Re: Voodoo 5 6000 Clone PCB
Posted on 2021-02-18, 19:32
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3iHV0NvLPI
Re: Connecting old machines to the internet: dispelling the superstition
Posted on 2020-02-13, 14:26
I agree with OP. Several of my PC's I gave up on installing AV after they had stopped supporting the OS. I tend to install an old version of a firewall however. But other than that I am free. The only virus's I have ever had were because I was looking for porn. And these days with such professional …
Re: Any love for AM2?
Posted on 2020-02-13, 14:10
I upgraded my main desktop PC early 2018. Until that time I had been using an Athlon x2 4200 AM2, only somewhat overclocked. I was still on XP too. I only really upgraded because it was getting kinda long in the tooth to cope with what I wanted (to keep up with game releases!). I used that PC since …
NEC FD1157C
Posted on 2019-01-08, 09:54
Hi guys, I've just picked up a couple of NEC FD1157C 5.25" floppy drives - Does anybody have a manual for these, I can't find any information about them anywhere other than on this website (specifically in necflopp.txt): http://jope.fi/drives/ https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn: …
Re: Not gaming related..Network related!
Posted on 2017-12-14, 15:30
When I am back from work I'm going to try adding a new user on the server with the same as that of the user that WFW3.11 is using to log in. Then give it various permissions.
Not gaming related..Network related!
Posted on 2017-12-14, 15:17
Hi guys, Sorry i've not been very active for some time. Anyway, I have a windows 2k pro machine that acts as my ftp and html server (blurredmanswebsite.ddns.net), plus as a games server when i can be bothered. It is also a system with shared drives which I map to from my other machines. My one issue …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2016-09-09, 21:17
I remember accidently scratching the back of my FX5200 and a few of those type capacitors flung off 🙁 Card still worked. Still does now too. It's been running 2 years on my 24/7 server.
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2016-05-09, 17:22
I want pictures of that piece of awesomeness :) That Buick he's got? Dope slap time... *ow*. Sorry, didn't make myself clear there, I meant your P166 machine :blush: Although pics of the car would be cool too, even though I personally would be a lot more interested if it was a '50 Studebaker :lol: …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2016-05-08, 21:45
Not computer related other than the fact that it was a circuit board. Repaired the board that controls the electric rear window de-mister on my '80 Buick LeSabre. There must have been dry joints or perhaps the relay was a bit stuck because other than desoldering a few items to check their continuity …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2016-05-07, 17:25
Went to go vote.. Came back to find an electrical burn type smoke smell. Noticed server was off.. PSU blown, PSU replaced. Cup of tea for self congratulation. Not unhappy because the first random replacement PSU that I took from a box of spares is just as nice and quiet as the first. 😊
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2016-01-30, 21:23
Even now, when each of my mice that I use on my main rig dies for whatever reason. I always replace it with the result of a lengthy search for a nice right handed mouse that still works. Standard (not gaming) right handed mice are something I think should still be produced, and cheaply, not as a …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2016-01-27, 19:13
Just been given from work: HP Workstation XW4300 (the Pentium D model), eMac A1002, Apple Macintosh G5 (single core model). Some HP scanner. Will take pictures in a bit. All great condition! The greatness that comes with working as an IT technician for a national newspaper company 😊 😊
Re: Using special mice with older versions of Windows?
Posted on 2016-01-19, 08:22
Hey guys, thanks for the reply. Yes indeed, I knew it would be a long shot especially as the system comes with it's own GUI interface. My particular machine has been upgraded to 640k of RAM, and I am using a 30mb CF card hard disc interface to replace the 20mb MFM drive that was in there. (The only …
Using special mice with older versions of Windows?
Posted on 2016-01-16, 12:40
Hi guys. Recently started experimenting with putting Windows 3 on my '86 AMSTRAD PC1512DD. I can install and use it, even though it is obviously limited. But I can't get the mouse to work. The machine does not use ps/2 standard or serial but it's own type of bus. The DOS driver works fine, but none …
Re: Anyone got the XT-CF card working on an XT 8086?
Posted on 2016-01-10, 14:28
Okay. Sorry it's been so long to get back to this. But just today I decided to tackle the issue after having kept hold of a second CF card for many months. I had to get the PC out of storage to try. After a little while of messing around getting the PC into a usable state (leaving FDD drives for …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2016-01-06, 22:06
What the upgraded video memory is good for. (Its the dirty old LCD monitors crappy scaling that makes the image quality look bad) 800x600x32.JPG I've never noticed it before, but I find it interesting that the desktop preview in the properties window shows the local network icon. I wouldn't find it …
Re: What game are you playing now?
Posted on 2016-01-06, 21:55
bjt wrote: Haha. Time to buy a convertible and/or a motorbike! In that case I got my mid-life crisis when I was 19.. 😊 And it's still going.. 🤣 🤣
Re: Bought these games today
Posted on 2015-12-23, 14:53
My AOE Gold edition was in pretty damn good conditon when I bought it alongside AvP Gold. Though I find it pretty much an imposibility to find any big boxes at all in the wild, let alone ones that aren't all tattered and torn, I don't think it just applies to Age of Empires more than most. Though …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2015-12-16, 14:37
I would love to play in LAN parties.. Problem is, these days I can no longer spend more than half an hour playing a multiplayer game. I seem get worse the longer I play, and then by the game's end I just think 'I'll just watch'. Not even rage quit, just silent realisation that I don't really like to …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2015-09-22, 11:47
Only a year ago I visited IRC channels using my AMSTRAD PC1512DD occasionally, an 8086 based machine. It was great! Also was a temporary FTP server.... Although with only a 20mb Hard disc that didn't last long. 😊 😊 Still cool though!!
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