Re: ASUS P5A-B Super socket 7 motherboard with a SSD
Posted on 2020-04-14, 21:01
Does it boot to Windows with DMA mode on?
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-03-04, 18:34
imi wrote on 2020-03-04, 18:28: apple just used the "regular" caddy drives afaik, I think most of them were sony drives. All right, that explains the price.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-03-04, 18:25
Just spent $50 on these... a bit steep but it seems to be really hard finding them. the only other ones I ever found are from a seller wanting €70 for two and they didn't want to go down in price or bundled with really expensive CD-I systems, so I guess it's still a good deal ^^ here's me hoping …
Re: First post - restored Pentium III & Athlon X2
Posted on 2020-03-02, 00:21
bZbZbZ wrote on 2020-03-01, 19:08: So apart from the PSU and hard drive (and 7 capacitors) this computer is exactly as it was in 2005. I like seeing those quality capacitors! Good job.
Re: What are builds you want to make someday?
Posted on 2020-03-02, 00:10
dionb wrote on 2020-02-29, 19:29: before I get all of this done I'll run out of ports on my KVM and I'm already out of ports on my mixer (2 sound cards per build does that...) Sounds like a first world problem to me 🤣
Re: What are builds you want to make someday?
Posted on 2020-03-02, 00:02
I might assemble a low end Celeron Tualatin-256 based pc with PCI graphics card and try to overclock it. So far that's just an idea though. I still need to get DMA mode working on my recently built IBM 6x86MX / Asus P5A based pc (which for whatever the reason does not want to work, despite using the …
Re: What is your oldest working Brand name computer ? - ( Challenge ).
Posted on 2020-03-01, 23:46
Commodore PET 2001 (with actual date codes from 1978 on the IC's) Anyone who has a computer older than 1978? I might win this challenge 🤣 The oldest PC compatible I currently have is an IBM PC XT from 1984.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-03-01, 23:36
flupke11 wrote on 2020-02-28, 22:50: Dualllies with a dual GPU, yes please 😀 A 4870X2 joins the club @ 15 euro, postage included. Still need to test it, but this boy (girl?) is heavy! 4870x2.jpg But does it run Crysis? (not funny anymore asking this 🤣) 😁
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-03-01, 23:33
gex85 wrote on 2020-02-28, 15:19: It was only about 14€ shipped and should make using the "slightly accidental Pentium 4 build" much more enjoyable. We might want to see that system 😉
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-03-01, 23:30
NautilusComputer wrote on 2020-02-29, 14:29: $54.95 plus tax new in box at my local computer store with a LOT of leftovers from 1997-2005. Nice, NOS with the box, but you probably have to spend the same amount of money to recap the thing. That's one of the many reasons why I don't buy S462 boards …
Re: EVs in Norway
Posted on 2020-03-01, 23:07
Due to tax incentives, EV's are now also becoming mainstream in The Netherlands.
Re: Post pics of your CRT monitors
Posted on 2020-02-23, 10:42
Jed118 wrote on 2020-02-23, 02:35: https://i.imgur.com/AKicA9j.jpg […] Show full quote Picked this up earlier this week. Nice! Specs?
Re: Are these both TNT2's Any differences between them?
Posted on 2020-02-22, 22:59
The first card (TNT2 M64 Vanta) is actually an IBM OEM card and the second one COMPAQ OEM, so both originally not from Dell. Any GeForce4 card is excellent for late Windows 9x D3D games, especially the Ti4600.
Re: Any users of non-popular (lesser known) vintage computers around ?
Posted on 2020-02-22, 17:02
I realize that this depends on where you're from, but Apple II and TRS-80 were quite "mainstream" in North America - along with the PET, they were the "big three" in the first wave of consumer-oriented micros. MSX machines were also quite mainstream in specific countries. Same here in Europe, plus …
Re: Phil's YouTube and Website updates (philscomputerlab)
Posted on 2020-02-22, 16:46
He lives in a remote part of Australia, so it must be quite difficult to obtain old hardware for acceptable prices. Furthermore the options for making a sponsored old hardware video are very limited, so I understand why he focuses on more recent stuff. You can't keep spending hours on something that …
Re: Asus P5A motherboard does not POST with VIA VT6212L USB 2.0 card
Posted on 2020-02-21, 14:17
Good news and bad news: Received the ALi M5273 card, but it looks to be damaged: 20200219_231323 (002).jpg The ebay seller claims that the trace is in the PCB, not on it (just 'paint'), so the scratch shouldn't matter. Is this true? Good news is that the Asus P5A boots with my Syba USB card with NEC …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-02-20, 21:45
well idk, like I said I never had a Model M before ^^ I was going by wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_M_keyboard according to that the german rubber dome variant has the gray on oval logo as well. Warum??? All the other internationalized versions have blue logo, I'm looking at a …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-02-20, 21:34
Predator99 wrote on 2020-02-19, 10:30: Dont think the other AGP cards are of interest? Maybe the one in the middle (GF7300GT). IMG_8009r.jpg Dual voltage AGP GF7 card? That's quite an unicorn!
Re: GeForce 7800 GTX on AM4 board under Windows 10
Posted on 2020-02-20, 20:56
Poorly is a relative term. Do you have any examples of games that run badly on a new DX12 card. I just tried 3dmark2001 se with 1920x1080 32bit color and it scored 90k points on my 2070 super. That should be good enough for most DX9 games :D I play The Sims 3 every now and then, which is allegedly …
Re: GeForce 7800 GTX on AM4 board under Windows 10
Posted on 2020-02-20, 19:09
Poorly is a relative term. Do you have any examples of games that run badly on a new DX12 card. I just tried 3dmark2001 se with 1920x1080 32bit color and it scored 90k points on my 2070 super. That should be good enough for most DX9 games :D I play The Sims 3 every now and then, which is allegedly …
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