Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

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Just bought an Asus V9480 GeForce4 Ti 4800SE for $29.88 shipped on eBay.. the seller still has one left if you search. 99.9% positive feedback, score of 13592 - says the cards are tested and working in the sale description so hopefully it's good. Free 30 day returns of not. The card is basically …

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Re: When did PCI become popular? And when did you have your first PCI System?

Posted on 2020-04-05, 02:41

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My first PC was a Compaq Presario 9232 (120MHz Pentium with PCI) -still have it and it works great. It seems like the Pentium era really started taking advantage of it.

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

Posted on 2020-04-03, 20:18

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Someone should sell those Dallas mods on eBay. They already are, except it uses a new PCB with coin cell battery on top. However, it usually just ends up being cheaper to buy a newly manufactured Dallas chip from Mouser or Digikey since they are only $10. There are very few instances of …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-04-03, 12:48

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Always underclock the RAM and GPU to test as well. If it still occurs, it is likely a bad chip, broken solder joint, or bent legs on chips. The easiest quick fix (not long term) is to soak under the GPU BGA chip with liquid flux and reflow with a hot air pencil using a BGA/socket style square tip. …

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Re: #VOGONS IRC channel on EFNet

Posted on 2020-04-02, 18:01

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Wow, things escalated quickly..

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Re: AT mainboard on ATX cases

Posted on 2020-04-02, 12:33

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You can also 3D print one. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3850708

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Re: Need Help Ventilating / Cooling Old AT/ATX Computer Case

Posted on 2020-03-31, 13:48

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I've used hole saws successfully with a pretty clean cut, then filed the edges to make it perfectly smooth. I've done 60mm, 80mm, and 120mm. It should take less than 10 minutes start to finish. If you don't have tools, buy some to do the job right. Going to a fabricator for such a small job will …

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Re: Peculiar Behavior, Trying to install Windows 98 SE

Posted on 2020-03-30, 17:02

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Cable problem -damaged, wrong position for the drive jumper, pins aligned properly? Jumper problem - master/slave/CS? IDE channel enabled in the BIOS?

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Re: Windows 9x/ME with WPA2 router compatibility

Posted on 2020-03-30, 15:57

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You can try using Odyssey or Boingo client software. I had success with Boingo on my Toshiba Libretto with Windows 98.. or maybe it was Odyssey and I used Boingo on my Transmeta Vaio under Win2k. Either way, try Odyssey first since it is the best one by many people's experiences.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-03-30, 14:03

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Snagged a Commodore 1084S-D2 this morning off Ebay for $89 + shipping. The green is not working, but it should be an easy fix. Overall physical condition looks to be great from the seller pictures. Very minimal yellowing, few scratches/dings, and the bottom front door is still there. It should be …

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Re: How easy to change a cap?

Posted on 2020-03-29, 19:06

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Lol

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Re: Vogons members average motherboard collection size

Posted on 2020-03-29, 19:03

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Maybe around 40 full PC builds with motherboards in them, and probably another 30-40 motherboards in boxes that I'm currently organizing. I have boards from XT through dual 2011-v3.

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Re: How easy to change a cap?

Posted on 2020-03-27, 22:26

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Very easy, even with cheap equipment. Refer to the guide in my signature.

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Re: Suggest a beige 5.25" bay device?

Posted on 2020-03-27, 22:04

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VFD/LCD info display, ZIP drive, multi-CDROM changer, fan controller, NewQ Gold or Platinum, hot swap caddy, multi-card reader, IR transfer port, reservoir for watercooling, ...need more suggestions?

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Re: "Easy" screenshots on Windows

Posted on 2020-03-27, 02:30

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Irfanview, works great for almost every version of Windows.

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

Posted on 2020-03-24, 21:21

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pewpewpew wrote on 2020-03-24, 20:30: wiretap wrote on 2020-03-24, 17:46: Got the Samtron fired up on the 8088. SC-431VS? Seems I've got the driver file still. There's a risk I kept the paper manual, but first rummage no luck. I probably stowed it somewhere creative. It is a SC-431E II

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

Posted on 2020-03-24, 21:20

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imi wrote on 2020-03-24, 19:17: heh, is that the actual color, or just due to the heavy post processing? almost looks like tungsten lighting or a heater inside... looks very industrial ^^ There is post processing filters on the photo, but the LED inside the drive caddy is really close to that color …

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

Posted on 2020-03-24, 17:58

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imi wrote on 2020-03-24, 17:48: that faint glow through the HDD caddy gives me good vibes Haha thanks. It is the glow from the LED on the IDE to CF adapter inside. 🤣

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

Posted on 2020-03-24, 17:46

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Got the Samtron fired up on the 8088.

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Re: eMachines eMonster 500a Restoration/Sleeper

Posted on 2020-03-21, 09:32

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I know this isn't what you meant, but did eMachines ever offer Voodoo3 cards in their prebuilt stuff? I got this weird underclocked V3 2000 out of a system that was a re-purposed eMachines motherboard with a P3/500 in a standard ATX case. I figured whoever built the system added the V3 themselves, …

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