Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2013-07-29, 01:28
You didn't really want that Diamond Edge 3D, right?
Re: Old fart topic: What was your hardware specs in 1992?
Posted on 2013-07-28, 23:20
In 92 I was still using an Atari ST but I did have a Supercharger external PC emulator. It was basically a full 8086 PC that used the Atari ST for video and peripherals. I was never able to get a Mac emulator back then, though, because they were too expensive.
Re: My impressive 286 system!
Posted on 2013-07-28, 13:42
Is the process of extracting the gold expensive? Not expensive but it can be dangerous. Bathing components in aqua regia is the usual method and aqua regia is highly corrosive and emits fumes. It's not something you want to do without proper safety equipment or in an enclosed space. I'd be …
Re: YELLOWED Plastic
Posted on 2013-07-28, 13:36
Leaving computer plastics in the sun is the WORST thing you can do. It is the sun that discolors them in the first place because the sunlight interacts with the brominated flame retardants in the plastic causing them to turn that disgusting yellow-brown that looks like tobacco stains.
Re: Best vanilla PCI video card for a modern-ish machine
Posted on 2013-07-28, 13:31
RepoOne wrote: The best "modern" PCI video cards you can get are probably the Zotac PCI GT430 or the PCI Radeon 5450. A GeForce 9500GT PCI is still faster than either of those. Both Sparkle and Jaton made them but they are getting to be a little hard to find now.
Re: AMD slot A 1000mhz cpu heat
Posted on 2013-07-26, 12:33
The Golden Orb is your friend (too lazy to take my own pics so I stole from the internet) http://i865.photobucket.com/albums/ab220/gsdewd/putercrap/IMG_0411Small.jpg I also have one of the black heatsinks with a dual fan setup on another of my Slot A Athlons. Looks great and probably would solve my …
Re: My impressive 286 system!
Posted on 2013-07-26, 12:30
MaxWar wrote: Those gold scrappers... :@ Some of the stuff being sold as scrap would make you cry.
Re: Glue a heatsink to a 486
Posted on 2013-07-26, 12:20
Here's a pic of a fansink that is typical of what was available for 486 chips back in the old days http://cdn103.iofferphoto.com/img/item/121/719/561/1h8w.jpg Notice how shallow the heatsink is and the fan isn't very powerful, either, so no overclocking with something like this because it doesn't …
Re: Windows port from DOS games
Posted on 2013-07-26, 12:14
Sol_HSA wrote: may I just beat my own drum for a bit? http://iki.fi/sol/dr_gdm.html How the heck did the system specs to play the game increase so much?
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2013-07-25, 00:47
Saw 4 of those at local auctions... Highly unlikely. You're probably confusing it with something else you saw. It's only been in fairly recent years that the very existence of them was even confirmed because nobody had ever seen one before. Prior to that there had only been rumors of their …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2013-07-24, 20:17
Stojke wrote: Why is that cyrix so special? 133mhz/4x. Very rare.
Re: Cyrix 5x86 120GP with Biostar MB8433 Version 2
Posted on 2013-07-23, 21:36
This one looks like it has burnt pins. I wouldn't put much faith in it's functionality.
Re: Rendition Verite Thread
Posted on 2013-07-23, 21:33
swaaye wrote: If only he'd looked at the date on the post he replied to...... I wasn't the one who bumped it originally. When I see a thread at the top of the queue I assume it has become active again.
Re: Cyrix 5x86 120GP with Biostar MB8433 Version 2
Posted on 2013-07-23, 16:12
Most likely all the 30MHz 486 boards were used in OEM boxes, probably using proprietary form factors. I am almost certain Compaq was one of them. Remember AMD has a 90MHz 486 chip out there, 30MHz bus was the real deal. How long have you had a 120MHz/4x? Probably about 6 months to a year. Believe …
Re: Joyticks options for Tie Fighter, Wing Commander...
Posted on 2013-07-23, 16:05
Hatta wrote: IMO, you can't have too many joysticks. My girlfriend would disagree, of course. Olivia Munn playing with a joystick.
Re: AMD slot A 1000mhz cpu heat
Posted on 2013-07-23, 14:11
The Golden Orb is your friend (too lazy to take my own pics so I stole from the internet) I also have one of the black heatsinks with a dual fan setup on another of my Slot A Athlons.
Re: Rendition Verité Speedy3D/RRedline info and pics
Posted on 2013-07-23, 14:08
Your lucky I found nothing . No stealt ii s220 found in europe. I from netherlands. Strange that many people have rendition verity to show here but nobody who want sell a card. Only for collecting people to show it but nothing more. :disapproving: The reason people have these cards is because they …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2013-07-23, 14:00
rgart wrote: http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/6233/bqj1.jpg […] Show full quote purchased today Where did it come from and are there any more?
Re: So what do you guys do... you know, in real life?
Posted on 2013-07-23, 13:59
I am Death. Devourer of worlds.
Re: Why do PCs produce waste heat?
Posted on 2013-07-21, 16:16
Global warming is a lot of unproven bunk.
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