Re: Which one of you was it?

Posted on 2020-02-23, 15:12

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by rob8086

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I hate that. That happened to me last year. I was asking a guy "is that an Athlon XP or P4 sticker?" and he was being incoherent and slow and meanwhile someone bought it for $25. But that is not the seller's fault. Either buy something while you can, or accept that any hesitation may cause someone …

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Re: The Search for the Last PCMCIA Wireless Card

Posted on 2020-02-22, 06:09

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by rob8086

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gdjacobs wrote on 2020-02-22, 02:34: You need to differentiate between PCMCIA, PCCard, and ExpressCard. Right you are! I've always used PCMCIA as kind of a catch-all and that's wrong. For my specific purposes, I'm looking for PC Cards for an Inspiron 8100.

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Re: Tualatin Laptops

Posted on 2020-02-22, 04:07

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by rob8086

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First: all of your replies are awesome. Seriously, thank you for all your input. Second: this is a deep, winding, perilous rabbit hole. I ended up grabbing an Inspiron 8100 for the simple fact that the CPU and GPU are field serviceable. It's true the 815EP chipset caps me at 512MB RAM, but I'm …

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Re: Which one of you was it?

Posted on 2020-02-22, 00:29

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by rob8086

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Cobra42898 wrote on 2020-02-21, 23:45: i had an 8200 like that. fantastic machine except the 4500rpm hdd. a ram upgrade was amazing for it. Id have another if i got the right deal. 4500RPM... good golly. The 8100 I picked up apparently has a 4200 spin in it! Think it might even be worth benching it …

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The Search for the Last PCMCIA Wireless Card

Posted on 2020-02-21, 23:47

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by rob8086

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As the title implies, I'm trying to find what the very last type of PCMCIA wireless card was. I can comfortably say there are no PCMCIA 802.11ac cards in existence. But! I did find a Cisco card supporting draft 802.11n, found here . So I guess what I'm trying to figure out is if there are any newer …

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Re: Tualatin Laptops

Posted on 2020-02-21, 23:18

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by rob8086

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First: all of your replies are awesome. Seriously, thank you for all your input. Second: this is a deep, winding, perilous rabbit hole. I ended up grabbing an Inspiron 8100 for the simple fact that the CPU and GPU are field serviceable. It's true the 815EP chipset caps me at 512MB RAM, but I'm …

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Re: Which one of you was it?

Posted on 2020-02-21, 23:12

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by rob8086

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Not I! I'm sniping other people's ISA/PCI cards and CD drives, mostly. We have a stack of old Dell laptops in our storage room at work, so no need to hit eBay for those, if I had any interest -- which I don't. ;-) I did check, and there are no Inspiron 8100s. You're a good man, Sir Nickity Brown.

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Re: Which one of you was it?

Posted on 2020-02-21, 23:02

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by rob8086

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Just look for another, and move on..... And it was not me. I don't have any interest in laptops anyway, unless I need a new daily driver, and a modern one will serve me better. As I am running Linux and want to have horse powers. EDIT: Just remember. Of all the people that are shopping computer …

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Re: Which one of you was it?

Posted on 2020-02-21, 22:13

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by rob8086

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What was so special about this laptop? A quick sold auctions on ebay search gives many sold ones for cheap... This laptop has the chipset I want and has a removable/upgradable GPU. And it was clean . Like it looked brand new and the guy wanted $60 for it. That laptop is the same model, but is …

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Re: Which one of you was it?

Posted on 2020-02-21, 21:34

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by rob8086

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kolderman wrote on 2020-02-21, 08:23: So why didn't you buy it when you had the chance? I had actually asked the seller a question about it and was waiting for a response when it went poof. Learned my lesson, haha.

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Re: Tualatin Laptops

Posted on 2020-02-21, 03:22

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by rob8086

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I've actually got 2 Thinkpad T23's - one in great physical condition with the high res screen, and one in rough looking shape with the lower res screen. Both have the 1.13Ghz Tualatin. Of course the nice looking one with the high-res screen has the "Red Screen on start" issue and weird intermittent …

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Which one of you was it?

Posted on 2020-02-21, 03:11

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by rob8086

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One of you knew I was looking at that Inspiron 8100. The one on eBay. The one in Michigan. And you bought it anyway! Even though I specifically didn't want you to! I only have one question: how could you? EDIT: You monster!

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Re: Tualatin Laptops

Posted on 2020-02-21, 00:51

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by rob8086

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Looks like these also sport a Pentium III-M Tualatin HP Pavilion N5495 / F3942H Toshiba Portege 3500 - comes with the 1.33Ghz CPU You could always get a laptop with a lower speed CPU and then upgrade the CPU as they are socketed. I see a bunch of the 1.2Ghz CPUs on eBay for as little as $10 shipped …

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Re: Tualatin Laptops

Posted on 2020-02-21, 00:44

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by rob8086

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H3nrik V! wrote on 2020-02-20, 08:46: You might wanna read this post: Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today Funny enough, less than 1 hour after your own post 😀 HAH! Never thought I'd say this, but I guess I'm looking for a Compaq 😍

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Tualatin Laptops

Posted on 2020-02-20, 05:13

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by rob8086

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In late 2001, Intel rolled out the Mobile Pentium III-M. They ranged in frequency from 867MHz to 1.33GHz and were the most powerful mobile Pentium IIIs ever to exist. Naturally, I want one. I've been able to find a couple of small, partial lists but am having trouble finding a definitive listing of …

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Re: Table Fog & 8-bit Paletted Textures

Posted on 2018-03-12, 00:43

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by rob8086

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Oh, wow. Thank you for that explanation. After reading this, I have like... zero interest in another ATI build. Haha

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Re: Table Fog & 8-bit Paletted Textures

Posted on 2018-03-07, 23:18

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by rob8086

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Awesome! Thank you, appreciate the mini-lesson. So it sounds like it's mostly ports that would require paletted texture support. Considering how many titles that could cover (Mortal Kombat, GTA, Tony Hawk, FF off the top of my head), that seems pretty important!

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Re: Table Fog & 8-bit Paletted Textures

Posted on 2018-03-07, 19:04

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by rob8086

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Thank you for that response. It led to me searching for things a little differently and I stumbled upon a partial list of titles where table fog (which I now understand to be the mechanism by which fog is rendered - duh) is actually a really big deal. The list I found (so far): * Centipede * Rainbow …

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Table Fog & 8-bit Paletted Textures

Posted on 2018-03-07, 17:32

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by rob8086

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What are they and why do they matter? I gather that these technologies are relied upon by older titles (specifically DirectX v3-5, pre-1998) and I understand Radeons and GeForce 6+ do not support them. Is that to say Radeons do not support DirectX/D3D v3-5? Can anyone tell me what examples of these …

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Re: Period correct build?

Posted on 2018-03-06, 21:40

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by rob8086

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Honestly, if I can put it in a modern case with a modern power supply, it's going to keep my precious, vintage components alive that much longer. So I guess I like "period correct" in the inside, modern materials, power, and cooling on the outside.

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