Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2024-02-05, 11:28

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by Shadzilla

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Ok, now that we are on a new page and everyone forgot how cool those digital/DEC PCs looked (you all forgot about them, right?) here is my 1996-1998 (1998 December) build: 1996-1998 PII450-Voodoo2SLI 01.jpg 1996-1998 PII450-Voodoo2SLI 02.jpg 1996-1998 PII450-Voodoo2SLI 03.jpg Specifications: PSU: …

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Re: Gateway restore CDs

Posted on 2024-02-05, 09:16

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No worries, thanks very much for doing that! It looks like it has all the drivers for my G6 so I'll give it a shot. I did find that with the Gateway Win 98 disc I've got (sadly the only one on archive.org, which does contain basic OEM modifications for Gateway), it works better with the later system …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-02-04, 09:21

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I inherited a lot of TRS80 model III & IV computers from my father in law years ago. I tried shipping them to buyers but the tube popped loose in shipping on the second which was a mess. I felt awful. I found a collector who would take the rest, and I ended up renting a car to deliver them. I had …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-02-03, 19:30

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Picked up my 2nd CRT today. Well, 2nd CRT the 2nd time around of course. This is an LG 773N in a Tiny branded case. It's of particular interest to me as I try to re-create the Tiny system my family bought in 1997. This monitor is actually from 2003 but it will look the part, if I ever manage to …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-02-03, 18:30

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by Shadzilla

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Picked up my 2nd CRT today. Well, 2nd CRT the 2nd time around of course. This is an LG 773N in a Tiny branded case. It's of particular interest to me as I try to re-create the Tiny system my family bought in 1997. This monitor is actually from 2003 but it will look the part, if I ever manage to find …

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Re: Where to find original aluminium Pentium III Xeon stickers?

Posted on 2024-02-02, 13:30

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by Shadzilla

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Try reaching out to the guy behind Geekenspiel - https://geekenspiel.com/ - he might be able to help or make some. I've bought a bunch of case badge stickers from him for my builds, they're really good 😀

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Re: Trusted Marketplaces

Posted on 2024-01-31, 11:34

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by Shadzilla

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The other thing with eBay is once you've found one or two suppliers you trust you can confidently make repeat purchases, ask them what they have coming up, etc. You build a little network of contacts which comes in handy when you want something specific since you might get it before it's listed. …

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Re: What is the best Windows 2000 sound card (that isn't Live/Audigy)?

Posted on 2024-01-31, 08:34

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by Shadzilla

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I had a Hercules Fortissimo II back then which I quite liked. Might be worth looking into for something different.

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Re: 3.5 Floppy Drive Recommendation

Posted on 2024-01-31, 08:30

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by Shadzilla

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Nothing bad to say about Alps drives in my experience, just the same as Sony and Panasonic.

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Re: Half-Life : Blue Shift with voodoo 2 on 3dfx.

Posted on 2024-01-30, 17:32

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Can confirm, same issue for me. Game crashes after the elevator reaches the bottom and it loads the next level :( Edit: good news! You can switch back to OpenGL after you get past the point that crashes. Although, it will crash again when you enter the portal to get back from Zen, if not before. I …

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Re: Half-Life : Blue Shift with voodoo 2 on 3dfx.

Posted on 2024-01-29, 10:59

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I'm playing through Blue Shift at the moment on my V2 SLI box and I'm so far not having any issues with the above fix, but I haven't gotten as far as you FoxiestFox. Will report back if I get the same problem. When I played it last week I noticed if I pressed esc during the game then the menu didn't …

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Re: Gateway restore CDs

Posted on 2024-01-25, 08:41

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That could be really useful, please and thank you! I believe it should be two CDs, one to prep the system and another disc with the operating system on it. 1999 should be right in the ballpark, with any luck it's plain old Win 98. I made a bit more progress last night. Basically started over and for …

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Gateway restore CDs

Posted on 2024-01-24, 19:48

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by Shadzilla

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This is a long shot but does anyone have, or know where to locate, the Gateway System Restoration CD and Gateway Operating System Backup CD for a G6-400, built November 1998? I'm trying to restore the system to its original shipping condition as best as possible. There are a variety of the former on …

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Re: Recommended boot manager for quad boot from single drive (DOS / Win 95 / Win 98SE / Win XP)

Posted on 2024-01-24, 19:31

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by Shadzilla

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Putting aside the boot manager for a second - I don't 100% remember off the top of my head whether the hdd size limits were about partition sizes (addressing relative to the start of the partition), or absolute hdd sizes (addressing relative to the start of the device) but I think it's the latter. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-01-23, 14:53

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I did phone tech support for those around the time this one was manufactured. I can't remember if it was that case, but some designs had a problem where the power button didn't correctly push on the actual switch underneath. Nice! I can well believe that, the mechanism is a bit rubbish. Appears ok …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-01-23, 08:56

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I picked this up last night for the low low price of FREE! Gateway G6-400 system in its original box, with its original keyboard and mouse, documentation, and software bundle (although the recovery media is missing). The system is in its original shipping configuration (minus hard disk) but is …

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Re: Acrylic 2003 build (January 2024)

Posted on 2024-01-22, 14:56

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Very very cool build! Are the fans still available to buy anywhere? I tried to get a blue cold cathode for a build recently but I was sad to find they basically don't exist anymore, all replaced by LED (which to be fair is much easier, safer, and cheaper anyway).

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Re: Why does Half Life 1 barely work on my a22e?

Posted on 2024-01-19, 13:22

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I don't think any Pentium 3 era laptop had more than 8MB VRAM. Toshiba Satellite 1800's (Celeron 800) had a Trident CyberBlade 8MB GPU, Compaq Armada M700 (Pentium 3) had an ATI Mobility PRO 8MB GPU... Penium M laptops just a few years later were a massive step forward... Used less power and had …

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Re: Voodoo 3 3000 3dfx Splash Screen Not Showing

Posted on 2024-01-18, 18:28

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If you have GTA that should show the splash screen, it does for me in DOS at least.

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Re: Cool ATX Case Design Recommendation?

Posted on 2024-01-18, 08:44

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I'm a fan of the late 90s/early 2000s Lian Li silver aluminium cases. I had a first gen PC-70 back then that I modified quite a bit. That style has stuck with me ever since (my daily driver is in a modified Mac G5 case, similar vibe). For me they're some of the 'coolest' cases of the era. Here's 5 …

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