Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on Yesterday, 13:19
Sold off a mATX Socket 370 motherboard. Immediate seller's remorse, now looking through motherboards I have no need of just because..
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2021-03-03, 11:06
I bought a 333MHz Celeron but was sent a 266MHz Pentium 2. If the seller gives me the option to keep or send back I was wondering what CPU was likely to be faster? I've got a 66FSB Slot 1 system. The extra cache should make a world of difference at stock speeds but the 333 celeron will probably …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2021-03-03, 07:01
486sx 25 is like fast 386 33 still good deal. Sometimes I am OCD about what exactly wanted to get so I paid little more to get 386 parts to rebuild my compaq computers. It's more like a 386DX40 actually. Slightly to significantly faster thn even that, actually, depending on workload. Things like …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2021-03-03, 06:53
Miphee wrote on 2021-03-01, 10:13: Got a box of Z80 clones made in GDR. Just a little memento of the Eastern Bloc. For a moment I thought someone started refabbing these when you said clone :lol
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2021-03-03, 06:51
Set up a Pimiga microsd to use with my spare Pi3B, and I must say I am having as much fun with it as I normally have on a real Amiga.. It's a truly fantastic emulation effort. There are now a PI-400 specific edition of PiMiga. ;-) Ahh.. I have about 4 Pi3Bs, two of which are idle, but no 4s. One of …
Re: Any others given up on the hobby?
Posted on 2021-02-27, 21:14
Not to throw this thread off topic, but as a semi related note to the whole "Retro computing leads to other hobbies" thing: I allways felt like there was a bit of a disconnect between retro computer gamers/collectors and the *average* retro gaming crowed. Idk if it's all the work that goes into …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2021-02-27, 21:08
Set up a Pimiga microsd to use with my spare Pi3B, and I must say I am having as much fun with it as I normally have on a real Amiga.. It's a truly fantastic emulation effort.
Re: What game are you playing now?
Posted on 2021-02-26, 19:56
I had a blast playing Roof Rage in Arcade mode tonight. Too bad the multiplayer for this game is dead, it's amazing silly fun.
Re: Sound Blaster 16 & AWE: From best to worst
Posted on 2021-02-25, 21:06
Not true, a lot of Vibras have hanging note issues. I'm not sure why CT4170 is marked as not having it though. I have one, but never tested it. Regardless, there are several revisions of the CT4170 with different components on different (but similar) PCBs. Some have newer revisions of CT2511 with …
Re: Any others given up on the hobby?
Posted on 2021-02-24, 21:19
I already have an A500 with a 42MHz accelerator and 8GB CF-IDE hard drive. All set for that. I don't care much for Mac stuff though. The only XP box I have is a Socket 754 Athlon64 3700+ and to be honest I'm not even sure having Windows XP is actually a warranted necessity. Sell me on the idea, why …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2021-02-24, 18:54
Not as exciting as some of the stuff here but my FireGL V7100 arrived today as a backup for the X850PRO PCIe in my LGA775 Win98 box.
Re: What game are you playing now?
Posted on 2021-02-24, 18:52
I just binge watched The Witcher show and was totally underwhelmed by it. It still gave me the urge to try The Withcer out for the third time, and I was absolutely totally underwhelmed by it a third time as well. Now I don't even dare touch the books. The tv series jumped around too much, didn't …
Re: Any others given up on the hobby?
Posted on 2021-02-24, 18:48
I have to say that after four years of active hoarding and trying my hand at building anything from a 386 to an LGA775 I feel like the thrill has worn off considerably. I'm not burned out of the hobby or anything yet, but there isn't as much that excites me as it used to, at least with regards to …
Re: What game are you playing now?
Posted on 2021-02-24, 07:30
I just binge watched The Witcher show and was totally underwhelmed by it. It still gave me the urge to try The Withcer out for the third time, and I was absolutely totally underwhelmed by it a third time as well. Now I don't even dare touch the books.
Re: What game are you playing now?
Posted on 2021-02-16, 10:17
Just finished Quake 4 on my 6800 Ultra ! I was having so much fun. After work today I will start a new playthrough of Doom 3 can't get enough of id Tech 4 I actually own this game and never played it beyond the first two levels; maybe I should? I loved DOOM 3 and expansion but this did not really …
Re: E-Wave : an ESS based waveblaster card
Posted on 2021-02-16, 10:17
1541 wrote on 2021-02-16, 09:11: Wavetable header cleaned and waiting... 😀 terratec.jpg Ahh, Terratec Gold 16/96 Eh? Great card. 😀 I have YucatanFX on mine which turns it basically into a Maestro 32 😁
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2021-02-16, 08:15
xcomcmdr wrote on 2021-02-16, 07:25: Yesterday I finally fixed a CRT wobble problem by putting two and two together and put the oldschool cordless land-line phone far away from the screen. Problem fixed. Heh. Haha I remember how wonky they would get when mine would ring near a CRT.
Re: What game are you playing now?
Posted on 2021-02-16, 07:05
Just finished Quake 4 on my 6800 Ultra ! I was having so much fun. After work today I will start a new playthrough of Doom 3 can't get enough of id Tech 4 I actually own this game and never played it beyond the first two levels; maybe I should? I loved DOOM 3 and expansion but this did not really …
Re: What game are you playing now?
Posted on 2021-02-15, 06:31
The first (not actually first, as they were developed at the same time) Dune by EIDOS is a fantastic and very faithful adaptation of the book, I absolutely love it. Dune II was one of my first PC gaming darlings, and I got around to playing the first game not until a few years later, but once I …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2021-02-15, 06:28
Ordered a new 400W OK-ish quality PSU by Aerocool for my LGA775. I was using a 15 year old OEM model built by FSP, but it had bulging caps. Yesterday it started making crackling noises, and then while running 3DMark the system just shut down. The PSU had bulging caps in it, so I guess that's …
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