Re: New PC advice

Posted on 2014-12-13, 17:01

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by RacoonRider

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I would look for a used socket 1366 system locally. It will be some time before the Ruble bounces up again as the oil price probably will stay low the next year or so. Well, I've got some once decent hardware in my stash, I might buy a new PSU and a budget SSD to make it feel like a rocket :) Will …

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Re: New PC advice

Posted on 2014-12-13, 13:33

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by RacoonRider

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Hello again. With Russian ruble falling fast, it looks like I can not afford this build anymore... 1USD used to be 35RUR in summer and is now well over 55RUR, all the prices are two times up and now I can't buy anything good with what I'm willing to spend. Looks like the new machine has to wait...

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-12-11, 17:42

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by RacoonRider

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Went dumpster diving at work, found some slightly vandalized PCs. Inside I found: Motherboards: Asus P3B-F with pregnant caps and acid on the board :(( Acorp 6VIA/ZX85 Abit SL30T Gigabyte GA-6OXT-A CPUs: PIII-1200\256\133 Celeron 1300\256\100 Celeron 533 Expansion cards: S3 Trio64 Goldstar Prime 2 …

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Re: I'm using onboard audio and the sky has not fallen

Posted on 2014-12-09, 05:23

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by RacoonRider

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Since around the arrival of Socket 775 the onboard audio has been remarkably great given that you get a decent board. Getting a new soundcard for me is a waste of money and space.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-12-09, 05:19

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by RacoonRider

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Congratulations everyone! This thread is now 286 pages long! Could anyone post a pic of a 286 he got recently? There must be a 286 on page 286 😀 What's your bet on in what time the next "round" number arrives? 2 years until 386? Or one day until 287?

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Re: Iomega ZIP drives

Posted on 2014-12-08, 18:01

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by RacoonRider

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The I don't know if BIOS access (emulation) to the ATAPI (not IDE) ZIP works if you first boot from hard disk. If you want to access the ZIP drive from DOS you need a driver. Compare booting from CD-ROM or USB flash drive: This works if you have BIOS support, but I don't think you can load a boot …

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Re: Iomega ZIP drives

Posted on 2014-12-08, 12:52

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by RacoonRider

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If that really works it is probably quite useful for checking out old DOS versions. Of course the drive is either too slow or older computer for which it would be sufficient can't boot directly so I wouldn't use this everyday, but a nice feature nonetheless. How about this: Boot Manager on HDD and …

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Re: Iomega ZIP drives

Posted on 2014-12-08, 10:46

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by RacoonRider

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Duncan, As far as I know, booting from ZIP drives is only possible with OS/2 Boot Manager. I can be wrong. Two more things about ZIP drives, just to make this thread more complete: 1) If you have 1 HDD, 1 CDROM, 1 ZIP ATAPI, the ideal configuration would be: Primary master:HDD Primary slave: None …

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Re: 440BX + Tualatin 1.4 = 133Mhz FSB & 89Mhz AGP -> FAIL

Posted on 2014-11-26, 06:40

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by RacoonRider

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ODwilly wrote: Quick question on that Leadtek card, is that Mold, a hornet's nest or just dirt in those fans? Because I dont see fanblades. I just see some strange material similar to shag carpet. I bet these are air filters full of dust.

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Re: Backpack for desktop PC?

Posted on 2014-11-26, 06:33

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by RacoonRider

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I'd ask a friend with a car to transport the system for a beer. Why would you bother with a backpack?

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Re: Is this PC worth it?

Posted on 2014-11-25, 15:43

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by RacoonRider

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I'm 90% sure this machine is not worth it.

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Re: Which configuration would you recommend for older games until 2002?

Posted on 2014-11-24, 06:46

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by RacoonRider

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Safety is paramount. While it's true for a primary machine, secondary rigs hardly ever contain any valueable information. Once I catch a virus that starts to spoil my experience, I back up savegames and reinstall windows. It almost never happens if you know what to aviod. Not having sex with …

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Re: New PC advice

Posted on 2014-11-23, 16:45

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by RacoonRider

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Thank you guys! I'm currently looking at FX6300/6350, GTX760, ASUS M5A97 (EVO?), 8GB RAM, Corsair RM750 PSU and probably CoolerMaster CM Silencio 550 case. I still need a CPU fan, something quiet and effective, I would be really happy if the whole system was silent while idle.

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Re: New PC advice

Posted on 2014-11-22, 15:04

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by RacoonRider

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Qbix wrote: *moved to system specs.* Not the ideal place, but there are starting to be too many hardware related topics in Milliways. Ookay, thank you 😀

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New PC advice

Posted on 2014-11-22, 13:31

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by RacoonRider

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Hello guys! Time has come for me to build a new computer from parts. It's going to be a machine for my wife, who wants to play some games and won't be happy with a Socket 775 machine for reasons not known to me. Now I have started looking at parts and it turns out, while I've been happy with my S775 …

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Re: Socket 370 vs Slot 1 performance

Posted on 2014-11-22, 04:33

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by RacoonRider

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Slot-1 gives you some flexibility with slocket adapters though, and if you ever break the heatsink retaining clip, which happens easily on 370, then you'll only have ruined a slocket and not an entire motherboard. Yes and if the black Slot 1 cpu clips are broken, they are easily replaceable, unlike …

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Re: Senrew's Parts Giveaway

Posted on 2014-11-21, 14:18

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by RacoonRider

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you never know i guess, for all we know he got with some bad luck and miss fortune or something. Well, I don't blame him. I mean, things happen. I'm not rushing into conclusions or anything, but one day I had this thought: "If I get hit by a bus and turn into a pile of flesh and bones, nobody on …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-11-21, 12:23

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by RacoonRider

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Please let me know what games you tried playing. Every PC XT game I tried either looks aweful/undestinguishable on this weird 3 shades of grey screen, or is very hard at that speed (alley cat, anyone?). I thought Alley Cat is one of the few games which work fine with faster CPUs? Or is this what …

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Re: My Splinter Cell PC (duel tualatin)

Posted on 2014-11-20, 16:38

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by RacoonRider

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Awesome! One thing I would do to complete the look is paint the case dark grey!

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-11-20, 16:30

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by RacoonRider

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Picked up a HP 200LX, listing said it doesn't work, hoping I can repair it. Great little thingy! I'm so glad that finally someone around here got his hands on this gem! I have one, the 2MB RAM version. Only 640k is available to DOS, the rest can be used as a RAM drive. Since it works great with CF …

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