Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-10-05, 18:27

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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A bit overkill, as I intended to go for a more time appropriate 7000 series card] I've got an XFX GeForce 7950GT 512MB AGP laying around somewhere I wouldn't be opposed to selling if you'd like. It used to be in my Pentium 4 build, but I'm parting out a lot of stuff to make room for more PC/XT/AT …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-10-05, 18:21

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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Got this MSI GeForce NX8800GTS 640MB card for my Pentium M build. A bit overkill, as I intended to go for a more time appropriate 7000 series card, but 8000 series cards were more available and cheaper, and I figured a bit more GPU grunt will really allow me to push the Pentium M to its limits. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-09-26, 20:48

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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^^ looks like "X1" is silkscreened onto the board too next to the slot in question. How do you even do that? Think about how many people must have looked at that design or its prototypes before it hit mass production. Are those component video outs in the ATX I/O area, and a VESA flat panel …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-09-26, 20:06

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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Are you sure that's a 1x slot and not a built in modem slot? Many late 90s and early 2000s motherboards had built in modems, but left the analog components on a small daughter card for FCC reasons. Yeah, it actually is, the quick install guide, manual, and all online spec lists for this board list …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-09-26, 14:18

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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I've finally found a Socket 479 board! Been looking for either the ASUS CT-479 adapter, or an appropriate board, to tinker with Pentium M on the desktop. I put up a wanted ad, and someone pointed me to a Dutch online computer store that still had two of these lightly used AOpen i915Ga-HSF boards, …

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Re: What retro hardware you killed today or in the past :(. Killing spree stories+serial killers are welcome.Rest in pieces.

Posted on 2019-09-24, 07:51

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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One that really stands out in my memory... Killed a motherboard with a screw driver back in the day after only having it a few months. Can't remember exactly what model or brand, but it had a Duron 600. It was out of a computer my mother had me build for her around 2000 with Tiger Direct parts. I …

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Re: Macintosh Color Classic ( extreme )

Posted on 2019-09-23, 09:02

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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twiz11 wrote: Is that an apple pippin controller i see? Nope, Gravis Gamepad! The Pippin has a trackball in the middle of the controller, and a different shape entirely.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-09-19, 18:28

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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Went to the thrift today, and picked up some AGP cards and a special CD player :cool: The cards are an MSI FX5200 (mostly picked it up for that heatsink, already have this junky FX card), and an ASUS V7100 Pro 32MB GeForce 2 MX400. Both cards cost €1 each. I got one of those ASUS V7100 Pro cards …

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Re: XD-Bit on Socket 478 - A Possibility?

Posted on 2019-09-17, 19:05

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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Warlord wrote: There are no Socket 478 CPUs with 64-bit or 🤣 Bit capabilities and its not a useful feature. I guess clicking links to see you're wrong on the 64 bit part is too hard for you 🤣

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XD-Bit on Socket 478 - A Possibility?

Posted on 2019-09-17, 10:23

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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Recently I've been looking into two features uncommon on the Socket 478 platform: EM64T and eXecute Disable Bit. EM64T has been something that's been confirmed to be possible on Socket 478, specifically the Prescott SL7Q8 and SL7QB S-Spec CPUs are known to support it, as proven by VOGONS users agent …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-09-09, 18:40

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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Today's arrival, a Lian Li PC60 case, for free! Just had to pay shipping on it. It's not perfect, but for the price of nothing that doesn't matter too much. Two of the plastic clips that hold the front in place are broken, but all the plastics are still there, so I can likely fix it. The acrylic …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-09-08, 19:44

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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Got a new (to me) PC CRT monitor. Nothing particularly exciting or high end, but given good PC monitors are more difficult to find than CRT TVs, especially locally, I wasn't turning this down for €4. A little 17" Samsung SyncMaster 753S, with a Dynaflat-T tube. A bit of yellowing on the top, and …

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Re: New sound card project: AWE64 Legacy

Posted on 2019-08-26, 12:06

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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so bad idea. anyway once is confiqured via a pif everything is sweet. what really matters is the real opl chip and that the card will come with max memory. also are the opl chips salvaged from other cards? Likely not, there's still big batches of Yamaha FM chips from Chinese sellers. Just go take a …

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Re: ASROCK P4i65G and Windows 98

Posted on 2019-08-21, 20:50

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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Thank you. I think none of these (https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/P4i65G/#CPU) has the Execute Disable Bit, or no? No known Socket 478 CPU supports it. Even the two rare-ish SL7QB and SL7Q8 chips, that do support EM64T on Socket 478, don't have this feature. EDIT: Alright, there might be one known …

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Re: nekurahoka's DirectX9 s478 Build WIP

Posted on 2019-08-15, 18:16

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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I have one of these chips, but on my S478 (Gigabyte 8KNXP, i875P chipset) board, I've been unable to actually boot into a 64 bit operating system. It detects the CPU just fine, CPU-Z under a 32-bit operating system will show the EM64T flag, yet everytime I try to boot into a 64-bit OS, it'll try, …

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

Posted on 2019-08-15, 07:56

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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SpectriaForce wrote: It's on your way. Thanks! Looking forward to recapping the missing one and using it in my MMX 😀 Cyrix200+ wrote: GTA? I assume he means Greater Toronto Area.

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

Posted on 2019-08-13, 20:49

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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SpectriaForce wrote: imi wrote: I'm sure someone would have use for the remains... If someone is interested in a free Diamond Monster 3D Voodoo with a missing capacitor, then let me know. I still have it. If you're serious on that, I'd be on that immediately, sounds like a fun repair project to me! …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-08-13, 14:03

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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Got a time appropriate waterblock for a planned Athlon XP build. It's a Nexustek H2O-2000, one inlet/two outlet waterblock for Socket A, 478, and 939. It has additional mounting hardware for the latter two, but with Socket A only needs to be screwed on. It does have some crud in the block, but that …

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Re: Fastest Windows 7 system [omg, it is already retro]

Posted on 2019-08-10, 22:14

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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OP's post feels like a weird flex, but OK. 🤣

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Re: Need to consolidate my retro systems - What should I keep?

Posted on 2019-08-10, 12:37

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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I would sell redundant CASES and keep boards/cards in smaller boxes (e.g. motherboard boxes which can be kept even under the bed). I did it some time ago and it helped a LOT. This is a pretty good option. Along with a test bench, you can still fullfil your retro hardware needs without needing to …

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