Re: Socket 7 era with modern sata vs modern scsi?

Posted on 2022-08-30, 22:31

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by luckybob

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they can benchmark against some sata ssds? yea, i'm going to stop you there. The comparison against a $20 SSD and even the fastest SCSI raid is like comparing a high school kid vs Usain Bolt. SCSI is a money pit. This is coming from a guy that LOVES SCSI. Once you get into the PCI era, there is no …

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Re: ebay enters the ashbin of history

Posted on 2022-08-28, 03:40

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by luckybob

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But then they ask me for my d.o.b and last4 of my ssn. its because they charge state sales tax and report earnings to the IRS. They 110% don't want to.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-08-22, 20:25

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Well, not to be *THAT* guy... its a 16-bit memory expansion card on a system with a 32-bit buss. It probably worked, and it was better than using hard disk as virtual-ram... but its at minimum 100% slower than the on-motherboard stuff. 50% slower. 100% slower would be inactive :) boy howdy i have …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-08-21, 04:47

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by luckybob

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Well, not to be *THAT* guy... its a 16-bit memory expansion card on a system with a 32-bit buss. It probably worked, and it was better than using hard disk as virtual-ram... but its at minimum 100% slower than the on-motherboard stuff.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-08-19, 15:56

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by luckybob

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Yes, that's a memory expansion for the ps2. Its slower than main memory, but better than a hard disk

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-08-19, 15:54

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by luckybob

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Ooo, you got the 2nd gen model 80 there. I just love that case design.

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Re: AGP to PCI adapters - any PCB designers here willing to make one?

Posted on 2022-08-09, 05:11

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by luckybob

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Oh it's incredibly tedious to salvage a pci slot from a board. Ask me how I know. Save a bit of your sanity and buy some cheap ones from china.

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Re: AGP to PCI adapters - any PCB designers here willing to make one?

Posted on 2022-08-09, 01:36

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by luckybob

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Salvage one from a dead board or buy them on ebay

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Re: Socket 5/7/SS7 (Voltage Interposer) Tweaker. (Beta)

Posted on 2022-08-05, 18:07

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by luckybob

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The perfect connection already exists https://www.moddiy.com/products/8-Pin-Graphic … gled-Black.html

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Re: AGP to PCI adapters - any PCB designers here willing to make one?

Posted on 2022-07-27, 18:14

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by luckybob

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I don't feel good about throwing someone under the bus when they went out of their way to find the product, but I didn't want to pay the price. It wasn't startech, but https://www.pridopia.co.uk/8114.html

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Re: AGP to PCI adapters - any PCB designers here willing to make one?

Posted on 2022-07-27, 13:18

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by luckybob

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My kingdom for an AFFORDABLE pci-x (66/64) to pci-e adapter. I asked a certain easy to Google company if they had any then their site said sold out. A week later they "found a box with some" at $300 a pop. Thanks but no thanks.

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2022-07-26, 06:56

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by luckybob

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Mind share is a huge force to overcome. The last time team red was competitive was the 7970. That was a great card...

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

Posted on 2022-07-13, 15:18

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by luckybob

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Also, the V-droop mod is highly recommended if you are going to overclock. I remember doing it when that board was new. ^.^

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2022-07-12, 20:58

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The monitor I was looking at getting went up in price about 25%...

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Re: Would anyone be interested in a thread for setting setting up a TrueNAS server for storing files and media?

Posted on 2022-07-09, 18:21

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by luckybob

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oooooo. i have one of these. I've ran a file server of some description since i pirated windows 2000 when it came out... ^.^ I have a relatively high end setup now with a 2u supermicro rack. I recently swapped in 24x 1.2TB 10k rpm sas drives and 10g ethernet. I'll be happy to share what I know.

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Re: IBM PS/2 floppy disk drive restore / repair

Posted on 2022-07-03, 22:09

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by luckybob

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I have a few as backups. I have not used them yet. Don't forget a sound card from that site if you wNt anything better than the pc speaker. ^.^

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Re: See if you can spot what's wrong.....

Posted on 2022-07-02, 17:42

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Filename image-asset.png File size 238.35 KiB Views 1223 views Everything looks okay to me. I see nothing wrong here.

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Re: IBM PS/2 floppy disk drive restore / repair

Posted on 2022-07-02, 17:26

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by luckybob

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That sounds about right. Welcome to the IBM club! I use a windows machine and a program called WINIMAGE to make my disks. I am quick to remove the disk after writing before windows has an opportunity to poke its fingers into it. You should not need the refstamp tool with winimage. at least in my …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-06-10, 17:14

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by luckybob

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Socket 4? That's certainly the first I've heard of one. Does it come with a manual? Also, would you be willing to update the https://www.ultimateretro.net/en/ ?

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Re: WORKING Shuttle HOT-613 (Single to Dual - Pentium Pro)

Posted on 2022-06-10, 17:11

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by luckybob

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Filename 13071355_0.png File size 27.09 KiB Views 1184 views File comment Oh yea..... Great case! It's a perfect fit for that setup.

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