Re: Flooded with old PCs

Posted on 2017-04-20, 13:53

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Currently I just keep one Katmai/Voodoo3 Win98SE system because that lets me play 99% of stuff I can't play on a modern Win7 PC. I'm also building a UMC 486S-33 box for older DOS games that break on faster hardware. The rest of my systems are in storage and built just for novelty and collection's …

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GOG installers vs ISOs

Posted on 2017-04-20, 10:46

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There are a lot of Win9x games from the 96-2000 period that came on CDs which I now own on GOG.com. Is there any particular reason to not use the GOG installers for these on older hardware and use ISOs/Daemon Tools instead? I wouldn't use the GOG installers for the DOS games obviously, but for Win9x …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-04-20, 09:16

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Bought this lot for $5 total (Seller's photo): https://img.letgo.com/images/ca/52/5a/36/ca525a361e8006abb1caa57650e48244.jpg Bought it mostly because I needed an ISA VGA.. The bottom card appears to be a Triden T9000 TVGA which I guess will do fine in my UMC 486S 33 system. The top card, I need for …

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Re: PSU - bust the myth

Posted on 2017-04-20, 09:10

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Hmm... poor input filtering, output filtering, anemic capacitors. I'm not too good at identifying transistors by sight, but they're probably way overstretched as well. Good luck on this thing actually having any active thermal or overcurrent protection. I expected as much, the whole thing weighs …

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Re: PSU - bust the myth

Posted on 2017-04-20, 08:25

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And here are the final two photos: Filename PSU06.jpg File size 767.28 KiB Views 1498 views Filename PSU07.jpg File size 768.04 KiB Views 1498 views

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Re: PSU - bust the myth

Posted on 2017-04-20, 08:24

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Here's what I'll do. Tonight I'll open up the PSU I'm thinking of replacing and post pictures of what it has (or lacks) inside. For shits and giggles. If it can't possibly be worse than a more silent conptemporary shitty PSU, I'll order the $8 300W model and open it up for Vogons to have a good …

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

Posted on 2017-04-19, 20:03

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I've upgraded my Pentium 3 (socket 370) machine to 1 GHz from 650 MHz. A chip that according to CPU World cost $990 on release in the year 2000. http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Pentium-III/Intel-Pentium%20III%201000%20-%20RB80526PZ001256%20(BX80526C1000256).html I'm currently wondering if it's …

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

Posted on 2017-04-19, 19:59

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Almoststew1990 wrote: I've never played any of these, and picked them up cheaply :) […] Show full quote I've never played any of these, and picked them up cheaply 😀 So I've been playing these over past few days on my PII whilst I decide what S370 board to purchase! UT is great fun. Every single one …

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Re: PSU - bust the myth

Posted on 2017-04-19, 14:08

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Here's what I'll do. Tonight I'll open up the PSU I'm thinking of replacing and post pictures of what it has (or lacks) inside. For shits and giggles. If it can't possibly be worse than a more silent conptemporary shitty PSU, I'll order the $8 300W model and open it up for Vogons to have a good …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-04-19, 13:54

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I played Prince of Persia on an XT with monochrome graphics and an AT with Hercules graphics all the way back in the late 80s so I really don't think it should be too slow. Like, at all. It works flawlessly on a 7MHz 68000 on Amiga, Mac, several consoles etc.

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Re: PSU - bust the myth

Posted on 2017-04-19, 11:27

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gdjacobs wrote: The caps don't contain that much electrolyte. It's likely substandard adhesive caulking which can be cleaned with IPA. I suppose that using it isn't unsafe in this case? I'm not very comfortable with sticking an $8 PSU in a Celeron 1300/Radeon 8500 system..

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Is there any practical reason to dual boot MSDOS and Win98?

Posted on 2017-04-19, 10:45

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Considering Win98 can boot into MSDOS mode and all Win3.x applications I know run flawlessly under it, is there any reason to run an MSDOS dual boot on a Win98 machine? I'll be setting one up soon, so if I need to go through the hassle of setting that up, I want to prepare with MSDOS CDROM/Sound …

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Re: PSU - bust the myth

Posted on 2017-04-19, 10:42

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Well, you can buy one and split it open and we'll try to contain our laughter (or our tears). Personally, I wouldn't trust such a cheap power supply further than I can throw it (which would be quite far, considering how light it probably is). I'll probably buy just one for now. for science. and for …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-04-19, 09:51

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Bought a Matrox Millennium G200 G2+/DUALP-PL 16MB PCI video card + DMS-60 to dual VGA cable for it. I'm building an Optiplex GX1 and want to have MS-DOS 6.22/WfW 3.11 + 98SE so this card supports that and is a big upgrade from 4MB onboard ATI Rage I love Matrox cards.. Currently own a Mystique 220 …

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Re: PSU - bust the myth

Posted on 2017-04-19, 09:41

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https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151086 Would $10 300W PSUs with 120MM bottom fans be terrible ideas to use with 100W P1/P2 systems? My main issue with old PSUs is noise and these will be guaranteed quieter, and I doubt they would be any less reliable than 20 year old 300W …

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Re: PSU - bust the myth

Posted on 2017-04-18, 21:16

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On a related note what is an affordable/cheap and quiet mdoern PSU that is safe to use with P1/PII/PIII systems? Old PSUs in my retro PC cases are driving me nuts with their 80mm loud fans, so I need an alternative I can buy a couple of, for a fairly low price..

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Re: Best browser on a P3?

Posted on 2017-04-18, 09:54

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If I had any reason to use the web on vintage gear I'd give NetSurf a try. I'm posting this right now from it as a matter of fact. :P (Unfortunately the OSX build is somewhat outdated.) Normally though the oldest thing I'm likely to browse on is a G5 which runs TenFourFox just fine. Seems to have a …

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

Posted on 2017-04-18, 09:52

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Well I got some MoBos: FIC v31 Socket 478 HP (Asus) P4SD-LA Socket 478 MSI MS-6712 ver 1.0 kt4v socket 462/A Does anyone have drivers for these MOBOS and for these 2 video cards ? and 2 video cards for this era: Geforce 2 Mx200 V7100 Magic AGP 32MB Radeon 7500 RV2l-b3-64MB So I was looking for some …

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Re: What Radeon card for a 800 P3?

Posted on 2017-04-17, 20:43

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For something that is easy to find and cheap, something from the 9000 series. 9200 or 9250 or something like that. Avoid any SE or LE versions though :) 9200/9250 are cut down 8500/9100 cards with half the Vertex Shaders and TMUs - they are fairly slow compared to their full counterparts I would …

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Re: What Radeon card for a 800 P3?

Posted on 2017-04-17, 19:25

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Radeon 8500 and 8500LE are both contemporary and great performers. The 8500LE has later been rebranded as a Radeon 9100, so you can get that as well. If you don't want time matching hardware you can go for a Radeon 9600PRO/XT (NOT SE) for better resolution/framerate, though with Win98 you won't get …

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