Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-02-13, 17:59

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MSI did a ti200 128MB too that I know of, got one, turns out 128MB wasn't really worth it until 2 gens later. I have a 256MB version of Matrox Parhelia. That's also an unusual amount for 2002 Amount in line wih your avatar... for a clean and sharp image! Yes, even on three monitors ! I don't even …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-02-13, 13:40

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BitWrangler wrote on 2024-02-13, 04:26: MSI did a ti200 128MB too that I know of, got one, turns out 128MB wasn't really worth it until 2 gens later. I have a 256MB version of Matrox Parhelia. That's also an unusual amount for 2002

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Re: "Windows95man" - Finland Eurovision Song Contest entry 2024

Posted on 2024-02-11, 20:27

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Not sure if it's true but i've heard that the winning country must host the event the year after. And some suggests that counties are loosing on purpose to avoid paying for that. If there was money to win, I'm sure France would have sent the Daft Punk, David Guetta or Justice. Back in 2014, Denmark …

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Re: "Windows95man" - Finland Eurovision Song Contest entry 2024

Posted on 2024-02-11, 19:21

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Not sure if it's true but i've heard that the winning country must host the event the year after. And some suggests that counties are loosing on purpose to avoid paying for that. If there was money to win, I'm sure France would have sent the Daft Punk, David Guetta or Justice.

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Re: Changing jumper setting while the system is running

Posted on 2024-02-09, 13:40

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Dorunkāku wrote on 2024-02-07, 10:41: I just found out: A Gigabyte GA 586HX can switch FSB while it is running. The key combo Crtl+ALT+Numpad[-] switches to 50Mhz FSB. Ctrl+ALT+Numpad[+] switches back to the jumpered FSB. Nice ! Not sure if it is a widespread feature but i will try that just i case …

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Re: Some GOG offline installers not executing under Windows XP

Posted on 2024-02-08, 18:57

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(Evangelist mode on) GOG games installs well under Linux. There is even Lutris, which is a multi store client. A very popular tool for Linux gamers. You can log it into your gog/steam/humblebundle/etc account and have it to install the games. It installs automatically the correct wine/proton/libs …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-02-08, 14:21

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I was very lucky on this one. An old ad on the classifieds french site "leboncoin" dating from February 2023 and entitled "11 computer sticks" appeared in my search results when I was looking for any type of Diamond Multimadia hardware. It appeared because the seller mentioned "a Diamond plate and …

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Re: Fan attachment to Diamond Viper V770 ultra

Posted on 2024-02-07, 19:49

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Shadzilla wrote on 2024-02-07, 19:27: Shouldn't it already have a small heatsink with fan? https://www.anandtech.com/show/307/2 I agree. Mine have a fan. Just like the picture on anandtech. I think the non ultra. Regular V770 only have an heatsink though. Edit : my card Filename IMG_20230113_134655 …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-02-04, 14:14

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Turbo -> wrote on 2024-02-04, 11:54: Bought some cards. Nothing tested. Some bent pins and capacitors. I like the ATI 9600 XT 256 card. Is the Creative CT 4670 any good for Windows 98 / are the drivers user friendly? And Hercules GF2 GTS ?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-02-01, 23:19

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I bought this DFI PB60-VB board from some recycler and the bios chip was missing so I ask him if he still has the chip and he said no but he was kind enough to ship the board with a bios chip from another board. now I need to program it with correct bios file, replace the caps and wash the board, …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-02-01, 20:21

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Nothing fancy but I found this Asus V3400TNT (SDRAM). It'one of the few models that came out with an active cooling. I never had a TNT "1". 10€ I hope I works. Filename IMG_20240201_211640.jpg File size 280.63 KiB Views 957 views File comment Sellers picture. Sorry for the bad phone screenshot.

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Re: Expected network throughput on ISA network cards

Posted on 2024-01-28, 17:40

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Another thing that came into my mind is that the modern ftp server OS might be running with "not retro friendly" settings regarding TCP congestion and/or flow control. If it's running on a 1gbps link, the server's network stack could be assuming it is operating with fast clients. So it will start by …

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Re: Expected network throughput on ISA network cards

Posted on 2024-01-28, 00:32

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You're not going to get anywhere near 10 megabits with an ISA NIC. Lucky if you approach half that. Sorry, you are flat out wrong here. See http://brutmanlabs.org/mTCP/mTCP_Performance.html for some data points. I have a Compaq 4/33 that I've measured at 900KB/sec receiving and 1000KB/sec receiving …

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Re: Expected network throughput on ISA network cards

Posted on 2024-01-27, 23:08

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You need to take the protocol overhead into account. Your ftp client only counts the actual file content payload, not the global network throughput. Ftp is running over TCP and both are adding headers and control commands that are not actual data. TCP also requires acknowledgement for each packet. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-01-27, 10:23

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Just grabbed a Toshiba Satellite Pro 435CDS. From what I've read, it's one of the better laptops for DOS sound support, as it has an ESS688 and an OPL3. It has a Pentium 120 Mhz under the hood, which should be good for DOS gaming (I just plug my laptops into an external monitor). As usual, it had a …

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Re: Show me your testbench

Posted on 2024-01-20, 10:49

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Looking for inspiration. As of now, I have a motherboard tray with no support for peripheral cards lying on top of a stack of til boxes. FDD/HDD/ODD lying next to it, power supply falling down often. It sucks, but I'm missing the inspiration to make something smart. Help me out here 😎 I have the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-01-20, 10:15

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Not a lot of stuff recently. I got a 7950GX2 and a Radeon 2900XT but both were artifacting and i got my money back. (20€ each). I could keep the cards so I will definitely try to fix the problem with my hot air station. Yesterday I got this P3 800 100fsb for my "best of 1999" system. It was the best …

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Re: Daewoo CB581X-VI socket-7 board info

Posted on 2024-01-19, 07:51

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I have one with the original case. Settings are on a sticker inside Filename IMG_20231230_171743.jpg File size 1.68 MiB Views 338 views @Mamba : we already talked about this board in PM. Just uploading the picture here so it will be available publicly.

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Re: Why does Half Life 1 barely work on my a22e?

Posted on 2024-01-18, 22:45

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Hello, i have an Thinkpad a22e with windows 98, it runs Half life 1 at around 5-12 fps and takes a long time to load, and in some files (text files) with the half life folder, it said the recommended specs were way lower than what i had. I dont remember exactly what specs it said, but those specs …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-01-15, 17:20

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but slot A was never very "mass market" as much as slot 1 was, so all stuff for them is harder to find But then socket A was very good, performant and popular as for its price. Especially when intel went Rambus. Surprisingly, I never had any intel based PC in my poseesion (except for two work …

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