Re: BUILD COMPLETE(?): P3/V5500/GF2Ultra Water Cooled Build - A Marriage of Retro and Modern

Posted on 2018-07-25, 03:35

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Did you end up getting an MSI Pro266TD? I was bidding on one from ebay the other day, Went up to $200AUD which i just couldnt justify. Arguably would be the ultimate dual Pentium 3 motherboard - 4GB's of DDR ram and dual Tualy 1.4s would be amazing. Unfortunately not. Will be sticking with the 230T …

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Re: Work Log: Ex-Government Australian Built "Ipex Pentium-120 PCI/I": Restoration / Downgrade / Upgrade Project

Posted on 2018-07-23, 03:36

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Do you know if the battery is on a zif socket or soldered. ZIF thankfully. https://i.imgur.com/qaBuOtql.jpg Oh boy, what could be in this ridiculously sized box? https://i.imgur.com/k4sjr6Cl.jpg https://i.imgur.com/tS5Q9F8l.jpg https://i.imgur.com/r1ExptOl.jpg https://i.imgur.com/iWGD1WYl.jpg 2 …

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Re: Work Log: Ex-Government Australian Built "Ipex Pentium-120 PCI/I": Restoration / Downgrade / Upgrade Project

Posted on 2018-07-19, 02:38

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The other models might be lower cost versions designed to deliver profit at the cost of performance, longevity, safety, or all three. Probably less of that, though, as Seventeam has maintained a decent reputation as an OEM. Yeah, my thoughts exactly. I used to see these systems EVERYWHERE, one of …

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Re: Work Log: Ex-Government Australian Built "Ipex Pentium-120 PCI/I": Restoration / Downgrade / Upgrade Project

Posted on 2018-07-16, 22:19

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Took apart the PSU last night quickly just to check caps to determine whether I should immediately factor in a recap into cost. Didn't fully remove it from the case because I didn't want to undo all the cable management unnecessarily, so the photo isn't great. Had to hold it and take a photo at the …

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Re: Work Log: Ex-Government Australian Built "Ipex Pentium-120 PCI/I": Restoration / Downgrade / Upgrade Project

Posted on 2018-07-13, 03:11

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On the photos, the case doesn't look too yellow. Is it so bad that you really need to stress the plastic with retrobright? Downgrade: I agree with most of it, but the extra RAM won't hurt so maybe keep it in there? Upgrade: Spot-on in my opinion! Have fun with this great little side-project, all …

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ON HOLD: Ex-Govt Rebuild "Ipex Pentium-120 PCI/I"

Posted on 2018-07-12, 03:59

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Current Progress: Indefinitely on-hold. Potentially dead. Hardware issues. ---------------------------------------------- Build Purpose: As usual, builds I work on that aren't straight picking parts from my collection tend to change purpose and scope over time. This started as a simple restoration …

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Re: BUILD COMPLETE(?): P3/V5500/GF2Ultra Water Cooled Build - A Marriage of Retro and Modern

Posted on 2018-06-02, 11:02

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Thanks guys! Still haven't had a chance to try out the new board. But this is the card I'll be using now - Don't see that on cards very often these days 🤣

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Re: BUILD COMPLETE(?): P3/V5500/GF2Ultra Water Cooled Build - A Marriage of Retro and Modern

Posted on 2018-05-22, 01:26

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Mac card seems to work well, which is nice. So it's looking like the ELSA GLoria III & V5500 Mac at this stage to make use of DVI. Motherboard and other goodies arrived today but won't be able to mess around with them for awhile since I'll be out of town for a bit. I'm not sure if I'll use the Tiger …

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Re: BUILD COMPLETE(?): P3/V5500/GF2Ultra Water Cooled Build - A Marriage of Retro and Modern

Posted on 2018-05-17, 10:17

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-I suppose you want Win2k/XP for the dual CPUs, I think neither will get along well with the Aureal card. Something to consider after you've installed the new mobo: dual-booting vs. 2k/XP only and sticking with a creative sound card. -Did you stick with the Canopus in the end, no love for the …

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Re: BUILD COMPLETE(?): P3/V5500/GF2Ultra Water Cooled Build - A Marriage of Retro and Modern

Posted on 2018-05-17, 05:58

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Thanks guys :) So thought I'd give an update on some things I've done while I wait for that motherboard. Changed the soundcard Unfortunately, the combination of the 3dfx drivers, the Nvidia drivers and the Monster Sound drivers DID NOT play well together. Nvidia + 3dfx - no issue. Nvidia + Monster …

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Re: Retro Hardware Adventures in Shenzhen, China

Posted on 2018-05-15, 00:48

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Gave the PCI card to a friend since he's wanted one for awhile. So here's the PCI Mac card! https://i.imgur.com/PEkCrxvl.jpg https://i.imgur.com/1s6LQ8el.jpg https://i.imgur.com/CPxT2T8l.jpg All in tact ferrite tops. Yay! https://i.imgur.com/Gpa8C1Nl.jpg Silicon Image goodness. https://i.imgur.com/ …

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Re: Retro Hardware Adventures in Shenzhen, China

Posted on 2018-05-10, 22:48

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Judging by the weight shown on the tracking page, I think the parcel coming on Monday are the remainder of the Voodoo 5s and a few other bits and pieces that I packed in with it. Package #2 will probably be longer as that's the sea mail box with the motherboards. One of the things that caught my …

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Re: Retro Hardware Adventures in Shenzhen, China

Posted on 2018-05-09, 22:02

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Did you manage to see K6-3+, FIC PA2013 ATX Super7, and Asus TUSL2 over there? Not off the top of my head, no. Wow very cool! I know a lot of old PCs get shipped over to China to be stripped down, I guess this is where some of those components end up. Wouldn't surprise me! Wow... sorry to hear …

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Re: Retro Hardware Adventures in Shenzhen, China

Posted on 2018-05-09, 04:35

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Taobao used to be awesome for old PC stuff. There's still a few things here and there, but it's been largely picked over. I'm Chinese, so I'm able to do some small chat with the sellers on the Aliwangwang app. They say the PRC govt has heavily cracked down on overseas shipping for electronics at …

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Re: Retro Hardware Adventures in Shenzhen, China

Posted on 2018-05-09, 02:02

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Anonymous Coward wrote: Taobao used to be awesome for old PC stuff. There's still a few things here and there, but it's been largely picked over. Which is funny, because I never thought about using Taobao much for retro hardware. I've used it for a long time for other things though.

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Re: Retro Hardware Adventures in Shenzhen, China

Posted on 2018-05-08, 13:03

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A few more visits and the Voodoo crowd may crown you their new king. Nice haul! Maybe if I bought the Voodoo2s, 3s and Rushes as well. But I think I already bought too many, I have nothing that I can do with so many. Caught up in the excitement (and great price compared to eBay), ya know? But even …

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Re: My Latest "Retro" Projects - IBM PC XT Inspired Modern Case & AGP/PCI/CPU Display Stands

Posted on 2018-05-07, 11:31

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Awesome design on the XT case. You really kept the 'feel'. How are you going to get the sandblaster surface of the plastics? Thanks :) Honestly not sure. I'll ask the guys who fabricate it, I'm sure they'd know how. This is a really nice design, shame it is not an actual product. No disk drives? …

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Retro Hardware Adventures in Shenzhen, China

Posted on 2018-05-07, 05:17

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I've posted tidbits of information in a couple of threads, but made a thread just for this so I can compile everything here between this trip's purchases and next trip's purchases. I was recently in Hong Kong and Shenzhen, and thought I'd see what retro hardware I could find there. I got some great …

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Re: The Lazarus Project - Rebuilding my first PC!

Posted on 2018-04-28, 10:17

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Awesome project mate, it's always cool rebuilding something you used to have. Hope it goes well for you!

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-04-28, 06:21

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Bought five Voodoo5 5500s while I was in China. Unfortunately I couldn't bring them back in luggage due to a lack of space, but relatives over there have just mailed it onwards to me. Three AGP, one PCI and one PCI Mac. Had no way of testing them over there, but for the price I paid I don't care if …

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