Re: Twiggy drive Mac proto on ebay

Posted on 2012-04-21, 00:59

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by CapnCrunch53

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There is not a snowball's chance in hell that is going to sell for 100K. And for $1500 shipping... You should be hand delivering that thing. It already did. And yeah the super expensive shipping is probably because of insurance. If I was a rich guy spending 100 grand that for my collection, I …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2012-04-19, 07:37

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A sweet shipment of games arrived for me today :D $26 shipped, how awesome is that? I'm gonna be lazy and just link one of the eBay pictures. http://i.imgur.com/dAbC2.png Games: Ultimate Quake (Quake I, II, III Arena) - Boxed Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II + Mysteries of the Sith - Boxed Unreal …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2012-04-19, 07:19

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by CapnCrunch53

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On the topic of speakers, I just got these powered Labtec speakers to use with my Pentium and Pentium 3 machines. I got these specific units because we used to have the same models (heck we may still have them somewhere, haven't found them yet though), and since my Pentium 3 is one of the machines I …

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Re: Favorite brands for your retro hardware

Posted on 2012-04-17, 17:49

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I haven't been building retro PCs for long, and I usually just pick parts appropriate for each build, so I haven't been able to develop favorites for every sort of hardware, but I definitely have a few. As others have said, Asus is pretty great. My Pentium and Pentium 4 systems both use their …

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Re: Got Some Curiously Not-Identical Retro Consoles/Games

Posted on 2012-04-16, 21:19

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Yeah I have a Model 3 as well, honestly it's pretty nice for just carrying down to the family room to play with a friend instead of lugging my Model 1, or even worse my Model 2/SCD/32x monstrocity lol People hate on it for its lack of compatibility, but I got it for $10 and it's convenient. Plus it …

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Re: Got Some Curiously Not-Identical Retro Consoles/Games

Posted on 2012-04-16, 20:17

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Can't offer any advice on the NES, but I have a bit of knowledge on the other ones. The Genesis had a lot of hardware variations, both with the Model 1 and Model 2. With the Model 1, systems that don't say "High Definition Graphics" are not uncommon. The "HDG" Model 1s are know for having some of …

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Re: Some questions about 2 386DX-40 mobos

Posted on 2012-04-14, 00:18

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by CapnCrunch53

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Nice, I like the coin-battery job you did, very clean looking. I need to do that on my 386 sooner rather than later. Mine has the external header though so I'll just mod a pc-speaker wire.

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Re: dead awe64 gold

Posted on 2012-04-14, 00:14

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First thing I would try if there's not any obvious damage on the card itself is to clean the contacts. From my experience with game cartridges, even if they look clean there can still be a lot of grime on them that could be preventing contact. I use 91% alcohol and Q-tips and just give it a few …

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Re: IBM 5x86 rebound

Posted on 2012-04-12, 19:59

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by CapnCrunch53

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Sounds pretty sweet! Got any pictures?

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Re: New Member... New build(s)!!

Posted on 2012-04-07, 23:25

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by CapnCrunch53

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Sounds like a fun couple of builds 😁 I've seen those cases for really cheap on eBay, they look quite nice. Keep us posted! 😀

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2012-04-04, 07:06

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Yep it is 😀 Now I need to find an old gameport joystick that works so I can enjoy these, Wing Commander, and anything else that needs a joystick.

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2012-04-04, 01:46

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Found some sweet PC games today at the bookstore :D http://i.imgur.com/vdvjis.jpg The copies of Riven, one of my favorite games, were $5 each. Both include the guides, and the one with the nicer box includes all the other inserts as well. Never had a full boxed copy until now, so clearly I had to …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2012-04-03, 23:35

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by CapnCrunch53

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Crap posted in the wrong thread. How embarrassing!

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Re: Techpowerup (GPU-Z) site busted?

Posted on 2012-04-01, 22:03

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Lol if you refresh the page it loads like normal and there's a trollface in the logo. Pretty damn clever 😁

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Re: Retro PC Build "Voodoo Master" - Need some help

Posted on 2012-03-31, 22:59

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by CapnCrunch53

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Sounds like a cool build! I have a very similar system with a 600MHz P3, 384MB of RAM, Rage 128GL, SB Live, and Voodoo2 SLI, and it's serving me well. I've been using these power supplies for my retro builds and for replacements for bad OEM units for quite awhile. http://www.newegg.com/Product/ …

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Re: My Windows 98/Glide Retro Gaming PC

Posted on 2012-03-31, 22:49

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by CapnCrunch53

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Thought I'd just post a small update. I replaced the Matrox and SB16 with a 16MB ATI Rage 128GL and a Sound Blaster Live! card because I realized the previous cards weren't really very period-correct. The Matrox and SB16 are actually going into a Pentium 200MMX machine I'm building to be my Win95 …

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Re: Yet another battery question

Posted on 2012-03-30, 02:10

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by CapnCrunch53

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If it is non-rechargable, I believe you can use a diode with a non-rechargeable battery in that situation. I assume the current used to charge the battery is used to power the diode instead.

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Re: Help with Tseng ET4000AX - Color Depth and Memory Questions

Posted on 2012-03-27, 00:34

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by CapnCrunch53

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So it turns out, I'm a massive idiot. I installed a printer driver like you suggested idspispopd, and then realized I had to install a a TrueType font manually. I'm not sure if I could do it before I installed the printer driver because it never occurred to me. Boy do I feel dumb. SimTower runs now, …

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Re: Help with Tseng ET4000AX - Color Depth and Memory Questions

Posted on 2012-03-25, 14:14

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by CapnCrunch53

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Well crap, that sucks. I already bought the memory chips too. Oh well, guess I'll just run SimTower on my Pentium 3 for now. Thanks a lot for the info guys.

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Re: Help with Tseng ET4000AX - Color Depth and Memory Questions

Posted on 2012-03-25, 02:45

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by CapnCrunch53

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Ah that makes perfect sense. And I bet the "-8" means 80ns access time too. Thanks guys, told you I was a noob 🤣. Looks like I'm gonna be ordering a few of those puppies. Any online suppliers you guys would recommend?

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