Re: Build 486's And They Will Come! Suggestions please!

Posted on 2014-04-25, 16:35

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How important is thermal paste for these builds? I don't remember ever using it back in the day but is it generally recommended with these chips? I could throw some Arctic MX-4 on these process along with these cheapo Socket 3 heatsinks: http://www.ebay.com/itm/231175128592?_trksid=p2055119.m1438. …

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Re: 586 Machine :)

Posted on 2014-04-25, 16:28

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Could be IRQ/resource related?

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Re: Build 486's And They Will Come! Suggestions please!

Posted on 2014-04-25, 00:45

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Thanks everyone! Keep up the recommendations! I did find a Trio64V+ in my stash, so I will use that in the MB8433 PCI board.

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Re: Story behind your avatar?

Posted on 2014-04-24, 20:37

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I love Roguelikes, particularly older ones as they are more simplistic. (I run http://www.coredumpcentral.org, the biggest Rogue site :) For the longest time I used an Angband screenshot for an avatar, but upon reading this thread today I was inspired to change it to Castle of the Winds, the first …

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Re: Story behind your avatar?

Posted on 2014-04-24, 18:41

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Didn't that horse die quite disturbingly? :neutral: Yes, disturbing enough for a child to watch.. :( He sank in the swamps of sadness. Weird, I thought it was named Artax, not Artex. There's some interesting stories floating around about the filming of that scene... It is in the book (so I found …

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Re: Socket 3 cooler

Posted on 2014-04-24, 16:38

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How about these cheapies? http://www.ebay.com/itm/231175128592?_trksid= … K%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

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Re: Build 486's And They Will Come! Suggestions please!

Posted on 2014-04-24, 15:25

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Tempting, but I already have a 3.3V P5-75 setup and not must interest in the 5V 1st generation Pentiums. The only Pentium overdrive processors I have are boxed/sealed so I'd prefer not to use them either. 😀

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Re: Build 486's And They Will Come! Suggestions please!

Posted on 2014-04-24, 14:19

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I can certainly benchmark the boards in the configuration you specified. I'll need to snag a S3 Trio64 off Ebay - any specific card in mind? There are a lot out there... I just mentioned the Trio64 because that is what is used in the Biostar bench on Phils VGA database and it's very common. If you …

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Re: Build 486's And They Will Come! Suggestions please!

Posted on 2014-04-24, 13:44

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I can certainly benchmark the boards in the configuration you specified. I'll need to snag a S3 Trio64 off Ebay - any specific card in mind? There are a lot out there...

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Re: Build 486's And They Will Come! Suggestions please!

Posted on 2014-04-24, 13:23

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Wow so much choice! Seriously 486 machines are quite a bit of work, I would just build one and go with the Biostar MB-8433UUD-A :) I have this board and I documented a lot of features of it here: http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=37527 It still is the fastest 486 in the benchmark database …

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Re: Build 486's And They Will Come! Suggestions please!

Posted on 2014-04-24, 12:18

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RacoonRider wrote: Note that both 5x86 ADW and ADZ support WB cache. Thanks!

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Re: Story behind your avatar?

Posted on 2014-04-24, 12:17

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Mau1wurf1977 wrote: Didn't that horse die quite disturbingly? 😐 Yes, disturbing enough for a child to watch.. 🙁 He sank in the swamps of sadness.

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Re: Build 486's And They Will Come! Suggestions please!

Posted on 2014-04-23, 22:49

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Corrected - thanks!

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Build 486's And They Will Come! Suggestions please!

Posted on 2014-04-23, 22:27

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Alrighty.. here goes.. I finally sorted out all my parts (that sounds odd) and since I have 4 empty AT cases sitting here, I need to fill them with some 486 goodness! I'm looking for your recommendations on part mixing and matching, and the goal here is to build these 4 systems to cover the entire …

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Re: Story behind your avatar?

Posted on 2014-04-23, 21:31

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As for my handle...Can anyone guess? (HINT: It's related to the picture in my sig.) Artex is the horse from Never Ending Story. I remembered the scene in the picture. I remember most of that movie vividly, have seen it many times growing up. I would have killed for a Pentium 75 for DOOM back then, …

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Re: Story behind your avatar?

Posted on 2014-04-22, 19:23

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My Avatar was chosen because....well it was the first game that BLEW me away when running on a 486-based system at Best Buy. At the time I had my parents' lowly Packard Bell 386SX-16Mhz system that couldn't even come close to running it. This game was the catalyst for me purchasing my OWN first …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-04-21, 16:57

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Picked up 3 19" Compaq P920 CRT Monitors for free. These heavy bastards use Mitsubishi Diamondtron tubes. http://www.cnet.com/products/compaq-p920-crt- … 9-series/specs/

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2014-04-17, 23:57

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obobskivich wrote: Artex wrote: obobskivich wrote: Artex: did you make or buy the coaster? It looks awesome either way. 😀 Bought! Thanks - it's a nice little touch. 😀 Okay so next question: where'd you find it? 😎 A garage sale in 2006!

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Re: List of Black CRT's

Posted on 2014-04-17, 23:45

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ratfink wrote: Lacie electron [rebranded mitsubishi] Aren't those blueish gray? Maybe I'm thinking of the Electron Blue 19 and 22.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-04-17, 21:55

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soviet conscript wrote: after all the drama with the recent super high priced M3D cards poping up I randomly searched and snagged this one with a $25 BIN. will see if it shows up http://www.ebay.com/itm/221418108561 Nice work! That's a steal.

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