Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2021-09-17, 12:41

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by chrismeyer6

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That tape drive looks brand new. My dad had one of those deskpro 2000 systems in his office at work and when he got a new work system he was able to bring it home for me good times.

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Re: Ultimate Packard Bell P3 / Voodoo3

Posted on 2021-09-01, 23:51

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by chrismeyer6

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Has anyone thought about upgrading the video memory from 8MB to 16MB for the MS-6168 V2? I'm hoping the OEM BIOS has support for it if not the retail one. I have a few non-3dfx donor cards with 5.5/6ns SDRAM, which I believe is 166/183mhz. It's something I've been thinking about doing for years and …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-09-01, 15:56

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by chrismeyer6

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Pretty likely Morex case... I did it, I just did it , this is really exciting - bought an early 486DX/66 Multimedia-PC :-) First hand, untinkered - another fancy case :-) Not tested yet, but it came even with the DOOM game disk still in the floppy drive ;-) 486_MMPC.jpg That's an awesome case super …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-08-30, 13:23

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by chrismeyer6

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That's a nice find with that socket A system and a great price too. Definitely worth investing the time into it and getting up and running

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Re: Hello, World! :D - Robert B's PC builds - oogle away freely :)

Posted on 2021-08-29, 23:20

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by chrismeyer6

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Amazing job repairing and then fully restoring that beautiful Voodoo

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

Posted on 2021-08-28, 22:15

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by chrismeyer6

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assasincz wrote on 2021-08-28, 21:16: My latest project: […] Show full quote My latest project: 20210828_230802.jpg 20210828_230650.jpg Would you like to know more? That is a gorgeous system. I love the modern spin with the vertical mount Voodoo's

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-08-27, 19:20

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by chrismeyer6

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Scythe is a really good brand for fans and coolers. I use there stuff alot.

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Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?

Posted on 2021-08-27, 03:12

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by chrismeyer6

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A different confession. Sometimes before I sell an old PC, I set it up as if it was in daily use until about an appropriate time (let's say 2003-2005 for a P3 system) then just dumped in a closet until recently. Seemingly personal stuff, installed games with save files, hidden folder with vintage …

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

Posted on 2021-08-27, 03:01

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by chrismeyer6

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Today was a perfect day for some retrobright with a blue sky and with 34°c degrees outside. I decided to retrobright these somewhat rare Compaq beige speakers. I gave a good cleaning with warm soapy water to remove the annoying scratches and scuffs. The speakers were very yellowed as you can see in …

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

Posted on 2021-08-27, 02:59

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by chrismeyer6

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My ATX-64 is finally done, and working. I did it correct and did no solder mistakes. Like. That is awesomme. Anyway.... Did a video and uploaded to my Youtube channel. IT'S ALIVE..... ALIVE!!!!! I have even modded the Kernal ROM and personalised it, with the use of a HEX editor. That's awesome I'm …

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

Posted on 2021-08-25, 16:04

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by chrismeyer6

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I still wish I had that computer and not sold it but at the time money and space we're very tight. I had it quite maxed out too even had the special monitor and printer. It did go to a good home the guy was a avid collector of IBM hardware.

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

Posted on 2021-08-25, 15:16

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by chrismeyer6

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I had a very similar mouse when I had my IBM PCJr.

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Re: Why people still love XP

Posted on 2021-08-23, 23:02

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by chrismeyer6

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I use XP pro on a lot of my systems as it's very stable and quite lightweight. I have it on my son's socket A build and it runs all of my old educational games perfectly. And most of them are from the early 90s. He loves the magic school bus games as well as Maxis titles. And the best part is not …

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

Posted on 2021-08-23, 22:09

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by chrismeyer6

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Today was a perfect day for some retrobright with a blue sky and with 34°c degrees outside. I decided to retrobright these somewhat rare Compaq beige speakers. I gave a good cleaning with warm soapy water to remove the annoying scratches and scuffs. The speakers were very yellowed as you can see in …

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

Posted on 2021-08-22, 17:48

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by chrismeyer6

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I've run 2k alot on dual P3 systems and i've rarely have had issues finding drivers or playing win 9x games. I'd probably go with the dual build as that interests me alot.

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

Posted on 2021-08-22, 15:05

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by chrismeyer6

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Dug through my old CD collections boxes looking for motherboard driver cd's and re-found some CDR's made back in 1999, 2002 and 2003 with tons of old games on them. Brought back some good memories specially the 3 cd and 4 cd sets. I love going through my old cd-r's and finding what I put on them. …

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

Posted on 2021-08-22, 15:03

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by chrismeyer6

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Tested the Gigabyte GA-6VXDC7 mainboard I've got yesterday on the flea market and it's working! 20210821_203352.jpg 20210821_203349.jpg Now I have a dilemma on what system to build... dual Pentium 3 @1GHz or 1,4 GHz Tualatin based on ASUS TUSL2-C... That's a great motherboard. Personally I'd have …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2021-08-21, 20:45

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by chrismeyer6

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Wow that's a sweet crt that's an excellent find.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-08-20, 16:04

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by chrismeyer6

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Wallace Silversmiths is a very good company. Me and my wife inherited alot of silverware and serving platers from her grandmother. And all the pieces are probably 70+ years old and still look like new. So odds are that mouse has a seriously high quality silver finish. I'd personally get it polished …

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Re: The Pac-Pro. Atleast thats what I'm calling it.

Posted on 2021-08-20, 15:40

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by chrismeyer6

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Great job on this system. You have a great selection of parts and did a fantastic job with such a clean looking build.

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