Re: My 4-PC KVM setup with audio, MIDI and recording options

Posted on 2014-04-29, 01:41

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by Unknown_K

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I have been using KVM's for many years. I have about 4 Belkin 4 Soho's (4 port with sound and mic. switching) and some older Belkins for old machines with serial ports for mice (use a PS/2 mouse and it emulates a serial one at the machine). http://linuxlookup.com/files/imagecache/800x600/omniview2. …

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Re: DX9 GPU prices

Posted on 2014-04-16, 00:48

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by Unknown_K

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Quite a few of the 9800 series cards I have seen are dead, finding a working one takes some skill or cash (more then $10).

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Re: 10base2 network worth keeping

Posted on 2014-04-15, 04:44

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by Unknown_K

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I still keep some coax stuff around but not in use. Some older machines never had rj45 , you either had to use a transceiver or get a hub that had coax and rj45 for bridging.

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Re: Windows drivers for IIT AGX 015/016

Posted on 2014-04-05, 19:17

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by Unknown_K

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How do you do that?

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Re: Windows drivers for IIT AGX 015/016

Posted on 2014-04-04, 22:13

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by Unknown_K

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I think I have a Hercules card with that chip (Hercules Graphite Pro), pricey in its day but didn't have OS/2 drivers not sure about Win 95 but probably not. I have the original disks that shipped with it if you need them (Win 3.1).

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Re: Should I stock up on CRT's...

Posted on 2014-04-04, 22:09

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by Unknown_K

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CGA and EGA monitors are rare and expensive already, so are Atari and Commodore ones for the ST and Amiga. I have a few decent 17" CRT monitors and a couple smaller ones I got for free. You don't really need a high end 21" monitor if you are just going to play VGA games, just one with decent digital …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-03-27, 06:05

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by Unknown_K

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Snagged a Tyan S1562D (Dual socket 7 HX board).

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Re: FX5200 vs 9800

Posted on 2014-03-22, 07:49

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by Unknown_K

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5200 is a budget office card.

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Re: All your Windows 7 are belong to us.

Posted on 2014-03-21, 05:21

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by Unknown_K

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Windows 7 supports more then 4GB of RAM and X64, that was a major reason people had to dump XP on new hardware. I don't see a major reason for the masses to upgrade from Win 7 in the next decade.

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Re: Who Use's Laptops?

Posted on 2014-03-20, 03:52

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by Unknown_K

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I just snagged another Thinkpad 360c (486 DX/2 50 640x480 TFT screen) and was thinking about DOS gaming on it.

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Re: Disporpotions between different countries when it comes to old hardware

Posted on 2014-03-19, 05:06

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by Unknown_K

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There are thousands of people here in the US looking for old machine to recycle for some cash. The old 386/486/P1/Ppro chips along with the old 680x0 chips command a premium because of gold content. So you have lots of motivated people paying $3-5 a system to recycle machines by the semiload to make …

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Re: Wow, Matrox is still around

Posted on 2014-03-13, 22:05

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by Unknown_K

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Matrox also have a pro video division for video capture and editing plus they sold cards for medical devices (reading x-rays on a high res monochrome monitor for example). So they sold some hardware into high value areas. If I had to guess I would say a short lived boom in gaming cards was just …

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Re: Guilt over trashing machines

Posted on 2014-03-08, 21:25

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by Unknown_K

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The older OEM systems were built like tanks, new ones seem kind of cheap and flimsy. When you receive gear you don't particularly care about you can either find a use for them, gut them for parts and recycle the rest, or trade them for something you do want if possible. When I used to hit a local …

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Re: Matrox Mystique: opinions?

Posted on 2014-03-06, 22:52

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by Unknown_K

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Windows 3.1 drivers would support higher resolution and color depths. The Matrox card was a high end 24 bit card and has jumper for settings but I don't know what hey do. https://plus.google.com/photos/107784270771159898725/albums/5067909878777860737/5067910059166487266?banner=pwa&pid= …

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Re: Matrox Mystique: opinions?

Posted on 2014-03-06, 07:56

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by Unknown_K

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Tetrium wrote: I know it's not really on topic, but while googling I found this I never even knew they ever made an ISA variant of that card! I have the VLB version. Never figured out how to make it detect the extra 2MB (4MB total) RAM.

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Re: Matrox Mystique: opinions?

Posted on 2014-03-05, 16:44

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by Unknown_K

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I use the Mystique (or Millenium) for early 2D Windows gaming paired with a Voodoo 1 for 3D. You are better off with a TnT1 if you want real 3D.

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Re: You know what I miss? Computer Shopper

Posted on 2014-03-03, 05:23

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by Unknown_K

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CS was great for the advertisements before we have the internet to look things up. I subscribed to the CS when it was a phonebook but tossed them all a few years later (they take up so much space). I used to mail order parts all the time using mail order catalogs pre internet.

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Re: Confessions of a compulsive hoarder...

Posted on 2014-02-27, 07:27

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by Unknown_K

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I am a hoarder I guess, the basement is packed with computer equipment (and a few laptops are in my room). The rest of the house and garage are pretty much computer free (I do have a ton of empty boxes in the garage waiting for a sell off of duplicates). Come spring half of this stuff has to go so I …

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Re: Anyone collecting older SLI/crossfire cards?

Posted on 2014-02-26, 19:13

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by Unknown_K

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in Marvin \ System Specs

Forgot my Tyan boards were Nvidia chipsets so no crossfire for my 4850's, bummer. What MB's do you guys recommend for an AM2/AM2+ crossfire system?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-02-26, 19:05

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by Unknown_K

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Why are there so many defecting 939 SLI boards out there? Seems like most of them on ebay are defective or untested and the few that are working go for some decent money.

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