Re: SoundBuster music card for PC (and Apple) ca. 1987?

Posted on 2014-09-12, 12:49

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by Sutekh94

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Yeah, I'm not finding too much info on this myself. Only real thing that came up when searching for "SoundBuster" was this thing, which is totally different to the "SoundBuster" sound card: http://www.soundtechnology.com/ST190_PIC.htm However, I did manage to find a little bit on the Apple II …

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Re: Crazy system requirements for its time

Posted on 2014-09-10, 22:25

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by Sutekh94

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I remember trying to play Half-Life on my P100. Let's just say that "trying to play" is an understatement. 🤣

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-09-09, 05:07

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by Sutekh94

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@gramcon, I think that the third power connector on the 486 board is for PCI cards that need 3.3V.

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Re: Is 233Mhz really too slow for Windows 2000?

Posted on 2014-09-07, 14:19

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by Sutekh94

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I've ran Win2k on a PII-266 in the past and it seemed to run fine with only 128MB SDRAM. I can't see why it wouldn't run on something like the setup you're aiming for.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-09-07, 13:02

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by Sutekh94

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Mobo looks like a PC Chips M507, which happens to be one of their infamous fake cache motherboards... That is, it features no cache at all despite what the BIOS claims and what the two soldered on chips on the top right corner of the board with "WRITE BACK" labels on them state. At least they were …

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Re: Late 90's / early 2000's Cyberpunk asthetic

Posted on 2014-09-06, 21:17

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by Sutekh94

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There is a game on an old shareware CD I have called "BHunter" that's kinda like Crime Cities: http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/bhunter

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Re: A8N-SLI Premium w/ bad caps: recap or toss?

Posted on 2014-09-06, 13:24

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by Sutekh94

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I'm all for recapping that board. And yes, it is usually a good idea to switch out all caps instead of just the bad ones.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-09-04, 16:21

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Finally found a floppy drive that worked with my beloved Toshiba Satellite Pro T2150CDT. Cost close to $25 with shipping being most of it. In case anybody's wondering, the model # is PA2652U. And here's a quick picture of it: http://i.imgur.com/B4QHDm8.jpg I did try it out very quickly before I went …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2014-09-03, 18:18

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by Sutekh94

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I remember that video. The Leo's a neat little system, basically the same thing as this Unisys branded system. I'd like to have one of those some day.

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Re: Matching hardware with software?

Posted on 2014-09-02, 03:34

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by Sutekh94

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DOS 6.22/Win 3.1: anything up to 486 Win 95: Pentium 75 - 166 Win 98: Pentium MMX - Pentium 3 2000/XP: P3 - Core 2

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2014-09-01, 22:11

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by Sutekh94

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I actually kinda like the paintjob you gave that case. Kinda reminds me of Bumblebee from Transformers. 🤣

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2014-09-01, 14:18

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by Sutekh94

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Thanks, ODwilly! Cable management isn't really that high priority right now; maybe I'll do something about it once I get all the parts I need to make it finished. And yes, I do plan on getting a mATX case for the slot A system.

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2014-08-31, 21:00

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Here's my custom K6-2 system that I built recently: http://i.imgur.com/tYT1jwx.jpg (front panel could use a little Retr0bright) http://i.imgur.com/qQgNAEN.jpg Specs: CPU: K6-2/450MHz Mobo: AOpen AX59Pro Case: AOpen HX43 (I think that's the model, anyways) RAM: 128 MB Video: Currently an ATI Rage 128 …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-08-30, 03:31

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grabbed this for $5 off Craigslist. I needed a 286 for my collection and this looks to be a late model with 4MB of RAM and a Harris 20mhz 286 + 287 copro. I reused his pic from the add since its already real nice http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e385/0blivi0n1/00w0w_aP0FsNthrLE_600x450_zpsa666a6a1 …

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Re: Humour Thread: Outrageously priced retro gear for sale online

Posted on 2014-08-27, 13:23

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by Sutekh94

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IBM Active Response Keyboard for the cheap US price of $99,999! + $5.89 Shipping of course http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00004XPKH/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new Btw, anyone ever used this keyboard before? I personally haven't, but knowing IBM, it should be a pretty good quality …

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Re: Just bought this Socket 7 board

Posted on 2014-08-26, 13:06

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by Sutekh94

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That should be a nice little system when it's done!

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Re: Epox MVP3C motherboard

Posted on 2014-08-26, 12:58

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by Sutekh94

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For starters, that board uses the VIA MVP3 chipset, which is regarded as a pretty good late Socket 7 chipset. I have an MVP3 board myself, an AOpen AX59Pro, that I use in my K6-2 system and it seems to be a pretty good board in itself. So yeah, I'd recommend picking it up and making a nice K6-2 or …

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Re: I really like this version of Monkey Island theme.

Posted on 2014-08-25, 14:17

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by Sutekh94

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sliderider wrote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEHIwxGA17Y Monkey Island Metal Now THIS I can get into. 😎

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Re: Windows 2000 extremely unstable

Posted on 2014-08-24, 20:01

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by Sutekh94

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AidanExamineer wrote: Power supply could be the culprit. It's a 250w "BesTec." What's the model number of that Bestec? If it's the ATX-250-12E, then you've got a potential problem.

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Re: Diamonds in the rough (a.k.a. some trash finds)

Posted on 2014-08-24, 19:43

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Good news everybody. I did go ahead and test my trash finds, and everything worked! http://i.imgur.com/cypxiGo.jpg http://i.imgur.com/AQJMMhK.jpg http://i.imgur.com/IqenHgp.jpg http://i.imgur.com/iHzxb2e.jpg The only catch in all this is that the RAM keeps on being detected as 736MB (768MB - 32MB …

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