Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-03-18, 22:04

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I'll admit it was the box art that drew me in. Now I just need to bring myself to actually use it. PXL_20230316_101944432.jpg PXL_20230316_101819163.jpg Sounds fine by me ;) Otherwise here is a small review: http://www.amoretro.de/2014/07/terratec-wavesystem-scw0012-dream-sam9203-wavetable- …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-03-18, 04:09

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kixs wrote on 2023-03-17, 20:39: Something complete :) […] Show full quote Something complete 😀 Terratec Wave System SCW001/2 It's always neat to have the full box. How does it sound? I wasn't able to find much on the particular board, but what I did seems like it could have an interesting sound.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-03-13, 03:12

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Picked up some hardware I definitely don't need, though not all of it is necessarily retro. PXL_20230313_023735497.jpg MSI GeForce 210 512MB DDR3 ATI Radeon 9250 256 MB DDR1 SiS 6326 8MB nVidia Quadro FX 580 512MB Diamond Stealth 64 Video VRAM PXL_20230313_023849556.jpg AOpen Cobra AW840 Creative …

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Re: Where do you get your old games from?

Posted on 2023-03-07, 11:10

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For digital copies I mostly rely on GOG and to a lesser extent Steam. For physical games I haven't found anywhere that's "on demand" for a reasonable price. I have a long wishlist but it's just chance what I can cross off. I've had some good luck with Half Price Books, but that's only helpful if …

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Re: Where can I find older AT Cases?

Posted on 2023-03-07, 09:27

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From time to time Evercase.co.uk may have a batch of clean, new cases equipped with AT power supply (or at to atx cable) and one of these AT backplates. The standoffs can be set to AT positions too. Ready to for your (baby) AT style motherboard. I wish Evercase had a US distributor. As far as I can …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-03-06, 06:22

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Ah, right, I did buy that Thinkpad 365XD I pretty much registered here to inquire about (after some haggling!), what did I get? A 4th hand computer never once reformatted, it appears! Snooping a bit in Netscape Mail and the recycle bin it appears that it was used by a local university student whose …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-03-04, 23:58

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The T5710 doesn't really feel or look that retro (~2006) but it's destined to become a mini MS-DOS system. Well, once I decide what I want to do with the PCI slot. PXL_20230304_215824991.jpg That's neat! I wonder how long it had been before it was last used. Skynet sounds like a friendly consumer …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-03-04, 21:47

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Got this old external scsi bay, the hdd works fine, full of old sharewares, games, magazines cover disks and so on. 20230304_125346.jpg 20230304_125403.jpg20230223_182151.jpgThe power supply on the other hand, a bit suspicious, dare i trigger the end of the world with it? :/ 20230223_182141.jpg …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-03-04, 02:35

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I got my hands on a EPIA-800 for a mITX 98 machine. I'm waiting on a S3 Trio 64 2MB and a replacement for the noisy 40mm fan. If I'm lucky I'll be able to find an affordable small 486 case before too long to put it all in. PXL_20230303_004604666.jpg The model number is visible if you look at it …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-03-01, 01:24

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I do, and i'm working from home today... mesure.jpg I'm reading 0.65mm (can someone confirm ?) Plus several CPUs duron800.jpg Athlon1000.jpg XP1600.jpg XP3000.jpg No pictures from the side, but from what i see, the die is always slightly above the shim. Thank you! I ordered some TPU to try this out …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-02-27, 13:01

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With shims you have to keep in mind that not all S462 CPUs are the same height, so you can either end up not making good contact with the CPU die or the shim not taking any of the pressure. 3D printing them also has problems, considering that every printer has its own margin of error and making …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-02-27, 12:52

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The socket A CPUs don't have a IHS to protect the die so its a direct to die heatsink and AMD in their brilliance didn't really provide a great way to keep the cooler level or a way to prevent too much pressure when installing so one minor slip and it chips the die a bit too much pressure and it …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-02-27, 05:14

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The CPU itself seems to function just fine but I don't want to damage it any further so that spire cooler can go to a more appropriate CPU. I have several Socket A boards and a small collection of CPUs for them but I also have just as many dead Socket A CPUs. I'm trying my best to keep them in a …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2023-02-27, 03:39

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I found this unopened copy of Microsoft Golf 1999 at Half Price. I wasn't expecting much inside, but I must admit I was just a little disappointed. PXL_20230227_030615555.jpg PXL_20230227_030732110.jpg Dragon's Lair 3D is a middling experience, poorly controlled, mildly interesting design, probably …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-02-26, 20:46

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Where does hardware end and peripheral begin? I picked up a Dell AT101 locally awhile back but only just now got to cleaning it up. I still need to retrobright the space bar but I thought it was clean enough to have out. PXL_20230226_201559470.jpg PXL_20230104_215542332.jpg Nearly 15 years ago. I …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-02-26, 06:20

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2009 isn't really all that old and "retro" but still neat, at least to me. It looks like it was opened but never used. Filename PXL_20230215_002228168.MP.jpg File size 332.74 KiB Views 1269 views Filename PXL_20230215_002117685.MP (1).jpg File size 105.04 KiB Views 1269 views

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-02-26, 06:07

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Yes, literally thousands of cards if I had to guess. The problem is knowing what the components were... and when it comes to actually replacing them, not everyone is capable of working with such tiny components. I have done a fair amount of them, but at some point the components just got SO small …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-02-26, 03:09

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Bought an untested (probably genuinely, seller seems to mostly deal in antiques and knick knacks) GeForce FX5700VE for $30 We'll see how that goes. Probably poorly based on prior experience with GeForce FX series cards. If it's a loose card I'd say there's about a 90% chance that it has some damage …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-02-26, 02:09

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I'm not sure what use it'll have other than filling an empty slot on my Tandy 1400 LTE but it's pretty neat to have. Keep it for the Apopcalypse, when the internet has died and they have to blackboot the entire network again and we are set back to 1980 levels of speeds. That seems like too much …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-02-24, 08:07

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I'm not sure what use it'll have other than filling an empty slot on my Tandy 1400 LTE but it's pretty neat to have.

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