Re: ATI X1400 vs NVIDIA 6600

Posted on 2020-02-28, 17:09

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by ragefury32

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First thing first, I'm talking about laptop video cards. Long story: I was searching for an ultimate retro gaming laptop, I had Dell Latitude D800 with GeForce 4, a good thing, but it had widescreen (bad for DOS) and can't run smth newer games like Doom 3, SWAT 4, Thief Deadly Shadows. So I bought …

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Re: Advice on a reliable Windows 98 setup

Posted on 2020-02-28, 15:39

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by ragefury32

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Well, a friend (Linux fan) once had to install Windows XP for his girl friend on a Macintosh (using BootCamp ?). According to him, if memory serves, he was positively surprised that Windows XP ran without issues on that Macintosh. In fact, he newer saw Windows running so smooth and stable. :) And …

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Re: Advice on a reliable Windows 98 setup

Posted on 2020-02-27, 18:44

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by ragefury32

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Those Seagate SSHDs are junk. I tired a few a couple years ago to try and save money over buying large SSDs. Super slow and might as well just buy an HDD. A regular 7200 rpm drive is going to be just as fast from what I could tell. The systems I had those SSHD drives in made me angry every time I …

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Re: Advice on a reliable Windows 98 setup

Posted on 2020-02-27, 18:28

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by ragefury32

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.. reliable ? Windows 98 ? :rofl: https://i.imgur.com/Xo8NLoJ.gif https://youtu.be/73wMnU7xbwE Edit: Okay, seriously.. Hm. SoftWindows 98 on a Power Mac, maybe ? ;) Edit: Anyway. One of Seagate's SSHDs might be worth a try. :) They're quick, can be limited in capacity and can handle misalignment. …

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Re: Advice on a reliable Windows 98 setup

Posted on 2020-02-27, 18:17

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Eh, you did say “reliable”, right, and probably mostly period-correct? Probably something like an Abit BX6 R2, any coppermine P3/Celeron, 2-4 sticks of PC100 from the same stock, an nVidia TNT2 AGP, a decent mSATA-to-IDE adapter, a small mSATA SSD (no one should deal with a 20 year old hard drive), …

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Re: Advice on a reliable Windows 98 setup

Posted on 2020-02-27, 05:00

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by ragefury32

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Eh, you did say “reliable”, right, and probably mostly period-correct? Probably something like an Abit BX6 R2, any coppermine P3/Celeron, 2-4 sticks of PC100 from the same stock, an nVidia TNT2 AGP, a decent mSATA-to-IDE adapter, a small mSATA SSD (no one should deal with a 20 year old hard drive), …

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Re: Which one of you was it?

Posted on 2020-02-27, 04:44

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by ragefury32

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5.25"..... external drive bays ..... Really? I'm curious how that works. Is there a proprietary 5.25" drive for this laptop? Or it can use standard drives? And yes, it wasn't me :) I guess I kinda worded it wrong. It has a 3.5" and 5.25" front bay like a regular computer case has in addition to a …

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Re: xbox4 = 8 x sbox3

Posted on 2020-02-26, 18:55

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THE DIFFERENCE IS BLAST PROCESSING. MULTIPLE 16 BIT POWAH, GENESIS DOES WHAT NINTENDONT So yeah, marketing fluff, news at 11.

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Re: Tualatin Laptops

Posted on 2020-02-23, 03:04

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by ragefury32

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I had a Thinkpad x24 (1.13GHz) which was a pretty neat little machine. Performance was decent, but never felt quite up to par with an equivalent desktop system, there was someting in the power management or whatever that held it back a little. The onboard Mobility Radeon 7000 was gimped by only 16 …

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Re: Tualatin Laptops

Posted on 2020-02-22, 14:22

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by ragefury32

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I've actually got 2 Thinkpad T23's - Of course the nice looking one with the high-res screen has the "Red Screen on start" issue and weird intermittent hardware issues, while the rough one with the low res screen works great. I have a T21 with the 1400x1050 screen, and yeah, it's red-on-start as …

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Re: Tualatin Laptops

Posted on 2020-02-22, 03:56

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by ragefury32

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First: all of your replies are awesome. Seriously, thank you for all your input. Second: this is a deep, winding, perilous rabbit hole. I ended up grabbing an Inspiron 8100 for the simple fact that the CPU and GPU are field serviceable. It's true the 815EP chipset caps me at 512MB RAM, but I'm …

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Re: Tualatin Laptops

Posted on 2020-02-22, 03:26

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by ragefury32

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MAZter wrote on 2020-02-21, 15:58: This one laptop but with P4 looks pretty good, at least it have Yamaha YMF753 chip so little Dos games compatible (from Windows Dos box): The YMF753 (AC-XG) is an AC97-only chip, so it's not really DOS native compatible.

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Re: Tualatin Laptops

Posted on 2020-02-21, 05:57

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by ragefury32

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In late 2001, Intel rolled out the Mobile Pentium III-M. They ranged in frequency from 867MHz to 1.33GHz and were the most powerful mobile Pentium IIIs ever to exist. Naturally, I want one. I've been able to find a couple of small, partial lists but am having trouble finding a definitive listing of …

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Re: Tualatin Laptops

Posted on 2020-02-21, 05:36

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I've actually got 2 Thinkpad T23's - one in great physical condition with the high res screen, and one in rough looking shape with the lower res screen. Both have the 1.13Ghz Tualatin. Of course the nice looking one with the high-res screen has the "Red Screen on start" issue and weird intermittent …

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Re: Tualatin Laptops

Posted on 2020-02-21, 05:31

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by ragefury32

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I've actually got 2 Thinkpad T23's - one in great physical condition with the high res screen, and one in rough looking shape with the lower res screen. Both have the 1.13Ghz Tualatin. Of course the nice looking one with the high-res screen has the "Red Screen on start" issue and weird intermittent …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-02-20, 19:39

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by ragefury32

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Took delivery of a Compaq Evo n600c - suppoedly the "ultimate DOS compatible" 2 spindle P3 laptop,. Why? Tualatin P3m CPU (all the way to 1.1 GHz), i830MP chipset, ATi Radeon M6, and an ESS Maestro 3/Allegro chipset, which is supposed to offer both DOS mode SB emulation and AC97 support all in a …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-02-20, 05:52

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by ragefury32

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Took delivery of a Compaq Evo n600c - suppoedly the "ultimate DOS compatible" 2 spindle P3 laptop,. https://retro-560e.s3.amazonaws.com/Evo+n600c.jpg Why? Tualatin P3m CPU (all the way to 1.1 GHz), i830MP chipset, ATi Radeon M6, and an ESS Maestro 3/Allegro chipset, which is supposed to offer both …

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

Posted on 2020-02-20, 05:27

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by ragefury32

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Tried to get an old IBM external floppy drive (21mm connector version, 10H3980) to play nice with a non-standard Gotek. First clue: The drive uses a TEAC FD-05HF as the mechanism: https://retro-560e.s3.amazonaws.com/TEAC+FD05-HF.jpg This meant that like any member of the TEAC FD05HF family, it uses …

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Re: The quest for the perfect retro laptop: a saga

Posted on 2020-02-18, 03:14

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by ragefury32

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Oh wow! I didn't know the 560E had a Trident video card; much better than Neomagic! Amazingly, my 560X still has a 100% working original battery. Eh, not really "much better" - The Trident Providia did not carry over VESA compatibility from the TGUI8900 series, wouldn't do HV expansion for the LCD …

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Re: The quest for the perfect retro laptop: a saga

Posted on 2020-02-17, 05:56

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by ragefury32

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Alright, so, I bought a machine (or 2) for playing the old DOS games. Not planning to go too detailed on it here (I am doing a dedicated article about it later), but here's my pair of Thinkpad 560Es - Ono-Sendai and Hosaka. Ono-Sendai came from Canada and Hosaka was an import from Japan with a …

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