Re: I Felt Conflicted at a Yard Sale

Posted on 2023-09-11, 11:37

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Here's a STACK of 5 1/4" hard drives, the ones uh....I forget who made them, the half height 5 1/4" from the 90s. Got to rip the IDE off the platters, sort the pieces, grab a tool and unscrew everything from everything else. And it just made my eyes water. Quantum Bigfoot? Exactly! Thank you for …

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Re: I Felt Conflicted at a Yard Sale

Posted on 2023-09-05, 09:20

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I think he probably sees eBay prices and thinks he'll get those amounts locally. Right, lots of optimists on eBay when pricing things. But it does come down to whether they really want to see things sell or what. I have some items listed that just never sell - because they aren't worth what it …

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Re: Where the heck do I get capacitors?

Posted on 2023-09-04, 09:52

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Thanks for all the replies. I went with Digikey. It's quite weird to select one seemingly random model from a list of hundreds. I just picked the ones that were rated for longer operation, in stock, and wire terminal. At first I thought I would get Rubycon. But they didn't have a 10uf 10v. So there …

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Re: I Felt Conflicted at a Yard Sale

Posted on 2023-09-04, 09:01

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My time is also worth money to me. I've seen someone post the same ads for super expensive boxed copies of old games over and over again for years. If he ever sells them, the profit vs time wouldn't even amount to minimum wage. As someone who trades old games, perhaps I can offer a perspective. I …

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Re: I Felt Conflicted at a Yard Sale

Posted on 2023-08-15, 13:25

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RetroGamer4Ever wrote on 2023-08-15, 10:31: We're at the point where buying old hardware to run old software is becoming less and less of a good idea. I guess. I used to run a P200 MMX for a real mode Windows game (but just as much to randomly play with). Today I would probably try to emulate …

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I Felt Conflicted at a Yard Sale

Posted on 2023-08-15, 07:13

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"HUGE SALE," read the sign. DECADES of STUFF. I had a chance to stop by on this country road to see what they had. Probably crap. Lots of cars, few people. I guess the cars were all theirs? Anyway, I sort of blocked half the driveway. Quite a bit of computer stuff, actually. This wasn't the first …

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Re: Pravetz-16ES 80186-8 IBM PC compatible computer from Bulgaria

Posted on 2023-07-28, 03:16

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Did he not park them?

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Where the heck do I get capacitors?

Posted on 2023-07-28, 03:06

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I am thinking of replacing capacitors in my microphone. I wrote them all down. There is an electronics shop, but I'm not sure if I should buy there because I assume they would be "random cheap capacitors" and I figure it is best to get good ones because it's a project to put them in. But the problem …

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Re: Fact review on graphics card purchase for XP

Posted on 2022-01-07, 13:30

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Final check in. Bandicam's last versions for Windows XP coincided with the implementation of Nvidia's NVENC system, which they didn't bother to implement in XP. (It would have required extra work on their part to replace DLL functions available by default in Windows 7 and newer.) That is my …

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Re: PS/2 Vs. USB for Windows 98 SE

Posted on 2021-01-07, 09:14

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Guess I'm a mouse ignoramus, but in my experience mice are mice. Use them for games, use them for everything. I don't use optical mice. In fact, didn't even have one until a couple of years ago. I didn't buy it, I salvaged it new. Rate? Precision? Whaa? I need to clean the mouse maybe once in 6 …

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Re: conner cp3044 failing?

Posted on 2021-01-04, 03:29

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I think I remember from a Macintosh drive that wouldn't read, the grease was just so dried and gummed up it wouldn't spin up. But the data was all there and it read correctly (even disassembled). Of course then the guy blew up the controller chip by using the wrong power supply...but besides the …

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Re: SimCity 2000 Music hanging with Audician32 and Dreamblaster S2

Posted on 2021-01-04, 03:24

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digger wrote on 2021-01-04, 00:13: it's actually quite unique and memorable. That's one way to put it.

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Re: Looking for a Motherboard Manual

Posted on 2021-01-02, 08:38

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Though it would not have helped here, if the websites on archive.org were fully indexed and their content (html, pdf, txt, doc) centrally text searchable, it would be a thing of wonder . I can only imagine how much useful hardware/software data and drivers could be sleeping in old nondescript …

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Re: Repairing 386 MB, Need ideas...

Posted on 2021-01-02, 08:34

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jdgabard wrote on 2021-01-01, 22:33: And if you still can't figure it out, donate it to me. I'll probably get it working and add it to my collection. 😉 Damn, I will. You know quite a bit about early computer design.

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Re: How to install Windows XP Pro SP3 properly

Posted on 2021-01-01, 16:44

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Lazar81 wrote on 2021-01-01, 10:20: hwh wrote on 2021-01-01, 10:13: On SP3, nothing. At least net framework is needed for my gpu control center. Seeing as you already mentioned that in the first post, and it pertains to specific software you wish to use that tells you what to install with it, I …

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Re: SimCity 2000 Music hanging with Audician32 and Dreamblaster S2

Posted on 2021-01-01, 10:15

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SimCity 2000 has music?

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Re: How to install Windows XP Pro SP3 properly

Posted on 2021-01-01, 10:13

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On SP3, nothing.

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Re: Was Deus Ex rough on contemporary hardware?

Posted on 2021-01-01, 09:33

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I first ran it on an Athlon 1700+ with a Geforce 2 Ti, in 2002. No issues of course. Ran it at 1024x768. But that is a little after release. And it's far above the stated requirements for the game.

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Re: When did you purchase your first 386 / 486 Computer? Availability vs the early 90's affordability norm.

Posted on 2021-01-01, 07:15

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I never bought one. But my first computer was a 486-66 hand me down in 1999. I'm not sure what year...94-96? That was my mother's introduction to computers. It was ready for the web with a blazing fast 14.4 modem. Once I visited the "Starship Troopers" web page and looked at renderings there. Each …

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Re: Old fraps version?

Posted on 2021-01-01, 06:28

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https://web.archive.org/web/20000301110441/ht … om/download.htm There's version 1.2 from November 1999 (Windows 95/98). I think that's the best you're going to do.

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