Re: Welcome to the updated VOGONS

Posted on 2020-03-13, 08:14

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The only thing I really miss (and what I have actually noticed thus far) is that I seem to not be able to find the most recent active threads, which was very convenient for me :P Do you mean "Active topics" in the top right? https://www.vogons.org/search.php?search_id=active_topics "Unread posts" …

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Re: Storing thy crap safely (ESD, Damage, etc): Opinions? What do YOU do?

Posted on 2020-03-12, 19:46

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by Tetrium

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Great now everybody has me terrified that the one year of time my hardware spent in Dollar Tree gallon ziplocks stacked on top of each other in plastic totes has killed all my hardware. Though I was unemployed and moving with very little notice so its not like I could afford proper ESD bags at the …

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Re: Storing thy crap safely (ESD, Damage, etc): Opinions? What do YOU do?

Posted on 2020-03-12, 19:42

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by Tetrium

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Nope, single box per bin storage area. I have the test report that proves the failure mechanism. Feel free to not believe it though. Sorry, still not buying it. 200-400 grams (being generous here) of distributed weight can't warp anything of that sort. Not for a year, not for 5 years and even not …

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Re: Bitchin' Fast! 2D, (Video Loca, 1994, MCA)

Posted on 2020-03-12, 19:34

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by Tetrium

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rmay635703 wrote on 2020-02-25, 00:25: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmCEXbspWuI Model 420 likely requires some herbal compounds to work Dangit, still looking for a boxed one 😁

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Re: Give me the cheapest Pentium MMX200 you've got!

Posted on 2020-03-12, 19:24

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See that "200" in the bottom left corner ? I suspect it was this kind of chip : http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Pentium/Intel-Pentium%20MMX%20200%20-%20BP80503200.html It's the one Horum linked to. It had a glued-on heatsink by Intel originally attached. The "200" is in the corner so you can see the …

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Re: Welcome to the updated VOGONS

Posted on 2020-03-12, 19:06

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I am posting this in a new reply as I have a suggestion: Would it be possible to make viewing an entire thread (or at least more replies than is currently possible) on a single page? Or perhaps this is already optional and I simply haven't found this option yet?

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Re: I don't understand all the hate for the Nvidia FX series

Posted on 2020-03-12, 18:57

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The day I take my final breath...I will remember...having benchmarked my 5900u (or was it a 5950u?) in FEAR and I will never forget the slideshow it presented to me xD It did run kinda in 320x240 or something, the GF6800 I replaced with it was wayyyy faster :P Yeah I've done that too. FEAR is one …

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Re: Welcome to the updated VOGONS

Posted on 2020-03-12, 15:07

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Well this was sure a surprise to me xD Is there any way I can use the old smileys btw? Or where are the old smileys? I kinda miss the old :dead: one :/ The only thing I really miss (and what I have actually noticed thus far) is that I seem to not be able to find the most recent active threads, which …

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Re: Storing thy crap safely (ESD, Damage, etc): Opinions? What do YOU do?

Posted on 2020-03-12, 14:24

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¯\_(ツ)_/¯ When im at home, i just don't really thingk about ESD all that much tbh. I don't build on the carpet, i use anti-static mats. I keep my computer spaces clean and tidy. I guess ESD storage just doesn't really hit me. Have i lost a few good days of gaming dealing with weird manifestations, …

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Re: Storing thy crap safely (ESD, Damage, etc): Opinions? What do YOU do?

Posted on 2020-03-12, 13:39

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by Tetrium

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Honestly, i just keep all my motherboards in large sturdy ziplock bags , GPUs/soundcards etc in smaller ones. I only really keep ESD bags around if im gonna be selling something. Once their bagged up, off to the storage bin it goes where they remain safe. Haven't lost anything to ESD in storage in …

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Re: TNT2 M64 on Super 7 system - Worth it?

Posted on 2020-03-12, 13:25

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Ok, I decided to go for it and purchased the TNT2 m64. Lets see how it goes... Will 2d performance be also improved? I mean, mostly for directdraw games? I have a diamond stealth 2000 and an onboard ATI Rage PRO and both kind of sucks for ddraw games (or maybe its the CPU). Have you tried this yet? …

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Re: Storing thy crap safely (ESD, Damage, etc): Opinions? What do YOU do?

Posted on 2020-03-12, 13:13

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by Tetrium

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I typically store boards in anti-static bags, then stacked vertically and reasonably tightly into plastic storage boxes. I might go back and take the rest of the coolers of the CPUs for the few motherboards I've stored with coolers. But otherwise, I've seen no problems with this storage method. …

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Re: I don't understand all the hate for the Nvidia FX series

Posted on 2020-03-12, 12:21

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by Tetrium

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The day I take my final breath...I will remember...having benchmarked my 5900u (or was it a 5950u?) in FEAR and I will never forget the slideshow it presented to me xD It did run kinda in 320x240 or something, the GF6800 I replaced with it was wayyyy faster :P It was really surprising to see the …

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Re: Storing thy crap safely (ESD, Damage, etc): Opinions? What do YOU do?

Posted on 2020-03-12, 11:49

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by Tetrium

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I'd agree with the ESD bags. I ended up getting 600 from Ebay and this sure made life a lot easier :D I can definitely recommend it. I did skimp a bit on the packaging in some cases (due to having little capacity to store every little bit very neatly), but I have separated boards stored together by …

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Re: Backpack 5.25" Floppy Drive for PC?

Posted on 2020-03-11, 16:56

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I've experimented with the Backpack external 3.5in floppy drives. These were also parallel and were basically external cases with an internal pc floppy drive inside of it with an adapter. These had only drivers for windows 9x though, iirc, but these external floppy drives were able to have the …

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Re: Sony MP-F40W-17 / TEAC FD-235J 2.88MB 3.5” Floppy Drives

Posted on 2020-03-11, 16:48

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by Tetrium

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I am doing a collection of 2.88MB floppy disks and drives, where at the time of posting, I already have a TEAC FD-235J drive at https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TEAC-2-88MB-FLOPPY-DRIVE-Model-FD-235J-Extended-Density-Made-in-Japan-/142392347356?item=142392347356&orig_cvip=true , a box of 10 JVC and 3M …

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Re: Sony MP-F40W-17 / TEAC FD-235J 2.88MB 3.5” Floppy Drives

Posted on 2020-03-11, 16:40

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by Tetrium

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Hello, At http://www.retrotechnology.com/herbs_stuff/drive.html#288 you can read read that : You also need a floppy controller that's capable of decoding/encoding the 2.88MB higher data rate. Intel produced a controller chip for ED, the 82077; there's a tech-note AP-358 as referenced on this Web …

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Re: List of S7/ SS7/ S8/ Slot1 ATX mobo with +4 ISA slots

Posted on 2019-11-23, 01:50

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by Tetrium

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Welcome aboard :) If you want to compile your own list (or if you cannot find an existing one), you could perhaps use th99 as a source of names. I'm not sure th99 is completely errorfree though but th99 is at least very comprehensive. Another site you could try is motherboard.cz. But whatever option …

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Re: Thanks for the ride

Posted on 2019-11-23, 01:16

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brostenen: you are an alright human being , sorry that I am not assuming your gender. After all we have to a bit political correct. But seriously though I some times do not post much either. But it is better to know you have a place, where you can help out. Than deactivating your account (yes I …

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Re: S3 Virge DX and GX memory

Posted on 2019-10-15, 23:26

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by Tetrium

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Xorg reports 8meg and I've got 3 4meg S3Virge/DX cards spare to compare it with. I don't know what Xorg is, but as already been pointed out, you listed the part number of the memory chips incorrectly. It should be M 5 416250-25J. Your card is most likely a 4MB model (with 8 chips with each 0.5MB of …

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