Re: What happened to all those beautiful systems

Posted on 2018-07-26, 13:46

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by chinny22

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

About more recent systems like the ML 350, yes, ONE specimen can be found popping up every now and then, but that's what I expect from a single home computer sale or a tiny company. You missed your moment. I picked up five G4/G4p models in 2014 for pennies. These are 2004/2005 computers so release …

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Re: What happened to all those beautiful systems

Posted on 2018-07-26, 13:35

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by chinny22

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I'm sure larger Uni's and massive multinational companies may have had 1 or maybe even 2 per site and would have had to pay the money to pay for these systems which would have had "big monster price tag" to match ;) Internet was probably the big force behind computerised systems though, We didn't …

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Re: What happened to all those beautiful systems

Posted on 2018-07-26, 13:02

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by chinny22

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Numbers were never that high especially early 90's. First workstation class machine I saw was when I started work in 2002, a Compaq based on a P2 Xeon 400 Mhz and that was already obsolete. The other Graphic designer had a standard socket P3 Compaq with bit more ram and worked just as well. Every …

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Re: CD-ROM Compatability with Creative Sound Blaster SB16 Value CT2770

Posted on 2018-07-26, 12:46

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by chinny22

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I've got a non working CR-563-B Had it since brand new and even then it wasn't the best drive. About 4 years (1998) ours started to not read pressed CD's and Kodak CD-R's which were decent consumer grade back then never worked in the drive. I wouldn't expect much life left in the drives that even …

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Re: What games Required a Geforce2 ?

Posted on 2018-07-26, 12:32

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by chinny22

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

For me it because the PC I got in late 98 came with a 16MB TNT, and couldn't afford to upgrade so soon after. Cant remember which exact year I upgraded to a GF2 MX but would be about 2001ish and remember being annoyed at Need for Speed 4, or Porsche, bumping up graphics card in my priority list, …

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Re: Sound Blaster Live! with no Sound on Windows 98 SE

Posted on 2018-07-26, 12:22

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by chinny22

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in Marvin \ Sound

Double check that the c-Media isn't the primary playback device is set in control panel/sound. I've been tricked by the onboard sound more then once!

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Re: Fixing an old 486?

Posted on 2018-07-26, 12:11

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by chinny22

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I doubt you'll miss the floppy these days with all the alternatives like CD, Network, even the CF card can easily be put in another machine. With the roland in the pic looks like you have a nice 486 in the making, look forward to see how it ends up 😀

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Re: Is a pentium pro worth it?

Posted on 2018-07-26, 12:01

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by chinny22

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Dual processors aren't useful for gaming right up until maybe the late XP era (think early core 2 duo) and likewise with windows NT. Stick to 98 or XP (2000 wasn't bad either), but if I was 10 years older, maybe I would have used one in a productive environment pft, wrong! don't you know the saying …

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Re: DUDE, show me your Dell!

Posted on 2018-07-25, 13:16

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by chinny22

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https://s25.postimg.cc/kio0j5bun/Dells.jpg From left to right XPS T500 upgraded to 1Ghz that has its own post here https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=32853 2 Precision T5500's Both originally had a single 2Ghz CPU running WinXP x64 with 2GB Ram and used as CCTV servers. I got the 2nd CPU cage …

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Re: Anyone still use ball mice?

Posted on 2018-07-25, 12:32

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by chinny22

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

yeh my preference of optical is cleaning the pads is much easier then getting into the rollers. Not having to use mouse pads anymore, No more picking the mouse up and moving it center of the pad when you reach an edge. I also seem to think tracking was better then my balled MS wheel mouse, but again …

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Re: Asus P2B-DS Build

Posted on 2018-07-25, 12:19

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by chinny22

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in Marvin \ System Specs

Visited the family in Australia earlier this year so did a bit of a stocktake of what I still have at my parents. This is the motherboards original case. I will bring it back with me on one of my visits home and reunite the 2 but maybe wait till I'm no longer living in a flat! https://s25.postimg.cc …

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Re: Advice for Super 7 Build.

Posted on 2018-07-25, 11:24

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by chinny22

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

If this is your only PC Video Voodoo 3 3000 AGP - Good dos compatibility and Glide for Win98, Only Negative is is D3D games DOS sound Sound Blaster AWE64 -Basically a SB16 with clean output, As you dont have a Midi device the AWE will give you better midi then the other cards. Possible Negative, not …

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Re: Installing Internet Explorer 5 on Windows 3.11

Posted on 2018-07-25, 10:29

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by chinny22

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The Cintek screens look like its a ISP or magazine customized install thy the one form here? https://winworldpc.com/product/internet-explorer/ie-5 or here http://www.oldversion.com/windows/internet-explorer Dont forget Netscape 3! that was the dominant browser back then 😀

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Re: Expected lifetime of videocards? Can they be saved?

Posted on 2018-07-25, 10:05

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by chinny22

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Yeh I haven't seen many stories about the ram failing, not saying it isnt a thing just its not as common as the lead free solder problem TheMobRules mentioned above. added with cards around that time designed to run incredibly hot, then cooling own only made things worse. This is why people "bake" …

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Re: Need for Speed III Hot Pursuit official EA patch

Posted on 2018-07-23, 21:32

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by chinny22

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This contains the official EA patch, if you google the file nfs3patch3allfixes.exe you will see it included in listing of EA's long dead ftp site. I guess it includes the patches nfs3_update.zip nfs3bansheepatch.exe npspatchnfs3.exe

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Re: Mid-late 90's-2000 Gaming PC build

Posted on 2018-07-23, 19:07

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by chinny22

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in Marvin \ System Specs

The BX motherboard is famous for being reliable and your P3 700 and Voodoo 3 are a good pair. The isa slot is also good for a soundcard to play dos games on a really fast PC. It's the drivers that gave the VIA chipsets a bad reputation, and while they are still not as good as the intel ones. you …

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Re: Good card to pair with Voodoo-2 PCI ?

Posted on 2018-07-23, 18:59

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by chinny22

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No such thing as a AGP Voodoo2. Voodoo 1 and 2 were "add on" cards and still need a separate 2d card (can be any card including a more modern 3d card like a Geforce) a real rough idea would be the voodoo number with the Pentium, so Pentium 1 voodoo 1, P2 voodoo 2, etc

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Re: Windows 95C sort the start menu by name: how do I do it?

Posted on 2018-07-23, 18:55

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by chinny22

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If I remember correctly it just shows the file order of the folder c:\windows\start. Sort that in explorer and it'll be arranged in the start menu

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Re: Sound Blaster 32/64 questions

Posted on 2018-07-23, 18:51

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by chinny22

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Hmm... Would a good compromise therefore be having a SB16 and a SBLive? The 16 covers DOS and the Live covers Midi and everything AWE32 and 64? Yep, only thing AWE gives you over SB16 is the few games that support AWE natively for music. Anywhere else its just a standard SB16. AWE does let you load …

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Anyone still use ball mice?

Posted on 2018-07-23, 17:49

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by chinny22

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I for one don't miss those days at all and only use one on my PC without a ps2 port. But does any of the more hard core period correct builders still use a non optical mouse? I came across a few at work today, all PS2 only so not much use to me, but in 2 minds if they are worth saving at all. …

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