Re: Most disappointing games?

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I got bored watching the long-winded intro scene to HL1, so I shut the game down and never went back to it. I had played the demo, and even then wondered why it was so popular. This was my first experience as well. Why was the intro so long. Why was this thing so popular? Contemporary me never …

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Re: Which USB 2.0 cards for old motherboards

Posted on Today, 16:28

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Off the top of my head, I think the latest non-laptop chips were the small square BGA ones. Often there will be a gigantic square silkscreen around it, indicating that the PCB was originally designed for the larger node with a larger package. I think this is the result of a die shrink and …

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

Posted on 2023-02-02, 06:08

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That's some epic MT-32 trophies. I have just the one, and it's not in very good condition, but it works. Now they're expensive enough that it doesn't seem worth it to me to get another one just for the cosmetics. Mad respect.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-02-01, 16:43

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External CD drives are pretty cool. What speed is that and which operating systems does it have drivers for?

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

Posted on 2023-02-01, 05:17

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Shponglefan wrote on 2023-01-31, 03:33: Did some organizing of my 'current projects' shelves as I figure out what I'm going to tackle next. It's that a pair of Altec Lansing speakers and subwoofer I spot on the bottom shelf?

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Re: [OPEN]Retail Windows 95-Windows XP 32-bit games which can work on Windows 7 and later without game data modification

Posted on 2023-01-30, 07:51

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I bought a Nostromo N52 back on the day and I didn't like it at all. I recall the keys required a greater force to actuate than I was comfortable with in that orientation. I believe it's just a membrane with plastic caps sliding along a plastic column. There are no switches and it's just the two …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-01-29, 07:02

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A common fault with the on the GeForce 4 Ti cards and Quadros is for cooling fan to fail. Keep an eye out for that, and I would recommend locating an alternative replacement ahead of time to be prepared.

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Re: Patch for Windows 95/98/98 SE/Me to run on newest CPUs

Posted on 2023-01-29, 06:47

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I have a particular Slot 1 system that refuses to work with ANY AudioPCI card in DOS, including the onboard AudioPCI. I think there is some conflict with the VIA chipset. Maybe there is something similar with your Ryzen system that is causing it to fail. I'm pretty sure I've used AudioPCI with fast …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-01-28, 23:49

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It's the tall capacitors that always seem to go first on these old boards. If you're going to replace a few though, I would recommend just replacing them all.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-01-28, 15:59

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I must have missed this then or got luck. I used two 16GB OCZ kits (32GB) in my AMD Bulldozer system for years without any problems. I sold it to a friend and they continue to live on 10 years later. My sample size is extremely small, but I wanted to share that anecdote. Ever since Ryzen made it a …

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Re: Most disappointing games?

Posted on 2023-01-28, 07:13

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I tried several times to play Half-Life 1 but found it so painfully boring that I couldn't ever play it for more than a half hour to an hour at most. I found HL2 equally boring, but played it further because of the novelty of the graphics. But I quickly got bored of that game as well. I never found …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-01-26, 16:53

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That's an interesting analysis, thanks for sharing. It's true that some of us were probably still using some DX4 machines at the turn of the millenium I don't know enough about it too be sure, but I think that the Company Deskpro that I continued to use as my personal computer in my bedroom was a …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2023-01-26, 04:54

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The board looks like it's on great condition. Be sure to match the low ESR capacitors with their replacements when you swap them out.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-01-26, 03:51

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That's a really nice haul. I hope you got it for a good price. If you're this excited, I expect that it's true. You earned it!

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

Posted on 2023-01-25, 23:49

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I made a Sing Along program in C for my old Mac Plus of a pretty retro song (The Last Unicorn (1982)) ✅THINK C was used (1990ish) ✅Studio Session was used (1986) ✅Apple discouraged alternate buffer hack was used https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSOBp2aMJh It says video unavailable. :( Now how will I …

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

Posted on 2023-01-25, 23:48

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Wow. That's a really cool matched set of ASUS gear. I always see them reference associated addon cards in their manuals, but I've never seen so many all in one place before.

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Re: Most disappointing games?

Posted on 2023-01-25, 22:59

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The vehicles are one of my favorite aspects of Crysis.

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Re: PCB destroying adhesive found in my Roland Sound Canvas SC-55mkII (inspect your synthesizer!)

Posted on 2023-01-25, 22:48

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My mkII is a first revision. If the bodge wires don't exist, the you probably just have a later one where it isn't needed. My mkII also has some quirks that don't exist with my SC-55. I only have this one mkII unit, so I don't know if it was caused by the damage to my PCB, if it was fixed with later …

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Re: Socket 5/7/SS7 (Voltage Interposer) Tweaker. (Released)

Posted on 2023-01-25, 16:26

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I just had an insane idea. I watch this video today that demonstrated a "self-soldering circuit". My theory is that perhaps this can be used to attach the interposer to the circuit board. The biggest issue with using solder paste here is that there is no way to reliably apply heat to all of the pins …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-01-25, 15:44

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YES! This is good stuff. I was going to suggest a Quantum Bigfoot as well but .. the parts are already cursed enough as is ! I do have a working Bigfoot. I remember thinking that I was speeding up my computer back in the day by putting the swap file on a dedicated drive. It was a Quantum Bigfoot...

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