Re: What Hard-drives have the best retro "ticking" sound ?

Posted on 2019-12-25, 00:49

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by CarlHopkinsUK

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Oh, your one of those too. I took my tin-foil hat, shaved a horse, got some glue and made a toupee. . Well the government and military believed in things like that along with decoding video from CRT emissions and reading the data stream from drive activity lights as just an example. I believe the …

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

Posted on 2019-12-22, 14:37

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by CarlHopkinsUK

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Discovered the ide controller is kaput on the IBM Aptiva I picked up, given the CD drive was blown too I expect something has happened here... Well at least I have a nice mATX case for a future project. :neutral: Currently spinning up a custom WinXP installer to get XP on my HP 4320s Probook daily …

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

Posted on 2019-12-21, 23:47

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by CarlHopkinsUK

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Discovered the ide controller is kaput on the IBM Aptiva I picked up, given the CD drive was blown too I expect something has happened here... Well at least I have a nice mATX case for a future project. :neutral: Currently spinning up a custom WinXP installer to get XP on my HP 4320s Probook daily …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2019-12-21, 16:52

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by CarlHopkinsUK

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IBM Aptiva 2153-E44, AMD K6-2 300Mhz This is the one without the AGP slot right? If it is, I had trouble finding a PCI accelerator (besides Voodoo) that would make it more of a gaming rig. I had plenty of AGP cards, but nothing for the PCI (besides the Voodoo cards). :dead: Yeah certainly is, only …

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Re: Save my 9800 ! :)

Posted on 2019-12-19, 22:00

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by CarlHopkinsUK

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Chuck it in the oven maybe? I mean your hardly gonna make it any worse!

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2019-12-19, 21:23

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by CarlHopkinsUK

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Been absent for a while, but picked this up earlier this week... IBM Aptiva 2153-E44, AMD K6-2 300Mhz Filename Aptiva.JPG File size 441.16 KiB Views 2531 views Bit poorly at the moment, but will keep me busy over the Xmas break

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Re: FYI: Steam drops XP/Vista in 2019

Posted on 2018-11-07, 21:20

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by CarlHopkinsUK

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Not saying there aren't problems with consoles, but I feel they're better than PCs if you're a legit customer. In twenty years I expect to be able to play my PS4 disc of Prey (although without patches), I do not expect to be able to play a Steam copy of Prey at all. Dont count on it, dont most …

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Re: FYI: Steam drops XP/Vista in 2019

Posted on 2018-11-07, 00:04

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by CarlHopkinsUK

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The issue is you don't buy a product or item any longer...you purchase a licence to use said software for predetermined period of time defined by the publisher/rights holder. But most consumers don't care about this detail...DRM is just one part of a much bigger issue.

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Re: Retro OSes for retro computers

Posted on 2018-11-06, 21:51

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by CarlHopkinsUK

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^^ ArOS/IcarOS looks really good, I've played around with it on VMs a bit but never set up an install on real hardware. Maybe it's time to do so. I wish they'd get it to boot natively on PowerMacs to give MorphOS and their insanity-sauce "licensing" scheme/DRM idiocy some competition on that …

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Re: Gigabyte GA-945GCMX-S2 C2D Build

Posted on 2018-11-06, 21:42

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by CarlHopkinsUK

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Seeing as you've got a passively-cooled GPU in there now, I would go ahead and slap an exhaust fan on that empty grille at the back of the case. Its on order....has to match after all! Although i will mention the GT710 is temporary until i decide on what exactly im doing with this machine and …

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Re: Gigabyte GA-945GCMX-S2 C2D Build

Posted on 2018-11-06, 21:15

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by CarlHopkinsUK

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Decided to switch across to a black mAtx case i had laying about from a Fujitsu OEM build, still stuck with the floppy and ata DVD combo drive. IMG_20181106_205907.jpg Whilst it was out I switched to a CoolerMaster cooler fitted with my trusty Artic PWM fan, so much more quiet that the stock one... …

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Re: Removing scratches from matt LCD screens?

Posted on 2018-10-01, 09:15

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by CarlHopkinsUK

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Ah awesome i didn't realize they had such a coating on them, il give that a go! Cheers!

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Removing scratches from matt LCD screens?

Posted on 2018-10-01, 07:29

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by CarlHopkinsUK

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Long shot, but does anyone have any tips of a possible way to remove or dull off scratches on matt LCD/TFT screens? My Dell E151FPp screen has an annoying scratch from storage in the bottom corner, pain as it works perfectly otherwise... Filename IMG_20181001_082455.jpg File size 150.79 KiB Views …

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Re: Fun with Tape Drives ...

Posted on 2018-09-30, 20:51

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by CarlHopkinsUK

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Ugh Travan.... How are your tapes holding up? I had the pleasure of doing a data analysis on 4x unknown Travan tapes for my work last week...3 out of the 4 had broken internal belts (for those of you unfamiliar with Travan, belts are inside the tape!) And these where newer 20/40gb versions from …

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Re: MS-DOS goes MIT

Posted on 2018-09-30, 19:57

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by CarlHopkinsUK

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Wonder if any CPM code can still be found in there... #can of worms opened...#

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Re: Fun with Tape Drives ...

Posted on 2018-09-30, 19:54

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by CarlHopkinsUK

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It's nice to see that I'm not the only one who thinks tape drives are fun, too. :lol: I haven't paid anything for them, but I have a couple. A floppy controller based 3GB HP Colorado Travan unit and a SCSI 8GB HP Surestore DAT8. They are hand me downs from an office that I upgraded their servers ( …

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

Posted on 2018-09-29, 16:29

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by CarlHopkinsUK

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Not exactly retro, but built a quick and dirty floating desk, trying to make space to have at least 1 retro machine setup. I have a 14" Dell LCD i rescued at work standing by, and i held on to my Cherry PS2 keyboard when i lost my old house that is perfect for small spaces... IMG_20180929_172351.jpg …

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Gigabyte GA-945GCMX-S2 C2D Build

Posted on 2018-09-27, 18:39

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by CarlHopkinsUK

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Got bored of not having a "retro" pc anymore after moving into a tiny rented single room...and there is only so much DosBox for me. Grabbed a beige case i saved from a butchered socket A build that was going in the bin IMG_20180925_202731.jpg Had a rummage through my spares pile and grabbed this old …

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Re: What do you drive?

Posted on 2018-08-08, 21:50

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by CarlHopkinsUK

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Seat Ibiza Cupra Daily Driver 28-02-2015 11-52-18.jpg Not too common anymore round here as most have been gutted for there running gear and engine conversions on other 6K VAG cars... Has had a few upgrades, despite looking stock. Pushing around 190hp at the moment, but i have a software update due …

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Re: Toshiba T1800 386 Laptop

Posted on 2018-07-19, 23:13

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by CarlHopkinsUK

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I've got that laptop. The HDD is just stuck in some way. Disassemble it and move the platters ans it might come back to life ! (I've fixed 2 Conner HDDs if that kind that way and now they're perfectly fine :) ). I as also remember having to unscrew the heads and screw them back on attend least one …

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