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

Posted on 2019-09-01, 11:07

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by RandomStranger

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derSammler wrote: First, give it a good clean. Then check for broken traces and bent pins on the chips. Also clean the PCI contacts. No sign of physical damage and gave a good bath in isopropyl alcohol and some rubbing. It's as cleand as the first day it came out of the factory. No change.

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

Posted on 2019-09-01, 09:26

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by RandomStranger

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So I've been looking at this card: It's been a while again since I've been here. Last week I've been browsing a local online flea market and found something listed as an "Inno3D Innovision PCI videocard" untested, but just for 1.60$ which with shipping came out to be about 4.30$ total. I wanted one …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-08-27, 15:31

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by RandomStranger

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It's been a while again since I've been here. Last week I've been browsing a local online flea market and found something listed as an "Inno3D Innovision PCI videocard" untested, but just for 1.60$ which with shipping came out to be about 4.30$ total. I wanted one for a while for my 450MHz Deschutes …

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

Posted on 2019-06-18, 06:23

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by RandomStranger

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I added an Ethernet hub to my network to increase the amount of Ethernet connections and extend my network across my desk setup. It works quite well! Complete with taping-ethernet-to-wall. I prefer switches over hubs and there aren't much difference in price. Last week I put into service a 5 port …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-06-17, 05:30

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by RandomStranger

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HanJammer wrote: Also this odd hard drive... I use one in a Pentuim MMX build. It seems to have bad reputation, but works fine so far. Probably the ones that were prone to fail already failed decades ago.

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

Posted on 2019-06-15, 17:22

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by RandomStranger

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Today I wanted to write a CD some driver +other useful programs. I did at 4x speed with Nero 6, but I must have messed up something, since my older (than XP) PCs can't read it and that's where it would be the most important. I tried to revrite it in my Pentium 4 build, but it failed at 98% and now …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-06-15, 16:04

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by RandomStranger

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I'm very happy the chance I took on a Radeon 9800 Pro has paid off and it is in excellent working condition. Been messing with it all night, its so much faster on my 3700+ than my P4 3.4Ghz I'd suspect there are some issues with that P4. While it is true the athlon is much better, that P4 still …

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

Posted on 2019-06-14, 20:20

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by RandomStranger

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My only good luck with CDs reading in older systems has been using Verbatim 52X CD-R's, with the SuperDrive in my MacBook Pro, writing at 10x speed. I haven't tried other types of CD-R's. Yeah, I wrote probably the exact sameVerbatim yesterday at 8x speed with a bunch of Build engine games and it …

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

Posted on 2019-06-14, 18:35

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by RandomStranger

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Today I wanted to write a CD some driver +other useful programs. I did at 4x speed with Nero 6, but I must have messed up something, since my older (than XP) PCs can't read it and that's where it would be the most important. I tried to revrite it in my Pentium 4 build, but it failed at 98% and now …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-06-11, 14:37

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by RandomStranger

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That and it was really hated by salty console fanboys back in the day, who after calling it generic would brag on how their PS3s supposedly played games in 1080p because Cell and bluray :lol: Pretty much everyone were salty about Crysis back then. Nothing could reliably run it with a single GPU …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-06-11, 08:03

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by RandomStranger

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respect2759 wrote: at least I have a 9600 PRO Advantage I had one of those from around 2005 up until 2009. We made some nice memories together in Crysis playing at around 9-11fps on the lowest settings.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-06-11, 06:32

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by RandomStranger

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My life is complete. For now. It's the last essential part for my Pentium MMX dream build. Filename myst.jpg File size 383.38 KiB Views 392 views

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

Posted on 2019-06-06, 17:20

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by RandomStranger

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Today I installed a clean XP on a PC of a coworker who wanted a CD writer with Nero 6 out of it. I got a PCI-e Geforece 7300GT (ASUS Silent) for it as payment. Looking up these cards on ebay (7300GT in general) they are pretty pricy and priced very close to the 7800GTX. I'd understand a fairly high …

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

Posted on 2019-06-03, 05:50

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by RandomStranger

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Some preparations before assembling a Slot 1 system. Took my old Asus P2B that hasn't seen power since like 3 years and powered it on for testing. Fitted a Katmai 500Mhz and an old HDD (that conveniently had a Win3.11 install with a proper video driver :cool: ) Just need to buy a case and put it …

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

Posted on 2019-05-26, 14:00

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by RandomStranger

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In the morning I decided to reorganize my collection. I took everything out of their boxes, sorted them and labelled the boxes to make it easier to find what I look for. Also that made my storage space less chaotic. Then I thought it's time to do something with the Pentium dream build I put away for …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-05-16, 10:26

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by RandomStranger

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HP Vectra VEi8 Slot 1 board (x 2) VectraVEi8_MB.jpg Very nice board, I also obtained one only last week. What CPU did it come with? Yeah, It's a fine board. I also have a working and a (probably) dead one with it's original a 500MHz Katmai and network card. I'm planning get it's original case and …

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

Posted on 2019-05-14, 17:27

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by RandomStranger

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Today I picked up a bunch of ageing games: • Tomb Raider • Tomb Raider II • Unreal • FIFA 2002 • Splinter Cell • Hitman 2: Silent Assassin • Medal of Honor: Allied Assault • Battlefield 2 • Platoon • Screamer 4x4 • Haegemonia: Legions of Iron I tested the 2 Tomb Raiders and FIFA on THIS LAPTOP . TR …

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

Posted on 2019-05-11, 10:16

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by RandomStranger

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For a time now I wanted a machine that is a bit more accessible than most of what I have. Most of those are under a pile of other PCs or disassembled in boxes and I'm often too lazy to get them running to pleasure myself with them. I had a chance to save an old laptop from being scrapped. It's an …

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Re: List the CPUs you owned when they were new

Posted on 2019-05-07, 06:57

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by RandomStranger

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I'm probably one of the young ones here with the age of 29. I mostly had severely outdated hardware up until the late-2000s and never bothered with high-end stuff. Since 2010 it's not even an issue. I feel like progression slowed down a lot since the introduction of Sandy Bridge. 1997 - Am386DX-40 …

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

Posted on 2019-05-06, 07:02

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by RandomStranger

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I just found a graphics card at the bottom of a box at work. It seems to be a Permedia 2. I have no experience with these cards, but based on a quick search it seems to be decent. Filename Permedia2sun.jpg File size 1.42 MiB Views 567 views

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