Re: Do you think this PC will be a Slot A or Socket A?

Posted on 2019-02-18, 19:55

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by Almoststew1990

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I'll correct that to first ever working Socket 7 PC :P Sadly that board didn't work after I brushed it off with a camera lense brush. I spent all weekend trying to get it to work again but no joy, it wouldn't power on at all. I even got a new CPU for it but no joy. I kept the CPU, RAM, GPU, HDD, …

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Re: Project: First Person Shooter History

Posted on 2019-02-18, 19:24

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by Almoststew1990

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Re: DOS games and control schemes. Actually you could have a WASD+mouse set up as early as the first DOOM; however, it required manually editing the configuration file to set high mouse sensitivity, because the maximum you could do via the game menu was too low to be useful for quick turns. True, …

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Re: Project: First Person Shooter History

Posted on 2019-02-18, 19:21

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by Almoststew1990

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It's fun to see how somebody not clouded by nostalgia reacts to these old games. That's partly why I did it. You read people saying "Morrowind is the best game evarrr" (just as an example) and I, having not played Morrowind, give it a go with an open mind and find it that (without nostalgia) it …

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Re: Do you think this PC will be a Slot A or Socket A?

Posted on 2019-02-18, 18:58

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by Almoststew1990

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I decided to put the money to something else... https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https … %2F123633152324 My first ever socket 7 PC!

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Re: Do you think this PC will be a Slot A or Socket A?

Posted on 2019-02-18, 15:37

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by Almoststew1990

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I'll think I'll give it a miss then. These PCs exist in a sort of halfway house between w98 and XP... Overkill for anything that *needs* w9x, far too slow to be an XP build. Any game that needs 1GHz will support XP. Oh good, I've talked myself out of getting it!

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Do you think this PC will be a Slot A or Socket A?

Posted on 2019-02-18, 15:18

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by Almoststew1990

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https://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/desktop-co … isks/1330518666 Looks "2001 an basic" rather than "2000 an high end" which makes me think its a Socket A not Slot A. What do you think? I'm slightly tempted but...eh another Geforce MX and Sblive...

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Re: 3 retro battle stations

Posted on 2019-02-18, 13:05

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by Almoststew1990

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What a fantastic case! I wouldn't mind owning a transparent case but it would show off my untidy builds 😁 Your 386 is sort of the opposite to mine, mine is an AMD 40MHz SX chip, soldered onto the board, no cache, 4MB Ram... It can barely run Wolfenstein 3D 😁 I do have a ct3600 sound card though.

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Re: Dirtiest PCs showcase [Viewers discretion advised]

Posted on 2019-02-16, 21:38

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by Almoststew1990

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I've picked up some very dusty attic PCs in my time.

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Re: Project: First Person Shooter History

Posted on 2019-02-16, 21:24

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by Almoststew1990

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Game 10 Complete! Blood https://i.imgur.com/FK59NESh.jpg Everyone knows this game got known for being very gory, as well as actually being a good game too! Based on my list, it almost seems like the last of the "DOS, software, sprite/2.5D episodic mouse-optional shooters" although that's quite a …

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Re: Project: First Person Shooter History

Posted on 2019-02-10, 12:43

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by Almoststew1990

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Game 9 Complete! Outlaws https://i.imgur.com/znQCp9vh.jpg This game was recommended to me on another forum (I think). From Lucas Arts of all companies! I did a bit of googling and it decided it would make a nice contrast from the grungy Dooms and Quakes I'd be playing up to this point, as it is set …

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Re: AMD Athlon system with very rare 1GHz Thunderbird Slot A CPU!

Posted on 2019-02-09, 13:37

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by Almoststew1990

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Nice. I do like a good Slot 1 Athlon system, I have a pluto 800MHz, Thunderbird 700MHz and somehow seem to have collected quite a few 500/550 MHz too... For some reason I can't get my Irongate motherboard to work with the Thunderbird CPU (despite being on the latest BIOS). These boards were some of …

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Re: Bought a faulty V2

Posted on 2019-02-08, 12:25

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by Almoststew1990

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No returns means you cant return an item just because you changed your mind. You can absolutely return an item that is not as described even when a seller says no returns. otherwise you could list a 5950 ultra for sale and post a 5200 and just say sorry no returns when the buyer complains. I would …

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Re: What is the (real world) difference between these CPUs

Posted on 2019-02-07, 22:08

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by Almoststew1990

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The motherboard arrived today. It doesn't let you overclock, or change anything really. It is from RM, who make PCs for schools. It's so locked down It's begging to ask me for an administrator password even when I just look at it. It'll make a slightly usual XP PC though as it has a standard PCI-E, …

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Re: What is the (real world) difference between these CPUs

Posted on 2019-02-07, 08:46

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by Almoststew1990

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I guess I need to decide if that is worth the price or not... And if I'm spending £3.55 on an p8600 I might as well spend £37 on a Q9000 2GHz 4c4t 6MB 1066MHz quad core right guys... I have an odd itx motherboard which I think came from a school computer. Apparently it can do both 800 and 1066MHz. …

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Re: Best hardware for Need For Speed Porsche 2000 / Unleashed

Posted on 2019-02-07, 07:43

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by Almoststew1990

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N4SP2K is one of my favourites too. For my ultimate N4SP2K build, as boring as it sounds, I would use any old post-2003 hardware and Windows XP with a SB Live or Audigy card for EAX support. That way I know I'm achieving a constant 75 fps, thanks to XP I can use my 360 controller easily for analogue …

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What is the (real world) difference between these CPUs

Posted on 2019-02-06, 13:32

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by Almoststew1990

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I've got a silly project coming up that uses mobile CPUs. I'm getting a bit confused between the various Core 2 Duo era mobile CPUs - T series, P series, x900 through to 9xxx. The CPU I've got is a: Pentium Dual Core T4500 (2010), 2.3GHz 1MB Cache 800MHz FSB Options I'm looking at: Core 2 Duo T7300 …

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Re: Does anyone mess with (very) old AutoCAD?

Posted on 2019-02-06, 08:32

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by Almoststew1990

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I've come across version 2.5 which i messed with in DOSBox for a bit. I was kind of hoping that some of the keyboard commands would still be present. But it is sufficiently different I really need the manual for it...

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Does anyone mess with (very) old AutoCAD?

Posted on 2019-02-05, 20:00

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by Almoststew1990

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I use AutoCAD in my job quite regularly so I am interested in having a mass around with CAD from the late 80s and early 90s. This is also a good excuse to get a co processor for my 386! Has anyone else messed around with old CAD?

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Re: Project: First Person Shooter History

Posted on 2019-02-01, 20:56

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by Almoststew1990

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"Game" 8 Completed https://i.imgur.com/7MwNklwh.jpg This is another game that does not need any introduction... Unless you're me and you haven't played it before other than 10 minutes in DOSbox! (Possibly?) the first AAA game to use 3D graphics everywhere - no sprites for enemies or 2.5D here! It …

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Re: Project: First Person Shooter History

Posted on 2019-01-29, 22:54

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by Almoststew1990

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Game 7 Complete! Duke Nukem 3D https://i.imgur.com/QnK8x5Vh.jpg After Descent turned out to be just a bit too... something, I was hoping that the comparatively simple Duke Nukem 3D would allow me to get back to mindless fun. And I was absolutely right - what a game! Getting it running I had no …

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