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

Posted on 2025-04-15, 15:44

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Upgraded my computer to a b850m asus mobo with a 9950x3d. Also inverted the case and reversed the case fans for better air flow. Left it running last night, stable and temps are good! Only downside is no optical out on this mobo but I'll get over it.....eventually. Ooh, the 9950x3d is the processor …

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Re: NEVER wipe the top of discs with isopropyl alcohol

Posted on 2025-04-07, 21:32

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Upwader wrote on 2025-04-07, 18:21: Worst mistake of my life That's it?! I'd say you're doing really well for yourself! 👍 I like to wipe the top of many...dirty old things with IPA, so I'm sure an optical disc would've eventually received the treatment. Thanks for the heads-up!

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2025-03-07, 16:56

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Another gem I got myself back - Dell Optiplex GX1, the 450MHz P3 variant. Anyone know how much worth is the ATI GPU inside it? As in, can a Voodoo 2 save its butt? A TI-84 calculator bit banging an external frame buffer attached to an E-ink display has a good chance of outperforming the 4MB Rage …

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Re: What music are you listening to?

Posted on 2025-03-07, 05:38

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65C02 wrote on 2025-02-06, 01:25: I never thought I'd see Bananaphone and Hot In Here on the same list. 🤣 We had some younger kids "helping" out in the kitchen that day. Some musical compromises had to be made.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2025-03-07, 03:29

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Another gem I got myself back - Dell Optiplex GX1, the 450MHz P3 variant. Anyone know how much worth is the ATI GPU inside it? As in, can a Voodoo 2 save its butt? A TI-84 calculator bit banging an external frame buffer attached to an E-ink display has a good chance of outperforming the 4MB Rage …

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Re: Miss Laptop-vote for most beautiful laptop(opinion poll).

Posted on 2025-03-04, 16:46

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Filename s-l1600.jpg File size 384.48 KiB Views 299 views File license Public domain Oh yeah! (Chicka chickaaaa)

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Re: What Is Your Favorite Operating System(opinion poll):

Posted on 2025-02-28, 16:50

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^ ^ ^ Oh god... :rolling_eyes: Anyway, I tend to judge operating systems purely by their gameability these days. My needs are stupid simple, and like most folks, I don't really enjoy using a computer unless I happen to be playing a game on one. I'd have to say that Windows 98SE, XP, and 11 are my …

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Re: What Is Your Favorite Game(opinion poll)?

Posted on 2025-02-25, 22:49

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Pinball! Pinball the PC game, pinball the Mega Drive game, pinball the Real Deal that uses Earth as its physics coprocessor...pinball in any shape or form is just ludicrous amounts of fun. Speaking of physics coprocessors, Mirror's Edge! I think I've completed that game like 5 times since its …

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Re: Max. processor support for Intel SE440BX-3 (Shuttle 3) motherboard ?

Posted on 2025-02-11, 18:39

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I'm not sure if Fujitsu does anything differently with theirSE440BX-3, but I run a 1.4GHz Celeron in a Dimension XPS T550 that originally shipped with a Katmai. No issues with performance or stability, using the latest Dell BIOS. A Tualatin CPU, the Celeron sits on an FC-PGA2 adaptor attached to a …

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Re: What music are you listening to?

Posted on 2025-02-03, 07:32

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We had a positively crackin' set of tunes going yesterday morning whilst making pancakes, omelettes, smoothies and other delicious brekkie goodies. It was such a messy, goofy good time--and I'm quite certain that the blender hated every minute of it. I'll just copy our recently played list: The …

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Re: Getting video codecs for Windows

Posted on 2025-01-31, 03:45

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Gee, I wish I could be of more assistance, but it looks like you've got everything set up properly. :thinking: Just wondering, does scrubbing work in non-DirectShow based players, like that innovative new Media Player app? How does VLC treat it? If your video trips up all three, I'd begin to wonder …

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Re: Getting video codecs for Windows

Posted on 2025-01-30, 03:13

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I think I am confused or I got you confused. I am currently using the older MPC-HC, I didn't knew it existed and my problems and curiosities emerged out of it. I don't know if we are talking about the same DivX logo. Yeah, I was totally thinking of something else. Way back in the day, if you used …

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Re: Getting video codecs for Windows

Posted on 2025-01-29, 06:47

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Were you running the older version of MPC-HC on the same installation of Windows? If so, the new version is likely using your previous settings and external codecs. Go to Options > Internal Filters and make sure that everything under Source Filters and Transform filters is selected. Then, go to …

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Re: Getting video codecs for Windows

Posted on 2025-01-28, 18:41

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Codec packs are so passé. MPC-HC and done, my friend. If you really want MPC to use an external codec, it'll let you (options > external filters). But chances are, you won't have to.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2025-01-27, 05:28

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I bought a nice spice orange GameCube for $40 CAD at the thrift store. Actually, I bought a GameCube component video cable; it just happened to have a GameCube attached to it. But one can never have too many Cubes, so it's all copacetic baby! The difference between 480i--what I'm used to seeing out …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2025-01-24, 04:45

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I was just playing a bit of late evening Epic Pinball. You know, the Deep Sea BGM bears a striking similarity to Fletch's theme . Fletch is like, the 14th greatest movie ever, so this "discovery" made me quite happy indeed. Discovery in quotes, because I'm certain I've played Deep Sea before, so I …

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Re: Moments in computing history when you felt that the future had arrived

Posted on 2024-12-16, 23:03

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Ooh, fun topic! OK, here are some of my most memorable futuristic moments: -I will never forget the time I saw a computer with an MPEG board playing Jurassic Park--the entire movie--off of a CD ROM at a computer show in the early '90s. Standard Def Preteen was like, "THEY CAN DO THAT NOW? Why the …

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Re: Still using XP and dont want to change

Posted on 2024-12-05, 04:50

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Aero looks great. IMO, Vista and Win7 are the pinnacle of desktop UI. Yes...on first sight. I really was astonished back then when I saw it first. But after a very short while I switched it to "classic", like Luna on WinXP. Aero is simply impractical for working with a PC...it's just useless eye …

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Re: What is that one computer habit that you got rid of?

Posted on 2024-12-03, 19:08

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Shutting down is actually the first thing that comes to mind. The computer probably hasn't been off off since we were out of town a couple of months ago. Win+L to lock before I step away, and the machine sleeps after 10 minutes of inactivity. It's all good!

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Re: Buzzing sounds when moving windows around

Posted on 2024-11-15, 00:35

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Haha, guess what? I replaced my SB Live! with SB Audigy - the buzzing persisted. Then I noticed that dxdiag crashed every time it got to the DirectSound check. I reinstalled both the soundcard driver and DirectX - the buzzing persisted and DirectSound apps crashed. Then I reinstalled Windows 98 and …

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