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

Posted on 2022-05-23, 14:41

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That's a nice motherboard. What cpu are you running? Rest of the specs: Ryzen 9 5900X 32GB G.SKILL DDR4 EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Ultra Best part of the build? The piezo buzzer/PC speaker I installed afterwards of course. You can still boot right into MS-DOS on a USB floppy drive and play Prince of Persia …

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

Posted on 2022-05-22, 23:13

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That's a nice motherboard. What cpu are you running? Rest of the specs: Ryzen 9 5900X 32GB G.SKILL DDR4 EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Ultra Best part of the build? The piezo buzzer/PC speaker I installed afterwards of course. You can still boot right into MS-DOS on a USB floppy drive and play Prince of Persia …

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

Posted on 2022-05-22, 22:57

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Playing around with some new parts. Gigabyte X570SI Aorus Pro AX (rev 1.1) ITX motherboard Gigabyte X570SI Aorus Pro AX ITX Mobo.jpg BIOS layout is superb. Gigabyte X570SI Aorus Pro AX ITX BIOS.jpg Samsung 980 Pro 2TB NVMe as a boot drive. Great performance. Samsung 980 Pro 2TB NVMe.jpg

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Re: SX955 is the BEST 486DX2 CPU?

Posted on 2022-05-15, 20:11

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To me the SX955 is the ultimate DX2-66. I've got three of them. They all do run fine art 3,3v and without fan they keep cool to the touch. WB does require bios support. If the bios does not explicitly support it, chances are high the CPU runs WT (nothing wrong with that, runs just fine, but a waste …

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Re: SX955 is the BEST 486DX2 CPU?

Posted on 2022-05-15, 16:12

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Doesn't the WB cache require support from the motherboard? The later 486 boards have that option in the bios, but they also support faster 3.3v processors. My earlier board that only supports 5v processors does not have that bios option to toggle WB/WT cache. In my case the motherboard has the WB/ …

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Re: SX955 is the BEST 486DX2 CPU?

Posted on 2022-05-15, 15:44

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I have one SX807 that is "SL" version but not WB, instead SX955 is "SL" and also WB. So it is the one to have? Hi AlessandroB, Just a side note, but I had a recent interesting experience with those two DX2-66 variants. I upgraded a small 486 system board with the SX807 and all worked normally, I …

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Re: Windows 95/98 games you never get tired of?

Posted on 2022-02-19, 18:28

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Burger Wars Just for the absurdity.

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Re: Windows 11 has been released

Posted on 2022-02-19, 18:18

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DosFreak wrote on 2022-02-19, 17:56: ...or we can sit here and continue having a panic attack based off of websites designed to create clicks and people falling for it. Yes, we're all having panic attacks. Give me a fucking break.

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Re: Windows 11 has been released

Posted on 2022-02-18, 23:59

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Windows 11 Pro will soon require an account and online access. My wife is a former Solaris/Linux admin. I think I know my destiny in the near future. https://gizmodo.com/windows-11-pro-will-soon- … ount-1848562900

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Re: Albatron KX18D Pro II - Socket A Build

Posted on 2022-02-18, 18:06

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Owned that mobo back in 2004. Very stable and a good performer. Should be a nice build for you. According to my Newegg order I had this cooler with a 3200+ CPU.

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Re: Strong wind advice

Posted on 2022-02-17, 14:54

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https://twitter.com/SOB_pl/status/1494238261254017026?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1494238261254017026%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwiadomosci.wp.pl%2Ftraba-powietrzna-obalila-las-w-dobrzycy-stos-drzew-na-ziemi-6738324096187168a rincewind hasn't even formed …

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Re: Fledgling YouTube channel - 66Mhz Brain

Posted on 2022-02-16, 14:36

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Hi I've decided to start filming my random retro dicking around and started a channel a few months ago. I find it helps me keep focussed and organised on my retro projects and discovered I actually find video editing quite relaxing, especially with beer (or whiskey)! https://www.youtube.com/channel …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-02-14, 18:51

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NyLan wrote on 2022-02-14, 15:58: Received some stickers from Vath Ventures. It's expensive but I prefer to get some while we can. 2022-02-14 16.19.37.jpg 37$ including shipping to Europe Don't forget about the "Case Badge Thread" here at Vogons. If you have a good printer and quality adhesive …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2022-02-12, 16:26

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...before they were mass produced Dell junk. Wont derail this thread, but that is a ridiculous blanket statement if I ever saw one. I can't speak for their desktops as I don't use them, but over the last decade they have produced some seriously solid gaming laptops that not many could compete with. …

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Re: Just had to share. Windows 10 on flopies.

Posted on 2022-02-11, 16:00

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This is excellent information. My brain seems to be filled with knowledge like this as I age. So if my calculations are correct, roughly 30 to 40 hours to install without sleeping.

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2022-02-09, 18:51

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fool wrote on 2022-02-09, 18:29: Yesterday I was about to reorganize my "computing area" ...wasn't inspiring enough really. Needs some drivers. Welp, you're ready to host a Doom modem party man. Let me know when the invite goes out.

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Re: Newegg.com erased my retro computing past...

Posted on 2022-02-09, 04:47

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Wow, not to be a downer but seeing some of this stuff is actually strangely emotional. Lots of components and stuff that I bought as gifts or used in builds for people, but some were for my mother and sister who are no longer alive. Kind of takes me back to doing the research, ordering the item, …

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Re: Newegg.com erased my retro computing past...

Posted on 2022-02-09, 04:29

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Ohoh! I figured something out!!! Simply type an asterisk * into the search box on your order history page. This will literally bring up everything you've ever ordered. FANTASTIC! EDIT: It seems pretty easy to just go to each page of the order history and middle click the order details button to …

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Re: The frustrations of the GPU market

Posted on 2022-02-07, 21:02

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Just a side note. NVidia stopped making drivers for Windows 7 64 back in October 2021, but to those still running Windows 7 64, like me, they recently released a security update driver (473.04). Just FYI.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-02-07, 17:49

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BitWrangler wrote on 2022-02-07, 17:20: Hey look, top left you got a mini wind tunnel, you can carve aerodynamic models out of cherry pits or something and test them in it. 🤣 Ok man, stop! Some of your comments make me chuckle, but this split me wide open. 🤣 You're killin me.

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