Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2022-03-24, 18:40

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I've been paying the half life games as of recent, and my eye for vintage hardware has made me faintly aware of Valve having more than a few Pentium 4 machines in their offices, a freely usable-for-photos slot-1 motherboard, and some Asus CD drives. It's hilarious to be able to see it despite the …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2022-03-21, 23:35

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I was completely unaware of the case market, 🤣.

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2022-03-21, 23:31

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Today was a good day. Filename 9836D683-40E8-4C72-90E6-EA5CD4C7FC41.jpeg File size 1.57 MiB Views 1349 views

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2022-03-21, 17:42

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Well I managed to pick up some old weather graphics systems from my new job, but I was really only able to put one together in the end. 9B52DFAE-94A9-4DDB-B815-DB7526BCA54F.jpeg Both are at style Pentium machines, and after finding a second case for the one on the right, I was able to get one up and …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-03-06, 14:36

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Hi, Got this, payed too much for a whole PC a pentium 90 that was a socket 7. If it were a socket 5 though but in the pics were this sound blaster. Nothing to it but the chip it had. Mostly i find the slot empty or no socket at all and they are not sold in any stores i can find. Good find or what? …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2022-03-04, 21:07

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So I've moved myself out of New Mexico for work, and went around to a couple of shops today. Sure, I can't find some place that is known for retro computing, but a few places seem to have some nice random bit here and there. Like this $10 C64 game. Now I just need to find a way to redo the adhesive …

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Re: intel dx2-66 with blue heatsink

Posted on 2022-01-27, 06:01

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Yeah, it's probably best to look at motherboards if you want to find one, at least on Ebay. I got lucky and found mine attached to a board.

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

Posted on 2022-01-21, 06:11

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Today I added to my Big Box collection with a rather nice looking copy of Rebel Assault 2. Filename 655F1C56-0559-4CCE-B8CB-39A57EB926D6.jpeg File size 1.66 MiB Views 1163 views So, naturally, I played Rebel Assault 1 instead.

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

Posted on 2022-01-13, 19:49

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Yesterday I managed to switch out the Voltage Regulators in my Genesis to get rid of some of the noise that is seen when you have a 32x and SegaCD attached at the same time. As the system heats up it does get some snow in the BIOS screen, but it goes away when you actually play a game.

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2022-01-12, 02:03

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Mass Effect (PC) I had already completed ME2 and ME3 on the PS3 many years ago, but had skipped ME1 because it hadn't been released on the PS3 at the time, and wouldn't be until the ME1-3 collection came out. I remember really enjoying ME2 (ME3 less so), but for some reason even though I've had ME1 …

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

Posted on 2022-01-11, 23:16

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Today I finally got around to figuring out the issue with my Sega 32X. As it turns out, the yellow video was being caused by a pin on one of the chips having a solder trail that had connected to a trace. Now I can use my full abomination to it's full extent, you know, playing the five games that …

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Re: Best OS for Ibook G4?

Posted on 2022-01-09, 19:49

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songo wrote on 2022-01-09, 14:02: BetaC wrote on 2022-01-09, 09:34: What do you mean by that? do you mean full screen games/apps running in a small window? If so, that's not uncommon for classic Mac OS applications. No, entire desktop screen is reduced to half-screen. Have you made a thread about …

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Re: Best OS for Ibook G4?

Posted on 2022-01-09, 09:34

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Have you checked to see if the system can natively boot Mac OS 9? I believe all but the post-2003 iBooks can. If yours can, I can generally recommend doing that. macos9lives has a way to get it up and running, if you google their 9.2.2 stuff. Unfortunately, even custom MacOS9 iso tailored for …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-06, 20:19

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There's a 1kB space invaders for that, which will blow your mind... more for the "how the hell did they do it in 1kB??" than the game being the bestest arcade conversion evarrrrr though. Shame that 3D Monster Maze needs the 16kB expansion, that's the other one that pushed the envelope. Also there's …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-06, 05:35

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In there is a Sinclair 1000, in all but new condition. 6361B85A-B6FE-48A2-9709-28B9698312C5.jpeg There's a 1kB space invaders for that, which will blow your mind... more for the "how the hell did they do it in 1kB??" than the game being the bestest arcade conversion evarrrrr though. Shame that 3D …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-06, 04:00

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I swear, I have the most bi-polar luck. I find nothing interesting, or something is already gone by the time I can afford it for months on end, and then I have a single day where I find an amazing deal. I spent $60 on all this. EE268E40-F6B2-4F97-AC0C-3577093CEF06.jpeg In there is a Sinclair 1000, …

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Re: Best OS for Ibook G4?

Posted on 2022-01-04, 18:58

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Have you checked to see if the system can natively boot Mac OS 9? I believe all but the post-2003 iBooks can. If yours can, I can generally recommend doing that. macos9lives has a way to get it up and running, if you google their 9.2.2 stuff.

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

Posted on 2021-12-21, 07:31

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Finally got my PS2 30001 up and running. Installed a new power/eject ribbon cable on the switch and the board, put it back together with the cable out of the way this time, and it powers on and it runs. Both my 30001 and 50001 have the silent fan mods installed and they sound a lot quieter than …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-12-20, 23:50

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I managed to pick up a Twin Turbo 128 graphics accelerator for PowerMac models that I don’t yet own. Sure it could be put in my G3, but there’s no point to that really. 8A649B70-85C6-4C4A-89D2-E6976B94C559.jpeg My 7100/80 is nubus only as well, so literally nothing can put this to actually useful …

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

Posted on 2021-12-20, 08:51

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Well, I rerouted most of the cables in my retro closet after finding a female to male power cord that worked with the interconnect in my PowerMac G3. After that, i got 7.0.1 installed on my LC II, as 7.1 was just a little too heavy for that trashy little abomination. Trashy little abominations are …

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