Re: What are you eating/drinking? (the vogons food thread)

Posted on 2019-09-17, 19:58

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by Intel486dx33

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This is the last of the 2019 California fresh fruit harvest. Peaches, Plums, Grapes, Pears. You just have to try these Giant California Peaches. They taste really good. Yummm !

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Re: IDE docks that work with old HDDs

Posted on 2019-09-17, 18:18

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I am hoping this one will work. Should fit any size drive. The large old IDE hard drives don’t fit in docks.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-09-14, 19:07

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Received a nice Gigabyte GA-486VS motherboard today. Battery had been removed and the appears to be minimal to non corrosion. Board looks to be in great condition. It came with a DX2 66 and 8mb Ram. I have one of these. Probably one of the best VLB motherboards of there time. I really like the very …

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Re: AMD 5x86 P75 - Win98 or Win98?

Posted on 2019-09-13, 23:42

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I have an AMD 5x86 with 32mb of ram and a CF card for hard-drive. PCI video card 4mb. It is running Win95b and it SUCKS ! It performs okay but will NOT play back MP3’s very well. A little choppy. I definitely would NOT put Win98 on it.

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Re: Macintosh Color Classic ( extreme )

Posted on 2019-09-13, 23:38

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Yes, “Mystique” is what they call this logic board upgrade from a 575. I plan on adding more ram up 128mb and a larger hard-drive. This 575 logic board opens up allot of opportunities that were not available with the original logic board.

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Macintosh Color Classic ( Extreme )

Posted on 2019-09-12, 19:01

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This is my Macintosh Color Classic. I purchased it from goodwill store NOT working. I took a chance on if I could fix it and I did. Works great now. So I bought this Color classic not working. I assumed it was just the logic board ( motherboard ) That was bad as the capacitors on these logic boards …

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Re: NEW iPhones

Posted on 2019-09-10, 22:23

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Payment plan is for people who really can not afford it. So just don't buy it. Yeah, no. The payment plan makes sense for people who *can* afford it. It's a 0% installment loan, so it costs nothing, and you can have your money working elsewhere in the meantime. What it really is, though, is a loss- …

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Re: The 10$ "486"

Posted on 2019-09-10, 19:02

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by Intel486dx33

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Nice case. That was my first 486 computer case but the smaller version.

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Re: Post pics of your CRT monitors

Posted on 2019-09-10, 18:47

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oeuvre wrote: heh looks so odd seeing those giant monitors on top of small desktops Yeah, that’s the way Silicon Valley started with “Start up companies” People would sleep under there desks in sleeping bags. Desks ( fold up tables ) with very expensive computers.

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NEW iPhones

Posted on 2019-09-10, 18:42

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Some pics. Now more affordable with a payment plan.

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Re: OEM PC Recommendations

Posted on 2019-09-09, 11:01

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by Intel486dx33

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It seems most people recommend Dell optiplexes, IBMs aptivas, or HP Vectras, but any specific models? Towers. You can't go wrong with any of these OEM's with Intel CPU. If you want AMD check out the Gateway 2000 tower with AMD 700 thru 1ghz CPU. Seriously, I don’t remember there being an OEM SFF PC …

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

Posted on 2019-09-09, 01:44

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by Intel486dx33

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Working on restoring my IBM PS/1’s with original IBM hard-drives and Original DOS/3x imaging.

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

Posted on 2019-09-09, 01:41

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by Intel486dx33

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Fixed my Macintosh color classic with NEW logic board more ram and a NEW larger hard-drive. Fresh install of Mac OS System 7.5.3 Works great now. Display is like NEW.

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Re: Too many old hard drives

Posted on 2019-09-07, 23:30

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by Intel486dx33

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60mb to 730mb IDE drives are still good and in demand for retro builders. Conner drives have a nice retro ticking sound. IBM drives are in demand. Seagate and WD drives too. The WD drives are fast and quiet. Maxtor drives - These tend to good bad. Quantum drives are good too. Basically, if they …

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Re: Why are 3Com NICs regarded in such high regard?

Posted on 2019-09-07, 16:06

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They where just popular on the PC platform. ( ISA, EISA, MCA, PCI ). They had good reliability, driver support and easy to install and setup. 3com drivers where included in Novell server, client, WIn3.11, Win-NT 3x 4x , Win 95, Win98, Win2000. But Intel NIC’s are just as good if NOT better. So are …

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Re: What do you drive?

Posted on 2019-09-06, 14:54

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I hate driving. That’s what too many years of commuting in heavy traffic does to you. People who work in the San Francisco Bay Area and live out of the area have to commute about 3-4 hours each way. Each work day. Traffic is terrible. So I take mass transit. It’s just easy and inexpensive. Even a …

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Re: IBM PS/1 Consultant 1993 with Sound blaster.

Posted on 2019-09-06, 11:29

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I ran windows 95 RTM on a 386-DX40 with 8gig RAM for a while. It was perfectly usable, though definitely not great. I have the IBM PS/1 running win95b now. With Original Intel 486dx2-50 CPU, 16mb of ram, 256kb cache and 730mb IBM hard-drive. And it performs okay but not the best. A pentium PC would …

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Re: 486 Overdrive CPU's - Intel and AMD ?

Posted on 2019-09-06, 11:21

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by Intel486dx33

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Anonymous Coward wrote: Did you try the 5x86 in 3x mode? Yes, I tried all the DIP switch settings too. I will have to find a compatible motherboard to test.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-09-06, 11:18

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by Intel486dx33

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USB hard-drive dock so I can image my old IDE hard-drives. Works with PC and Macs. I got the same one... the problem is the spacing between the IDE and power connector.. this dock lets you adjust spacing but a) i've found drives that still don't fit and b) when it DOES fit, it still is a bit of a …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-09-05, 22:43

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by Intel486dx33

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USB hard-drive dock so I can image my old IDE hard-drives. Works with PC and Macs.

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