Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-11-09, 22:52

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by bmwsvsu

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Got my SD11, looks brand new as advertised. Seller said no accessories, but it also included an I/O shield, a separate Lotes strip (for protecting against HSF overhang?), and an IDE cable. what a strange freakin' board. Totally believable what Anand says about this being an engineering sample that …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-11-09, 16:17

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by bmwsvsu

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InterAct PC Gamepad 6 ($8 shipped) I have the pro-pad blue version of this controller: https://www.picclickimg.com/d/l400/pict/333228484741_/vtg-interact-propad-game-controller-pc-see-thru.jpg By far the most "comfortable" to use retro gaming controller I've ever used. InterAct was always known for …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-11-09, 16:14

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by bmwsvsu

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Regarding the 380/385 Thinkpads... ...The BIOS is propriety and limited for ram and hard-drive size... Do you happen to know what the hard drive size limit is? I picked up a watch battery from Wally World yesterday (not exactly the correct CR size, the battery was a hare thinner but still worked …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-11-08, 23:29

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by bmwsvsu

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LGR just posted a video on the Monorail PC, which, from what I can tell, looks like very similar specs to the IBM 380/385 line, right down to the 10.4" DSTN screen, 2.1GB hard drive, and even it looks like the same sound chip (he says it is a Crystal audio chipset, I'm assuming it is likely the same …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-11-08, 15:56

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My first ever Thinkpad was the obscure (and now apparently quite collectible) IBM Transnote http://www.ibmfiles.com/ibmfiles/transnote/transnote.png As best I recall I bought one on ebay sometime around 2009 and only paid like $150 for it - it was complete and in mint condition. I used it for about …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-11-08, 14:12

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by bmwsvsu

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My system has a 2.1GB HDD that was standard and 16MB onboard, yet upgraded to 48MB with a 32MB stick installed. Here is a nice detailed spec book for that entire line of Thinkpads: http://psref.lenovo.com/syspool/Sys/PDF/withdrawnbook/twbook.pdf There's a LOT of different variations of the 380/385. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-11-08, 14:00

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Decent prices on the FX 5950 Ultra come up every now and again -- here's when I picked up mine several months back. Gatta use those search alerts. :lol: I'm tempted to experiment with a Quadro FX 1300 in a PCI-E build. It is based on the same NV38 core. Its core clock is slower (350 vs 475 MHZ) but …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-11-08, 13:54

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I have the 380D that is almost similar to the 385D in terms of hardware, or maybe everything's the same. Really nice condition, except for a couple of small marks that are barely visible, DSTN display, and I need to reassemble it as I was cleaning it out of dust and other things. The battery will …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-11-08, 01:38

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Scored the oldest IBM Thinkpad I've ever owned pretty cheap at auction. -Thinkpad 385D - year of manufacture: 1997 -Pentium 150 http://breakingnewsfeeds.com/media/ibm1.jpg What drew me to this was the dual Floppy/CD drive. In-hand, this thing almost feels like a laptop with the docking station built …

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Re: Ati Radeon - 128X Anisotropic Filtering

Posted on 2019-11-07, 13:16

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I created a .gif out of that so you can easily tell the differences:

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Re: DOS + Yamaha YMF724 on an HP T5740 thin client

Posted on 2019-11-05, 21:18

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Oh, I agree as far as using an Atom on a newer system - they don't have the horsepower for anything beyond a low-end Windows XP build. My only bigger pet peeve than underpowered CPU's that come into my repair shop is Windows 10 laptops with a 32GB emmc hard drive. These things barely hold a bare OS …

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Re: DOS + Yamaha YMF724 on an HP T5740 thin client

Posted on 2019-11-05, 20:21

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by bmwsvsu

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Love it. Native XP driver for the video? If so, this could be great silent retro PC for older games. Can it run MUNT without slowing down too much? Yes - native XP video driver. re: MUNT - I have to admit I'm not at all familiar with this software. Looks like a MIDI emulator? Did you just post 2 of …

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DOS + Yamaha YMF724 on an HP T5740 thin client

Posted on 2019-11-05, 19:27

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by bmwsvsu

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https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/QVgAAOSwfOBdwaxq/s-l1600.jpg Ok, so not exactly a "thin client" with the expansion module installed (which adds a Parallel port, extra Serial port, and most importantly, a PCI slot). Threw in a Yamaha ymf724 sound card, upgraded the 44-pin DOM to 4GB, and in real DOS …

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Re: Building a Windows 98 Pentium III NOS PC

Posted on 2019-11-03, 20:16

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by bmwsvsu

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I've spent many hours of pain and suffering getting a Yamaha card to work in DOS on a much more modern system (G41 + ICH7 chipset) - I figured I'd spare myself the trouble here and focus just on Windows 98. Plus, the only Pentium 3 desktop board I've ever seen with an ISA slot is in a Dell Optiplex …

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Building a Windows 98 Pentium III NOS PC

Posted on 2019-11-03, 18:47

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by bmwsvsu

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I've built some new-old stock PC's in the past, but never one targeted at the DX6/DX7 era of Windows 98 gaming. After many hours of searching on ebay, I discovered that this is no easy task, at least not with all new-old stock parts and not paying an arm and a leg. But here goes... Motherboard My …

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Re: Quadro 900xgl win98SE best drivers?

Posted on 2019-07-27, 02:51

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by bmwsvsu

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That is equal to a GeForce4 Ti4600. I would try 77.72 drivers from here https://www.techspot.com/drivers/driver/file/information/5437/ If the drivers won't install, you may have an OEM card with a device ID not contained in the NVAGP.inf file (in the nvidia folder after extracting), in which case …

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Re: My 3DMark03 Mega Thread

Posted on 2019-07-27, 02:39

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Custom build: -Sempron 3000+ (socket 754) -MSI 7145 motherboard -1 GB DDR2 Ram (400mhz) -FireGL v7100 pci-e video card w/256mb vram Windows XP score - 10,768 Windows 98 score - 10,051 (v7100 card installed as an x800XT)

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Re: ATI FireGL V7100 on Windows 98?

Posted on 2019-05-31, 18:10

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For anyone curious, I did some other benchmarking with this card on both Windows 98 (with modified x800 drivers) and on XP (with the native v7100 drivers). I used 3dMark03 for my testing and ended up with the following results (compared to a GeForce 6800 card and an ATI x800 GTO card, also noting …

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ATI FireGL V7100 on Windows 98?

Posted on 2019-05-24, 17:37

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I was experimenting today with a FireGL V7100 on a Windows 98/XP hybrid rig. Per Wikipedia, this card basically has a Radeon x800 XT at its core. But there were never drivers released for the FireGL cards for Windows 98. So I tried installing it as an x800 card by modifying the inf files from the …

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Re: The ALS4000 PCI Sound Card - PCI SB Compatibility in Newer Systems

Posted on 2019-05-17, 15:50

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Hello, I have a ALS4000 PCI Sound Card on a PC with Windows 98SE. Installed the drivers from VOGONS, and I only get sound effects and no music in Wolfenstein 3D. Is this normal? thank you! EDIT: mainboard is an ASUS P4PE-XTE How are you running the game? Launched from within Windows or did you boot …

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