Re: Another Shot: EP-8KTA3 Pro

Posted on 2012-04-10, 03:38

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... But there is a price to pay for this outrageous speed - I will see if I am willing to pay for it. For Wing Commander, I must still use "throttle" at 50% to hit the right speed. There also is a niche between 300MHz and 133 MHz, which the Athlon can not cover without a software break. I have so …

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Re: 7200+ RPM EIDE "smaller" HDDs

Posted on 2012-04-01, 14:45

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Well, I bought my current PC in late November 1998, and the IBM 9,1gb hdd 7200 rpm still works(obviously, or else I wouldn't be writing this, heh) after daily (ab)use since then. I'm not going to dismantle it to check the production date, but it surely must be somewhat earlier than November. Seems …

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Re: (Ebay)US International postage prices?

Posted on 2012-03-14, 10:42

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quick and easy answer is "tracking". They probably do this to protect themselves vs paypal and fraudulent customers etc. And often the only options that carry tracking are the very expensive ones. Or they just don't know of the (albeit only slightly) cheaper options. http://pe.usps.gov/text/imm/ab_ …

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Re: Testing new and empty hard drives - what software to use ?

Posted on 2012-03-11, 14:58

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Thanks for input! I'll look into what exactly Aida/Everest offers. Not sure if I got that DBAN correctly though. Is it this thing ?: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DBAN If so, how would any 'test' results manifest themselves ? (inability to write to the drive, or something ?)

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Testing new and empty hard drives - what software to use ?

Posted on 2012-03-10, 21:50

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Planning on buying some new drives, WD 500GB. But been reading about the poor build quality of later years, with 'many' disks failing after just 1-2 days or weeks. (judging by the tales on newegg.com) Seems that if it still works after say 3-6 months, you're in the clear, sorta...? So, was wondering …

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Re: The Return of the BEIGE! (Pentium II Inside)

Posted on 2012-03-08, 05:09

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As for the speed settings, a different mobo should be able to do 2x 66mhz ? (at least Abit BH6 makes that work, ending up as 133mhz)

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Re: The "what exotic part I'm missing to be able to test this" thread

Posted on 2012-02-29, 21:41

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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/330591273864 http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw=fpm+dimm

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Re: DOS programs won't load on upper memory

Posted on 2012-02-27, 15:39

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I can everything through Win9x DOS prompt So, did qemm97 work, or... ?

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Re: Socket4 Pentium-60 motherboard, anyone familiar with those ?

Posted on 2012-02-25, 19:09

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Well, what do you know - problem solved... :happyhappy: Unable to find my stash of simms at the moment, I finally dug out a (marked for recycling/parts only) twin/copy of the same machine from the depths of the 'warehouse'. (CPU is dangling loose from a power cord, lotsa bent pins, previous owner …

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Re: DOS programs won't load on upper memory

Posted on 2012-02-25, 17:54

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How about qemm97 ? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=25922 And if looking with an ftp program, there are also all kinds of 'old' programs in the "potpouri" folder - no idea what most is (pkunzip is listed), but oldest is dated 1991. Maybe something for famous "The Unofficial VOGONS Driver …

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Re: Socket4 Pentium-60 motherboard, anyone familiar with those ?

Posted on 2012-02-23, 21:34

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Thankyou for input! As for simms, how do I tell which has 'parity' or not? (I know I have a box full, somewhere.... but now I can't find it even after 1 hr searching/pondering! :dead: ) I'll see if I can get a picture or 3 taken, but that will take a day or 2. Dallas, yeah, perhaps. Still, I have an …

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Socket4 Pentium-60 motherboard, anyone familiar with those ?

Posted on 2012-02-23, 20:00

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I'm trying to test this socket4 mobo* with a Pentium60(at least that is what the digital display says). Only(?) problem is that all the memory modules are gone, and I suspect the ones I am trying are of the wrong kind, somehow. *: basically a fully loaded pizza case, bar hdd as well as memory... - …

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Re: Does anyone have an offline copy of Total Hardware99?

Posted on 2012-02-12, 14:44

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Just curious, how much space/MB does this particular version of the archive take when unpacked ? (expands from 167MB to...?) (or, I could of course try to download it and see... :cool: ) Been seeing several numbers from 482-630MB mentioned around the interwebs as beeing the supposedly 'full version' …

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Re: Is there any "hack" to improve voodoo1/2 passthrough quality?

Posted on 2012-02-05, 00:48

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For you voodoo gurus 🤣 : Just wondering, what is the difference between a regular V3 3000 or 2000 and a seemingly similar '3000 LC' or '2000 LC' model ? As googling does not seem to give me much, so... 😒

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Re: Any millionaires around?

Posted on 2012-02-03, 14:45

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So, he has 28000(and not 18000) of these, and that's not all.... Additional quantities also available. Contact us for special pricing. So the listing says.... 😲

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Re: Monochrome TFT

Posted on 2012-01-31, 18:13

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I'm thinking maybe this one can be usable as well ? : http://www.ebay.com/itm/310129352296 Can also be found for as low as $20ish. Covid EZpix 84 or 85... (must have the/a special pin converter cable of course, some sellers sell only the box...!) But as the ad says, there may be monitors that will …

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Megaupload has died... :(

Posted on 2012-01-20, 11:53

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Any Vogons stuff lost ? 😢 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16642369

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Re: Weird AT-case, any good ?

Posted on 2011-10-27, 20:50

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Thanks for all the info on the vga card! Yeah, I knew it was VLB, but the sheer size, numbers of chips on it and the round output connector threw me off a bit... So, would this vga card be any good for games I wonder ? Looks like they sold for quite a bit back then ($800??) http://groups.google.com/ …

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Weird AT-case, any good ?

Posted on 2011-10-27, 00:07

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Have an option of getting this one (mailed! to me) for a yet not known sum: http://www.freeimagehosting.net/t/70dea.jpg . http://www.freeimagehosting.net/t/7336e.jpg . Funny thing is that the PSU is at the bottom ! Which may create some problems, as the mobo connector usually is on top edge/corner …

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Re: Voodoo 3 heatsinks - anyone have a better solution than the original ones ?

Posted on 2011-10-25, 19:40

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I agree with all the above. And yes, I can see it going the way MaxWar is predicting, so... Just tried to measure the heat, on the tiny black square oem heatsink some cards have - with a digital thermometer having a rough probe on the end of a cable. The egde of the heatsink seems to top out* at 52 …

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