Re: IBM 5155 build - ambergrs.bhtooefr.org

Posted on 2016-02-15, 23:41

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Wow what a machine! Thanks for posting, it's super interesting, that screen with that colour scheme just exudes warmth. How "portable" is this thing exactly? Because it looks like it weighs 20kg+! Also, that ball mouse is awesome. What sort of stuff do you run on it?

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

Posted on 2016-02-15, 23:27

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Not PC-related, but retro nonetheless. I picked up a CRT TV today! I've been hanging out for a PVM or BVM broadcast monitor, but this popped up and I couldn't turn it down. It's a Sony FD Trinitron KV-21FX30E in excellent condition, flat-screen with an RGB SCART input. The best part was it was …

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Re: Humour Thread: Outrageously priced retro gear for sale online

Posted on 2016-02-11, 08:58

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gdjacobs wrote: Anyone want to buy a shitbox PII for overpriced? http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Windows-98-95-Gaming-C … E0AAOSwll1Wt6To Oh lordy! ONE expansion slot? 🤣

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Re: Doom reboot

Posted on 2016-02-10, 11:34

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When did this forum become more about shitting on the new than celebrating the old?? Have we not got better things to focus our energy on? Exactly. Of course new Doom won't be like old Doom. If you want to play old Doom, play old Doom. I for one am excited to see what the Doom 4 turns out like. The …

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Re: DOS games that support both MT-32 and General MIDI?

Posted on 2016-02-10, 10:45

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IIRC Transport Tycoon supported both. That game had fantastic music.

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Re: Old PC's used as props in movies

Posted on 2016-02-08, 13:57

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Mad Men also had some pretty cool mainframes in the final season.

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Re: 2d cards

Posted on 2016-02-03, 10:57

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by dexter311

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I would say 'no', because Matrox cards are renowned for their excellent display quality. This would be completely destroyed when you run it through a Voodoo card with a daisy-chain cable :) This isn't true at all - My G400 still looks fantastically clear and crisp when plugged in via a pass-through …

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Re: Bitchin'Fast! PC '99 - My DOS/Win98/Glide Rig

Posted on 2016-02-02, 00:41

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by dexter311

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How many Bungholiomarks does this thing pull?!? Sweet build mate, really nice looking case too. For a dumpster find that cleaned up amazingly well! Is that hard drive mounting location standard?

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2016-01-28, 00:03

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Awesome pickups! Would love a copy of System Shock.

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2016-01-25, 10:45

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That Monopoly game is actually quite good. I got my boxed copy of it in an eBay lot, didn't expect much, but I was pleasantly surprised. Really wish I could get a copy of Hexen though! Great finds!

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Re: Nintendo NX 60fps@ 900p resolution.

Posted on 2016-01-25, 10:39

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Nintendo consoles don't need gobs of power to produce a great gaming experience. First-party Nintendo titles are fantastic - not because of their high-poly 3D graphics, or their lens-flare bloomy lighting effects, or their 1080p resolution... but because they are FUN! Nintendo make games with …

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

Posted on 2016-01-22, 19:29

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ImgBurn is fantastic, been using it for years and can highly recommend it.

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

Posted on 2016-01-22, 13:44

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HighTreason wrote: What a peculiar device. How does that even fit in a case? 😕

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Re: [Very Old Systems On Server Chassis] thoughts about 3U rack-mounted chassis?

Posted on 2016-01-20, 21:40

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Another option for cases are the Silverstone Grandia series or Lascala series of HTPC cases - they have optional rack ears to mount in 19" racks (also they're nice lookers). The GD08 apparently has 13.6" of expansion card room though, so maybe the AWE32 might be too tight a fit at 14". Plenty of …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2016-01-20, 09:35

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by dexter311

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That's a fantastic setup retrofanatic! I love the double CRT goodness. Can you tell us more about the gear under the CRT on the right? Didn't you only just install those shelves? And now you need more! Those boxes stacked on the shelf in the last pic look way too precarious, makes me uncomfortable!

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Re: Free Win98 gaming benchmarks?

Posted on 2016-01-20, 09:30

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by dexter311

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Doesn't the Quake 3 Team Arena demo have a timedemo in it?

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Re: Humour Thread: Outrageously priced retro gear for sale online

Posted on 2016-01-19, 12:41

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The parts aren't that bad, but I got my AGP HD3850 cards for way under €20 each (one was a lot of 3 cards for a total of €25 and included some 6600GT and one other not-so-bad VGA card) so that one being rare isn't true at all, there always seemed to be 2 or more for sale here in The Netherlands …

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

Posted on 2016-01-19, 12:32

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cool project but you can already do this with (certain) logitech wireless keyboards and mice (which have ps/2 capability).. have one hooked to a ps/2 kvm and it's working well. And they are reasonably nice keyboards/mice too.. but yes they are not so common anymore. You can also do it with a lot of …

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Re: Humour Thread: Outrageously priced retro gear for sale online

Posted on 2016-01-19, 10:21

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Came across this optimistic listing today: http://www.ebay.de/itm/Pentium-4-EXTREME-EDIT … e-/201506639082

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Re: My Retro Rigs - Andariel and Duriel

Posted on 2016-01-19, 08:41

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Nice builds :cool: Thoses cases completely fit with the hardware inside 8-O I'm using a Bitfenix case too (a BitFenix Merc Alpha) for my maxed Win98SE pc. It would be a bit safier to have a fan blowing fresh air between thoses two Voodoo 2 :blush: It may not be a big deal if it work flawlessly as …

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