Re: Looking for advice on an impending 486 build

Posted on 2021-11-13, 20:00

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Just my two cents: VLB IDE controllers are nice to have, but sometimes more trouble. Iv had a system with both VLB video and IDE corrupt on me randomly mid game multiple times. The more VLB you add the more unstable things *may* get. ymmv I don't think many early SB16s had IDE on them. Pretty sure …

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Looking for advice on an impending 486 build

Posted on 2021-11-13, 08:13

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I have managed to get a deal that I at least think is good. I snagged a GA-486VT on ebay that had a heatsinked 486DX2-66, seemingly full cache, and an unknown quantity of RAM for $100 after shipping and taxes. When it eventually gets here, I am planning on dropping it directly in to my Gateway P-75 …

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

Posted on 2021-11-12, 23:29

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I spent a good long while soldering FDD and IDE pins on to that IO card I got recently. Filename IMG_2474.jpg File size 957.67 KiB Views 1423 views

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-11-10, 22:21

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Well I managed to find a server Tualatin, and a Winbond IO card that I can hopefully solder in to being a not-so-fast floppy and ide solution for the eventual 486 I want to put together. I do wonder what the 1.45 means, though. 2E414255-80DB-481D-AA55-A10AE2C5E7C3.jpeg B2FA116F-DBDE-4B85-93BD- …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-11-04, 20:43

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Got an AppleCD 300e CD-ROM drive for my Color Classic setup. IMGP2125_.jpg that's a nice looking setup! I only have a SE/30 - always envied the color classic but damn the prices are insane! I got lucky couple of years ago. I saw a listing with asking price of 120€, with a mention that the machine …

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

Posted on 2021-10-17, 01:07

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Since I don't need this run-of-the-mill locked Pentium 2, nothing special Pentium 3, and I haven't used my Voodoo 3 in a year, I mounted them all on a wall. Filename image0.jpg File size 1.09 MiB Views 1743 views

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-10-02, 03:39

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Well I couldn’t pass up something that’s basically NIB for $5. Don’t find serial mice like that too often. Filename A1E72805-F042-41B8-AE98-740DF983B5A7.jpeg File size 1.57 MiB Views 1766 views Filename 78AE686B-B360-445A-A8DC-31E43F3C4932.jpeg File size 1.99 MiB Views 1766 views

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

Posted on 2021-09-27, 17:33

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bjwil1991 wrote on 2021-09-27, 06:15: Must've been cheap capacitors. The perfect post for 20,000.

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-09-08, 21:58

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I have mixed feelings about these remakes. Imo it needs to be a big improvement or I might as well play the original. But ok I played Morrowind with the graphics mod and it was much better. For instance the character faces stop looking like undersides of a shoe and the draw distance makes it more …

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Re: Change a game's name by one letter, to make it something completely different (just for fun!)

Posted on 2021-08-26, 23:03

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Womb Raider Womb Raider: you play as Along Quatermate, a spermatozoa, on a quest for the the fabled ovum, hoping you are nowhere near king Sodomon's mines (highly misguided edutainment title with a very wrong premise and name, and extremely strong lawsuit potential). EDIT : Just saw that somebody …

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Re: Bought these (retro) software/OS today

Posted on 2021-08-26, 23:01

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I was going to jokingly put this in hardware, since it’s a cartridge, but this’ll work just as well. Filename 11A2B402-D893-41DE-AEB9-33A7B8C0C1BD.jpeg File size 1.74 MiB Views 1874 views Of course, I don’t have an Atari 800 to play it on, because when do you ever see those for sale…

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-08-21, 05:47

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Well, I picked up a cute little Yamaha card earlier. 65995B3C-8825-428B-A0A8-69980C7BF899.jpeg Yeah, an actually Yamaha branded YMF-724. How is it? I am curious if it is a viable OPL alternative my ISA lacking rig. Even if it already has 3 soundcards atm... I can't give you an answer on that, …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-08-21, 00:29

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Well, I picked up a cute little Yamaha card earlier. Filename 65995B3C-8825-428B-A0A8-69980C7BF899.jpeg File size 1.85 MiB Views 2055 views Yeah, an actually Yamaha branded YMF-724.

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-08-19, 23:41

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Doom 2 Macintosh version on my Performa 6116CD with Roland Sound Canvas SC88 for music How are you getting your MIDI out, if I may ask? I used the OMS (open music system) program to connect the canvas with the Mac. Then i added the canvas at the music settings of quicktime. With this option, some …

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

Posted on 2021-08-19, 19:48

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As a followup, I took the second part of the A+ certification, and managed to actually score better than my first part. Once CompTIA tells CompTIA that I have passed both, I will have an official A+ certification, which, sadly, means I can't really say no to fixing family computers. I'm literally …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-08-19, 19:45

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xcomcmdr wrote on 2021-08-19, 19:33: Origin is not needed at all for the remaster, that's why I mentionned it. IIRC, it installs a thin version of origin. Even though it's running through steam, Origin is still in the background.

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

Posted on 2021-08-19, 06:39

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As a followup, I took the second part of the A+ certification, and managed to actually score better than my first part. Once CompTIA tells CompTIA that I have passed both, I will have an official A+ certification, which, sadly, means I can't really say no to fixing family computers. I'm literally …

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

Posted on 2021-08-19, 06:36

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After building a sketchy cable out of a Generic 9V 3A wall wart and a figure-of-8 cable from amazon, I finally got my VIC-20 running. I'm still missing keys, and have absolutely nothing to run on it, but hey, I'm only like $25 in to this system, $5 of which was the system alone. Sketchy power …

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

Posted on 2021-08-17, 19:08

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After building a sketchy cable out of a Generic 9V 3A wall wart and a figure-of-8 cable from amazon, I finally got my VIC-20 running. I'm still missing keys, and have absolutely nothing to run on it, but hey, I'm only like $25 in to this system, $5 of which was the system alone. image0.jpg I am …

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

Posted on 2021-08-17, 08:21

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After building a sketchy cable out of a Generic 9V 3A wall wart and a figure-of-8 cable from amazon, I finally got my VIC-20 running. I'm still missing keys, and have absolutely nothing to run on it, but hey, I'm only like $25 in to this system, $5 of which was the system alone. image0.jpg I am …

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