Re: How collectible is an Intel Socket 5 motherboard?

Posted on 2014-11-16, 22:52

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Thanks for your advice. I guess it makes sense to keep it from a collector's point of view. I am still undecided though since I'm not so keen on keeping stuff I don't use... I'd rather it goes to someone who would repair it and use it in a system.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-11-16, 20:49

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tokroger> nice find! If the board still works, you might have to replace the Dallas RTC as it seems it's dated 1995 from the pics.

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How collectible is an Intel Socket 5 motherboard?

Posted on 2014-11-13, 21:49

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It's the board from this system http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=39078 Long story short, the RTC stopped working a couple of years ago so I bought a new DS12887 to replace it. This mobo has some sentimental value to me since I've had it since new, but I've gotten used to the flexibility of …

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Re: What retro computing gadget that doesn't exist would you like to have?

Posted on 2014-11-13, 19:26

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sliderider wrote: I want to find one of these http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/news/222 Has both socket 939 and 775 at the same time. 😲 look at the date of the article 😀

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Re: Is the gravis gamepad good?

Posted on 2014-11-11, 21:01

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sf78 wrote: This actually depends. In some countries it was released with the stick. I bought mine new and the stick was included in the package. Same here. Bought one new in the '90s and came with the tiny stick attachment. I think they're probably rare now because most people ended up losing them …

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Re: Best Printers for 90's computers.

Posted on 2014-11-10, 10:20

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I second the 1200 - I've used one for years. It prints well and is quite fast. It's more late '90s - early '00s but I guess it wouldn't look out of place with your retro setup thanks to its beige color.

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Re: Best Printers for 90's computers.

Posted on 2014-11-09, 19:42

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I think it did the job but I remember it being slow. Actually I kept it in storage for a really long time and only threw it away 6 months ago due to lack of space...

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Re: Best Printers for 90's computers.

Posted on 2014-11-09, 19:28

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in the nineties we had these two printers at home HP Laserjet 4L http://www.printerworks.com/Printers/PrinterImages/LJ4ML_7.jpg HP Deskjet 895Cxi http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/article/980928/hp1.jpg IIRC the 4L was very popular because it was one of the first "affordable" laser printers. I …

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Re: Phil's DOS 386/486 Time Machine

Posted on 2014-11-02, 18:04

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Nice looking system. What games do you usually play on this? Also, I haven't tried any SATA to IDE adapter yet - is it just a generic model or do some work better than others ? Lastly, why do you now prefer HDDs instead of CompactFlash cards? Haven't had any problems so far using CF cards with Dos …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-10-03, 17:07

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I've found the "Descent" soundtrack sounds really good with an MU80.

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Re: Chocolate Doom Windows 7 cant output to Sound Canvas

Posted on 2014-09-30, 12:28

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There's a utility called "Putzlowitsch's Vista MIDI Mapper Control Panel" that works in Win7 and allows you to change the midi output device http://sierrahelp.com/Utilities/SoundUtilitie … IDI_Mapper.html

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Re: Game collection

Posted on 2014-09-09, 21:21

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Great thread... some amazing collections there! I just have a few games left now, but I used to keep all the games I bought back in the day. I sold almost everything a few years ago but I took pictures beforehand... here are some of them below. First are the 5.25" games. I no longer had the boxes …

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Re: Roland JV-1010

Posted on 2014-07-27, 13:56

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JV-1010 is a great little module and very good value on the used market. I have one but I probably won't keep it since I also own a JV-2080 and they have the same sounds. BTW here is a great demo of the JV-1010: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwURVxpGmLU

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-07-22, 17:07

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JV-1010 GM capability is not great. It works but it's very unbalanced as it is not an equipment that was primarily designed to do this...

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Re: Post pics of your CRT monitors

Posted on 2014-07-16, 22:33

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That green phosphor screen looks amazing. Must be really cool at night in a room with all the lights off...

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Re: Dynamic (maybe a bit too) music in video games?

Posted on 2014-06-29, 16:57

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Some Lucas Arts games come to mind, like Dark Forces or Sam & Max: Hit the Road

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Re: GM MIDI Tone Generators/Sound Modules - from best to worst

Posted on 2014-06-28, 18:12

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Roland JV series synths are good modules for music production but not so good for General Midi and games, as they were not really intended to do this. GM was what the Sound Canvas line was for.

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2014-06-21, 12:15

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Have great memories of "Inherit the Earth". Played it when I was a teenager and to me it was on par with the lucasfilm adventure games. Nice midi soundtrack too. Used to own the big box version too - man these boxes were massive! New World Computing was still a quality developer at the time, then …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-06-21, 09:55

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Love the artwork on that PAS box - Great '90s vibe!

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Re: Fun

Posted on 2014-06-19, 13:52

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found these old gifs on my hard drive, they were around at the time windows 95 was released and people were mocking it because of the numerous bugs...

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