Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-11-08, 15:34

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by gex85

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CNPS6000-Cu.png In search of a perfect dead silent slot1 slocket cooler, I've wanted get my hands on this baby. The first impression was the weight. With some photos and specs, I thought it would be light enough to put on. I'm now almost convinced that this cooler is heavy enough to eventually warp …

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Re: Wanted: full BIOS dumps from Intel 430TX/440*X motherboards

Posted on 2020-11-07, 08:17

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by gex85

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Would a dump from the SR440BX help? I have one rigged up right now.

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

Posted on 2020-11-06, 19:09

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by gex85

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Today I made this: miro hiscore loop cable.jpg A proprietary loop cable for the Miro Hiscore 3D Voodoo card that I bought the other day. Soldering this 9-pin mini DIN connector was a bit of a PITA, but the result seems to be OK, now I have to set up a test system to actually test the card. Apart …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-11-02, 19:59

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by gex85

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This particular model was sold in March 1999 in a bundle with a 17 inch CRT, Logitech mouse and keyboard for 1,999.00 DM, which is roughly 750 EUR / 870 USD in today's money That's without accounting for inflation . If you do that, 1999 DM was roughly 1000 EUR in '99 which would be worth about 1435 …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-11-02, 09:28

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by gex85

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The good stuff somehow seems to come along in waves... after not finding anything interesting for several weeks, I have made quite a few good purchases in the past few days. Medion.jpg This Medion-branded PC is, objectively speaking, nothing special at all. Pentium II 400 MHz, Intel SR440BX board, …

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Re: OpenSource project PyInventory -> Web based management to catalog things including state and location etc. using Pyt

Posted on 2020-10-28, 13:23

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by gex85

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One more thought: In case I own quantities n > 1 of a given piece of hardware, let's say a sound card or a CPU, I would have to create n entries in the database and enter all the details n times. Whenever I change a description, I would have to do it n times because otherwise it would get …

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

Posted on 2020-10-26, 13:29

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by gex85

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That's seriously awesome I wish I had the skills to pull that off. It's not black black magic :wink: There are a few different tools that you need: - CBROM (fairly powerful command line tool for editing Award BIOS images, but many tasks are easier with the graphical Award BIOS Editor) - Award BIOS …

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

Posted on 2020-10-26, 12:57

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by gex85

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Over the last few days I did some BIOS modding for my Diamond Micronics C400 motherboard, which is identical to the BCM QS440BX. While Diamond stopped shipping BIOS updates at version 1.06, BCM continued to improve the BIOS for their board - but only for the later revisions with a 2 MBit flash chip. …

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Re: OpenSource project PyInventory -> Web based management to catalog things including state and location etc. using Pyt

Posted on 2020-10-24, 18:22

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by gex85

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Wow, that's super cool because I have been thinking of building something very similar myself. I was thinking of doing it with either PHP (codeigniter framework, which I really like) or C# (.NET Blazor framework). I just didn't have the time to start yet :wink: There are a few things that I would …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-10-20, 11:01

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by gex85

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I made an estate sale purchase over the weekend of a P2B-DS fitted with dual P3-800's. Imagine my surprise after it posted up with no issues. After a night of wondering which case I should put it in, I settled on my old Lian-Li PC-65. It is still a work in progress as I need to install drives, fan …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-10-12, 18:16

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by gex85

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I am currently bidding on another item that will make one of my builds really complete, will disclose later in case I win :wink: So, here it is (seller's photo, obviously): Diamond C400.jpg The Diamond Multimedia C400 motherboard. Slot 1, Intel 440 BX, really nothing special about it, except the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-10-12, 15:59

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by gex85

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I won this Sony Vaio PCG-N505X yesterday (seller's photo): Vaio.jpg It's only a 333 MHz Celeron (Mendocino core), so it's really a bit on the weak side CPU-wise. But I love the ultraportable form factor, it comes complete with external drives, power supply etc. and it cost only 30€ shipped, so why …

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Re: Athlon XP VS Pentium 4 (478 Prescott) for 2003 build?

Posted on 2020-10-11, 10:06

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by gex85

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I have both, too. AXP 3200+ with nForce2 and Radeon 9800 Pro in one build, P4 3.06 HT with Intel chipset and FX 5950 in the other one. Because I was in the AMD camp back in the day, I am more nostalgically attached to the AMD build. But both are solid performers, so it really comes down to personal …

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Re: New Member , Recent Retro PC build and a thank you

Posted on 2020-10-07, 07:13

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by gex85

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“Omg how many PC’s do you need ? Yeah that was what my wife kept saying whenever I built another retro rig, too. She gave up asking somewhere between the 7th and 10th build I think :wink: As long as I keep most of my stuff in the basement and don't clutter the whole apartment with computers and …

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

Posted on 2020-10-06, 18:25

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by gex85

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I am working on my S775 system that didn't get any attention in the recent past. Installed an Audigy2 + LiveDrive, cleaned up some cables and now I am setting up a fresh copy of Windows Vista x64, mainly because it's totally period correct and I don't have any other Vista system around. At this …

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

Posted on 2020-10-06, 12:44

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by gex85

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I am working on my S775 system that didn't get any attention in the recent past. Installed an Audigy2 + LiveDrive, cleaned up some cables and now I am setting up a fresh copy of Windows Vista x64, mainly because it's totally period correct and I don't have any other Vista system around. At this …

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Re: Video card for Core 2 Quad build

Posted on 2020-10-06, 06:48

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by gex85

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If you want to stay period correct for a C2Q, you might want to go with a GTX280 or similar. Otherwise, I see people indeed recommend the GTX7xx series a lot. The GT730 however would be a bit on the weak side (much slower than a GTX280 for example) and personally, I wouldn't spend anything near $30 …

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Re: 1998 rebuild with Pentium II and Voodoo 2 SLI

Posted on 2020-10-04, 15:37

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by gex85

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Yeah, these P2-450 chips are hard to find at a decent price. It took me quite a few months (or even years) to find one for my 1998 build, they show up very rarely. A few weeks ago I got lucky again and found a second one, bundled with an interesting Siemens Nixdorf motherboard. I like how clean your …

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My Hyundai 466G (486 DX2-66, ET4000, GUS, Roland)

Posted on 2020-09-25, 18:02

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by gex85

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Today I want to show you my 486 that just got a significant update sound card wise. I've had this machine for quite some time now and used it rarely, but a few weeks ago I found a scrap lot as described in this post: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=17341&p=891361#p891361 When it arrived, …

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

Posted on 2020-09-23, 13:46

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by gex85

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Today I reconfigured and reinstalled a Socket 7 machine that I rarely use. Specs are now: - Asus TXP4 (430TX chipset) - AMD K6 233MHz - 32MB SD-RAM - S3 Virge/DX 4MB - Diamond Monster 3D (Voodoo 1 card from a scrap lot, working but shows artifacts, I'll swap it for a working card) - Aztech 2320 ISA …

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