Re: What Stupid Thing Have You Done Recently with Your Retro Gaming Machine?

Posted on 2018-04-25, 16:18

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by Qjimbo

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Yesterday, I received a Core 2 Duo E6600 CPU in the mail, so I installed it into my WIP Dell Optiplex 745 re-build, and applied a fresh thing of Arctic Silver 5 thermal paste. ... Just how time-sensitive is thermal paste? :confused: Since you used a good brand, this isn't a problem. Good quality …

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Re: What recent hardware has the best chance of becoming "retro" in the future?

Posted on 2018-04-17, 19:10

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by Qjimbo

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Single slot video cards will be collectible. Things like ELSAs 750 Ti and 1050 and new are quite rare already and are becoming more sought after because of their uniqueness and high performance in small PCs. Wii U will probably become retro because it had such poor sales and such a short lifespan, …

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Re: Retro Hardware Prices... are NUTS!

Posted on 2018-04-13, 15:58

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by Qjimbo

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As computers get more powerful eventually we will be able to emulate whole configurations, specific graphics cards, soundcards and so on, which will make the actual hardware redundant, asides from maybe CRTs to display it on. Perhaps with the advent of quantum computing this will become possible.

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Re: Need new work PC w/o bloatware

Posted on 2018-04-13, 05:02

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by Qjimbo

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Could always go with System76 and then buy a Windows license yourself. They make some great hardware.

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Re: Retro Hardware Prices... are NUTS!

Posted on 2018-04-13, 05:00

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by Qjimbo

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I'm continuing to have luck with recycle/dumpster pulls. *knock on wood* Until that dries up, I'm not terribly worried. Ditto. It highlights how stupid things have gotten though. I can pull a graphics card out of an old dumped PC that would be $50-$100 on ebay. There needs to be a middle ground …

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Re: Retro Hardware Prices... are NUTS!

Posted on 2018-04-12, 18:54

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by Qjimbo

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It's brought about a change in attitude as well. In Vancouver there's a store called FreeGeek and a couple of years ago I went there and they let me rumage through all the AGP cards processors etc. - I got some really cheap decent old graphics cards. Next time I went there I was told they no longer …

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Re: Do all old computers go to Africa ?

Posted on 2018-04-12, 17:48

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by Qjimbo

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Desktop computers are parted out with Motherboards are shredded down and the valuable elements (e.g. gold and copper) extracted. This happens in the source country or in China from what I understand. CRTs get dismantled usually in the source country and the plastic, glass and metals recycled. Never …

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Re: Is it safe to attach an old IDE HDD from 1991 to modern pc?

Posted on 2018-04-11, 23:57

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by Qjimbo

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Yeah by "modern" pc I meant Pentium-4 :) Figured out my Acronis true image 2018 USB boot stick does not work on this machine. simply freezes on boot worked on many other newer machines. what a shame. Can anyone suggest a bootable CD/USB tool that can take an image of the HDD and put it on an USB …

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

Posted on 2018-04-11, 18:02

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by Qjimbo

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so i found not so retro monitor from Dell but with retroish resolutions(1920x1200, 1600x1200 ) it is working but sad thing is that panel is broken. as always, you can click on pictures to open in album. https://i.imgur.com/cjwCYpim.jpg https://i.imgur.com/jIA4K4cm.jpg Guess that's why it ended up …

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Re: If you had $5.000 dollars to buy retro hardware, what would you buy?

Posted on 2018-04-11, 17:12

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by Qjimbo

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I'd probably buy a bunch of CRT monitors, as these are always the most annoying to obtain and get shipped. Two Sony Trinitron CRTs, 24" 16:9 GDM-FW900 and 21" 4:3 F520. Maybe a large Mitsubishi Diamondtron as well.

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Re: Where can I find older, even parted laptops for $10-$20 online?

Posted on 2018-04-04, 23:19

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by Qjimbo

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Yeah it has to specifically be electronics recycling - not just general recycling. In my area there is one company that runs most of the centres and you can search on their website which ones take electronics. I know that some independent places will sell you scrap computers by the pound/dollar …

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Re: 3dfx Voodoo5 9000 optained!

Posted on 2018-04-04, 22:58

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by Qjimbo

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Probably because 3dfx users are still sore about how it went down back then. And Nvidia is nost likely aware of this. Still sore after almost 20 years? Thats a little extreme. I think at this point people would just be happy to be reminded of the exciting times they had playing games on Voodoo …

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Re: 3dfx Voodoo5 9000 optained!

Posted on 2018-04-04, 22:52

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by Qjimbo

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I saw this prank all over forums, reddit and facebook, great job :) It raises an interesting point though, why hasn't Nvidia capitalized on the Voodoo/3DFx brand? They seem oblivious to the nostalgia people have for it, and other companies are exploiting this, Nintendo with their classic/mini …

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Re: Where can I find older, even parted laptops for $10-$20 online?

Posted on 2018-04-04, 22:48

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by Qjimbo

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Online you're going to have trouble since old laptops are heavy and it costs more than $10-$20 to ship them, never mind package them and give the seller any kind of profit. Your cheaper options are going to be local. Check out craigslist, classified ads in the paper, local electronics and computer …

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

Posted on 2018-04-04, 21:46

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by Qjimbo

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Kinda sorta retro. Gonna make a separate post soon. https://imgur.com/a/d0MJq The original netvista had front-panel usb? Thats pretty progressive for the time. Nice project btw! Those IBM cases certainly have that nice 90s aesthetic. Removing old floppy disk labels; who invented that glue is the …

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Re: This is gonna cost Intel an ARM and a ...

Posted on 2018-04-04, 20:01

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by Qjimbo

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Nice, I'd buy an iMac to run RISC OS on it.

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Re: Retro mouse pad? :o

Posted on 2018-04-04, 18:31

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by Qjimbo

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Not really "retro" but has a vintage feel! I have a mouserug I purchased on a trip to the British Musuem. Looks like this (not mine)

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

Posted on 2018-04-03, 23:07

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by Qjimbo

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MySpace wrote: Removing old floppy disk labels; who invented that glue is the devil incarnate! GooGone doesn't work?

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Re: What Stupid Thing Have You Done Recently with Your Retro Gaming Machine?

Posted on 2018-04-03, 23:02

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by Qjimbo

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Plugging a DoM on ide cable through a ide male/male adapter.... Burned out PSU, DoM and use cable as a result. Fortunately didn't put in the second DoM in there yet back then, was lucky. Reminds me of when I put the power connector on upside down on a SATA->Mini Sata converter and fried the drive …

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Re: Win98/WinXP retro gaming machine

Posted on 2018-04-03, 21:34

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by Qjimbo

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Nice to see this progressing! I have a V5500 myself, but the AGP version, so you've definitely lucked out with the PCI one for those old Windows 98 games. Looking forward to seeing this complete.

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