Re: Senrew's Late Win98 Machine

Posted on 2018-04-21, 03:44

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After a long while, it's time to build this sucker up. Ended up parting it out and sticking the parts in a box and dumped the case for space needs. Finally ordered another one and it's time to build this back up and see what it's got. Going to go with a Live! card vs the Phillips one, so there's …

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Re: Best laptop for DOS/Win9x gaming?

Posted on 2018-04-18, 23:45

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by senrew

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Shameless Self-Promotion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTqI9172X8E The 480CDT had some decent performance as of 4 years ago. This is a video of me playing audio from the pandora website on it.

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Re: Best laptop for DOS/Win9x gaming?

Posted on 2018-04-18, 23:28

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I own a 480CDT and I absolutely love it. 233mmx, 64mb ram, C&T 65555, the OPL-SA3 sound chip. The only issue I have with it is that none of the 3 (external) floppy drives I have for it seem to be recognized, so I have to do everything via CD/USB/Network for file transfer, which isn't much of a big …

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Re: Possible XP Build?

Posted on 2018-04-17, 03:23

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Well, assuming the parts aren't damaged from the 24/7 usage I've been giving it, the plan is to run it at stock once I repurpose it. I'll know for sure when I rip her apart for a long-overdue cleaning.

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Re: Possible XP Build?

Posted on 2018-04-17, 02:01

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Yep, XP 32-bit, which is why I wanted to drop down to 4GB of ram. I intend to rip the thing apart and give it a good cleaning, redo the thermal paste, etc, before I try and set it up again. It's been running with nothing but occasional cleaning of the dust filters in the case since I first put it …

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Possible XP Build?

Posted on 2018-04-17, 01:39

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So, my server is currently my old desktop, however it's starting to take a shit during long Handbrake runs, just crashing. I had been planning on retiring it once the new Ryzen parts came out this week and just building a modern desktop with high-capacity hard drives to serve dual purpose as daily- …

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Re: Thinking of having a retro-pocalypse

Posted on 2018-04-08, 16:08

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I'm in the same boat. I've got a pile of "leftovers" after putting together what I (at the moment) assume to be final builds I'll actually keep and use. South Florida is a black hole for this kind of hobby so I just put the things up on ebay, give it a reasonable price, and leave it as good till …

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Re: Win95 Games from 1995

Posted on 2018-03-11, 00:08

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by senrew

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Wasn't the first version of SU-27 Flanker heavily marketed as specifically designed for WIn95?

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Re: So I had a stupid idea about how to build a really fast 486...

Posted on 2017-10-18, 20:44

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No such thing as a reasonable price for any kind of plan like that. While it would be cool just to see it exist...nah

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Re: MMX/3DNow!/SSE usage

Posted on 2017-10-18, 20:34

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by senrew

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The box for Starfleet Academy has the MMX logo in the corner. Or at least the copy I got for Christmas 97 did. I remember back when I didn't know shit about any of this stuff that I was thrilled that my p200mmx was able to play the game.

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

Posted on 2017-10-04, 18:54

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Received a p200 and replacement power bricks for my MT-32 and SC-7. My DOS/Win95 B machine will be complete once I swap out the CPU and set everything up nice and pretty. Contemplating making a video of the cpu swap and some benchmarks before/after. I mean...it's what all the cool kids on youtube …

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Re: Opinions on Yamaha TG100 and Kawai GMega

Posted on 2017-09-29, 13:54

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I have a few non-GM modules that I want to try out, just to see what kinda craziness I can get out of them from incorrect mapping. The only GM Yamaha synth I own is a PSR-330, which I assume will sound as middle of the road low end as it can possibly get, but still. I don't believe it's an XG …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-23, 13:00

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Munx wrote: Artex wrote: *all that stuff* And here I though I wouldn't have to feel jealous today... Artex drops the mic once again 😀

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Re: Teach me to love ATI Rage

Posted on 2017-09-23, 07:37

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by senrew

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Turns out, I happen to have a machine with a Rage Pro in it. I've got this Latitude CPx H500gt with a Mobility M1. It's just a Rage Pro core with 8MB vram. Played several games that would have been period correct or a little after and my opinion has to be...it's horribly slow and ugly :) Tried Blood …

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

Posted on 2017-09-23, 05:31

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Spent the night lamenting the quick death of the GX150 I picked up yesterday. Wanted to get a bit of Win98 gaming in, but I don't yet have a case my for P3-550 machine. Remebered that I have a Latitude CPx H500gt with 98 and some games already installed, so I pulled that out and started messing …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-22, 16:24

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by senrew

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Jade Falcon wrote: stege wrote: 850GB, P4 1.4GHz (socket 423), 4x 256MB Rambus 800 Antec Phantom 500 […] Show full quote 850GB, P4 1.4GHz (socket 423), 4x 256MB Rambus 800 Antec Phantom 500 😎 And some 6core xeon and 12core opteron (25$ both, including shipping) IMG_0483.JPG IMG_0482.JPG IMG_0465. …

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Re: Optiplex GX150...What Have We Here?

Posted on 2017-09-22, 03:23

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by senrew

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Looks like this story is going to have a quick ending. Put it all back together and POP I'll try to salvage what I can, but I have the making for a decent end of 98 machine here. Honestly, I really only bought the thing hoping the board would be a Tualatin capable one, but it's not. Still feel like …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-22, 02:08

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by senrew

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I already started ripping it apart to clean it so no pictures at the moment, but I picked up an Optiplex GX150 at a thrift for $25.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-22, 01:53

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by senrew

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I sincerely hope you have a strong back 😀

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Optiplex GX150...What Have We Here?

Posted on 2017-09-22, 00:55

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by senrew

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Went thrifting a couple of days ago and found a GX150 for $25. Didn't think much of it and left. Spent most of the day yesterday thinking about it and decided to try and go back and get it, but the shop was closed when I got there. I rarely see computers of any kind at this particular store so I …

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