Re: need some help to pick the right athlon cpu?

Posted on Yesterday, 07:07

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by Trashbytes

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Nope, the 266 FSB models are pretty cheap, one up right now for 20USD with crazy cheap shipping, its the Thunderbird 1400 A1400AMS3B 100 FSB model thats expensive and kinda hard to find. Interesting. Why is that version desired? Its rarity is more due to very few were made before AMD switched to …

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Re: need some help to pick the right athlon cpu?

Posted on Yesterday, 06:44

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I'd say, aim to pick up a 1200 / 1266 with 133/266 FSB .. it's away from the expensive hotspots like 1.4Ghz fastest or magic 1Ghz.... will be 9x or 9.5x then you can run it at 900/950 and most boards are quite comfortable at 115 if you want the Ghz. Then you know the CPU okay is to shoot the moon …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on Yesterday, 05:34

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Decided to add another 486 board that fills a gap, I have both ISA and PCI 486 boards but dont have a board that has VLB, so I picked up a dataexpert-exp8046 that has all three slot types along with supporting 3.3 and 5 volt CPUs. Its been modded with the Dallas RTC battery mod which is good. I …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on Yesterday, 03:55

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Decided to add another 486 board that fills a gap, I have both ISA and PCI 486 boards but dont have a board that has VLB, so I picked up a dataexpert-exp8046 that has all three slot types along with supporting 3.3 and 5 volt CPUs. Its been modded with the Dallas RTC battery mod which is good. I …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-04-23, 11:35

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You still need a special cable to connect it to VGA, it's a stupid connector competitor to DVI that didn't catch on. This one specifically works for Voodoo 3 3500: https://www.ebay.ch/itm/282632475628 See https://www.vogonswiki.com/index.php/Voodoo_3_3500_VGA Its not a standard 3500 but rather a …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-04-23, 04:24

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Did not buy yet but inquired on a voodoo 3 3000 agp 16mb video card for $50 plus postal shipping, sold semi locally. That is according to their description. no picture. So not sure what exactly it is yet, they are sending the 3dfx part # back in email tomorrow... or so they say....might be worth it …

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Re: Are there regular users here with profession away from tech industry?

Posted on 2024-04-22, 07:14

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TY for the punched card lore. I will now let non career IT folks continue to out themselves as such. If you are talking about data punch cards then no, im not old enough to have ever used them, I have seen them as the Uni I did my Comp Science degree at still had a ton of them in the IT storage …

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Re: Are there regular users here with profession away from tech industry?

Posted on 2024-04-22, 07:10

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Yeah, I was in an ex-Ferranti plant mid 90s and their stock and shipping computer was some dinosaur, had a 30MB HDD the size of a washing machine and backup was on the big reel to reel tapes. Needed it's own AC system in the machine room. Was that the kind that looked like they used rusty dustbin …

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Re: Are there regular users here with profession away from tech industry?

Posted on 2024-04-22, 05:03

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On a more serious and on-topic note is anybody here experienced enough to have actually used punched cards in a professional context, whether while working in IT or otherwise ? Not me as such but a UK truck hire / mechanics we did the IT for still used one right up till 2006. real nice old one that …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-04-22, 04:09

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Quick question for the Pentium 4 aficionados out there, looking at grabbing a Presshot 3.4 SL7PP to throw into the 875p board I got recently and was wondering if it would be better to stick with the 3.4 SL793 Northwood I already have?. Reading around has them both pretty much on par till you …

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Re: Pentium PRO?

Posted on 2024-04-22, 01:52

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I have a question, how fun are them G4/5 Power Macs to use ? The supply of both here in Australia is rather good and I have always loved the design of them especially the G5 with is sexy sleek Aluminium case. Im not a Mac person but owning a G5 is pretty tempting. I own a G4 MDD for much the same …

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Re: How do you test a retro graphics card before buying?

Posted on 2024-04-22, 01:17

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Personally I love the gamble, love it more when it pays off and you get a nice bit of kit at a good price that works, tested stuff tends to fetch a higher premium so I avoid it unless its something hard to get. I dont mind doing the odd repair either but do tend to avoid stuff that has has a visible …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-04-21, 11:04

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Today's scores: - Quadro4 750XGL - doesn't POST or get detected, missing SMDs :( - hope to fix it though I'm not having high hopes - Winfast A340 - FX5200, doesn't POST either but doesn't beep either. - Kobian N620 TG - Riva TNT2 M64 32MB - works, nice to have a spare TNT2 w/ active cooling no less …

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Re: AT Ppower Supply with lost caps

Posted on 2024-04-21, 02:54

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by Trashbytes

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Also why use a known defective but repaired PSU when you have more reliable options Do we have "more reliable options" when it comes to 5V 20A AT supplies? How would modern supply be more reliable when old one lasted >20 years before needing a service? Is there something special about power …

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Re: AT Ppower Supply with lost caps

Posted on 2024-04-21, 01:01

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by Trashbytes

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oh my ...even if you did find the right caps I would seriously consider not plugging anything important into this. This viewpoint really irritates me. Like the last Tony359 video [Let's fix this 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗗 ATX power supply!] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n86eU5rsJds with that stupid (paraphrasing here …

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Re: AT Ppower Supply with lost caps

Posted on 2024-04-20, 14:10

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by Trashbytes

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I concur with momaka on this one - the unit looks solid enough, and that's coming from someone who has recapped two AT units so far. The first one I have is slightly thinner on the sinks than behshad's unit. No biggie as it was rated for @ 200W if I recall correctly. The other one however, is a …

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Re: AT Ppower Supply with lost caps

Posted on 2024-04-20, 13:56

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by Trashbytes

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is there any chance that I could know (or guess) the value of the caps so replacements can be ordered? Give me a day or two and I should be able to trace it out from the pictures you provided. Good thing you didn't remove the small caps by the TL494 controller too - those would have been a …

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Re: AT Ppower Supply with lost caps

Posted on 2024-04-20, 10:10

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LOL maybe i should just give up on this Chyang Fun engineering masterpiece :) case is rusty too. it just the AT power supplies don't come by easily so i thought maybe i should fix it and learn something along the way too. when i got the PC and plugged it in, first there was two bangs, followed by …

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Re: AT Ppower Supply with lost caps

Posted on 2024-04-20, 09:31

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by Trashbytes

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oh my ...even if you did find the right caps I would seriously consider not plugging anything important into this. It looks like pure chinesium with a sprinkling of backyard electrical engineering, the top right back of the board is a mess, top left looks suspect too .. board could use some …

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Re: Pentium PRO?

Posted on 2024-04-20, 05:24

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I mean... I wouldn't call it a "good" reason. It's 100% rose tinted goggles and weapons grade copium. Credit where it's due, V1 & V2 were blazing stars of awesome. Then the company just shit the bed for a myriad of reasons. The V4 & V5 were junk compared to the competition. The GeForce 256 ate …

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