Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-07-01, 12:18

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by Lukeno94

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Didn't buy it, but inherited a 160GB PATA IDE Western Digital hard drive that I have personally run WD tests on to verify that it works and has no bad sectors...from work. Had it on the shelf and since NOBODY uses PATA drives anymore, it has no customer base. He was going to throw it in the trash. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-06-29, 00:16

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by Lukeno94

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A Libretto is definitely on my to-get list when I finally get my own place and some funds together. What was wrong with t'other one?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-06-27, 21:07

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by Lukeno94

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Hmm, wonder what would happen if I coupled a Trident with my HP Vectra PIII...

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-06-26, 18:51

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by Lukeno94

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So you essentially got all that awesomeness for $1 then, you lucky swine!

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-06-25, 21:50

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by Lukeno94

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Nice typo on the motherboard - "secondray"

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-06-21, 10:33

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by Lukeno94

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devius wrote: orinoko wrote: They just dont know what they are doing with that install of win2k on there... Speaking of which, I recently acquired a Toshiba Pentium II 32MB laptop with Windows XP on it 🤣 My ThinkPad 600 was in exactly the same boat when I got it. That is really not a good …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-06-09, 12:39

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by Lukeno94

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Got one half of a very nice little lot today - the electronic bit. Still waiting on the software part though! http://i.imgur.com/elZxs74l.jpg A Sony Vaio PCG-SR31K, the third in this family that I've owned (I also have the SR1K and SR21K), complete with its original PCMCIA CD-ROM drive. It has a 750 …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-06-06, 15:19

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by Lukeno94

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Some day, I must get a SCSI capable rig, as I've got three drives in a box I've never done more than check that they power on... and the one SCSI card I do have is for the older type.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-06-02, 23:56

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by Lukeno94

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I tend to avoid Dell boards. They have non-standard connectors and are overall quirky. When you can't plug in a regular fan because Dell uses their own 5-pin connector, and can't plug in a regular power supply because instead of a regular ATX connector they have two 6-pin and a 4-pin connector for …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-06-02, 21:44

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by Lukeno94

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I tend to avoid Dell boards. They have non-standard connectors and are overall quirky. When you can't plug in a regular fan because Dell uses their own 5-pin connector, and can't plug in a regular power supply because instead of a regular ATX connector they have two 6-pin and a 4-pin connector for …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-05-30, 00:11

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by Lukeno94

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Cheers HT :). I wasn't even aware of the existence of silver-colored DVD drives until I came across these (though I never bothered to go find out so I would know for sure) and the silver optical drives I did came across were usually CDROM drives, most without the capability to even burn media. The …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-05-29, 01:06

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by Lukeno94

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Speaking of mice, I just fixed a cheap USB mouse. Always nice to see those old two-button mice - not something I ever really used outside of early school days though!

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-05-29, 00:04

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by Lukeno94

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Got this Socket 940 board + FX53 for $25! A new build is in the works... :) Man, I'm still mad at AMD for what they did to socket 939/940. I mean, they launched the pair as *the* socket(s) for the future, that would be supported with new processors for a long time... So I saved money for a while …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-05-27, 11:59

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by Lukeno94

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Right who won the Voodoo II for 2 quid on ebay last night? Can't believe i forgot to raise my max bid!!!! Holy hell. I thought my VII was cheap, given the usual prices... but that's just awesome! It was one of those that went under the radar because it didn't have 3DFX or Voodoo in the title. I'm …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-05-27, 11:09

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by Lukeno94

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brassicGamer wrote: Right who won the Voodoo II for 2 quid on ebay last night? Can't believe i forgot to raise my max bid!!!! Holy hell. I thought my VII was cheap, given the usual prices... but that's just awesome!

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-05-25, 22:53

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by Lukeno94

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Was this the lot that was on UK ebay the other day? I was watching it. The Yamaha sound card was what peaked my interest and some of the boards. Glad i didn't bid in the end. People just see it as old junk, so no care is taken :angry:. When i bought my shuttle board the other week, it was packed in …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-05-25, 21:13

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by Lukeno94

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brassicGamer, that damage makes me angry and it's not even my stuff! I hate when good hardware is destroyed by morons who can't be bothered to spend a couple of quid on some bubble wrap and some tape.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-05-25, 10:24

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by Lukeno94

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Latest purchases: http://imgur.com/JqCMYDpl.jpg An IBM ThinkPad 390. It has a 266 MHz Pentium II, and a NeoMagic MagicMedia 256AV GPU... but despite its size, it seems to run warmer than the much slimmer ThinkPad 600, which has the same CPU. http://i.imgur.com/JmxfFlOl.jpg A 4MB RAM card (well, the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-05-18, 22:43

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by Lukeno94

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A Powerbook G3 "Wallstreet". Don't know exactly which model this is, thanks to the smashed screen (although it is a TFT); it was sold as being a 400 MHz Pismo, which it isn't. I'd be pissed off if I got a Wallstreet instead of a Pismo. It's not even like the differences are that subtle - the Pismo …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-05-18, 20:37

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by Lukeno94

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Here are my latest purchases: http://i.imgur.com/UCsmP1Ol.jpg The Toshiba T4600 I think I mentioned earlier. After having the PSU board recapped, it now fires up fine, but still needs some attention; I need to sort some of the cabling layout inside, and the floppy drive doesn't work (it just makes a …

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