Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-12-02, 07:15

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Got this BFG GeForce 7800 GS OC. Looks like it can do 2D without any issues. 3D has some texture corruption (and it causes the system to BEEP). Anyone have suggestions on a fix? I might try and bake it. https://i.imgur.com/Gn3jQIfl.jpg Beeping, texture corruption when using 3D? What PSU are you …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2017-12-02, 04:05

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Had to show you guys this. That copy of Hard Nova you see in my previous post has the manuals and floppy disks all in a white envelope from the factory. Those disks sat in one position so long they left imprints on the envelope. Never have seen this so pronounced in all my years of collecting. …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2017-12-02, 01:34

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My latest retro PC game score. Some are still shrinkwrapped and most are mint with a few that have been roughed up a bit. Hoping all the floppies still work. The Addams Family Print Gallery is from HI TECH Expressions who also made the Jingle Disk which came out during Christmas 1985/86 for the IBM …

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

Posted on 2017-11-30, 02:28

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Hey! Thanks for sharing. I started doing analog video capture in 1998. The appearance of a consumer friendly 7200 RPM IDE hard drive was a miracle. No problem. What I find humorous about this system is the ridiculous HP Personal Media Drive interface which basically has you sliding in and out of …

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

Posted on 2017-11-30, 02:17

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cj_reha's post made my eyes hurt a little. Then I saw liqmat's and straight up fainted. Did that one come with sunglasses? HP made some fugly systems during that period. That's the truth. Did you take any photos of the inside? I wouldn't mind seeing some details of their analog video capture stuff …

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

Posted on 2017-11-30, 01:38

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CkRtech wrote: cj_reha's post made my eyes hurt a little. Then I saw liqmat's and straight up fainted. Did that one come with sunglasses? HP made some fugly systems during that period. That's the truth.

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

Posted on 2017-11-30, 01:13

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Family got wind of me liking old PCs and dumped this crappy HP Pavilion A1650y here. Has a P4 3.06GHz and 1 gig of DDR2. The Windows 7 install on it was super bloated with a ton of malware and other crap, and a ton of family pictures. Decided to mess around and deleted a bunch of system32 files and …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-11-29, 14:42

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My first ever Raptor! Can't wait to put it in my "retro" PC and hear sound of drive spinning at 10000rpm :evil: Owned a few back in the mid 2Ks and they are a great drive, That whining whir sound they make, especially when first spinning up, invigorates your veins with unicorn rainbow fires. (I …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-11-28, 22:52

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luckybob wrote: Well, I just spent $100 on this: […] Show full quote Well, I just spent $100 on this: I didn't have that monitor, I needed the floppy drive and everything else was just icing on the cake! Yay! Now I don't have grocery money for next month! The IIe is in gorgeous shape. I'd say a …

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Re: Just got a lot of new retro stuff to make new content for the community

Posted on 2017-11-27, 15:42

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Elia1995 wrote: Although now, using the nusb31i driver, it doesn't rename the system to "Windows ME", no, absolutely... but the system becomes half Italian and half English 🤣 Sounds like your system needs an exorcism. 🤣

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Re: Just got a lot of new retro stuff to make new content for the community

Posted on 2017-11-27, 13:54

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After roughly 3 months, I finally figured out what caused this glitch. It's the USB driver I used: yesterday when I formatted, I installed the nusb31i usb driver and it kept the Windows 98 Second Edition name in there, but I understood that it was caused by that because, when I formatted again and …

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

Posted on 2017-11-27, 13:42

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Took a photo and powered on/fixed an HP 28C calculator that had function issues, and the old Palmtop PC 320LX my dad had for a number of years. https://i.imgur.com/fIkEJi8h.jpg The HP Calculators were known for not being serviceable, but prying a spot, and spraying contact cleaner in the calculator …

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

Posted on 2017-11-26, 17:55

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Indeed, it should be 512k. Yes, I tried some dip combinations but nothing changed. I set 512 manually in the CMOS and I get still this error, it only disappears when setting to 128K. I dont think its a hardware problem and I am not going to use this board. Its just for my collection therefore I …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2017-11-26, 14:52

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Picked up a NIB copy of Q.A.D. (Quintessential Art of Destruction) from Germany (of course I use the English install). Unfortunately, the seller packed it in an envelope so the corners got slightly crushed. Really get annoyed when sloppy packaging is used. Works perfect in DOSBox @ about 100000 CPU …

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

Posted on 2017-11-26, 11:31

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But the board still does not seem to detect more than 128K? I am having similar challenges with an XT system due to lack of documentation. From the photo it looks like your board has 512KB. 256kBx16 chips (32KB each) the other two chips are parity. Have you tried different combinations with that …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-11-24, 20:39

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Did you ever get yours powered on?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-11-24, 15:02

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This week I got this monster...about 15 kg. I spotted a Suntac 80286 Mainboard for almost nothing on a selling site. It was still in a case and I asked the seller to send me the case too :-) It came together with a Seagate ST-277R-1 RLL Harddisk with manual and unused plastic front. He even shipped …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-11-23, 23:42

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Does anyone else despair sometimes with the packaging they get stuff in? I bought an AWE32 off of ebay. Arrived today and it was just floating inside a cardboard box with no protection other than an anti static bag. Luckily it works, but the poor thing must have been banged around a bit. Bought two …

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

Posted on 2017-11-22, 18:06

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luckybob wrote: man, you hit the lotto on that card. Pretty much. Luckily there is no demand for it hence the low price.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-11-22, 18:00

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🤣 -LOL

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