Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

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Well i went and picked up that£8.50 lot today. A lot of it is junk but there is some nice parts in it too! The AST machines are in good condition, with just superficial scratches to the cases. They weigh a tonne, and need a good clean. One is a P133 and the Other is a Pentium Pro 150 Here's some of …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on Yesterday, 19:49

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Well I won this lot today https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HUGE-JOB-LOT-OF-RE … TC/114421459735

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Re: What is your dream build.

Posted on 2020-09-23, 15:30

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Pentium III Tualatin 1400-s (Korean-guy modded) @ 1470mhz (140fsb) DFI CB60-BX Rev C1 Intel BX Chipset 512 Crucial 133 CL2 Ram Nvidia Geforce 4 Ti4600 That Ti 4600 is stable @ ~92MHz bus speed? Damn! Yeah its solid. I think the board has a part to play though too. I get 11327 in 3DM 2000 with the …

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Re: What is your dream build.

Posted on 2020-09-23, 13:20

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by Bancho

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I don't have a "Dream Build" per-say but I have two systems which pretty much are my go-to systems that don't get dismantled. They may change slightly over time but the base always stays the same. These systems fulfil the requirements in need to play the games I like (DOS/Win98). My first system is …

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Re: New, beige desktop case (review and build)

Posted on 2020-09-20, 19:52

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Which beige case did you pick up? Is it possible you could post up some pictures? It's taken me a while but I've finally managed to upload some pictures of that case Awesome build! I actually picked one up in the end. A guy on ebay was selling them with all the included options and managed to get …

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

Posted on 2020-09-19, 16:16

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Done a bit of good old fashion case modding with a Dremel today. Wanted to try and add some airflow to this AT case, and I also switched out the AT Power supply for a FSP 250watt PSU. It wouldn't fit with the PSU cut out the case had as it was orientated for AT PSU's. Cut out part of the plate to …

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Re: If you were able to go back say 15-20 years ago what one motherboard would you buy ?

Posted on 2020-08-01, 08:56

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kolderman wrote on 2020-08-01, 04:30: I would hunt for a mATX SS7, not sure if they ever existed. 1agp, 2pci, 2isa (1 shared), and SBlink. Its does exist - Chaintech 5RSA2 (SB-Link, Although not populated and ESS Solo-1 Onboard)

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Re: Help locating Sound driver for MicroSolutions BackPack Bantam 181200

Posted on 2020-07-30, 07:49

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Thanks for the upload cyclone3d. Those were exactly what i was looking for! Will give these a try later. Once again many thanks!

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Re: Help locating Sound driver for MicroSolutions BackPack Bantam 181200

Posted on 2020-07-29, 20:05

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cyclone3d wrote on 2020-07-29, 13:50: I have one of these. I'll check what I have as far as software goes later on today. Awesome! That would be a big help. Thanks

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Help locating Sound driver for MicroSolutions BackPack Bantam 181200

Posted on 2020-07-29, 13:29

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I was wondering if anyone could help me locate a driver for this Parallel CD-Rom Drive i picked up. Is has an Ess1869f Sound card built in and i would like to track down the drivers for the sound part of the drive. I have the original floppy disks but they won't read for shit. I have downloaded the …

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Re: Compaq 7792 DMT - Installing WIndows 95 without working media drives. Advice please

Posted on 2020-07-29, 13:26

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I managed to freshly install Win95 on this in the end. Copied the Win95 Folder onto the D partition. Formatted C:, then ran the setup and windows installed without a hitch. I think the fact the drive was partitioned in to 3 was a big help in this instance.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-07-29, 10:56

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Picked up this curious Parallel Backpack Bantam CD-ROM/16-Bit Sound Drive. Its came with the floppy disks but these would not read, but managed to find the drivers online. At first the drive was struggling to read disks, so i cleaned the eye with some alcohol and a cotton bud and it reads them fine …

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

Posted on 2020-07-25, 13:04

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Today I've been testing out my Compaq Armada 7792 DMT Laptop. I've found that unfortunately the in-built speakers don't work, so in the mean time i have these cool battery powered Sound Blaster speakers so I am using those. This laptop has a ESS 1878 sound chip with wavetable and sounds pretty good. …

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Compaq 7792 DMT - Installing WIndows 95 without working media drives. Advice please

Posted on 2020-07-24, 17:05

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Hi All, I recently picked up a really nice Compaq 7792 DMT laptop. The issue with it is that the FDD doesn't read disks and it didn't come with the CD-ROM Drive. The original Win95 Install is still present on the machine, but its a mess. I can get into windows and access the partitions. The Laptop …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-07-21, 18:36

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I purchased a Compaq Armada 7792DMT laptop the other week. It was listed as spare/not working but the picture showed it powered on to Windows 95 and it was very reasonable priced. The laptop arrived today and overall its a really nice example, although its going to be a project as not everything is …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-07-20, 11:04

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by Bancho

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I purchased a Compaq Armada 7792DMT laptop the other week. It was listed as spare/not working but the picture showed it powered on to Windows 95 and it was very reasonable priced. The laptop arrived today and overall its a really nice example, although its going to be a project as not everything is …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-07-18, 14:33

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Picked up a Leadtek Winfast A250 Ultra. Didn't have the Full cooler like the original. I also had a Passive Zalman Cooler BNIB so i proceeded to fit that.

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2020-07-17, 11:25

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Boxed copy of Descent 2. Just need to get 3 and i will have the trilogy boxed.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-07-15, 20:20

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I bought this laptop on a whim. Its a Compaq Armada 7792DMT. Looks to be in nice coniditon. I believe this model has the Pentium 266MMX Tillamook chip inside. Until the unit arrives i won't know the full spec. I will have to try and track down the CD-ROM for it as just the floppy aint gonna fly. …

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

Posted on 2020-07-10, 16:23

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Although being a Socket 370 Board, My DFI GCB60-BX/C1 Will run my modded Tualatin Chip at 140fsb with no problems. 150fsb would boot into windows but crash when doing a 3DMark run.

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