Re: Most disappointing games?

Posted on 2022-03-26, 08:58

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Yeah, I never understood the appeal of these work simulators. Even for the more successful ones like commercial flight simulators. But disappointing? I what way. The concept already sounds relentlessly boring. I used to read game magazines in the 90s, before I got access to the internet. They …

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Re: Most disappointing games?

Posted on 2022-03-25, 22:08

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Krautland 😁

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Re: crappy old power supplies

Posted on 2022-03-25, 21:55

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I've trashed all my crappy PSUs a few years ago. Even cut off the power cord, so nobody steals it out of the recycling yard. I suggest you do the same when you trash your fishy PSUs. The "worst" I have are some FSP PSUs. Also have a pre 80plus Seasonic from the late 90s as well as four Enermax PSUs …

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Re: Need help with beeping Gigabyte GA-6VX7-4X motherboard

Posted on 2022-03-25, 21:37

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by RaiderOfLostVoodoo

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Do you have another mainboard to verify the CPUs?

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Re: Need help with beeping Gigabyte GA-6VX7-4X motherboard

Posted on 2022-03-25, 17:46

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Do you have any other PGA370 CPUs for testing purposes?

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Re: List of 3.3 volt AGP AMD motherboards anywhere?

Posted on 2022-03-25, 16:01

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KT333 is the fastest that still supports 3.3V. KT333CF is a downclocked KT400 and therefore only supports 1.5V. Best CPU for these is the Athlon XP 3200+ (AXDA3200DKV4D), but those are very rare. Athlon XP 3000+ (AXDA3000DKV4D) can be found easily. If you find one that was produced before Week 39 of …

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Re: List of PC games that you have not played or beaten yet that you'd like to

Posted on 2022-03-25, 11:29

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-GTA. The first! Teh original! I played it so much yet never even started to progress in any significant way because I always really soon ended up starting a massive killing spree instead. Killing sprees are good! But you should collect some multipliers first. There are a few hidden in boxes on …

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Re: Members of Vogons, what shows do you currently watch?

Posted on 2022-03-25, 08:51

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I will probably watch "The Mandalorian" Season 1 next. This is the way! Never was much of a Star Wars fan, but the new shows are really good. Don't forget to watch the post credits scene of season 2. It's the introduction to Book of Boba Fett. Currently watching Game of Thrones . Never finished the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-03-24, 09:09

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No-one cared about it back in the day because most people didn't have a GM daughterboard - no-one I knew even considered getting one; I don't know that we even knew what they were for and we were pretty obsessed with our computers. If we were spending money on anything it would have been more RAM …

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Re: Members of Vogons, what shows do you currently watch?

Posted on 2022-03-24, 08:09

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Star Trek for the 42nd time.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-03-23, 02:18

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I bought a Sound Blaster 32 (CT3670) on eBay last night. It's coming with 2MB of RAM installed as well. I probably paid more than l would have liked for an ISA sound card, but inflation. I remember wanting an AWE32 very badly in the mid - 90s, but I couldn't justify the expense. Now, I figured, why …

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Re: Is there any Tualatin-compatible Socket 370 board that doesn't cost a million dollars?

Posted on 2022-03-23, 01:47

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by RaiderOfLostVoodoo

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IMHO, if you don't need ISA slots or compatibility with AGP (3.3V) Voodoo 3 cards, I don't see the point in seeking out a Tualatin. 100% agree here. The main reason to get a Tualatin is to combine a powerful CPU+GPU with ISA sound cards for backward compatibility. Makes a nice combo machine. But …

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Re: Which USB 2.0 cards for old motherboards

Posted on 2022-03-22, 00:42

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by RaiderOfLostVoodoo

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Check 3dmark, make sure having it in there didn’t drop your score (some of these cards will do that) Good idea. There was indeed a performance drop. I did repeat the test, to be sure and noticed that it decreased even further. Turned out, that it was just the GPU heating up. After shutting the PC …

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

Posted on 2022-03-21, 23:39

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by RaiderOfLostVoodoo

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I've seen empty AT cases sell for 40€ on Ebay. And yellowed beige ATX cases for 20€.

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

Posted on 2022-03-21, 18:18

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by RaiderOfLostVoodoo

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BetaC wrote on 2022-03-21, 17:42: I’ve salvaged what I can, but the cases two cases you see here are going to get Recycled. Recycling AT cases? Are you nuts? Those sell for a premium these days.

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Re: Which USB 2.0 cards for old motherboards

Posted on 2022-03-21, 08:20

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by RaiderOfLostVoodoo

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Today the 3rd NEC card arrived. D720101F1 > D720101GJ > D720100AS1 D720101F1 did almost reach 20MB/s on my Super Socket 7 system (DFI K6XV3+/66 with VIA MVP3 chipset + K6-III+ @ 550MHz). Also tested an ALi chipset, but that one did only reach 12MB/s on a modern system, so I didn't even try it on …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-03-20, 21:56

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by RaiderOfLostVoodoo

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Cuttoon wrote on 2022-03-20, 21:53: It might even have electrolytes. 🤣

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-03-20, 00:09

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by RaiderOfLostVoodoo

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All untested. So if they're not working, I'm screwed. Wish me luck. How did these boards turn out? The one in the middle works fine, but needs recapping. The one on the left doesn't work. Found a severed trace. Maybe it can be repaired. Didn't test the Slot 1 board yet. I only have one Pentium II …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-03-17, 00:42

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Cuttoon wrote on 2022-03-17, 00:24: RaiderOfLostVoodoo wrote on 2022-03-17, 00:06: And yeah, that's indeed the guy who is hoarding 10+ V5500's so he can brag about it online. Too bad really. They're all going to be lost when the FBI burns down his property after a weeks long siege. Oops, I made a …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-03-17, 00:06

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by RaiderOfLostVoodoo

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There's no ghost in the machine here, the page simply is outdated and ill-designed. Meaning, if it does not work on your modern machine, try opening it with IE 4 or the Netscape Navigator, you'll be fine :) I tried Firefox, Opera and Internet Explorer. Neither worked. With a proxy I was able to …

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