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

Posted on 2021-07-20, 18:02

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by chrismeyer6

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Awesome!!!!. Last August we bought a really nice used projector of eBay and we just absolutely love it and our two boys just love movie night. We were supposed to have my son's birthday party at our local planetarium but with covid we couldn't so we bought the projector and a nice screen and …

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Re: Voodoo 5 6000 Clone PCB

Posted on 2021-07-19, 14:05

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by chrismeyer6

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Excellent video as usual!!!

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

Posted on 2021-07-18, 23:07

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by chrismeyer6

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A prefinal assy test to see how the clearance is between all the components to be fitted to the modded HP slimline system. It's looking very good so far. Still need to mod the psu and front panel wiring and tidy up the back left side of the chassis. That's really coming along nicely. It's going to …

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

Posted on 2021-07-18, 21:46

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by chrismeyer6

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vad4r wrote on 2021-07-18, 20:30: Work on this PC: Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread and test my GFD: 2021_07 GFD.jpg That's sweet a Golden Orb and a GFD!!

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Re: ATI Windows 9x DDC/EDID override

Posted on 2021-07-18, 19:07

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by chrismeyer6

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Excellent news!!! I'm glad to hear the test worked. Happy 1600x1200 gaming!!!

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Re: PC Chips M571 K6-3+ Support - UPDATED WITH BENCHMARKS

Posted on 2021-07-18, 02:19

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by chrismeyer6

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Sadly finding the time is the hardest part no doubt about that.

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Re: PC Chips M571 K6-3+ Support - UPDATED WITH BENCHMARKS

Posted on 2021-07-18, 01:23

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by chrismeyer6

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Looking at your results honestly that system has got quite a good level of performance. It may not be a super duper power house but it's got solid performance that you can load your games on and just have a great time with it.

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Re: PC Chips M571 K6-3+ Support

Posted on 2021-07-17, 02:04

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by chrismeyer6

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That bigger heatsink is definitely helping if the CPU is being overvolted my guess is that it was running hotter than that smaller heatsink could dissipate effectively. Reading your thread this sounds like it's going to be a great glide gaming system. I'm looking forward to seeing how the benchmarks …

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

Posted on 2021-07-17, 01:58

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by chrismeyer6

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It's summer, and since summer always puts me in a PowerPC lovin' kinda mood, I brought out Super G5: my quad-core, liquid-cooled, air-conditioner breaking, crème de la crème of PPC rigs. And since tomorrow is movie night, I've decided to put those AltiVec-infused wonder cores to work by creating a …

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Re: Heatsink/Fan for Socket 370

Posted on 2021-07-16, 14:07

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by chrismeyer6

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So much for a software route. You can always use an IR thermometer or a thermometer with a temp probe and attach it to the bottom of the heatsink close to where the CPU die is.

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Re: Heatsink/Fan for Socket 370

Posted on 2021-07-16, 12:58

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by chrismeyer6

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You can try bending the clip ever so slightly to get a little bit more mounting pressure. But just keep an eye on the CPU temps and if they are good you can leave not be.

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Re: Modding old IBM 5160 case - Building socket 7 Retro station for games and Pixel art work

Posted on 2021-07-16, 11:11

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by chrismeyer6

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Nice job fixing up that 5160 case. I'm looking forward to seeing the finished build!

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-07-16, 11:09

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by chrismeyer6

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bjwil1991 wrote on 2021-07-16, 09:34: Won a GUS Max (GF1) on another auction site. Seller's photo: 5593195711302jimc.jpeg Sweet!! Those are getting really hard to find without having to sell a few organs or family members.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-07-16, 11:07

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by chrismeyer6

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IBM PS/1 Multimedia tower dx33, almost complete, sadly original screen was replaced as i guess the older gentleman had hard time with smaller screen. Otherwise it seems to just been unpacked and left to dust as it still was on the gentleman's desk. That's an awesome find what a beautiful setup that …

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

Posted on 2021-07-16, 10:32

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by chrismeyer6

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It's summer, and since summer always puts me in a PowerPC lovin' kinda mood, I brought out Super G5: my quad-core, liquid-cooled, air-conditioner breaking, crème de la crème of PPC rigs. And since tomorrow is movie night, I've decided to put those AltiVec-infused wonder cores to work by creating a …

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

Posted on 2021-07-15, 20:04

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by chrismeyer6

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Nice job getting that motherboard in there. What's the plan for the expansion cards since the slot openings are horizontal for a riser card setup? As BitWrangler stated but we'll see what happens. I'm enjoying doing this. Never done it before at all. As long as your enjoying the build that's truly …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-07-15, 19:32

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by chrismeyer6

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All of those places are at least 2 hours north of me I live in the heart of the Pine Barrens in a very rural area. I do appreciate your time in looking up those locations thank you

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-07-15, 14:01

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by chrismeyer6

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Nice finds I wish I could find stuff like that by me but sadly there's no ewaste places anywhere near me and for the 6 years I've owned my house I've yet to see any computers or come to think of it any electronics out to the curb for garbage either.

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

Posted on 2021-07-15, 12:59

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by chrismeyer6

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Nice job getting that motherboard in there. What's the plan for the expansion cards since the slot openings are horizontal for a riser card setup?

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Re: Old servers - what are they good for?

Posted on 2021-07-15, 12:26

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by chrismeyer6

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Nah think most people think like you. I'd say the small subset interested in Enterprise hardware are people who were interested but never worked in IT that can now afford to check out what was locked away in the server room or the old Sys admins that miss the good ol days. For me this was mid …

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