Re: Merry x-mas 2018 everyone....

Posted on 2018-12-22, 22:06

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gdjacobs wrote: You can tell the difference bc Danes sound like they're talking under water (when speaking Danish). As someone in a YT comment put it, "Wow, the Sims language is real!" Anyway, I hope everyone's getting cranked up for Christmas. Danish language https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s- …

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Re: Merry x-mas 2018 everyone....

Posted on 2018-12-22, 21:10

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Merry Christmas!

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-12-16, 12:55

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I bought this box full of junk for less than 5 euro in one of the local thrift shops. Filename A box filled with junk.jpg File size 644.71 KiB Views 1940 views Here is the junk. Nothing fancy but a Geforce 3 is better than nothing I guess. Filename The junk.jpg File size 818.48 KiB Views 1940 views …

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2018-12-11, 19:47

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I found this Logitech G27 wheel complete with shifter and pedals and the original box in a second hand shop after work today. The pedals and shifter seems unused and the wheel seems to only have been used a few times as there is no wear at all. The 24V 1.75A AC adapter is missing though. The price …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2018-11-23, 07:09

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I saw a creative pci card in the bin today. It was CT7260. I didn't know what it was so I took it. Did some checking at home and realized that it isn't very useful card without any cables. It will probably have to go back in the bin. junk.jpg You can use the card for decoding mpeg1/mpeg2 without …

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Re: 486 OC and cooling.

Posted on 2018-11-22, 15:20

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For me things wouldn't feel right if I diddn't overclock! :D I overclocked every overclockable desktop CPU I used back in the 90s and I still do today. Taking an AMD DX4-100 with a working 4x multiplier to 133MHz or even higher isn't risky simply because they are DX5/5x86 CPUs in disguise. These …

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Re: Did PC-Chips ever release a high quality motherboard?

Posted on 2018-11-19, 09:10

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I liked my TOPGUN M575 (Ali Alladin IV+) featured with 1MB L2 cache, onboard sound and graphic bios. It was 30years ago. Yea the TOPGUN versions of the M560, M565 and the M575 boards are nice. In some benchmarks the PC Chips Alladin IV boards are the fastest Socket 7 boards (clock for clock) I ever …

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Re: Elpina motherboard - PC Chips?

Posted on 2018-11-12, 21:33

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It's not that easy. :) Without having done any research other than a 1 minut Googling and looking at and testing probably 100+ motherboards using PC Chips designs this is how I think it is. PC Chips is the in-house brand name PC Chips Group used for many of their motherboard designs, they also sold …

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Re: What was your first (as in personally owned) PC compatible computer?

Posted on 2018-10-29, 21:25

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An early version IBM PS/2 55SX 386SX-16 with 4MB memory and a 60MB HDD from mid 1989. I traded 1000 golf balls recoved from water hazards at nearby courses for the computer complete with IBM VGA monitor, model M keyboard and a mouse. This must have been 1992 as the one I traded with, a friends …

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Re: Mobile technology

Posted on 2018-10-14, 20:45

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I have no smartphone, pad or the like. I have a GSM phone and a Sony Walkman. I make calls on the phone and use the Walkman for music, they do not interest me as much as desktop PCs. As you might guess I do not update to newer mobile devices often.

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2018-10-14, 19:51

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I have had a very frustrating evening! I have recapped the Socket 8 adapter I bought from Ebay, The adapter from Ebay managed to post 3 or 4 times out of perhaps 200 tries in a motherboard that is known to work with an identical adapter. I also retested that working other adapter a few times during …

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Re: Memory size, cacheable range and performance. Socket 5/7

Posted on 2018-10-11, 07:36

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Yep, my MPV3 is only 512kB (when I had a mvp3 board back as new in 1999 it also had only 512kB). I've never met a 1MB L2 board around (two weeks back, there was one on the local auction supposedly with 1MB, but it was pcchips :blush: and the price went quite high) let alone 2MB L2 mobo :-( The PC- …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-10-10, 19:52

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I ordered 200 euros worth of capacitors from Mouser. Panasonic FR and Nichicon HZ series. I still need more sizes and as I only got 1000uF and 1500uF, mostly 8mm with 3.5mm spacing this time around but as they have free shipping on orders above 50 euro (+VAT) I can just aswell make another order …

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Re: This forum is very hard to use from a mobile device

Posted on 2018-10-10, 09:36

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Most properly coded “responsive” mobile/desktop design rely on the viewport width, and not on serving separate sites for mobile devices. And the page layout intelligently changes depending on whether you are on a really slim portrait mode device, a low resolution tablet, or a medium to large window …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-10-10, 08:12

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Back to the socket 8 powerleap adapter... I put an offer and was countered by $200USD, aussie dollar is poor And with shipping would have been around $350 delivered (AUD), looks like it was a bullet dodged as I don't have the skills to repair computer parts. Bloody shame as it's the only missing …

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Re: This forum is very hard to use from a mobile device

Posted on 2018-10-10, 06:35

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Dominus wrote: ha ha That one never gets outdated! 😁

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Re: This forum is very hard to use from a mobile device

Posted on 2018-10-10, 06:31

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Snover just sent me this preview showing the current state of the new smartphone friendly forum UI! Any thoughts? Filename New smartphone friendly Vogons.png File size 574.74 KiB Views 1382 views

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-10-09, 20:19

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Wait... What adapter is that? Never seen one before, and is that for a Socket 8 motherboard that converts it to Socket 370 with the voltage regulation for the processors? That is really weird to see that. That is exactly what it is, Out of the box it only takes Mendocino Celerons but with the use …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-10-09, 20:04

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I bought another one of these! Now I have two....jpg The adapter turned out to have a totally abused and now next to useless LIF socket and also more or less dead capacitors. Not what you really want or expect to get when you had to sell a kidney to get enough money to afford the damn contraption …

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Re: P2B-DS Nightmare :-(

Posted on 2018-10-05, 17:01

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I would have thought the MS-6905 Master ver 2 would work. This copy paste from some Asus P2B-DS FAQ recommends using the Asus Slotket. ___________________________________________________________________________________ Q: What cpus can I use in a dual configuration in a P2B-D/-DS/-D2? Are there …

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