Re: Upcoming Voodoo 3 rebuild- are the specs ok so far or what would you change?
Posted on 2024-05-22, 16:40
The iron gate chip set really is fine I used a MSI Irongate based motherboard for many years as a point of sale system with zero issues.
Re: Voodoo 4400H
Posted on 2024-05-20, 13:39
Wow that's a beautiful card. Seriously amazing work thank you for sharing.
Re: Is the Pentium 4 underrated for retro computing?
Posted on 2024-05-20, 13:32
It was the Hercules Game Theater XP sound card.
Re: Compaq FDD on parallel port - How to make it work?
Posted on 2024-05-19, 19:11
Can you post some more pictures of the floppy drive? There might be some kind of non-standard power plug on it.
Re: Windows 10 on Core2Duo
Posted on 2024-05-19, 12:27
That should be fine for windows 10 it's a similar era as Core 2
Re: Bought these games today
Posted on 2024-05-18, 18:22
Was out getting a new computer chair and decided to stop in Value Village next door to Staples. Found a sealed copy of Command & Conquer 3: Tiberian Wars (I actually own the Kane Edition), the C&C 3 Pre-Order bonus, which is the Original Command & Conquer. I didn't even know this was a thing. Has …
Re: Windows 10 on Core2Duo
Posted on 2024-05-17, 19:07
It'll still run. My wife's older laptop was similar CPU and 4 gigs of RAM. It served her needs fine untill the battery failed
Re: Windows 10 on Core2Duo
Posted on 2024-05-17, 18:24
I had windows 10 installed on my old core 2 E8600 system with 8 gigs of ddr2 1066 and honestly it ran just fine. It wasn't a speed demon or anything but with a SSD it was snappy enough.
Re: Voodoo 2 SLI Retro Sleeper Build
Posted on 2024-05-16, 18:07
That's a beautiful system you built. I really like those heatsinks on the voodoo's
Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread
Posted on 2024-05-16, 12:55
I like that metal armor on your ide cable.
Re: Upcoming Voodoo 3 rebuild- are the specs ok so far or what would you change?
Posted on 2024-05-16, 00:42
GA-7IXE AMD Irongate = asking for trouble. Unstable chipset, flaky boards. From my own experience with Iron Gate it really wasn't that bad. Back around 06 I built a point of sale system for my mom's restaurant using a MSI irongate based board with a 1ghz slot A athlon and it was rock solid for the …
Re: What game are you playing now?
Posted on 2024-05-15, 19:40
Started playing Halo 3: ODST . I ordered this a while ago, and it finally arrived today. Well, this game sure hits different. The atmosphere is darker, and the somber music as well as the muted colors reflect that. Gameplay wise, it's similar to Halo 3 of course, with a few small twists like the …
Re: What game are you playing now?
Posted on 2024-05-10, 11:57
Halo 3 campaign and multiplayer was just a great time. I logged so many hours doing both such good times.
Re: Question about XP amd64 vs 32-bit
Posted on 2024-05-09, 10:16
I think you'll like it. I used it personally for years and it was stable and I had no compatibility issues with any games or other software I used.
Re: Is the Pentium 4 underrated for retro computing?
Posted on 2024-05-05, 15:31
If that's the case then DOS compatibility should be pretty good.
Re: Question about XP amd64 vs 32-bit
Posted on 2024-05-05, 15:12
I ran XP-64 on my Core 2 system for years with 8 gigs of RAM. It was stable as a rock and I had no issues with any software or games I ran. If you have a copy of it I'd say use it and don't look back.
Re: Is the Pentium 4 underrated for retro computing?
Posted on 2024-05-05, 15:11
Isn't there P4 boards with the SB Link connector for better DOS compatibility?
Re: Trying to save an ASUS ISA-386U3Q, ideas appreciated.
Posted on 2024-05-03, 04:20
I would start with replacing the cmos battery. I've had many many boards over the years either play dead or act really strangely with a dead,low, or missing bios battery. Once the system posts can you get into your OS?
Re: What am I looking at?
Posted on 2024-05-02, 17:47
That looks to me like a good ole fashioned factory bodge wire repair.
Re: Bought these games today
Posted on 2024-05-01, 01:39
Thrift store finds from the past month or so: That is quite the stack of super fun games. Quake wars was a blast when I came out I'm not 100% sure if it's still has servers up but I know there have been lots of private servers for it. I'd never played Quake Wars before, but I figured I'd grab it …
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