Re: What old video game modding sites are still up?
Posted on 2025-06-09, 19:45
Oh damn!!! Seems The Massassi Temple is still online. This was my goTo site for Jedi Knight mods, back in the day!!! https://www.massassi.net/
Re: What old video game modding sites are still up?
Posted on 2025-06-04, 17:17
GameFront/FileFront seems to still be around. https://www.gamefront.com/
Re: Show off your main / most frequently used retro rig
Posted on 2025-06-03, 15:41
I mean.. how do we define retro in this context? :lol: Because my Windows XP retro-rig, is also my Windows 10 daily driver, courtesy of Ivy-Bridge. I do have a pure Windows 98 machine also though. Time machines are good! I also have an Ivy Bridge rig (see my signature) which is capable of XP to …
Re: Show off your main / most frequently used retro rig
Posted on 2025-06-02, 21:27
I mean.. how do we define retro in this context? 🤣 Because my Windows XP retro-rig, is also my Windows 10 daily driver, courtesy of Ivy-Bridge. I do have a pure Windows 98 machine also though.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2025-06-02, 19:02
I think contact surface is key. There's very little of the cable actually touching the plastics when one just casually wraps the cord around the keyboard, just a few light pressure points here and there. But when you have everything packed tightly inside a box for 25+ years... well. :lol: I agree, …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2025-06-02, 12:40
I've never seen anything like this before. So the "plasticizer" is what -- alien slime? A plasticizer is a volatile chemicals, added to other material to alter its properties. With time those chemicals either completely evaporate, causing material to go hard as rock, or it continue slowly reacting …
Re: Poll. How did you handle AGP to PCI Express stepover?
Posted on 2025-06-01, 16:58
Answer is C! And as it so happens, the Asrock 775Dual-VSTA was actually the motherboard for my first computer! Initially i had convinced my mom to let me buy a GeForce 7800 GS for her Dell workstation, with my own savings, to which she agreed. So still being a teenager in school, when the time came …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2025-06-01, 12:57
That looks more like hot-melt glue. It looks like a thermal deformity from touching a hot object. As I've had it explained to me, it's caused by a chemical reaction between the plastics in the device and cable, resulting from prolonged contact. There are marks like this all over the back side of …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2025-05-31, 23:07
Got my hands on a New-Old-Stock original keyboard for my Compaq Deskpro EP. :) GsEJORAXYAAcIAb.jpg Honestly surprised by how sturdy this one feels, compared to later Dell and Microsoft membrane keyboards. Just need to get my hands on a Compaq branded Intellimouse now and i'll have a full Compaq …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2025-05-31, 20:53
Got my hands on a New-Old-Stock original keyboard for my Compaq Deskpro EP. :) GsEJORAXYAAcIAb.jpg Honestly surprised by how sturdy this one feels, compared to later Dell and Microsoft membrane keyboards. Just need to get my hands on a Compaq branded Intellimouse now and i'll have a full Compaq …
Re: Are early levels better than later levels in games?
Posted on 2025-05-30, 12:54
Trespasser suffers from this, although that was a game that was frought with development issues. The early and mid-game levels are pretty interesting and fun, but after you the InGen lab, it's all downhill from there... although technically "uphill". Many of the early levels invite exploration, but …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2025-05-21, 21:44
Got this nice Gainward FX 5900XT GS, needs a good clean and new paste but appears to be in ok physical condition. FX5900Xt Front.jpg FX5900XT Back.jpg its no FX 5950 Ultra but it should OC nicely being a golden sample and wont be that much slower for the games i want to throw at it. Oooh that is …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2025-05-15, 20:38
PD2JK wrote on 2025-05-15, 20:20: That looks fantastic! How is the sound compared to cheap speakers? Honestly I don't think I've ever had cheap speakers. Maybe the set that came with my family's old Dell, but those also came with a subwoofer so not really an apples to apples comparison. But they …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2025-05-15, 20:15
Got my hands on a pair of JBL Platinum sp08a11 speakers, for just around the equivalent 0f $10! In excellent condition!! GrBAet2WcAALDsK.jpg They were a royal pain to clip onto my Compaq 7500 though, tolerances were so tight I had to line them up at the exactly correct angle, in order to push them …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2025-05-09, 21:59
riplin wrote on 2025-05-09, 20:19: I still find it odd that the G450 has a grounded heat sink. You know, I was actually wondering what that wire was for!
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2025-05-09, 14:27
Bought a set of three assorted AGP graphics cards. One of them was a Matrox Millenium G450 Dual Head, a pretty sweet upgrade from my Win 98 machines old G200. Filename Gqg2kIWWEAAR79R.jpg File size 255.36 KiB Views 749 views File license Fair use/fair dealing exception
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2025-04-20, 17:26
Managed to get my hands on something really special... A brand new 17-inch Compaq 7500!!! It's been 20 years since I had the pleasure of experiencing a fresh-out-of-the-box CRT and even my best used monitr, a Dell 991 Trinitron, shows it's age. GovP3IRXMAAN88n.jpg GovP3GoWIAAlACY.jpg …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2025-04-17, 13:23
Managed to get my hands on something really special... A brand new 17-inch Compaq 7500!!! It's been 20 years since I had the pleasure of experiencing a fresh-out-of-the-box CRT and even my best used monitr, a Dell 991 Trinitron, shows it's age. GovP3IRXMAAN88n.jpg GovP3GoWIAAlACY.jpg GovP3J6XEAAPxN1 …
Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread
Posted on 2025-04-10, 19:50
Color me envious! I want to do an nForce build myself eventually. Though I'm planning Tri-SLI with the legendary 8800 GTS or possibly Ultra. :) Well now's the time, most of it is still quite cheap for now. I did start off with 9800GT but I ultimately prefer to go a couple of GPU generations newer …
Re: I miss physical media ;)
Posted on 2025-04-10, 16:18
@Jo22: agree on cloud. But I was talking more about reading the physical support. Let's say you save some files on CDs/DVDs and you store those disks in good conditions. So far, so good. But what if optical readers are no longer fabricated and cannot be recreated? Then you have perfectly good disks …
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