Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-11-16, 16:35

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Matth79 wrote: Plextor PX716UF from charity shop (they have some odd things). Been wanting a Plexy for some time, as they are the business for disc testing. I've been looking for one for a while because they're the only ones you can burn CD+Gs with. Karaoke baby!!

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

Posted on 2015-11-15, 16:35

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Built myself a Dual-Core Windows XP box. (Is that retro?) I'd been collecting a few games which needed something stronger than my '98 box could be provide. If you can't buy the hardware / software new then it's retro as far as I'm concerned. Is that a Prescott you're using then? Prescott's are …

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

Posted on 2015-11-15, 09:03

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Oldbitcollector wrote: Built myself a Dual-Core Windows XP box. (Is that retro?) I'd been collecting a few games which needed something stronger than my '98 box could be provide. If you can't buy the hardware / software new then it's retro as far as I'm concerned. Is that a Prescott you're using …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2015-11-14, 23:36

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Nice find! If that is a Katmai P3 then that is super rare, in fact Wikipedia claims that they only ever released a 550 :) I looked up the CPU's S-spec (SL3JM) on CPU World and it does seem to be a Katmai PIII! http://www.cpu-world.com/sspec/SL/SL3JM.html Thanks for posting this - I've just checked …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-11-14, 18:35

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brassicGamer, nice batch! Could you upload the 'introduction to your system' disk? It would be fun to look at that fancy presentation. I thought that might be requested by a few people :) Disk image in .IMA format, made using WinImage 9.0, available here and a pic of the disk itself is attached. If …

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Re: What should I do with this weird 5x86 system? Take apart?

Posted on 2015-11-14, 16:59

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If I hadn't recently inherited a VLB system I would bite your arm off for it. They're curious boards as it's basically the fastest possible 486 system prior to PCI becoming the norm. Even then I think a well-tuned VLB system can be faster. So you're absolutely right not to get rid. Maybe someone …

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Re: What should I do with this weird 5x86 system? Take apart?

Posted on 2015-11-14, 16:43

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If I hadn't recently inherited a VLB system I would bite your arm off for it. They're curious boards as it's basically the fastest possible 486 system prior to PCI becoming the norm. Even then I think a well-tuned VLB system can be faster. So you're absolutely right not to get rid. Maybe someone who …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-11-14, 16:26

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brassicGamer, nice batch! Could you upload the 'introduction to your system' disk? It would be fun to look at that fancy presentation. I thought that might be requested by a few people :) Disk image in .IMA format, made using WinImage 9.0, available here and a pic of the disk itself is attached. If …

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Re: Anyone else questioning the point of retrorigs?

Posted on 2015-11-14, 15:54

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I think in a decade people will look at early android/ios the same way, these are still advancing rapidly The mobile platform had a similar thing 5 years ago when you had Tizen, Maemo and Meego, promises of Ubuntu (still) Firefox and Facebook OSes, the list goes on. Now what do we really have? …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-11-14, 15:08

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The second is an MCA card, a pre-XGA... high end PS/2 graphics adapter Do you have an MCA system or is this a 'for when I get one' purchase? I picked up a couple of VLB graphics cards increasing my collection from 0. The S3 805 is particularly interesting as it has a jumper to select system speeds …

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Re: Anyone else questioning the point of retrorigs?

Posted on 2015-11-14, 13:50

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Well there's new retro gear being added to the market all the time: every year new hardware becomes >10 years old (or whatever your definition for retro is) :p In a decade your modern PC will be a retro system :) I guess I'm taking mainly pre- Pentium era because not all homes had computers back …

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Re: Anyone else questioning the point of retrorigs?

Posted on 2015-11-14, 10:46

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Also the rise in popularity and thereby prices is really starting to turn me off the whole thing, I don't want to sound hipsterish but now that it's a recognized popular hobby to collect old games, computers and consoles I really don't care for it anymore. It may have become a bit of a fad, but as …

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

Posted on 2015-11-14, 10:04

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For more game-guessing fun check here!

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2015-11-13, 16:45

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Picked up a cart full of Sun equipment for the low cost of free. One Sun Ultra Enterprise 2 and parts from around 6 or so other Sun machines. Stack of proprietary ps/2 keyboards and mice, like 5 extra video cards, a literal stack of extra ram, and around 10 SCSI hard drives. A couple of them are 10 …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2015-11-13, 08:33

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I did, however, find this nice little computer sitting in a corner. It appears to have been a voicemail server in a previous life. http://i.imgur.com/r6RZNpw.jpg Excellent find! Does it have a big ISA card in it with RJ15 ports on the back? Amusingly, this is how I upgraded from a PIII to a P4. My …

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Re: What Piece of PC Hardware Have You Owned Longest

Posted on 2015-11-12, 00:55

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bjt wrote: Non-PC related, I'm still rocking the Amstrad CPC that I got for Xmas in the late 80's. Recently installed a 512KB RAM & ROM expansion and disk drive into it 😀 Hmm... Shall we open it up? Like if I we're to say that although I said PC in the title I never actually said 'IBM compatible'.

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Re: Anyone else questioning the point of retrorigs?

Posted on 2015-11-11, 22:42

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[*]It just works! Are you having a laugh? Documentation for obscure hardware. Finding drivers. Zero support for USB mass storage if you can't justify the cost of a Go-Tek (well, pre-98 at least). Sourcing things like DRAM to complete incomplete components. Random hardware instabilities because of …

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Re: List the fancy schmancy words you are surprised that you use

Posted on 2015-11-10, 21:28

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Only helps if people already know what verbs and nouns are. Unbelievably I came out of secondary schools not knowing, yet getting an A in English at GCSE level.

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Re: Guess the game!!

Posted on 2015-11-10, 20:17

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RadioPoultry wrote: All right, anyone remember this one? Guess the game! (The screenshot is slightly cropped to hide the title.) Looks like some reincarnation of Spectre 3D

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Re: Guess the game!!

Posted on 2015-11-09, 22:58

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leileilol wrote: Procyon wrote: Megafortress? DINGDINGDINGDINGDINGDINGDINGDINGDINGDINGDINGDING Is that a Breaking Bad reference?

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