Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2022-10-09, 04:43

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Won and bought an Apple AirPort Time Capsule 1TB and a MacBook Air M1 (2020). Photos below: b098cf98-b448-4f0f-a1c7-449c50268758ster_09291.jpg d93204ce-1808-4e1a-b662-600e5ccbf5afbus1_10064.jpg ee75acac-642c-489d-b713-5a48022128d5bus1_10062.jpg I legit forgot that they had 1TB models. I'm just so …

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

Posted on 2022-10-08, 00:35

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I got my 486 system almost where I wanted it before work, but got stuck on TES Arena refusing to display the title screen. No matter what I do, it just hangs the system. Could this be the fault of my ATi Mach 32 VLB? I'm kinda lost otherwise.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-10-06, 06:56

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darry wrote on 2022-10-06, 04:50: Scored a working early model XBox One (1540) for 20 CAN$ at a thrift store. It just needed a PSU and a compatible controller. Not quite retro yet, I admit. Well, you can argue that once you have Rare Replay and a bunch of old original xbox games installed, it sort …

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

Posted on 2022-09-25, 23:07

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Today I’ve spent my time being shocked by eBay prices for the Commodore 64. Everything is designed to be a bid war or is $150, which is just insane to me. There’s only millions out there.

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Re: Looking for advice on an impending 486 build

Posted on 2022-09-24, 20:29

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Now I know that I am technically necro bumping this thread, but I have some new questions to ask now that I am in a far better state with this machine, albeit with a few minor nags here and there. As it stands, the system is working completely now that I have an Acer MIO-400KF as my IO card. The VLB …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2022-09-22, 03:20

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Well, that was a good $13 spent. Filename 30B1805C-AAF6-47F4-99B0-F0F3F4242755.jpeg File size 398.96 KiB Views 1582 views Filename 1D6B9AD0-8234-4358-9F4B-16705F270358.jpeg File size 313.21 KiB Views 1582 views

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

Posted on 2022-09-20, 23:26

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Today I learned that playboy apparently wanted to inform its readers about how cool the 3DFX Voodoo and Rendition Verité were. Filename CDA2071E-578D-452B-A824-F3C76F95C51D.jpeg File size 209.49 KiB Views 1295 views 1997 was a wild time, and just look at that off-model Duke.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-09-20, 02:34

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Radical has a hate boner for ASUS and carries on as if they are the only AIB that produced shit boards, truth is they all produced shit boards occasionally back in the day due to the capacitor plague which hit all board partners. Even now AIBs still produce shit boards but are smart enough to label …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-09-13, 23:41

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Well, maybe try 3 will get me a working mouse and CD drive on my never-launched 486 build. Filename 09D384D5-2516-44E1-AA45-4505477C23E8.jpeg File size 1.88 MiB Views 1771 views

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2022-09-11, 05:10

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I actually made a nostalgia purchase today, grabbing something I genuinely loved when I was a kid. Filename IMG_0431.jpg File size 1.36 MiB Views 1753 views It's in great condition, and whoever sold it included a burnt copy of the Craftsman truck expansion.

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

Posted on 2022-09-08, 03:17

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Well, work worked out for me once more. I managed to find some 72 pin ram, which is cool and all. I also managed to find an 8100 HPV card that can accelerate my 7100’s video at the cost of not that great AV capabilities going away. 63F61C6A-479A-43E9-B7D5-4EA02D156764.jpeg That’s cool, but, you know …

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

Posted on 2022-09-07, 18:41

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Today I started setting up my reverse sleeper, at least before I realized I was actually using all of my SATA SSDs. So instead I just have more airflow than 2003 actually needs. Filename 6615C231-E054-42AE-ABD7-4FD999AE9322.jpeg File size 337.89 KiB Views 1054 views

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-09-07, 01:34

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Artex wrote on 2022-09-07, 01:13: BetaC wrote on 2022-09-06, 22:42: I’d love to find a manual for it, but that’s apparently not easy to do This looks like it? Thanks.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-09-06, 22:42

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Well I guess I’m replacing my Socket 1 system for the time being, since I now have a rather nice 2002(with Audigy 2ZS from 2003) build ready to go thanks to finding this P4 motherboard. I’d love to find a manual for it, but that’s apparently not easy to do without ads or watermarks. CE921AF5-44D2- …

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

Posted on 2022-09-06, 01:53

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Well, before I find some much older systems, I managed to find myself a rather nice card. Filename 09F79819-761A-4DA5-B3EC-26074F264D52.jpeg File size 1.82 MiB Views 1349 views I mean I know that a Quadro 980XGL is overkill for a Slot 1 system that can almost be stable at 900MHz, but I don’t have a …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-08-31, 19:18

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Finally found myself a DX-50. Don’t know if I’ll ever actually use it, but like my 286, it’s nice to have for collection purposes. Filename 6CBD934A-F35D-42A3-A04C-24A677E936E2.jpeg File size 359.41 KiB Views 1497 views

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-08-19, 20:53

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Today I got an only lightly damaged 350Mhz blueberry iMac Filename F871D3D6-729D-4E52-85E5-F97707F03405.jpeg File size 1.5 MiB Views 1694 views

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2022-08-17, 17:27

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Yeah buddy, time to phase some borg Filename 4F24B59F-A483-4060-8047-0CFA2F5EAD58.jpeg File size 1.85 MiB Views 1959 views

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2022-08-09, 23:06

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Well I managed to get this today, locally, for about $35. Sure, it’s the three disk rerelease, but I’m not going to complain about the condition. Filename 100E2AFB-8B83-465A-B08B-F20D4243CBB6.jpeg File size 1.91 MiB Views 1199 views I thinks it’s only missing the registration. Filename CE1EC795- …

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

Posted on 2022-08-09, 07:04

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Somewhat not-retro given the age of things, but it's something that exists for the sake of easier transferring of files to retro, so I digress. I spent today working, and installing a combination of OSX 10.4 and 10.6.8 on my recently bought Mac Mini 2007. The former is for writing directly to SD …

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