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Re: Programming on DOS/Windows 95/98

Posted on 2020-09-02, 07:26

A large part of my enjoyment of older PCs comes from programming, I like trying to port simple applications across operating systems, or it might be fun to 'benchmark' an app on different systems and just to experience the different toolsets in use. the various tools I use: DOS: Borland pascal and …

Re: Could you build a retro PC right now?

Posted on 2020-08-28, 08:10

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Malik wrote on 2020-08-28, 04:22: Yep, need a(nother) case and power supply here too. Have all the other parts ready. cases and power supplies seem to be a limiting factor for some, cases in particular take up room

Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-08-28, 07:39

What is priced how well is a really region dependent issue and a very fluid one as well. In three years I have seen local prices of retro hardware skyrocket from 1/10 of eBay to 10x eBay. that's true. sellers either on or off line often use ebay as a guide but they miss an important point. If they …

Re: Today is Windows 95 25th Birrthday. Share your memories

Posted on 2020-08-25, 08:46

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First encounter was a pre-install on a P75 PC with 8mb ram. So many floppies if reinstall needed! It looked 'modern'. When it was stable it was great, when plug n play worked it seemed magic! All too many crashes and problems though many were self inflicted. Doubling the ram on that PC made it …

Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-08-25, 08:36

So yesterday I was browsing the German eBay Classifieds site and came across an ad with several old motherboards, power supplies, PCI cards, etc. It was all in "untested" condition and the asking price was just below 60€ for the whole lot. One of the boards immediately caught my eye: An ASUS P5A . …

Re: Could you build a retro PC right now?

Posted on 2020-08-24, 07:10

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Yes. I have all the parts for a Socket 7 system; Chaintech 5TDM2 Pentium MMX 233 128MB EDO S3 Virge/DX 86C325 4Mb PCI Diamond 3DFX Voodoo 2 8MB PCI Sound Blaster AWE64 Gold CT4390 3COM 3C905B-TX PCI Ethernet 8 GB CompactFlash (might change this to hard disk, not sure yet) 40x CDROM GoTek including …

Re: Could you build a retro PC right now?

Posted on 2020-08-24, 07:07

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Heh... I have enough parts except for cases and enough power supplies to probably build 50+ PCs... and that is just limited by the number of motherboards I have. I could probably build 5-10 PCs without having to take apart anything that I personally put together. that's..... a lot of parts! Must be …

Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2020-08-20, 15:48

matieo wrote on 2020-08-20, 14:12: I found the monitor, keyboard and mouse in great condition when clearing out a store cupboard at work. I could not resist raiding my parts box and some eBay auctions to make a system. nice finds and the result of your efforts is a good looking set up!

Re: Could you build a retro PC right now?

Posted on 2020-08-20, 15:45

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Depends where you draw the retro line. a question in itself! for PC's I guess 15 years-ish I've a Dell socket 370 in the garage I picked up for free and done nothing with. That's as old as I can go I've a few spare ATX cases, PSU's and Socket 775 M/B's maybe a 478 as well if I have to build from …

Re: Could you build a retro PC right now?

Posted on 2020-08-20, 15:44

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I will play along. The short answer is yes. However, based on what I have not already in use, I don't think I should. I have either a micro ATX case or a GIGANTIC steel Chieftec tower case to house my only avaiable motherboard. It is a socket 7 "TX Pro" board that has AT and ATX power connector. It …

Re: Could you build a retro PC right now?

Posted on 2020-08-20, 12:03

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Except for case and, to a lesser extent PSU constraints, I could easily build at least 4 or 5 Pentium 2 or 3 based ones as well as one VIA CPU based one and maybe an Athlon (think I have one board/CPU combo) with my stock of spares . Some people here could probably build dozens of machines with …

Re: Could you build a retro PC right now?

Posted on 2020-08-20, 12:02

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My limiting factor is cases and power supplies. I have 3 PSU + Case combos so that I can only ever have 3 built PCs at once. I don't need to be drowning in assembled PCs that don't get used! I only have 2 going at the moment mostly because my monitor only has two inputs. I have quite a few PC's …

Could you build a retro PC right now?

Posted on 2020-08-20, 09:21

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Could you build a retro PC right now with parts (just free parts, no taking apart previous or partial builds) ? Just wondering if anyone has full potential PCs just waiting as parts if so, and if you had to build it now, what would you build? For me - I couldn't, no spare MB, CPU or case! It's all ' …

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