Re: Help Researching a Project on the 'Experience' of using a PC throughout the ages.

Posted on 2024-08-03, 19:10

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Hi there, congratulations - my first post here since 14 months. Quite an expansive topic, but just some randome anecdotes: Hardware : My parents got a used, generic AMD 386-40 PC rig back in 1993. (I was in my mid teens back then.) Desktop including kb, mouse, joystick, 14" screen and dot matrix …

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Re: painting a Commodore 64

Posted on 2023-05-28, 13:30

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Frank. Well, nothing wrong with traditional German names, is there? HorstBox.jpg And I think Rowan Atkinson own an BBC Micro Model B called "Bob". Horstbox. For webhorsting. Thank you so much for manifesting a pun I cuddled in my mind for so long but always was afraid to utter. :P Do you have a …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-05-27, 11:21

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There really is a black & gold edition of the Terratec Solo-1 sound card. (a.k.a. 128i PCI) And finally, someone took the time to misspell it on ebay.

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Re: PC tower cases by year

Posted on 2023-05-27, 11:12

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Trying to identify this case...it's got Inwin A500 vibes but it's clearly not an A500, so I don't know if it's a different Inwin case or some kind of Taiwanese clone. Front is an A500, but the PSU is horizontally up top, instead of hovering vertically in front of the CPU area. (This one is µ-ATX, …

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Re: Intelligent mode MPU-401 and how it's utilised.

Posted on 2023-05-26, 12:08

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Small update: I tried changing some chips to no avail... I guess without Cuttoon's help i'm not going to solve this mystery. Sadly i can't write him a PM to ask him kindly for help, because i'm quite new to Vogons... Could maybe someone give him a hint, to look at this thread? I know it's an odd …

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Re: Choosing a hard drive for my DFI CS61-EC

Posted on 2022-06-10, 04:27

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Saidian wrote on 2022-06-10, 03:20: Btw what do you mean about the cable should be ATA66? Tetrium said ATA133 didn't they? The step to the later cable was at 66. Controllers went up to 133, but with the same cable. Only those two types around, the 40 and the 80 wire.

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Re: Memorable game mods

Posted on 2022-06-10, 02:58

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played it only once and very briefly, but yes, that was a thing: https://doom.fandom.com/wiki/Aliens_TC Also, I'd assume that the obvious ones like counter-strike don't count as "old games" in this context, but I spent copious amounts of time on the early "Day of Defeat" betas. Those took some …

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Re: Choosing a hard drive for my DFI CS61-EC

Posted on 2022-06-10, 02:38

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Pretty sure. Win98 uses FAT32, which has several shortcomings when compared to NTFS, the Win NT file system of Win 2k and XP. But, it is way more advanced than FAT16 of DOS 6.22. Nowadays you could simply prepare the thing on a modern PC via some USB adapter or drive bay. Or on the same machine …

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Re: Choosing a hard drive for my DFI CS61-EC

Posted on 2022-06-09, 19:29

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IIRC, many bios of that era still had a limitation to hard drives up to 120 GB. But that should be plenty and easy to find for very little money. There are pretty good 120 GB Seagate Barracuda with 7200 rpm but 80 GB pieces are even more abundant. Or a cheap SSD with sata adapter. Apart from that, …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-06-09, 19:06

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That's the forum, yes. Didn't know about that user here, shall drop him a line. Thanks for all the info!

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Re: Cache and video memory upgrade questions - HP Vectra VE 4/66

Posted on 2022-06-09, 15:46

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Might have found one of those cache modules, by coincidence. The designation "cym9252pb" brings up an entry that connects it to a Siemens Nixdorf motherboard, but may be the same here. https://www.ultimateretro.net/de/motherboards/6289

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-06-09, 15:34

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From the bottom of some barrel. Can someone tell me right away what standard the one on the left ist? Some old notebook type? It's a cache module. Can you make more detailed pictures from both sides, please? Yes, if you google the writing on the white label, you find a forum entry that mentions the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-06-08, 15:26

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From the bottom of some barrel. Can someone tell me right away what standard the one on the left ist? Some old notebook type? I wonder if that's the module that goes into an HP Vectra VE 4/66 https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=64853 Can't recall seeing any other boards with a PCI-ish …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-06-08, 15:20

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PCI RAM :D hehe, it does indeed fit a PCI slot, if a bit too short, but how would that make sense? When you look up "PCI RAM", you find this though, which is fascinating: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYbCYgYZVT8 "WTF is this thing? - RAM on a PCI Card??" - Linus Tech Tips about the Gigabyte i- …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-06-08, 14:07

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From the bottom of some barrel. Can someone tell me right away what standard the one on the left ist? Some old notebook type?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-06-02, 20:17

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MSI K7T266 Pro-R for the usual tenner. Early "DDR" Socket 462 / Athlon motherboard with IDE RAID and AGP pro. Some random AM. Fat, good looking caps. Boots just fine. Apparently, the original VIA KT266 chipset has all kinds of funny bugs to look forward to... This came with surprise CPU that turned …

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Re: Rarest CPUs?

Posted on 2022-06-02, 09:31

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...hard to define... not even close, but honorable mention: Beside the Intel 486 DX2-50 there's also the DX-50 without the clock doubling, for 50 MHz FSB. They get confused a lot and the DX-50 is very rare in comparison. Also, I have many DX2-66, like everyone else. But one was, IIRC, produced in …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-06-02, 08:46

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MSI K7T266 Pro-R for the usual tenner. Early "DDR" Socket 462 / Athlon motherboard with IDE RAID and AGP pro. Some random AM. Fat, good looking caps. Boots just fine. Apparently, the original VIA KT266 chipset has all kinds of funny bugs to look forward to... This came with surprise CPU that turned …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-06-02, 07:14

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MSI K7T266 Pro-R for the usual tenner. Early "DDR" Socket 462 / Athlon motherboard with IDE RAID and AGP pro. Some random AM. Fat, good looking caps. Boots just fine. Apparently, the original VIA KT266 chipset has all kinds of funny bugs to look forward to... This came with surprise CPU that turned …

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Re: Is there a Dual Head PCI video card?

Posted on 2022-05-27, 13:33

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So, can you guys suggest a PCI dual monitor card that has dual monitor drivers for Windows 3.1? Don't think there are any. Most were happy to afford one monitor. The few cards that existed were probably used with special drivers for CAD software... Be sure to report back here if you find a 3.1 …

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