Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-22, 17:05

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Jade Falcon wrote: Yeah both DFI and abit boards take a special type of person to use properly. Most get lost in the sea of bios settings. Doesn't that describe most old motherboards? Today everyone expects a Utility to do the work for them. Even boards as old as my P5N-D have an AI Overclocking …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-22, 16:54

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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And the TV I use daily is a 1978 zenith Space phone TV. Ok its a bit dodgy. It has a big warning on the back stating to ware a lead lined vest when working on it. :exclamation: And I did refurb it. It will need a new pitcher tube down the road. :angry: as its getting abit dim. I keep an RCA TruFlat …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-22, 07:12

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Bought a clamshell case Dell Dimension 4500 for $10 monitor included. A 17" 1600x1200 M782 Flatglass CRT. I'm more excited about that than the computer. Oddly, the PC only had a Rage 128 Ultra 16MB in it. What that could drive beyond desktop at the monitors native I have no clue whatsoever. Odd mix …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-22, 02:19

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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I already started ripping it apart to clean it so no pictures at the moment, but I picked up an Optiplex GX150 at a thrift for $25. Haha. Lmao, good luck. My current experience with my first clamshell Dell has not been positive. Somehow it has this weird single pin power on design. No clue how to …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-22, 02:06

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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senrew wrote: I sincerely hope you have a strong back 😀 It carries around all 350 some odd pounds of me. I doubt a CRT will be the straw that breaks it.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-22, 01:49

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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(Posting on my 19" CRT dual-head setup at 2 x 1280x1024 right now, heh Is that your retro rig or your everyday machine? I have a bunch of dual and quadro head Matroxes, Nvidias and even S3s, but I could never figure out a usecase for even a dualhead build (I only do gaming on those machines). It's …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-22, 00:23

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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^^ CRTs don't have a "native" resolution, it could handle 1600x1200 but it was likely used at 1024x768 for the most part. The picture doesn't degrade if you decrease resolution like on LCDs so anything you put through it will look as sharp as it can do. (Posting on my 19" CRT dual-head setup at 2 x …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-21, 22:36

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Bought a clamshell case Dell Dimension 4500 for $10 monitor included. A 17" 1600x1200 M782 Flatglass CRT. I'm more excited about that than the computer. Oddly, the PC only had a Rage 128 Ultra 16MB in it. What that could drive beyond desktop at the monitors native I have no clue whatsoever. Odd mix …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-21, 17:35

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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I seen a user on youtube playing fallout 3 on a dual p3 setup with a newer ati agp card. Ran rather well given the setup. EDIT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC5kd0lOXkk Huh, now I want to do that too :P Fallout 3 is based on GameBryo which is an upgraded version of Morrowinds engine so this makes …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-20, 01:58

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Couple of new things Supposedly the original 64MB Fullclock Radeon DDR Now I have all 3 of the original TnL cards (GF256, Radeon DDR, and Savage2000) https://i.imgur.com/g9cKovy.jpg Matrox Productiva G100 4MB. I bought this because I wanted a card with a strong signal for 2D games and Matrox is the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-19, 21:43

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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lolo799 wrote: Bought lately, a Diamond Monster Voodoo1 board missing the backplate, an IF-SEGA2/ISA Saturn pads interface and one of the Siriu […] Show full quote Bought lately, a Diamond Monster Voodoo1 board missing the backplate, an IF-SEGA2/ISA Saturn pads interface and one of the Sirius …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-19, 06:58

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Couple of new things Supposedly the original 64MB Fullclock Radeon DDR Now I have all 3 of the original TnL cards (GF256, Radeon DDR, and Savage2000) https://i.imgur.com/g9cKovy.jpg Isn't that the Macintosh version? the ADC port and the extra gold connector on the left of the AGP connector gave it …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-19, 06:11

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Couple of new things Supposedly the original 64MB Fullclock Radeon DDR Now I have all 3 of the original TnL cards (GF256, Radeon DDR, and Savage2000) https://i.imgur.com/g9cKovy.jpg Matrox Productiva G100 4MB. I bought this because I wanted a card with a strong signal for 2D games and Matrox is the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-18, 06:45

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Here is this weeks haul. I have started saving all anti-static pads and bags for storage thanks to some advice from a forum member. I have not yet looked up all parts yet but I hope to find something useful. The NEC LCD3000 has the Onkyo SP-3040 Speakers but they are being recovered with new cloth …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-17, 02:13

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Recently i bought two of these gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD7 (extreme rare to find) http://i66.tinypic.com/2cfdw7t.jpg One i found on ebay and has the Liquid cooled adapter on de NB.. And do missing the other stuff (i guess it would have the I.o shield included but iam not sure) Second one i found local.. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-16, 21:40

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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brostenen wrote: 8 Dollars.... Controller.jpg For a VLB modem? Lol so cool yet so completely useless..

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-16, 05:24

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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This one had a GeForce 7300, had coffee spilled on it and the video connectors were torn off the Mobo. Plus the caseing was shot to hell. I upgraded it to 7 and a 120gb back in 2012 and it ran as a daily until the other night. It saw a long hard service life and I'm happy the CPU is going to keep …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-16, 03:08

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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ODwilly wrote: Scrapped a HP CoreDuo laptop, bought an itx case and hp 479 itx motherboard to utilize the CPU in a mini media center setup OG CoreDuo laptop should be saved when possible. Its the Socket 423 of laptops, short lived and under-rated.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-15, 22:51

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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boxpressed wrote: Thought I scored a Quadro4 900 XGL for $15 shipped. But no display on boot up, and the fan doesn't work either. Easy come, easy go. IMG_0648.JPG Maybe it's not getting power?

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Re: Fixing scratches on CRTs?

Posted on 2017-09-13, 22:55

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Does it have an anti-glare coating on the glass? Possibly? I'm not entirely sure how to tell although the screen is quite reflective. Worse case scenario I have to remove the entire coating to fix the scratches. It's used in a dark enviroment so glare shouldn't be an issue. EDIT: According to CNET …

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