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Reply 21902 of 52357, by bjwil1991

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Looks like a screenshot of the Mac OS X that was taken on a Mac, and used as a wallpaper for the Libretto 50CDT.

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Reply 21903 of 52357, by keropi

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oeuvre wrote:

I also got a Libretto 50CDT, got OS X running on it too!

this is not Skeletor on the screen 😒

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Reply 21904 of 52357, by oeuvre

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keropi wrote:
oeuvre wrote:

I also got a Libretto 50CDT, got OS X running on it too!

this is not Skeletor on the screen 😒

I should practice what I preach...

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Reply 21906 of 52357, by bjwil1991

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Curse you, He-man! Switching to GEICO could save you... hundreds on car insurance.

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Reply 21907 of 52357, by amadeus777999

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An ESS soundcard, Creative TNT PCI and a second GA-486 AMS + some cache rams.
With the TNT I got 67.9fps in Shareware Doom's demo3 - Am5x86@160, FPM ram@40, fastest settings. The TNT's core is slightly faster than the Riva128's which makes it the perfect candidate for the LuckyStar LS486E with which I may be able to cross the 70fps barrier in Doom shareware.

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Reply 21908 of 52357, by bjwil1991

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67.9FPS is pretty good. Is that on high or low graphics details?

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Reply 21909 of 52357, by The Serpent Rider

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Time for some motherboards galore: ABIT VH6T, MSI MS6309 694T Pro, AOpen AP5T and ASUS CUV266.

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Not sure if ABIT VH6T is working though, but included CPU usually a good sign. AOpen and ASUS both were bought from original owners.

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Old computer hardware - of which 3dfx-cards are a part - is very much a niche.

Not so much "niche" with such hyped up prices. 3dfx and ISA sound blasters would be my first choice for a scam in that category. I've met two con artists last year, who actually tried to scam me specifically with tempting 3dfx offers.

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Reply 21910 of 52357, by bjwil1991

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Edit by Stiletto:
Uh no we're not the eBay thread

Sorry.

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Reply 21911 of 52357, by amadeus777999

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bjwil1991 wrote:

67.9FPS is pretty good. Is that on high or low graphics details?

High detail.
But screenblocks are 9 instead of 11(ala fullscreen, no status bar) which the site demands where the scores are registered - https://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/misc/doombench.html.
There's a score of an nearly even 70fps on there by an Am5x86 @ 160 + Asus PVI486-SP3(SiS496/497) + W32P based machine. The absolutely highest score of any 486 based system.

The donator used an IDE controller with 8MB cache to remove the delays when assets are loaded during the demo. I circumvented this via CF card adapter. I have one pretty speedy LS486E which may, in tandem with the TNT, come close to the "magical" 70fps.

Reply 21912 of 52357, by bjwil1991

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Ah. Interesting, and I never knew that there was an I/O card with 8MB cache.

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Reply 21913 of 52357, by henryVK

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OldCat wrote:

Just snagged Toshiba Libretto 50CDT. So happy - have been searching for one in decent state AND in decent price. It's making its way through snowy Poland right now, so seller's photo atm, will update with real one when it arrives.

Any recommendations as to how restore battery (and if it's worth it) or on how to swap HDD for CF card?

Congratulations! Are you going to use this machine as a mobile platform?

I bought my Libretto 100CT because I wanted a tiny DOS computer that would take up only minimal desk space. I'm running it on a 14" Eizo CRT but it doesn't like my PS/2 selector thingy (hub?), so I can't switch my main keyboard back and forth between my desktop PC and the Libretto, like I planned to.

PS: sorry, no Skeletor onscreen...

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Reply 21914 of 52357, by Radical Vision

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The Serpent Rider wrote:
Time for some motherboards galore: ABIT VH6T, MSI MS6309 694T Pro, AOpen AP5T and ASUS CUV266. […]
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Time for some motherboards galore: ABIT VH6T, MSI MS6309 694T Pro, AOpen AP5T and ASUS CUV266.

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Not sure if ABIT VH6T is working though, but included CPU usually is a good sign. AOpen and ASUS both were bought from original owners.

stoof wrote:

Old computer hardware - of which 3dfx-cards are a part - is very much a niche.

Not so much "niche" with such hyped up prices. 3dfx and ISA sound blasters would be my first choice for a scam in that category. I've met two con artists last year, who actually tried to scam me specifically with tempting 3dfx offers.

I have x3 of that type AOpen S7 boards, but seems your is with better caps, all are sanyo, while on mine not all, pretty nice boards for K6-II and Pentium. That ASUS board is really strange, the place of the socket and the memory it reminds me of S939...

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Reply 21915 of 52357, by OldCat

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henryVK wrote:
Congratulations! Are you going to use this machine as a mobile platform? […]
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OldCat wrote:

Just snagged Toshiba Libretto 50CDT. So happy - have been searching for one in decent state AND in decent price. It's making its way through snowy Poland right now, so seller's photo atm, will update with real one when it arrives.

Any recommendations as to how restore battery (and if it's worth it) or on how to swap HDD for CF card?

Congratulations! Are you going to use this machine as a mobile platform?

I bought my Libretto 100CT because I wanted a tiny DOS computer that would take up only minimal desk space. I'm running it on a 14" Eizo CRT but it doesn't like my PS/2 selector thingy (hub?), so I can't switch my main keyboard back and forth between my desktop PC and the Libretto, like I planned to.

PS: sorry, no Skeletor onscreen...

Thanks!

I do not intend to use it as a real mobile platform (as in "it travels with me everywhere I go"), more like "I don't have to keep the cable connected all the time". I haven't really thought about using it as a very small retro PC, like you do, but it's a nice idea. Perhaps if I managed to find a docking station for it?...

Reply 21916 of 52357, by henryVK

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OldCat wrote:

Thanks!

I do not intend to use it as a real mobile platform (as in "it travels with me everywhere I go"), more like "I don't have to keep the cable connected all the time". I haven't really thought about using it as a very small retro PC, like you do, but it's a nice idea. Perhaps if I managed to find a docking station for it?...

Ohh, the 50CT doesn't have PS/2 connectors at all, does it?

Hope you find one, and if you do, here's a guide to adding PS/2! 😉

http://www.mak.co.uk/ps2guide.html

Reply 21917 of 52357, by OldCat

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henryVK wrote:
Ohh, the 50CT doesn't have PS/2 connectors at all, does it? […]
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OldCat wrote:

Thanks!

I do not intend to use it as a real mobile platform (as in "it travels with me everywhere I go"), more like "I don't have to keep the cable connected all the time". I haven't really thought about using it as a very small retro PC, like you do, but it's a nice idea. Perhaps if I managed to find a docking station for it?...

Ohh, the 50CT doesn't have PS/2 connectors at all, does it?

Hope you find one, and if you do, here's a guide to adding PS/2! 😉

http://www.mak.co.uk/ps2guide.html

Thanks a lot!

Reply 21918 of 52357, by appiah4

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Some more Tualatin goodness: Gigabyte GA-6OXT and Celeron 1300

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Now the question, do I use the MSI 694T or the Gigabyte GA-6OXT for an eventual Celeron 1000A@1333 system?

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Reply 21919 of 52357, by bjwil1991

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Bought a weird cased C64 (breadbin + C64C combined) on eBay:

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