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

Posted on 2018-09-21, 11:04

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by Bancho

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Installed DOS 6.22 on the 166MMX I built yesterday. Installed the drivers for the PAS16 and software (Games & Benchmarking stuff). The PAS sounds great but i'm having difficulty with the Mixer. I've followed the guide on Nerdy Pleasures but the Music is a lot lower in volume than the Sound FX. I …

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

Posted on 2018-09-20, 23:04

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by Bancho

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oeuvre wrote: Looks good! How many times did you cut yourself? Only the once thankfully and that was from trying to feed the IDE cable in a small awkward space at the top. Either i am more careful now or I've got iron hands immune from cuts off cheap Chinese steel! hahaha 🤣 🤣

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-09-20, 22:13

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by Bancho

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Ebay gave me some free money so I caved in and bought this: That's after cleaning, it was in a pretty dire looking state with the front case hanging off (almost all the screw mounts snapped off) and tons of dirt. The cracks in the paint have bubbled so I can assume that's rust. The floppy drive and …

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

Posted on 2018-09-20, 15:49

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by Bancho

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I recently sold on my Gigabyte TX3 motherboard to a friend as he had been asking if he could buy it from me for ages and having recently picked up a Asus TX97 ATX board I agreed to sell it to him. This meant it left my AT case empty and I couldn't have that! So I assembled this today. Funnily enough …

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

Posted on 2018-09-18, 20:21

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by Bancho

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Following on from my post earlier about the 200mmx. I've been installing stuff and testing out the thing with some Midi's! I love listening to how midis sound on different hardware. Fitted a Turtle Beach Pinnacle with the HOMAC daughter board along side the AWE32. The card is so clean on its audio …

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

Posted on 2018-09-18, 13:50

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by Bancho

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Now that i've finished with my K6 III+ build and happy with how it is i've now turned my attention to working on these two! https://i.imgur.com/sBB5cBal.jpg The top one is my Pentium III Tualatin build - The resource monster is what i'm calling it at the moment, i'm hoping though that it will become …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-09-18, 07:42

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by Bancho

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I bought this yesterday and It arrived today. I'm thrilled with it to say the least. Really feels like a piece of nostalgia! Sound Blaster 2.0 CT1350B in OEM Packaging. I can't say I have seen this packaging before for this card, always seeing the Black Box packaging with a picture of the card on …

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Re: ECS Elite UM8810PAIO REV:2.1

Posted on 2018-09-17, 22:51

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by Bancho

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Sorry to dig up an old thread but I've had this board for a while and want to do a build around it. I have the PS/2 bracket and VRM module and want to use a Cyrix 5x86 100GP cpu on the board. My board must have come out of a Viglen machine as the BIOS mentions that when booting - I will try and get …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-09-17, 09:34

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Two items arrived today which i'm really happy about! First off - Asus TX97-XE Rev 3.01. Really happy to have a decent ATX TX motherboard. https://i.imgur.com/byt64gXl.jpg Secondly - Diamond Monster Sound 2MB Wavetable card! Always good to pick up a wavetable card to add to my small collection. …

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Re: Orchid SoundWave 32 restoration

Posted on 2018-09-15, 22:47

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by Bancho

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Great Job on the restoration! It's always good to preserve old hardware, especially the funky weird parts like this card. I've missed out on this card a few times, and even though its probably not "the best" card from its day, its certainly an interesting one and one to have in anyone collection! …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-09-14, 14:55

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Couple of things for today, Boxed complete Yamaha DB50XG https://i.imgur.com/GQjQK0tl.jpg SST-0688 ESS ISA Sound card https://i.imgur.com/NHJJLzel.jpg NOS Abit VH6T with blown caps. Look at those lovely teapo craps! Gonna recap this and add it to the collection of Abit boards! https://i.imgur.com/ …

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Re: M-ATX Super Socket 7 Machine

Posted on 2018-09-09, 21:24

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by Bancho

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Nice looking build! Somehow I thought the M-ATX form factor was more recent than this and I didn't know SS7 systems came in this format. That CD changer looks really cool. I saw them listed on ebay a few months ago and almost pulled the trigger on one but somehow didn't. Now I wish I had :) I don't …

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

Posted on 2018-09-07, 19:41

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by Bancho

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I have been working today on what possible is the Worst designed case EVER! Its piss boiling frustrating to work in. Ladies and Gentlemen I present to you the £5 Lian Li PC-35! https://i.imgur.com/yWkBpUSl.jpg I saw this on Ebay for £5 and i took a punt on it and won it for £5. May i make it clear I …

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M-ATX Super Socket 7 Machine

Posted on 2018-09-06, 22:31

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by Bancho

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Hi All. I'd like to share with you a build that feels like it has taken forever to get to a state I feel happy with and I hope you like it. I bought this board with an idea in mind to make a small Super Socket 7 build. Its a Chaintech 5RSA2 which is based on a Rev.E Aladdin V chipset. It is hosting …

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

Posted on 2018-08-31, 19:35

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by Bancho

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I needed a rig to be able to test cards i get in (Mainly sound cards!) so threw this together tonight. Used a BX chipset as its about a solid a chipset one can get. Gigabyte GA 6BXC 2.0 Pentium 3 850@950mhz (8.5x112) 256mb Ram Asus GF4 MX460 Win98 SE Currently testing a SB32 CT3600 and a Turtle …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-08-28, 19:41

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by Bancho

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A pair of 100mhz FSB Pentium III 850mhz CPU's showed up today. One of these will be going in my Slot one machine in a Sloket.

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Re: My Socket 7 Pentium MMX build - Updated

Posted on 2018-08-25, 11:05

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by Bancho

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I very much approve of the sound setup! PAS16 FTW. Have you considered supporting that epically long AWE32 on it’s free end? With everything so tightly packed I’d be tempted to put a ‘leg’ on it so that it can’t sag down on to the PAS. Looking at the picture I think its a good suggestion mate. I'll …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-08-25, 07:06

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by Bancho

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Sound Blaster Pro 2.0 CT1600 finally to add to the ever increasing collection of sound cards!

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Re: My Socket 7 Pentium MMX build - Updated

Posted on 2018-08-24, 19:42

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by Bancho

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Been messing about with this over the past week or so. Its gone through a bit of a change on the hardware front and i'm still configuring the thing! First of all the DVD drive was giving up the ghost. It would not always show up on post and reading disks was iffy. I've had this really nice Yamaha …

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

Posted on 2018-08-18, 10:12

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by Bancho

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Installed a Arctic Silent 3 HSF in my Tualatin machine today. I was after one of these coolers for a while due to the slanted base. There are caps in close vicinity to the socket which made it impossible to install larger heatsinks. https://i.imgur.com/PcoB9SBl.jpg https://i.imgur.com/FZosB4ol.jpg …

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