Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-06-01, 20:22

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by frankmonk

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Cool! Nice to see another F-520 owner here :) Where did you get it from and how much did it set you off if I may ask? This one is from eBay and paid 175€ for it..but it was worth it. 175€ is still a steal for this monitor. They are very hard to come by and the last one I saw apparently sold for …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-06-01, 19:24

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by frankmonk

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I had to buy another CRT for my main retro build. Sony GDM-F520. Already scheduled a windas session for it on sunday. So far it has a great shape Cool! Nice to see another F-520 owner here :) Where did you get it from and how much did it set you off if I may ask? This one is from eBay and paid 175€ …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-06-01, 17:27

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by frankmonk

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I had to buy another CRT for my main retro build. Sony GDM-F520. Already scheduled a windas session for it on sunday. So far it has a great shape

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2022-05-27, 22:00

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by frankmonk

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This is my Pentium-133 PC I built for 1993-1995 games. I eventually got a Pentium-133 in 1997, but never owned a Voodoo 1 and made do with a Sound Blaster 16. The small black plastic panel on top left slides to reveal the keylock hole and there is also a red 3 digit MHz display underneath it. I …

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

Posted on 2022-05-10, 22:08

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by frankmonk

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It`s the South Park case which appears nearly in every episode...

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Re: Socket 478 cooler recommendations

Posted on 2022-04-30, 17:42

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by frankmonk

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I would recommend the Thermaltake xp-120

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Re: Smallest case for baby AT

Posted on 2022-04-23, 13:25

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by frankmonk

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@Sphere478 Check out some industrial baby at cases. A few look realy really nice and often come without 5.25 or even 3.5 slots.

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Re: Smallest case for baby AT

Posted on 2022-04-23, 13:04

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by frankmonk

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This is still a bigger one with 2x5.25" slots 😀

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Re: Smallest case for baby AT

Posted on 2022-04-23, 12:48

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by frankmonk

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I do not think that a AT case with 3x 5.25 slots is considered mini. Its rather a big one

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-02-25, 23:01

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by frankmonk

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douglar wrote on 2022-02-24, 22:57: I finally was able to grab a RampAT! Plus that fit my budget. The simms in the card look curious. 1MBx9 45ns? 45ns.png Nice find! Hopefully i'll find one as well

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Re: Athlon Slot A 1000 Voodoo 5500 Project

Posted on 2021-08-15, 09:34

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by frankmonk

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So true, it does completely destroy the aesthetics of it. Both Cooler Master and later Lian-Li sold these bay 5.25" bay cover for their line of alu cases. I might try to snatch one up. the musketeer 3 seems to fit in there as well but they are hard to come by these days. Let's hope you can find one …

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Re: Athlon Slot A 1000 Voodoo 5500 Project

Posted on 2021-08-15, 08:10

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by frankmonk

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more than nice build, It's a dream. I had a case like that before and ya adding drives kinda ruins the ascetics. In other cases or maybe they were kits I've seen aluminum bezels for the CD drive before. These days I'm mainly sticking to Beige ABS stuff or older plastic cases. I have a few builds …

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Athlon Slot A 1000 Voodoo 5500 Project

Posted on 2021-08-14, 19:11

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by frankmonk

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Hi all! I just want to show you real quick what I`m currently working on. System specs (so far): Cooler Master ATCS case with silver front and brownish/silverish side and top covers Enermax 300w power supply Asus K7V-T rev 1.01 Motherboard AMD Athlon Slot A 1000mhz (A1000MMR24B) Thunderbird with …

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Re: The World's Fastest 486

Posted on 2021-08-07, 18:17

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by frankmonk

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feipoa wrote on 2021-08-07, 13:46: Now that the AMD Am5x86 at 180 and 200 MHz has been beaten to death, is anyone up to the challenge to break 20.0 fps on an IBM/Cyrix 5x86? I bet with the peltier 150 MHz may be possible. Damn, I would love to see that happening!

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Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.

Posted on 2020-10-27, 22:37

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by frankmonk

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So just use a EEPROM flasher to flash it back to the stock and/or reflash it with the modified BIOS. I wouldn't necessarily just junk the board because of a bad flash. I don’t give a junk )) Stock bios was wasted by awdflash) I’ve found some bios and will try Plus CPUs with it tomorrow. Update: …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2020-05-21, 17:27

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by frankmonk

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Feeling inspired tonight so thought it’s time to finally contribute to this thread and help keep it going. I’ve really enjoyed this thread in particular and am really grateful for this community. Here’s my refuge, no doubt inspired by countless posts on Vogons. - Socket 8 Pentium II Overdrive, all …

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Re: Help needed: identifying an early 90s beige mini tower case

Posted on 2020-05-13, 21:04

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by frankmonk

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probably one of the most sold cases at beginning of the 90s..but its still nice though

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Re: Spitz retro-PC

Posted on 2020-05-12, 15:52

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by frankmonk

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Can you add an external CD/DVD Drive? 😀

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2019-05-09, 20:48

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I am about to finish my Voodoo 5500 PCI Tualatin System Asus P3B-F with latest Beta Bios modded Intel Pentium-s Tualatin 1400mhz SL6BY in MSI Slotket MS-6905 512MB SDRam Samsung 120GB SSD on Via SATA Controller. Sata DVD ROM silver 3DFX Voodoo 5500 PCI 64MB NEC USB PCI card Terratec EWS64XXL ISA …

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Re: Ark Logic PCI, an interesting VGA card.

Posted on 2018-12-07, 08:18

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Hey guys a quick google search led me here after finding an Ark Logic 2000MI+ on the floor of my garage tonight. Amazingly it works despite having lost it's eprom sticker who even knows how many years ago.. I couldn't quite remember why I owned this card.. as my card of choice in these times was an …

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