/EIDOS_Interactive_EIDOS_DEMOS I checked it, but its only video.. no playable demo. Quick Google search >> https://www.fileplanet.com/archive/p-72030/Omikron-the-Nomad-Soul-Demo Edit: Downloaded and tested. So now …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-02-20, 22:50

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I remember selling those Mitsumi drives back in the day. They were pretty good and reliable at the time. Nice little rig pickup. You and me both. Those drives bring back the old early 90s tech shop memories. Had stacks of those model drives for pretty much every mom & pop computer tower that went …

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Re: Journey of a Unisys Aquanta HS/6, aka ALR Revolution 6x6

Posted on 2021-02-20, 17:55

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

chrismeyer6 wrote on 2021-02-20, 17:50: That is a sexy beast you have there. All those screens just look fantastic . Excellent job with this machine. Thank you sir. I actually had no idea those LCD panels lit up like that on the caddies. It was a nice surprise.

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Re: Journey of a Unisys Aquanta HS/6, aka ALR Revolution 6x6

Posted on 2021-02-20, 17:36

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Just an update on those SCA 80-pin to 68-pin SCSI drive caddies. Finally got them installed on the ALR 6x6 and I have to admit I think they are quite sexy. All aluminum, including the pull handle, and with a light up LCD display. The display shows SCSI ID number, voltage, temp and which fans are in …

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Re: Vogons streaming announcement thread

Posted on 2021-02-07, 22:20

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Luckybob live streaming a motherboard repair tonight >> https://youtu.be/Zc9c7D5juuM

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-02-07, 16:55

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

After being able to resist buying ANYTHING for the last 8 months, I could not let go of a dual PPro Compaq Proliant 2500 with additional storage tower. Those are in rather good shape considering their age. That era of Proliant servers is part of the reason I have lower back issues to this day. I …

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