Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on Today, 20:37
nope, not really 😀 it just would have been a cool card to have, basically a 2900XTX with more RAM
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on Today, 19:28
forgot to mention... also bought a FireGL V8650 which turned out to be only a V8600 (no memory on back) and worst of all it also doesn't work 🙁
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on Today, 18:02
a few little things :3 SDL cable for my Model M that got shipped without one :/ got a somewhat good deal on it considering what they usually sell for. hardware38_01.jpg a few more SLC CF cards for builds in need of a bit more space. hardware38_02.jpg Microsoft InPort card and a weird Z-NIX mouse …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on Today, 15:02
mpe wrote on Today, 14:30: Love the CMS beeps! Bought ET4000 VGA for my 386 build DSC_6327.jpeg that's an ET3000 though, still nice x3
Re: When did PCI become popular? And when did you have your first PCI System?
Posted on Today, 11:55
my first PCI board was an Asus Socket 7 with a Pentium 90 in 1996 if I recall correctly, a much needed upgrade from our previous 386DX40, skipped 486 altogether back then. My first PCI board was a Socket 7 ALi chipset based with a K62-350 coming from the previous 386DX-20. I skipped every config in …
Re: Adlib Gold clone - 2THEMAX SoundMedia Multimedia Board?
Posted on Today, 11:40
well I can of course only speak from my experience, but everything I have bought as NOS was indeed that, and I have no reason to believe otherwise... those include original packaged mice, AT cases, external and internal CD-rom drives... so mostly peripherals and the like. but what makes you believe …
Re: Adlib Gold clone - 2THEMAX SoundMedia Multimedia Board?
Posted on Today, 10:17
hope you can get it fixed @cyclone3D I doubt the seller still has anything to replace it with... And that's why I keep telling people to ignore "NOS", "New", and the like on ebay for retro hardware. It's scam most of the time. Apart from very few exception, no NOS retro hardware exists. No one would …
Re: What are some common failure modes for defective Voodoo2 cards?
Posted on Today, 01:16
feipoa wrote on Today, 01:10: I don't have an SLI cable, but I recall reading that floppy cables work. Is there any modification I need to do to them? yes you absolutely need to modify it! https://www.vogonswiki.com/index.php/How_to_m … doo_2_SLI_cable
Re: Matrox Millennium II 16MB - exists? If so, why?
Posted on Yesterday, 10:41
I'd be really interested to see that, because afaik even the G200 in 1998 was still limited to 16MB
Re: When did PCI become popular? And when did you have your first PCI System?
Posted on 2020-04-05, 00:26
my first PCI board was an Asus Socket 7 with a Pentium 90 in 1996 if I recall correctly, a much needed upgrade from our previous 386DX40, skipped 486 altogether back then.
Re: post up pics of your "computing area"
Posted on 2020-04-04, 23:13
that's a nice way to hold up a shelf x3
Re: (Un)lucky Athlon XP-M
Posted on 2020-04-04, 23:11
kjliew wrote on 2020-04-04, 21:15: while AMD struggled and left the problem to be addressed by board/firmware designs. and most did ^^ this really is far less of an issue than people make it out to be... but yeah you have to be a bit more careful.
Re: (Un)lucky Athlon XP-M
Posted on 2020-04-04, 10:59
1. get a bigger heatsink ^^ 2. maybe get a board with thermal protection 3. turn on the fan alarm
Re: Gravis Ultrasound wall art project
Posted on 2020-04-04, 09:06
I don't have a single one and I still appreciate it :p... I'd also say it's nicer to have them on display than stored away somewhere, and if you still have one to use even better 😀
Re: Adlib Gold clone - 2THEMAX SoundMedia Multimedia Board?
Posted on 2020-04-03, 22:00
bristlehog wrote on 2020-04-03, 16:28: They are already gone. Whoever bought one, make a good quality photo for our rare soundcard spreadsheet. At least the mysterious 'JDF-SOUNDMEDIA001' sound card is demystified. well... someone bought 6... I expect them to reappear soon for a much higher price 😦 …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-04-03, 15:11
nice :3 I love those tiny 1/2 size babyAT boards, I wish I could fine some socket7/370 ones.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-04-03, 13:35
Bought Mach32 Graphics Wonder ISA VGA. I plan to challenge my soldering skills and upgrade it to 2MB. I hope it is just a matter of adding 8 DIP sockets and no other components are necessary. Anyone has successfully done this? DSC_6068.jpeg nice ^^ also timing, I bought a Mach32 Ultra Pro VLB just …
Re: Will this small Heatsink keep my card from frying just for a benchmark?
Posted on 2020-04-03, 13:27
Yeah, the heatsink from the FX5600 (google asus fx5600) was too small to risk it. huh yeah, you're right, sorry ^^ I actually found one by chance today and thought about your thread... they indeed also used that puny little heatsink on a FX5600 it is beyond me though why they did... isn't that like …
Re: Matrox Millennium II 16MB - exists? If so, why?
Posted on 2020-04-03, 11:58
it's interesting, cause the stated resolutions and refresh rates don't change for 8MB and up, apart for 3D mode.
Re: Matrox Millennium II 16MB - exists? If so, why?
Posted on 2020-04-03, 10:21
vgamuseum also says "max. 16MB" it's probably pretty rare though ^^
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