Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-03-20, 14:04

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I have a G4 quicksilver that I picked up for 10$ and also a mac mini that has a custom installer to run 9.22. My opinion now is that with both the G4 and the mac mini compatiability issues exist for running a lot of early games equally. I would say get the appropriate mac G4 mini and install 9.22 on …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-03-15, 00:41

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I had a similar pair and they work just as advertised. You'll see bright colors from opposing frames as ghosts on the other frames cause the glasses dont block out all light but it will be enough for you to overlook that. It works with a lot of things but you will have to find those settings online …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-03-06, 14:59

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OldCat wrote: CelGen wrote: I still paid too much for shipping this, but I like how well it cleaned up, AND it boots! […] Show full quote I still paid too much for shipping this, but I like how well it cleaned up, AND it boots! Those Pip boys are bigger than I thought.

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Re: "New" gaming pc - OEM's or not?

Posted on 2019-03-01, 04:31

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Hey I'm not advocating for a 2060, I said that was the minimum I would get. Personally I myself wouldn't go for anything under a 2080ti, but then again that's more than his whole budget.

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Re: "New" gaming pc - em's or not?

Posted on 2019-02-28, 15:09

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You should be able to build a pretty good machine from scratch for 1200. Just focus on Video card as the majority of your expenses as that's the part that matters 98% the most for a gaming machine. I wouldn't put anything less than a 2060 in it.

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Re: eBay Vintage Computing historical prices database

Posted on 2019-02-27, 02:57

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Another issue with the games unfortunately would be harder to solve, Example look at KQVI sealed. The second item is of a sealed jewel case not the CIB/SEALED edition that someone would probably be looking for it they were concerned with a product being sealed. Like I said people describe things all …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2019-02-26, 06:37

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Bought Metro Exodus today...on Epic store...not that it's vintage and a cool physical edition but I am looking forward to seeing the raytracing implementation.

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2019-02-26, 06:16

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Just started Thief: The Dark Project. Playing on my P3-933 with Voodoo2 SLI and Audigy EAX. 17" CRT monitor at 1024x768. :cool: EAX over A3D? I'm currently playing Detroit: Become Human - my first Quantic Dream came since Omikron way back when. Quantic Dream has only gotten worse with each game. I …

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Re: Found the vintage PC motherlode...

Posted on 2019-02-26, 01:53

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I sure would like to have a NOS 5154 =)

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Re: eBay Vintage Computing historical prices database

Posted on 2019-02-25, 15:18

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The software should also be split into 'SEALED/NIB' and 'OPEN/USED'. Those 2 categories are something that will really affect the price and that someone might also care to differentiate between. If you are just looking for a used copy of the game the average price will be a lot cheaper if you filter …

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Re: What are your computer-related obsessive-compulsive disorders?

Posted on 2019-02-23, 04:16

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Your manuals rock!

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Re: What will we do when IPv6 is fully adopted?

Posted on 2019-02-17, 04:54

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I'd like to give this a try, do you have a link to a guide for what I would need to edit the samba config for Windows 98 and older to be able to access it? These seem to be the options available to me in the GUI: Samba_Options.jpg I also have NFS settings, would that help with Win 98 access? This is …

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Re: What will we do when IPv6 is fully adopted?

Posted on 2019-02-17, 01:03

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I would just a soon solve this by having a server to serve files to all my retro machines and leave them off the internet entirely...However I use a Synology Diskstation and I can't manage to get my Win 98 or earlier machines to connect to it which sucks. I'm sure there is a solution for me I just …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-02-16, 06:16

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Been buying mine on ebay unfortunately for about $50 so back it goes, i dont know how stable a reflowed board with no clean flux would be...

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-02-16, 01:38

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Just got my second DEAD Radeon 9800 Pro. Man I don't think many of these cards are in working condition given my luck. Both the sellers claimed they were tested and working perfectly. They arrived in antistatic bags and bubble wrapped outside of that so I think they were broken prior to shipping. …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2019-02-15, 15:26

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The ESC key there is like the IBM AT Keyboard. Personally I love it there and wish it had never been moved to it's current position. I think there are a lot of nice things about the older key layout than what we ended up with today.

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2019-02-07, 23:43

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I prefer chips.

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Re: FYI: Steam drops XP/Vista in 2019

Posted on 2019-02-04, 03:39

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Yup that's all she wrote. If you are in offline mode and haven't run it for a bit it will launch 1 more time, then after that steamui.dll error. I'll be interested to see how long people who deny steam an internet connection are able to keep going.

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Re: Found the vintage PC motherlode...

Posted on 2019-02-02, 19:44

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Let us know when they start putting some of this up on ebay, or if they want to do any deals to this community prior to going on ebay =)

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2019-01-31, 02:21

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Davros wrote: ]Mine […] Show full quote ]Mine I have the exact same desk.

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