Re: What's your home/everyday PC?
Posted on 2018-10-20, 03:34
@Agent of the BSoD Did you benchmark your Pentium D rig?
Re: Hen's teeth and unicorns
Posted on 2018-10-19, 23:33
.legaCy wrote: Errius wrote: Wasn't Brazil making its own computers in the 70s and 80s? I believe the country had very high tariffs on foreign computers in that era. Yup, usually cloning stuff, but even the clones were expensive for the the majority of the population. What clones was it producing? …
Re: Hen's teeth and unicorns
Posted on 2018-10-19, 17:46
Wasn't Brazil making its own computers in the 70s and 80s? I believe the country had very high tariffs on foreign computers in that era.
Re: Hen's teeth and unicorns
Posted on 2018-10-19, 01:52
Baoran wrote: First thing that comes to my mind is original mint Ibm 5150 PC. Those were produced in huge numbers. Was any other model of computer produced in greater numbers?
Re: Should I sell my 90s PC?
Posted on 2018-10-18, 16:57
HOARDER HORROR: COLLECTOR OF OLD COMPUTERS CRUSHED TO DEATH BY HUNDREDS OF OWN MACHINES
Re: The Story of Why Everyone Uses Onboard Sound Today
Posted on 2018-10-18, 15:20
I remember noise was a big problem with the early integrated audio adaptors. There would be constant low level crackle/hiss/buzzing, which would get worse the busier the computer got. Sometimes just pressing a key would produce an audible click from the speakers. And connecting the CD audio cable …
Re: Should I sell my 90s PC?
Posted on 2018-10-18, 14:46
In the 90s I used to give my old PCs to the local school. They probably wouldn't have sold for much anyway.
Re: What's your home/everyday PC?
Posted on 2018-10-17, 23:01
386SX wrote: Was the Pentium D that slow? The modern internet is just usable with a late NetBurst CPU. I'm running a dual 3.6 GHz Xeon rig from 2005 with 12 GB and a GT 730. Obviously, modern games are out of the question but it can handle 1080p video just fine. It struggles with higher resolutions …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2018-09-27, 20:19
The video card alone is worth more than that.
Re: Is WiFi harmful?
Posted on 2018-09-24, 21:57
Be careful with medical X-rays too. Of course, in aggregate they do more good than harm, but they are not harmless.
Re: 5.25-inch drive for DOS machine woes
Posted on 2018-09-23, 18:13
Also try (1) changing drive position on the cable, (2) removing the 3.5" drive, (3) a different cable, (4) this drive on a different computer, or (5) a different drive on this computer
Re: 5.25-inch drive for DOS machine woes
Posted on 2018-09-23, 17:37
I think the command you need for DOS 6.22 is FORMAT B: /F:360 However the Not Ready error suggests a hardware problem. I had the same problem with two old Tandon drives that were in VERY bad condition. The lights would flash and the platters would spin but I just got 'Not Ready' whenever I tried to …
Re: 5.25-inch drive for DOS machine woes
Posted on 2018-09-23, 16:40
Were the drives sold as working? Floppy drives are generally configured as B: at the factory. If the BIOS is standard, the drive after the twist in the cable will be seen as A: by the system. If they're spinning on command, that means they're connected correctly and detected correctly by the BIOS. ( …
Re: Fun with Tape Drives ...
Posted on 2018-09-23, 15:49
How do your tape libraries work? Has anyone worked with those exotic machines with robot arms and rows and rows of tapes?
Re: Anyone ever listen to shortwave radio?
Posted on 2018-09-23, 12:57
Re: Scariest pc game you played
Posted on 2018-09-23, 12:38
Sort of similar, but who remembers the first time they ever logged on to a game server full of random strangers? Not scary exactly, but still a big deal. Suddenly the 'game' becomes SERIOUS BUSINESS because you don't want to look stupid.
Re: VNC for DOS?
Posted on 2018-09-23, 05:43
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2018-09-21, 09:00
A problem with English is that unlike German, Spanish and other languages, there is no universal body with authority to set standards of spelling and word usage. Every major university and newspaper in the English-speaking world has its own style of English peculiar to itself.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2018-09-20, 17:02
Good old Radeon 7000. Old reliable.
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2018-09-20, 17:01
Yes to "inflame" is an intensifier. It doesn't mean to cool down. Understandable mistake though for people learning the language. Those tiny baby AT cases that were so popular at one time are not only difficult to work in (I have one where you can't replace the memory without physically removing the …
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