Re: S3 ViRGE VLB project (or " Making a Concurrent for Creative 3D Blaster VLB" )
Posted on 2021-05-09, 07:00
Has there been any progress?
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2021-05-04, 20:51
Geforce 2 or Geforce 3. Geforce 4 had a distinctive and different looking cooler.
Re: Other hobbies?
Posted on 2021-04-03, 19:13
Re: Other hobbies?
Posted on 2021-04-03, 13:57
Oof that's a hard fate. Did the burned shell / body parts of the Camaro at least carry some value for others or was it a complete loss/written off? I don't want to sound rude but as a European it was always a mystery to me why people in California can live with that level of relaxation over there. …
Re: What stuff are you into outside the retro computer scene?
Posted on 2021-04-02, 07:04
I had a pretty funky Renault 17 and a few other oldtimers from the 60s/70s up until.. maybe 6 years ago? Those bastards stole all my valuable moneys! 🤣 Right now I'm pretty much into older HiFi gear, specifically everything related to compact cassettes.
Re: What were your defining moments in computer history?
Posted on 2021-03-26, 20:00
Windows 95 3dfx Voodoo/Voodoo2 Both were milestones that paved the way for the classic PC into even the last households and decent looking games finally became a reality. Playing games in 1024x768 (with Z-Buffer deactivated obviously) in early 1998 was just mindblowing at the time and put every …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2021-03-26, 07:31
Brand new, sealed in box VCR and some brand new cassettes (Hi8 and betas). Just need a decent tube flat TV and I can reimgine some of my youth.. Awesome! I'd love to tinker around with VHS stuff again but most of these systems are pretty unreliable as there is so much cheap fault-prone mechanics …
Re: Any others given up on the hobby?
Posted on 2021-02-27, 23:30
Finally, there are collector/hoarders who are more about satisfying impulses than anything. Believe it or not, most people on Vogons are actually in the last category, IMO. It is my strong impression that the vast majority of users in here is more interested in tinkering around with old hardware …
Re: Hunting elusive EISA Video cards
Posted on 2021-02-04, 19:31
And this is how a Graphics Ultra Pro (Mach32 EISA) including all the accessories looks like:
Re: FIC-PA2010+ UDMA headache
Posted on 2021-01-29, 19:25
I owned a FIC PA2010+ based system from 1997 up until 2003. I remember that I had severe trouble getting UDMA modes to work in Windows 98 SE. I have a system report from 2001 which lists my drives as GENERIC IDE DISK TYPE 46 without any DMA transfer mode enabled (= PIO Mode). A later report …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2021-01-27, 22:12
Half of the dashboard of my car is coated in a soft touch finish. I'm frightened of the day it is starting to turn into glue. On the door panels it has already started... yuck. This soft touch madness is just a mere micrometer behind touch controls when it comes to the most stupid decisions in car …
Re: Intel smashes Ryzen
Posted on 2021-01-18, 15:51
Has this forum become a troll bait? When do you guys realize that Robertmo and Intel486dx33 are just trolls who aren't even remotely interested in having a conversation or discussion? Their only goal and intention is to provoke, trigger and troll everyone with statements which are (mostly) …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2021-01-16, 23:13
H3nrik V! wrote on 2021-01-16, 22:10: Lucky you! I spent 160 € for an M3D just last December .. Sold mine (CIB) last year for 300 bucks... Good times for sellers right now. :-p
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-12-29, 00:33
Bought a Matrox M3D yesterday. In working condition. But now I just thought - are there drivers for XP so I can use it in my BP6 dual Mendocino build? I'm not aware of any XP driver available for the NEC PCX2. Keep in mind: it is a 1997 graphics accelerator chipset. Windows XP came out much later …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-12-16, 07:15
Nice finds @skanque. They all look to be in pristine condition too. I just recently bought an ATI Mach64 VLB including the memory upgrade module (resulting in 4 MB total).
Re: Post your favorite video game cover (MS-DOS/Early Windows edition)
Posted on 2020-12-12, 21:00
Re: S3 ViRGE VLB project (or " Making a Concurrent for Creative 3D Blaster VLB" )
Posted on 2020-11-25, 16:29
Is that really a topic for this thread?
Re: Problems with Trident 8900c chipset ISA VGA card and Win 3.11
Posted on 2020-11-22, 02:02
@1ST1: You were given some promising hints and advises. Did you manage to try them out?
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-11-21, 10:33
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Re: Problems with Trident 8900c chipset ISA VGA card and Win 3.11
Posted on 2020-11-19, 16:55
I assume you have a faulty chip in bank 0 or 1 (the two columns on the right hand side constitute bank 0 and 1 - from right to left). High color, as being mentioned before, will most likely not work. Those Trident 8900's were bottom of the line cards (together with Realtek) and around 1990/1991 high …
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