Re: Finally building a Socket 7 PC.. motherboard advice needed

Posted on 2020-08-30, 01:41

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Yea Ive been seeing some with no board info.. just generic 'INTEL'. I am looking at some of the really close up photos, and I am not able to identify anything. Do most of these not have clear markings on the board itself with model #s? In the case of the above, is that marking 'PCISet SB823...' on …

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Re: Finally building a Socket 7 PC.. motherboard advice needed

Posted on 2020-08-30, 01:13

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Hmm looks OK. There are many Pentium Board+cpu+ram combo's on the market that could be great. One thing, before you buy one: make sure you can identify the exact make/model of the board or else you could troubles down the road. Yea Ive been seeing some with no board info.. just generic 'INTEL'. I …

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Re: Finally building a Socket 7 PC.. motherboard advice needed

Posted on 2020-08-30, 00:42

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Ok so the Intel boards are good.. nice to know. This is an example of one I have been eyeing. Ram and CPU already on there: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Intel-Socket-7-Motherboard-w-Pentium-166MHz-CPU-and-80MB-RAM/184366581227?hash=item2aed1ac5eb:g:fFQAAOSwC5NfDcgU Seems to be an OK deal but I …

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Finally building a Socket 7 PC.. motherboard advice needed

Posted on 2020-08-29, 23:29

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So I am finally ready to gather parts for new build. I have decided to go with a 166 or 200 Pentium. The plan is to either go with Windows 95 or possible straight DOS. It will be used for general nostalgic computing as well as gaming. I am aiming for a prime DOOM era build. My biggest hang up right …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2020-08-29, 15:18

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I hope this is ok for a first post! I will dive deeper into more pics of way more gear, especially more DOS/Win95 gaming stuff I have. Don't want to overload the server so I will post the rest with tiny pic of something. Long time lurker (years!) It's great to finally have the courage to say hi to …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-08-29, 15:16

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Miphee wrote on 2020-08-26, 13:44: My most recent haul. Love the vivid colors, I just hate the all-black design current boards have. I am inexplicably attracted to these motherboards 😀

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-08-28, 22:47

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Bought two Cyrix 5x86 on local flea market for next to nothing. The IBM one the pins are completely darkned and I nedd to find a away to clean then. The Cyrix one has 1 pin missing, luckily is a VSS pin. Both are working. Flea market + Cyrix CPUs... thats something I dont ever expect to find. My …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-08-28, 19:39

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Found 2 desktops for sale on Facebook marketplace today. No real details were posted but I saw that each had dedicated sound cards and GPUs.. so I went for it. One was a Dell Dimension 8000 series and the other was a custom build. Paid $30 total and wound up with all this after gutting: https://www. …

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Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-08-28, 14:30

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LOL checking Facebook for sales just cracks me up, sorry but that is the last place I would ever look :) Youd be surprised especially for old video game stuff. Its the #1 place that suburban homeowners list their garage junk. Facebook is filled with folks in the 40-60 year old range, and they often …

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Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-08-28, 03:55

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On the topic of prices and availability. Is the general idea that eBay is always going to be the worst in terms of pricing? I assume finding local sellers on facebook or craigslist or whatever is going to net the best deals? I have been looking to increase my parts collection recently so I have …

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Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-08-28, 01:39

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On the topic of prices and availability. Is the general idea that eBay is always going to be the worst in terms of pricing? I assume finding local sellers on facebook or craigslist or whatever is going to net the best deals? I have been looking to increase my parts collection recently so I have …

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Re: Building a tiny DOS PC.. options?

Posted on 2020-08-27, 01:46

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I have such a machine, the Unisys CWD-5001 (like this: https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Unisys-Cwd5001-ZA-mini-DeskTop-PC/250552596524 ). It's a great machine. I upgraded the CPU in mine to a Pentium 200. - Alex I also have a CWD-5001 and it is the smallest true Pentium original build any one will ever find …

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Re: Building a tiny DOS PC.. options?

Posted on 2020-08-27, 00:48

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Doesn't quite fit your requirements OP, but I've always wanted to play with one of these: industrial DOS PC.PNG Meant for industrial applications. PCI & ISA slots, and ports for days. You'd probably want to run Win9x or FreeDOS to get the most out of it. Thats actually really cool. I am fascinated …

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Re: Building a tiny DOS PC.. options?

Posted on 2020-08-27, 00:42

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This was what I was leaning toward if the Socket 7 plan didnt work out. So these are totally x86 compatible? Those sound like they will be way fast for most DOS games though wouldnt they? well it is a x86 CPU ^^ there's also an ITX board with a Cyrix Media GX MMX processor around... other than that …

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Re: Building a tiny DOS PC.. options?

Posted on 2020-08-27, 00:14

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I don't think you will find smaller than baby AT or micro ATX for socket 7. If you want smaller and are flexible, VIA made some nano ITX boards with C6 CPUs, starting at around 500 MHz. The cheapest on eBay right now are 667 MHz, but there is a 533 MHz Eden board that's not very expensive (I have a …

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Re: Building a tiny DOS PC.. options?

Posted on 2020-08-26, 23:49

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I have such a machine, the Unisys CWD-5001 (like this: https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Unisys-Cwd5001-ZA-mini-DeskTop-PC/250552596524 ). It's a great machine. I upgraded the CPU in mine to a Pentium 200. - Alex This is pretty cool. I was hoping to go the custom build route with this though if possible. I …

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Building a tiny DOS PC.. options?

Posted on 2020-08-26, 23:07

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So I have been getting the urge to build the smallest possible DOS machine.. preferably something with an Pentium/MMX CPU. Was there ever an actual mini-ITX socket 7 mobo produced? I dont seem to be able to find any. Most of my searching on here and other places has led me to people doing builds …

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Re: Replacement Laptop Battery Options

Posted on 2020-07-08, 21:58

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If the battery format is out of production, your best option may be buying loose cells yourself and soldering them into the old pack. Typically what you can buy is far better than what you get with those Chinese crap batteries; and that is where you decide how much to spend. I would be conservative …

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Replacement Laptop Battery Options

Posted on 2020-07-08, 20:45

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Do you guys have any preferred off-brand for aftermarket batteries for old laptops? I like to grab old Thinkpads and similar machines off Ebay sometimes, and usually the batteries are totally fried or gone altogether. Of course, the OEM batteries on ebay are usually quite expensive.. but even then …

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Re: What are builds you want to make someday?

Posted on 2020-06-26, 04:04

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It was fun to see how many people want / wanted to build an Athlon XP. It was the first PC i ever built with all new parts I bought myself, and used it daily from probably 2002/2003 until almost 2010. OC'd to 3.5ghz or something crazy. It was a very charming system to use. I had to get heatsinks …

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