Re: Sticky rubber coatings: what to do?

Posted on 2024-09-13, 14:28

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Skip the babypowder it doesn't work.. A solvent like alcohol can get it off but it is a pain. I have several ibm laptops that are like this and also a saitek joystick. The joystick is probably not even worth my time to be honest, it takes for ever to get it off.. Also don't rub for too long or you …

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Re: Slot 1/S370 Mystery Board - What is it?

Posted on 2024-09-07, 21:22

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Major Jackyl wrote on 2024-09-07, 21:12: This tidbit made me crack up, 🤣 Haha! It sais nothing about mounting a socket 7 processor into the slot 1 though!

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Re: Pentium3 on WinXP

Posted on 2024-09-07, 14:40

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I think it's fine. You can probably get a compatible motherboard quite cheap as you have no need for an ISA slot as you have no need for it anyway.

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Re: My two retro rigs

Posted on 2024-09-01, 19:25

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Rounded flat cables is a sign of an truly über computer powah. The superior airflow will cool those awesome components to the MaX! Just kidding ofc, I like your systems. 😀

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Re: 10 years

Posted on 2024-08-31, 19:12

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Cool! 10 years seems like a lot but as my dad used to say , the alternative to getting older is worse. 😀

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2024-08-31, 18:11

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I quit Baldur's gate 3. Felt unfinished when I came to act 3. Maybe some other time, after modders fix it and remove 'shove' lol. So i started playing that brand new star wars Outlaws game. Feels a little like a Thief-Tomb Raider-Assassins creed blend in space. It is kind of cool, at least the …

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2024-08-31, 18:02

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I, the author of "reasons to hate modern games" upgraded my computer. Or rather replaced it all, because baldurs gate 3 was just running too slow. On my 3rd gen i5 with a gtx 1070. I went the am5 platform, a 7600 and a 4070 Super. Bg3 started to run like a clock but then I became tired of it. Maybe …

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Re: Fallout 1,2 and tactics for free @epic games 29/8

Posted on 2024-08-31, 16:46

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I picked it up today! Might be the first time I remember anything. Also i had a look in my epic games library and realize it is full of cool games i prolly never will play. Like Tropico 5 (or 6) and that walking simulator with the main character looking like that zombie series "the walking dead". …

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Fallout 1,2 and tactics for free @epic games 29/8

Posted on 2024-08-26, 20:29

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Hey If just wanted to say that Fallout 1,2 and tactics for free @epic games 29/8. I will make sure to pick them up. Not sure if they will work on original hardware.

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Re: Reasons to hate modern games

Posted on 2024-08-23, 07:55

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I saw this https://youtube.com/shorts/IHZru-6M8BY?si=-qRysuU58HoY6pWJ the other day and thought of this conversation.

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Re: Reasons to hate modern games

Posted on 2024-08-22, 15:26

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The original old guy yelling at clouds here. I have since repent. Recently upgraded my computer. Some newer games look cool. Gonna try the new star wars title and also that ape game, wukon? Got them for free with the GPU. But alas a ray traced turd is still a turd. 😉

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Re: Help reviving an Intel SOCKET 5 Mb !

Posted on 2024-08-15, 17:43

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by Joakim

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Have you tried putting a battery in it? Some mb are said to not run without one.

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Re: What are you eating/drinking? (the vogons food thread)

Posted on 2024-08-11, 17:11

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Mushroom season in Sweden, today i had some alone time so I made myself some Chantarelle soup. Delicious.

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Re: Voodoo 2 with mild artefacts

Posted on 2024-08-11, 14:37

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Edit: Found RA34 second resistor to be broken! I got idea to check RA resistor arrays from @lemonlime video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRFucW4uB5k And it fixed it. Ha! :))) Thanks all ! Thats amazing. Good work! YouTube is sometimes an amazing source of information. I have fixed one voodoo 2 …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2024-08-07, 12:44

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I have once again fallen down the Guild Wars 2 hole, and have almost five pieces of legendary armor's worth of resources. I say almost five because I am just about done making the fourth piece, and only need to grind out the exact same materials for the fifth as well. Sixth, well, that will take …

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Re: Recapping SB16, problem desoldering

Posted on 2024-08-07, 10:49

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I usually heat up the board with hot air fan and take a clean solder tip at one side and a 5$ solder sucker at the other side. Takes a few attempts on heavy ground planes. First work I did was on an OG Xbox and it ended up a slight disaster but you get better with practice...

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Re: Voodoo 2 with mild artefacts

Posted on 2024-08-06, 17:31

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You've got some dirt or something there. Filename Screenshot_2024-08-06-19-29-24-88_40deb401b9ffe8e1df2f1cc5ba480b12.jpg File size 223.04 KiB Views 671 views File license CC-BY-4.0

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Re: Which were the "MUST UPGRADE HARDWARE" games of your past? Which are the consensus games?

Posted on 2024-08-02, 19:19

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I upgraded my cyrix 6x86 to a pentium 1 233 to be able to play Final Fantasy 7. The game actually refused to run on the Cyrix, maybe that is a topic if its own. I also bought a GeForce 256 to play Sacrifice, one of my favorite games that I haven't touched for years.

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2024-07-30, 19:20

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Moved on to Baldur's Gate III. It runs pretty good on my old i5-3570 with a GeForce GTX 1070 and 16 GB of ddr3 and some old SSD. The frame rate is very good but the load times is too long. It was just barely playable before I found an option to enable slow harddrive compensation. Anyway cool that …

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Re: CAN I FIT IT ON MY RIG???

Posted on 2024-07-24, 08:58

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This system is far from optimal for retro pc for the era of 5.25 floppy drives. Not worth the trouble and all you get is the glorious sound of sqeekity clunkity boing of the old floppy drive. You can still have fun with the pc I guess though but personally I would get something more fitting.

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