Re: Should I rescue this stuff?

Posted on 2015-05-12, 19:37

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Try calling one of those 1-800 nubs. If by some miracle they pick up ask them how to get battle toads working on a IBM ps/2 pc. EDIT: Also this is cool. Wonder is the floppys are still good? But I don't know if you should open it any more. The first one is out of service, tells you to go to IBM.com …

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Re: Thermal compound for retro CPUs

Posted on 2015-05-12, 19:36

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swaaye wrote: frisky dingo wrote: Has anyone ever solder a heatsink to a cpu? How about liquid metal TIM? Do you even need to worry about surface flaws then? I tried that stuff before. It's nice, but you have to be careful with it.

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Re: Should I rescue this stuff?

Posted on 2015-05-12, 17:53

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by frisky dingo

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A nice letter thanking me for my purchase of a PS/2. You're welcome IBM! http://i.imgur.com/lkZIwORl.jpg Try calling one of those 1-800 nubs. If by some miracle they pick up ask them how to get battle toads working on a IBM ps/2 pc. EDIT: Also this is cool. Wonder is the floppys are still good? But …

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Re: Thermal compound for retro CPUs

Posted on 2015-05-12, 17:43

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by frisky dingo

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Has anyone ever solder a heatsink to a cpu?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-05-12, 16:41

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jwt27 wrote: Found this nifty NIB Cherry keyboard in a thrift shop today: http://imgur.com/a/JkxdD Nice! I got a Teac 3.5" 1.44 Floppy Drive with a fdd cable and screws and a Asus CRw drive for my socket 7 system.

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Re: Should I rescue this stuff?

Posted on 2015-05-12, 16:33

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Open it, I been waiting to see whats inside it. :-D That being said, the gas in Europe is higher octane then here in the US. And it sucks driver a euro car in the US. My jag hates anything lower then 93 octane but runs best on 95~100 octane. :dead: Yeah... We have 92 and 95 here. If you are really …

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Re: Should I rescue this stuff?

Posted on 2015-05-12, 16:20

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Open it, I been waiting to see whats inside it. 😁 That being said, the gas in Europe is higher octane then here in the US. And it sucks drive a euro car in the US. My jag hates anything lower then 93 octane but runs best on 95~100 octane. 😵

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2015-05-12, 15:34

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Chaniyth wrote: Ok, so not a game, but... Windows 3.11 Windows for Workgroups retail / non-oem, factory sealed. 😀 20150511_145149.jpg That's a fun game, We IT managers love it 😒

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Re: [build log]Time for a socket 7 bui... Wait is that a Industrial Motherboard?

Posted on 2015-05-12, 15:31

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by frisky dingo

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Asd

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Re: USB ISA cards?

Posted on 2015-05-12, 14:55

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The link I posted states that card and it's driver supports hot swapping.

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Re: Dual Pentium Pro Build Thread

Posted on 2015-05-12, 13:51

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If you don't mind modding the case it looks like you may have room above the back panel to place a few 40~60mm fans. Also stripping the paint of the bottom of those heatsinks will help, although not much. But seeing the placement of the psu, it could be used as an exhaust fan as well. Anyway, this …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-05-12, 13:42

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Godlike wrote: frisky dingo wrote: I got a 200mhz mmx pent and 64mb pc100 ram for my socket 7 setup. 64mb pc100 in one module or 2 x 32mb pc100 ? Two 32mb sticks.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-05-12, 00:40

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I got a 200mhz mmx pent and 64mb pc100 ram for my socket 7 setup.

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Re: Post your 'current' PC

Posted on 2015-05-12, 00:37

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I know I can do 5.5ghz. but the blasted ram controller on the FX cpu's suck 😵 . Anything over 5ghz and I have to lower the ram speeds. 😵

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Re: Questions about computer cases

Posted on 2015-05-11, 20:12

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Well, honestly I think I rather keep it in its original format. I rather not mod the case. I may use it for another build someday. Maybe, I will mod it another day. I see, modding is not for everyone. However it is a simple mod. You would need to use an AT motherboard if you don't mod it. Why ruin …

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Re: USB ISA cards?

Posted on 2015-05-11, 17:51

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Drivers would be the problem, this is why I can't see them being that useful. But the page I found the image on says the card came with a flash card driver. Here is the page I found it on. http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/entry.php?431-USB-on-an-8-bit-ISA-Bus-it-is-possible!!! I don't think …

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USB ISA cards?

Posted on 2015-05-11, 17:42

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Has anyone here used an isa usb controller card before? How do to perform? Do they work well? Can they be booted from? I'm guessing a pci usb card would be better in every way possible. I attached an image of one for those who never seen one. EDIT:1 My thought is that this would be a simple way to …

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Re: Thermal compound for retro CPUs

Posted on 2015-05-11, 16:36

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I watched the vids TELVM linked - interesting. Rotating the cpu 90-degrees [in the same direction] every 10 passes seems important - random action grinding will impart a parabolic surface as in grinding a telescope mirror. There are a few ways to do it, that is just one, Rotating the cpu 45 degrees …

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Re: Questions about computer cases

Posted on 2015-05-11, 16:34

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TheVibe wrote: Well, honestly I think I rather keep it in its original format. I rather not mod the case. I may use it for another build someday. Maybe, I will mod it another day. I see, modding is not for everyone. However it is a simple mod. You would need to use an AT motherboard if you don't …

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Re: Questions about computer cases

Posted on 2015-05-11, 16:25

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That's an AT case and a atx motherbord. You will need to remove the box for the AT keyboard, that can be done with a drill, just drill out the rivets. Next you will need to make holes for the motherboard connectors, this can be done with the same drill and a cut off disk. You can get a low end …

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