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

Posted on 2021-03-18, 08:28

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Haven't posted anything in awhile, did some minor stuff today for a few different computers. First up, I had the itch to build a late 2004 system floating around in the back of my mind, with early Socket 775 and first gen PCIe. While doing some extensive physical media backups (scans and CD/Floppy …

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Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-06-24, 23:01

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Is this really all that matters anymore these days when it comes to collecting? I mean we used to have a couple ebay threads that were thankfully closed and there's heaps more when it comes to collecting and actually using this stuff. Space. I am sure for a lot of people, it comes to the point …

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Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-06-22, 00:55

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Just don't tell them. Simple as that. Do they really need to know why you want to buy it? I've found that it usually helps when trying to convince someone to post across the country when it's a pick up only listening on Gumtree. Straight up asking for postage on classifieds usually gets me ignored, …

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Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-06-21, 22:38

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Little rant from me. I've taken a break from hardware lately. Prices have gone ballistic locally, and I'm guessing that is in part due to COVID-19 and people having more free time to spend on their hobbies. Prices on new hardware is up too. Understandable, but still a bummer. Instead I've been …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2020-05-19, 06:45

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Small find in local roadside throwout recently: https://i.imgur.com/T4faUejl.jpg https://i.imgur.com/jQBxbGTl.jpg ABIT Slotket III with box. As a bit of an ABIT fanboy, this was nice to find! Has nice SECC plastic housing as opposed to a bare PCB. Hadn't seen one in person before, only in online …

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

Posted on 2020-05-09, 08:45

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Not very interesting. Installed a copper heat sink on a P233 MMX. Ideally there'll be enough case airflow that it won't need a fan, but I'll test both scenarios.

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

Posted on 2020-04-29, 07:09

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Simple retro activity today -- swapped out the ink ribbon for my Panasonic KX-P2123. I bought some 8mm width ribbon awhile ago and forgot about it. It cost less than $1.00 each. Today I felt like using it. Tools: Flat head screwdriver, ribbon cartridge, ink ribbon. https://i.imgur.com/EHypfaUl.jpg …

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Re: I'm new here, from South Africa, ask me anything

Posted on 2020-04-21, 00:37

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Welcome! What's the retro computing / gaming scene like in South Africa?

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

Posted on 2020-04-19, 04:05

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Social isolation, quarantine and having all this time at home as been nice. It's given me a chance to catch up on a backlog of things on my to do list, as before that I've been a busy bee. Between that, I've done some other retro activities. https://i.imgur.com/hEEsGxu.png The first was excessive OS …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-03-27, 04:07

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Another card I've been after for awhile to the GPU collection! Though I've been moving away from this era lately, the opportunity to snag another Triplex card couldn't be left untouched. It joins the GeForce3 Ti and GeForce2 - the Triplex Millennium Silver GeForce4 MX440 Dual Head! https://i.imgur. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) software/OS today

Posted on 2020-03-05, 02:31

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Small teaser for latest software acquisition...

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2020-02-18, 15:06

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Wow! Image everything of course. I plan on getting around to doing that when I have some time. Will likely put the manual through the feed scanner too. I'll also have to thoroughly check my 5.25" drives as they are very rarely used, and it's not something I want chewing up the floppies. A good …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2020-02-18, 11:03

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Another lucky roadside find near me! First up: A whole lot of 5.25" Floppies. https://i.imgur.com/GL8AGy0l.jpg https://i.imgur.com/kIxb0oSl.jpg https://i.imgur.com/gkH5NO8l.jpg https://i.imgur.com/w5SDzqHl.jpg https://i.imgur.com/BA7BGXUl.jpg https://i.imgur.com/SbH6lDOl.jpg https://i.imgur.com/ …

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Re: Buying new boxes to store motherboards individually

Posted on 2020-01-23, 01:22

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Got any small local PC stores? Might be worth asking them for their spare boxes. Works great here, they are happy to give them away rather than having to recycle them. It's free and good for the environment too.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-01-22, 23:43

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Just a few pictures of some goodies for my Dimension95 project. First up - NOS Promise IDE Caddies & Controller Card. 1 x Promise FastSwap 66 Caddy 1 x TX2000 Pro, which includes a FastTrak TX2000 Card & two SuperSwap 1000 Caddies https://i.imgur.com/cJxLhwwl.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Ix0e8yKl.jpg …

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

Posted on 2020-01-09, 14:42

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I've been in the mood to work on my "Dimension95" / Pentium 1 project some more lately. I don't want to spoil too much, but today I did a very nondescript 3D render from Autodesk Release 14 (1998) :) I love old 3D renders. I also tested another IDE hard drive I bought, a 20GB Maxtor D740X. Seller …

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Re: The Case Badge Thread

Posted on 2020-01-01, 01:23

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I don't have higher res copies of some of these anymore. I'll share what I do have. Some may be reposts but hey, it's all good. In no particular order - https://i.imgur.com/O3qaSOT.jpg https://i.imgur.com/ex8kpGY.jpg https://i.imgur.com/y8xhYeB.jpg https://i.imgur.com/ffwXfKy.jpg https://i.imgur.com …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-12-19, 07:08

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A bit more modern than my usual goodies, but something I'm quite looking forward to. https://i.imgur.com/6G4dbZxl.jpg https://i.imgur.com/3j6E1sIl.jpg https://i.imgur.com/rmXJ2dtl.jpg https://i.imgur.com/H6nSAxGl.jpg Two reference ATI HD 3870s, and two custom PCB Gigabyte ATI HD 4870s. Intel …

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Re: [WIP] BlackLight: A Pentium II / NT 4.0 Multimedia Workstation feat. Hand Built Water Cooling Blocks

Posted on 2019-11-20, 16:33

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That is very good. Hopefully is dose not leak latter down the road. But I have to ask? Why not a cross drilled block? They're very simple to make and were very popular back in the day. Not that your block is bad or anything. Just curious to why you went that way you did with the block. Had made …

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Re: [WIP] BlackLight: A Pentium II / NT 4.0 Multimedia Workstation feat. Hand Built Water Cooling Blocks

Posted on 2019-11-20, 06:25

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That gasket scares me. Hopefully it doesn't leak. if you use it with a sealant Id opt for stuff Toyota makes, its called something like.FIPG Black Silicon Sealant. Already leak tested, don't worry! :D It didn't leak even without the silicone after facing & lapping both the aluminium and acetal …

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