Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2015-04-21, 11:50

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Hi, I'm the new guy. http://abload.de/thumb/slotaqgunc.jpg http://abload.de/thumb/mvp3g5-k6iii-3x256mbie1yyb.jpg http://abload.de/thumb/wels0160029uvn.jpg What do you think? best regards Backfire I think your systems look that sterile, that one would think this pictures are from the past. Nah... …

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Re: The Ultimate 486 Benchmark Comparison

Posted on 2015-04-21, 09:01

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This post is a note to self 6) 486 CPUs to add: UMC U5SX-33, UMC U5SX-40, AMD X5-150, Intel DX2-133, AMD DX2-133, Intel 486 DX-50, Intel 486 DX4-100-WT, AMD DX4-100-8KB-WB, AMD DX2-66-16KB-WB, Intel DX2-66-8KB-WB I will not be doing this anytime soon. Although i noticed " not...soon ": i am very …

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Re: Advice / Help needed: 486 + Win 3.11

Posted on 2015-04-20, 20:39

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Perhaps the IDE controller is the culprit here (maybe the broken HDD took it down with it)? Try disabling every single onboard device but the floppy controller and boot a DOS 6.22 floppy. Thank you - it probably would be a hot try.... There is another problem too that appeared that moment ( …

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Re: Advice / Help needed: 486 + Win 3.11

Posted on 2015-04-20, 20:18

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Did you ever get DOS 6.22 to boot up from the hdd? Yes. The system was absolutely troublefree when suddenly the hard drive died (some weeks/months ago). I replaced it with another drive and could get DOS 6.22 running. The problems began with installing windows 3.11 and some drivers for VGA/Sound. …

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Re: Advice / Help needed: 486 + Win 3.11

Posted on 2015-04-20, 10:02

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Although this is like a diary entry: I wasn't lucky. The computer now only displays the bios-post after starting and then it hangs.... @MMaximus: I did a full cycle of testing all ram-sticks i could find. I tried to stick them in in all possible configurations and all different slots. No change at …

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Re: What's a good tdp vs performance CPU?

Posted on 2015-04-14, 06:18

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Thanks for all the advice on the dvd drive....

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Re: Portable retro PC

Posted on 2015-04-14, 06:10

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Great Stuff! I always wanted to get my fingers on one of these (only the x86s). This one http://s21.postimg.org/7e2z7q7b7/IMG_7393.jpg http://s21.postimg.org/jeof8gepv/IMG_7394.jpg http://s21.postimg.org/riwjd714z/IMG_7395.jpg is very slow and a memory - monster: 8088 CPU with 4.92 MHz 128 KB RAM …

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Re: What's a good tdp vs performance CPU?

Posted on 2015-04-13, 18:50

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@obobskivich: Can you tell me what that 'silent' dvd drive is - i am looking for one since .... ever (and didn't find anything matching). Topic: I think to find an answer is almost impossible: Without specifying the purpose a cpu is used for and of course the generation you want it to be part of you …

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Re: Portable retro PC

Posted on 2015-04-13, 12:02

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Maybe this is something for you: http://www.cnet.com/products/acer-travelmate- … ram-3-2-gb-hdd/ or http://www.cnet.com/products/toshiba-libretto … b-ram-2-gb-hdd/ and their derivates.

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

Posted on 2015-04-13, 11:51

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I have no idea what this graphics card (256 KB, 16 Bit ISA, ACER labeled) is about... It clearly states that it's an Acer M3125. There is not much information about that one, seems to be the last video chip Acer made. (It's not relabelled from another manufacturer.) It is unsure if it is even SVGA …

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

Posted on 2015-04-12, 06:16

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I once took an older Compaq Armada laptop (that works fine on battery for an hour!) to the IRS office while my mother was sitting in wait for several hours in queue, and some funny things happened. First, because it was old, the security officer running the x-ray thing thought it had explosives …

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

Posted on 2015-04-10, 20:19

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HighTreason wrote: Today, I put people off their McDonalds... ...by blasting Dead Kennedy's songs whilst playing Duke 3D and Terminal Velocity with the volume maxed out. Yeah - has a bit of 'mullet man annoys hull' and that kind of social experiment.... Even the reactions here are part of it.

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Re: Sound Blaster 16 Clones

Posted on 2015-04-03, 18:50

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I found a Mozart-16 ISA card with an OAK Oti601 (like this one: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/SC_OAK_OTI601_Mozart.jpg) and i wonder, what it is capable of (never heard anything of it before).Despite having read this thread http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=28728 to get the …

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Re: POLL: What is your favorite x86 vintage processor?

Posted on 2015-04-03, 13:55

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In terms of subjective retrospective view at all the systems i used to use: - i80386SX-20 I like underdogs and the good feeling of getting the last out of them: Running software, that wasn't meant to even get close to them. (if the instruction set is the limiting factor it becomes another story...) …

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Re: Advise on Motherboard

Posted on 2015-03-31, 12:01

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AFAIR the early celeron covington (a PII without caches) will be about as fast as a PMMX within the same MHz-League (or slightly below) in terms of doing windows based office software and maybe a little faster in doing games. These were Slot1 types. I think disabling the L2 Cache on a PIII and get …

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

Posted on 2015-03-31, 10:12

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Oh man... Seems that there are some idiots working at the recycling center! For what reason somebody would reject a question to take away 'rubbish'? (Can not and will not imagine anyway) Is the system (POD83) strong enough to do video capturing and also has the space necessary for all the data? I …

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

Posted on 2015-03-31, 09:37

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I think, when a big company exchanges it's hardware, that this decision is made in two steps: First of all the IT-Manager has to define, that the hardware is to slow or whatever and deploy this to the companys head. Second this head will decide to refurbish or renew. IT will know the difference of a …

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

Posted on 2015-03-26, 20:38

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Sometimes 'retro activity' is a software job only (in fact very often). And sometimes that means: clean up viruses. The Toshiba came along with all the original software (i think nobody has ever touched this computer 'seriously' at all - according to it's condition 'outside') and with an ancient …

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

Posted on 2015-03-26, 08:32

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@HighTreason Why is it a 486 MB you are using with a Pentium - Class CPU? (this is a very uncommon mix and makes it very interesting ...) Is there also a technically reason or is it just fun to build and use an extraordinary setup? What software will you use? Sad but true i never was able to get any …

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

Posted on 2015-03-26, 07:29

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HighTreason wrote: Started putting "Hooker's big sister" into its case. Is it the black machine? A Pentium 100? What else did you use?

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