Re: Hardware thats been stored in a cold shed in sweden for 13 years

Posted on 2013-10-04, 23:37

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I would think that the motherboards will still work since they were dry. Over a year ago, I found a Gateway 2000 socket 4 p5-60 without the top thrown out for the trashman on side of the road. It was missing the cpu and harddrive and was pretty dirty. I picked it up, brought it home, put it in the …

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Re: Am I the only one that gets pissed off about...

Posted on 2013-10-04, 17:02

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133MHz wrote: In the rare occasion that I have to dump a CRT I remove the coils & chassis and swap them with a profanity-laden note, just to troll them. Awesome!

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Re: Am I the only one that gets pissed off about...

Posted on 2013-10-04, 15:56

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I hate electronics scrappers with every fiber in my being. There is no real gain from it, the whole e-waste and e-scraping program is a big scam. It's all bullshit. All it does is make prices on Ebay go up and make everyone else who sells old hardware think they have something rare and worth alot. …

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Re: Why are BIOS updates so scary?

Posted on 2013-10-04, 12:39

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I remember the first time I flashed a BIOS. It was last year, I wanted to experience a Pentium Overdrive 83mhz and the only 486 mobo I had at the time was an AT&T Globalyst 515 486. After much digging in old forums I found that I needed BIOS v2.05 or above, mine had v2.02. More searching led to an …

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Re: The Leviathan, Huge AT case, Pentium mmx, Awe32, Millenium II + Voodoo2 build

Posted on 2013-09-27, 14:08

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Heh. I thought I was the only one that hoarded car tires. I must have 200 tires at my house, in the backyard, shed and garage and 4 vehicles and spares..... Nice build and awesome case. Interesting that the matrox can handle the 50mhz fsb and I like seeing socket 7 Intels overclocked. An Intel …

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Re: The Demise of MobyGames

Posted on 2013-09-21, 17:12

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Holy Hell!! When did this shit happen? I used MobyGames all the time as a resource for a decade. What was wrong with the old layout, it worked too well? A lot of sites I have frequented over the years all of a sudden mutate into a non-usable pile of ass because some fuck head developer has to …

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Re: People who call their entire computer a "CPU"...

Posted on 2013-09-19, 16:34

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I too have heard people refer to their computer as a modem, dumbest shit I've ever heard of.

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2013-09-16, 05:04

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simbin wrote: soviet conscript wrote: http://imageshack.us/a/img846/6416/pc1k.jpg […] Show full quote Lots of neat stuff...but...Dreamcast FTW!!! 😀 Agreed. I still have my Dreamcast, the graphics on those games still look incredible to me. Favorite game was Skies of Arcadia.

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Re: 3dfx Voodoo image quality

Posted on 2013-08-20, 17:04

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Thanks for the post. I love reading and seeing various Voodoo comparisons.

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Re: My impressive 286 system!

Posted on 2013-07-27, 17:34

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I fucking hate gold scrappers. The E-waste program and hard drive shredding services are both bullshit scams.

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Re: My 1ghz Pentium3 computer

Posted on 2013-07-27, 17:32

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Nice, I was wondering if MInecraft would execute on a Pentium III. Is it set on low detail with short render distance?

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Re: What are some good Quakeworld clients?

Posted on 2013-06-20, 13:25

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Quake is, in my opinion, the best deathmatch/multiplayer game ever made. I miss playing over the internet before Gamespy, we had to manually type in the IP address and we got more server IP addresses by word of mouth from other Quakers during a match typing to each other. We had yellow post-it notes …

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Re: Anyone Play minecraft?

Posted on 2013-06-18, 13:32

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Love this game. I tend to watch other people play it on Youtube more than I actually play it.

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Re: How popular was the MT-32 and GM

Posted on 2013-06-04, 14:03

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Our first computer after the C64 was a Pionex 486 25sx in 1992. We got a sound blaster 16 CT2230 for it in 1993 and that is what we always used, the CT2230 was later transplanted into our first Pentium computer. Did not know anything about Roland hardware until when in 1997 Bobby Prince released a …

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Re: WASD or arrow keys?

Posted on 2013-04-02, 12:45

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I could never quite get used to using the mouse in DOOM when it can only be used for one axis. Agreed. I just started playing Doom last year with the mouse last year and am finally used to it. Played it since 1994 keyboard only. I use arrow keys exclusively. My brother uses wasd. For a while, I was …

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Re: Quake user levels

Posted on 2013-03-09, 20:10

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Can the levels be used with other mods? I particularly like the Navy Seal mod, especially the part when I make mincemeat out of shambler using automatic shotgun. Realistic weapon damage FTW! I want to say yes. I don't remember exactly how to implement the different levels with the mod I think you …

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Re: Quake user levels

Posted on 2013-03-09, 16:50

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I've played a few, the most recent being Unforgiven which you need a source port and super computer for if you are using Dark Places. I played requiem and KQP (killer quake pack) ALOT on the original id levels agains the Zeus bots and Reaper bots-many many hours of game play. And...spent alot of …

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Re: Am I Crazy?

Posted on 2013-02-16, 00:24

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I still have the original C64 my father bought I think in 1983 or 1984 had to be because I was playing it before I was in Kindergarden. Still have a stack of game disks for it. That is a very durable machine because I used to have temper tantrums and beat the hell out of it with some of those games. …

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Re: The Compaq Cardboardpro 4000

Posted on 2013-02-07, 14:31

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Awesome build!! I like the use of the Klamath and the limited OEM motherboard.

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Re: Cheapie pentium 3 retro rig build

Posted on 2013-02-05, 22:58

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I have a packard bell case just like that with a P200 inside, case is yellowed. I have yet to use it, it is on the back burner but I know it works as it boots into win 98. I need to give it a good cleaning.

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