Re: IDE to USB adapter (again)

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EDIT: I just had a thought. USB CF readers handle CF cards as small as 8MB (smallest in my current inventory), so they likely either support CHS, or maybe CF cards are all LBA capable ? Something to check and look into, as passive CF to IDE conversion can be done in both directions, AFAIK . It …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-08-16, 20:12

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... (Anyone got ideas for other cards in funky colors I should have in this 286?) ... How about this one: td3588a2_tamarack.jpg This wonderful yellow-golden-brownish color would make a nice contrast to that standard PCB green. 512kB of RAM should also not be too generous for a 286 and a Cirrus VGA …

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Re: The Retro Web project - a better stason.org/TH99 alternative

Posted on 2022-08-16, 18:56

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Updated my bookmark. Thanks for the great job the team are doing.

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Re: Power consumption: Radeon 9600 pro X1650 Pro or GF4200ti?

Posted on 2022-08-12, 15:01

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9600 Pro, TDP 18W X1650 Pro, TDP 44W I don't know the TDP for the 4200Ti

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

Posted on 2022-08-12, 03:06

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Been doing more organising. I think I've sorted about half my collection now. Just can't stop hoarding though ^_^ Looks like you have a rather extensive motherboard collection going on. Yeah, about 150. Going to start testing soon, and thin it out to one or two for each socket (maybe 3 or 4 for …

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

Posted on 2022-08-12, 02:18

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Been doing more organising. I think I've sorted about half my collection now. Just can't stop hoarding though 😄

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Re: Cyrix 5x86 with no clock speed?

Posted on 2022-08-11, 14:54

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I think the only guarantee, if they work, will be that they work at 3 x 25 MHz. No idea why they have no speed marking. I guess it's just another lottery. You might be lucky, if you find one, and get it running at 4 x 33, or even better (and an overclock) at 4 x 40

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-08-11, 14:10

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TrashPanda wrote on 2022-08-11, 03:49: Does anyone here like Wildcats ? I have 4 or 5 different models, and 3 Oxygen VX1 (one still sealed NIB). On my list to eventually get benchmarked, and probably resold once confirmed working.

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

Posted on 2022-08-11, 14:07

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I have heard that some people are really triggered from storing cards without antistatic bags. So i bought even smaller bins and put even more cards inside. :smirk: Most of my graphics cards are stored in comic book storage boxes. Super strong and stackable, but hard to find anything specific. I'll …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-08-10, 00:57

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I source my first CRT in over a decade . It is NTSC and it is definitely no PVM, but based on some brief tests the internal DVD player looks like it is hooked up through either component or S-VIDEO (or maybe even RGB, if I am extremely lucky) as I see no composite artifacts (no dot crawl, or moiré …

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

Posted on 2022-08-08, 21:46

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V20 and 8087 were ordered for the Tandy 1000A on Friday. I decided to skip on the SmartWatch+ because the price went up, and it's not really a necessity, especially when I have SNTP on the Tandy already to set the date and time from the atomic clock. Reinstalled some of the bigger games on the …

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Re: Dealing with energy consumption of old hardware

Posted on 2022-08-08, 21:43

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Namrok wrote on 2022-08-08, 14:38: I don't know what's after lithium batteries, but I hope it's soon. People are working on solid state batteries as the next big thing. Don't know much about them yet, but they're supposed to be more efficient and longer lasting / more durable.

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Re: Dealing with energy consumption of old hardware

Posted on 2022-08-07, 18:49

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It does seem like old hardware plus modern psu wouldn’t be too spendy. But solar man. I run my computers off grid on solar. I love the Solar setup we have here, being Australia it works amazingly well and for the most part offsets the entire power bill, sadly that will be soon changing as the power …

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Re: Dealing with energy consumption of old hardware

Posted on 2022-08-07, 03:19

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MarkP wrote on 2022-08-07, 02:54: I don't crare as long as my shit turns on when I flick that big red switch.... The term "Carbon Footprint" was coined by British Petroleum. The end.. Next, you'll be saying that BP colluded with cattle farmers 😀

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Re: Dealing with energy consumption of old hardware

Posted on 2022-08-05, 23:49

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1Kw GPUs honestly worry me ...modern PCs already have heat issues with 450watt GPUs no idea how 1Kw GPUs will be cooled. If I score one, it'll be cooled with a water chiller, with the heat vented outside in the summer and heating the room in winter (instead of gas central heating). I can live with …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-08-04, 21:36

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10 year old single malt for her first adult drink? What a great parent you are, wish mine were that thoughtful :) Nahhh.... She know how to drink resposible. Things are not the same around the world, regarding alcohol. As far as I know, she has never ever drunk herself from her senses, because she …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-08-04, 20:09

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10 year old single malt for her first adult drink? What a great parent you are, wish mine were that thoughtful 😀

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Re: 486 133 MHz (33x4) on a system with 25MHz FSB?

Posted on 2022-08-04, 17:29

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Cyrix 5x86 with 4x multiplier are for the wealthy these days. I've seem Cx5x86-133 sell for over $500 :( Dafuq? I thought some of the lower speed grades sometimes had X4 enabled instead of just x2-x3 Don’t remember anymore how you identified one from the other https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php? …

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Re: 486 133 MHz (33x4) on a system with 25MHz FSB?

Posted on 2022-08-04, 13:44

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Cyrix 5x86 with 4x multiplier are for the wealthy these days. I've seem Cx5x86-133 sell for over $500 🙁

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-08-03, 15:58

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The licensing policy for NT 3.X all the way until Windows 8.1/2012 R2 is per CPU socket. Core licensing didn’t start until Windows 10/Server 2016. You can install Windows 2000 Professional officially on a single or dual socket Threadripper PC without messing with the registry as far as licensing is …

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