When did front facing USB Ports become common in ATX cases?

Posted on 2019-12-05, 09:15

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by appiah4

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I remember my first ATX case with front facing USB ports was my KT333/AthlonXP 1800+ PC in 2002. By then, two USB 2.0 ports were the standard even in el-cheapo OEM cases like the one I bought. I don't know how common they were prior to that though. I used an InWin A500 between 1998-2002 for my PII …

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Re: M-audio Audiophile 2496

Posted on 2019-12-05, 05:16

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by appiah4

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IIRC it has no Windows 10 support?

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Re: Tron: Evolution SecuROM DRM expiration

Posted on 2019-12-05, 05:13

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RoyBatty wrote: UGH, F Jim. Why? He is annoying as fuck and gets obsessively hung up on things but he is right on the money about unacceptable AAA gaming “industry” ethics, practice and behavior.

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Re: Strange nVIDIA 4x.xx+ win9x bug

Posted on 2019-12-04, 22:17

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The KT333 system is the system on which "this GP3 bug never comes". Are you sure? Because he mentions another machine which does not exhibit the bug, then starts to list hardware for "this machine" which to me means the machine that exhibits the buggy behavior being described? EDIT: Just noticed …

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Re: Strange nVIDIA 4x.xx+ win9x bug

Posted on 2019-12-04, 19:43

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STX wrote: Even though I like to blame VIA chipsets for odd quirks, I think the original post mentioned that the system in question has the 865G. He said KT333?

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Re: To end the AMD v. Intel debate.

Posted on 2019-12-04, 15:27

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You are being obtuse on purpose surely Scali.

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Re: To end the AMD v. Intel debate.

Posted on 2019-12-04, 14:07

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Calling x64 a limited innovation? Maybe you would've liked to live on with shit like Itanium, but no thanks. Also Ryzen is not innovative? That's where I stopped reading. Seriously. The chiplet approach by itself is probably the most groundbreaking CPU innovation of the decade.

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Re: To end the AMD v. Intel debate.

Posted on 2019-12-04, 13:47

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forces them out of the x86 market in a couple of years. No. Competition's important As counter-intuitive as it sounds AMD by themselves in the x86 market would probably be more innovative than Intel being the dominant competitor again sometime down the line. Just look at the shit we've been through …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-12-04, 13:42

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Finally it arrived. This is a board I've been looking for for a long time now, but I finally have it.. https://i.postimg.cc/Dyq1DLN8/MSI-KT3-Ultra2.jpg MSI KT3 Ultra2 Three swollen 1000uF 6.3v Teapo caps need to be replaced (I would replace all of them but lazy). Also a DDR clip is missing but I …

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Re: To end the AMD v. Intel debate.

Posted on 2019-12-04, 11:33

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I shelled out 1000€ for my now aging i7-5960x cpu and now a first generation Ryzen 3 cpu is even faster when playing csgo. Ryzen 3000? Possible. 1st gen Ryzen 3 (1200 or 1300X)? I don't think so. He says 1st gen Ryzen and you go directly to 1200? Some weird logic there. Ryzen 1800X would match …

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

Posted on 2019-12-04, 10:00

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My P133 case's speed display had an LR41 battery in it that had leaked all over the battery holder and circuitry, eating it up to a state that was unrecoverable. As a result, I had to remove the LR41 holder, solder in an AA battery holder to parts of the board that still had any traces left, and it …

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Re: All you need is a nice chassis

Posted on 2019-12-04, 07:57

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How is a Multimedia 286 complete without a Sound Blaster?

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Re: To end the AMD v. Intel debate.

Posted on 2019-12-04, 07:51

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I haven't bought a non-AMD CPU since Athlon days. I wish I knew about AMD in the 486/586/686 era. I knew about Cyrix, but conventional wisdom was that Cyrix 386/486 PCs crashed and burned and their 6x86 CPUs 'sucked'. What a load of bullshit in hindsight. I wasted a SHITLOAD of money on useless …

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Re: Benchmarking DOSBox on latest machines

Posted on 2019-12-04, 07:47

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Are Ryzen numbers still needed? Just noticed this thread, I can post some stock Ryzen 2600 results tonight.

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Re: Strange nVIDIA 4x.xx+ win9x bug

Posted on 2019-12-04, 06:07

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If it's a USB Keyboard try a PS/2 one, could be a VIA chipset issue?

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Re: Can't determine what to keep...

Posted on 2019-12-04, 06:04

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- FIC PA-2013 v2.0, VIA Apollo MVP3, which I tend to keep, pairing with an AMD K6-2+ 500 - Asus P3B-F v1.04, Intel 440BX, which I also tend to keep, pairing with a Pentium III 1000B If you can spare room for one more, keep the 430TX but your K8M800 Socket 754 renders the rest obsolete. Pop an X800 …

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Re: A 286 computer, is it totally useless?

Posted on 2019-12-03, 13:27

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I really can't justify investing in anything older than 386SX, it does everything XT/AT systems do, and more. The 386SX is a 286. At least to the 286 ecosystem. It runs on its chipsets, has same 16/24-bit addressing etc. On top of that: 386 and 286 had same "parents" (as had 386 and original 486 I …

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Re: A 286 computer, is it totally useless?

Posted on 2019-12-03, 13:16

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I really can't justify investing in anything older than 386SX, it does everything XT/AT systems do, and more.

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Re: Post your 'current' PC

Posted on 2019-12-02, 22:31

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MSI B450 Tomahawk AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 3200MHz AMD Radeon RX480 8GB Crucial BX500 240GB SSD Western Digital Blue 1TB HDD ASUS DRW-24B5ST 24x DVD-RW FSP Hydro 600W Bronze Zalman Z3 Plus White Case Windows 10 Pro / Linux Mint (Cinnamon) 19.2

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-12-02, 22:14

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:dead: Bought a SiS 6326 8MB PCI with S-Video out because I needed a decent 1996/97 PCI card with TV-Out for capturing DOS. It cost me $8 so it wasn't cheap considering how useless it is for anything else. I'm not sure how good a card for DOS it is, but considering my second option is an ATI Rage …

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