Re: Watercooled Athlon XP in Fractal Design Core 1000
Posted on 2021-02-22, 07:38
The reflection of that retro mobile phone really ties the whole system together! 😁
Re: What made you join VOGONS?
Posted on 2021-02-21, 12:28
I've always been into retro games and hardware but I've only recently joined the forums. I think it's because I miss forum communities. I've been a member, moderator and admin on very active forums over the last 20 years but all of them have died out. People have moved on to Discord and Twitch, …
Re: Pentium on a 386 motherboard ( sort of)
Posted on 2021-02-20, 20:06
Quite an achievement! Very cool 😀
Re: My 1999 (re)Build
Posted on 2021-02-18, 19:53
I really dig those photo's! Very artsy 😀
Re: My Asus P5A SS7 K6 3+ watercooled Project - Midi DOS6.22 / Win98SE
Posted on 2021-02-14, 19:56
matze79 wrote on 2021-02-14, 18:44: What’s the gain of cooling a K6 with water ? Well... because it's possible, obviously. 😉
Re: What game are you playing now?
Posted on 2021-02-14, 07:56
Dune surely is a rare blend of RTS and adventure, but I really enjoy it. Must have finished that game a dozen times by now. It's also the most advanced game a 8088 can still run (with very reasonable speed!l) so I love to set up my old turbo XT for it. Getting the CD version with better graphics and …
Re: Great collectors of Vogons! What's missing in your collections? :P
Posted on 2021-02-11, 14:25
Revived a fun thread! I'm pretty content with my collection currently. It has every type of PC of the period I'm interesting in: 8086, 8088, 486dx4, Pentium 1 and Pentium 2. What I'm missing mostly is space to put them all. I currently can only set one system up at a time and whenever I want to do …
Re: New sound card project: AWE64 Legacy
Posted on 2021-02-09, 15:51
Really good work there! They're a bit outside my price range and I'm already using an AWE 64 Gold, so I'm good. But I'm looking forward to see the review videos from those who are ordering one 😀
Re: Restoring a Packard Bell Retro machine to original condition
Posted on 2021-02-05, 19:09
Try hooking up the HDD to an IDE controller card. It might deal with the HDD type a little better. Alternatively you could try some overlay software like OnTrack disc manager.
Re: J-Mark/Jetway OPTI-495SX 3/486WB: cleaning, repairs, and testint
Posted on 2021-02-03, 08:22
Nice job there! Curse those people who thought barrel batteries were a good thing to solder onto a motherboard, 🤣. What are your plans for this mobo?
Re: Computer Reset Build + Full Height Hard Drive Showcase
Posted on 2021-01-31, 19:49
Cool! A 386sx in a black case is pretty nice!
Re: The Saddest Steam Build 2021
Posted on 2021-01-22, 12:58
Also, out of curiosity, I checked today, that (with some older files) you can still run Steam under XP (it didn't work for some time, but fortunately it started working again). Interesting! That might help lowering the specs. Just to be clear: the goal is to run the Steam Client and upload the …
The Saddest Steam Build 2021
Posted on 2021-01-21, 20:23
Let's build a hypothetical pc! :smiley: I was browsing through the Steam hardware survey of December 2020 and I personally love to scroll down the to end of the spec lists and see the ancient hardware people still use to play Steam games on. So I wondered: What would be the slowest, saddest PC …
Re: 8-Bit Guy video's are becoming a chore!
Posted on 2021-01-14, 10:35
As for the topic: I've always enjoyed 8 bit guy videos and I still do. I wouldn't say he has lost his passion, especially when he's talking about the games he is programming. I guess sometimes you'll have to cover something you're less passionate about.. his income depends on it, so he doesn't have …
Re: My Big Red Switch 486
Posted on 2021-01-14, 10:14
That's one hefty machine! I love those big red switches. Always happy to flip the one on my IBM model 30. Seems you've got all the bases covered when it comes to DOS gaming. Awesome to see that Roland card. Probably only the later era games with true 16 bit stereo sound will not reach their full …
Re: ASUS rising prices
Posted on 2021-01-11, 09:18
Most I would gain is a 10-20% increase and it used to be that I could upgrade the CPU/GPU for the same amount I paid for the previous ones and get a 40-50% increase. :/ True, and even if you got a 50% increase you have to consider if it's even worth it. I see all these YouTube channels where they …
Re: ASUS rising prices
Posted on 2021-01-11, 07:27
Prices are high and so is the demand at the moment so that's not going to change anytime soon. If you're thinking of upgrading your pc and you don't have much to spend, then wait it out or do what I mostly do: buy used hardware from one or two generations prior. Unless you are some power user or …
Re: 1997 Pentium MMX Rebuild
Posted on 2021-01-10, 18:15
Awesome case and nice monitor!
Re: First game with lan support?
Posted on 2021-01-10, 08:02
Pierre32 wrote on 2021-01-09, 21:22: Hezus wrote on 2021-01-09, 19:41: Elephant Herding! 😀 https://thandor.net/article/36 That is a surprisingly accurate & funny recreation of animal herding. My morning has been improved. It was made by my younger brother. He's also registered on these forums as …
Re: First game with lan support?
Posted on 2021-01-09, 19:41
I only know one network title for an XT class: Elephant Herding! :) https://thandor.net/article/36 There are some more games that's are multiplayer and playable on an XT but those use modem or NULL modem cable. I've played F29 Retaliatior (flight sim) on two 8088 machines and it was somewhat …
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