Re: A reminder on lithium batteries.

Posted on 2025-04-03, 23:33

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Ozzuneoj wrote on 2025-04-03, 21:12: Matth79 wrote on 2025-04-03, 20:18: I thought they were supposed to be stored with partial charge Yes, I have never heard of deliberately discharging lithium batteries for storage. Please do not do this. Perhaps they meant to not store them with a full charge. …

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Re: IBM 386DX40...exists?

Posted on 2023-08-25, 22:17

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AlessandroB wrote on 2023-08-25, 19:03: i never came across IBM desktop with 386DX40Mhz processor.. does it exist? I've only seen IBM with rather slow 386SX processors and then directly 486. Not 100% sure but isn’t a 386DX-40 an AMD chip? Perhaps Cyrix also made one.

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Re: Blinged Out Piii

Posted on 2023-08-18, 09:53

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Good looking computer! I've also had difficulty with bridge chip AGP cards... I found that some of these cards simply are faulty because the bridge chip fails, so maybe it's not your motherboard. I believe the fastest AGP cards that work under Windows 98 are the ATI Radeon X850 (XT and Pro). …

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Re: Help with Voodoo 4 :(

Posted on 2023-08-18, 09:25

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Hello, I have a problem with my Evilking V4 4500, when I place it in the AGP in a correct way it doesn't work, but if I lift it up a bit yes. I was looking and saw that a capacitor was missing. Does anyone know which one to buy? Sounds like either the slot is dirty/corroded or the edge connector is …

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Re: Compaq armada 1750

Posted on 2023-07-23, 19:10

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Well my Armada 1750 arrived today and had a nice surprise, it was an actual Compaq Company Asset, even has the gold asset tag still on it, even better the battery still holds a full charge. The whole machine in general is in excellent condition and Ive already loaded it up with Dos 6.22 and Win 3. …

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Re: 478 vs 775 insurrection

Posted on 2023-07-14, 12:47

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Thanks. By early, do you mean "before they got Service Packs and better support" or "early programs didn't run as good per se"? before service packs , sometimes even after. PreVista (longohorn editions or beta + SP1) "Intel bodge job CPUs, ran so hot you could cook steak on them! Fun times for weak …

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Re: Quake 1 bots

Posted on 2023-07-13, 20:32

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Doesn't the recent-ish Quake remaster have bots? How do they compare to the third party bots? The thing I didn't like about the Quake third party bots was that there was no in-game menu for adding/removing/modifying bots and their behaviour. It wasn't a total loss, as you could bind the bot options …

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Re: 478 vs 775 insurrection

Posted on 2023-07-13, 20:27

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they where not glued together , 1 PCB , 2 dies (worked like dual Xeon 604) 90nm Pentium D were actually glued together. Your second picture is a die shot of the Smithfield core. It also has additional data bus to poke neighbors L2 cache. Intel bodge job CPUs, ran so hot you could cook steak on them …

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Re: I need help to repair an old NV RIVA TNT2 Pro/32M card

Posted on 2023-07-13, 20:23

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Good to read that you are making some headway with the card, certainly a fun read this thread. Fingers crossed a fresh bios chip gets the old girl running again!

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Re: Any 3D accelerators with drivers for Windows NT 3.51 and OS/2 Warp 4?

Posted on 2023-07-13, 09:18

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Both were for servers and businesses or production environments requiring higher security and stability than what a consumer os could provide. They also predate the major 3D acceleration push and have little to no API support for it. OpenGL would have been the only major 3D API they support with …

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Re: Quake 1 bots

Posted on 2023-07-12, 15:22

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Been a while but reaper bots come to mind, dude who made them went on to make the bots for Unreal Tournament. IIRC there is also a version for Quake II as well.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-07-12, 11:44

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Amiga 500. Very yellowed. Power cord has been chewed by some rodent, and wires with 230V are exposed, so that will have to be replaced. I've never even seen an Amiga before, so it will be interesting to explore this. Other than yellowing, it seems to be in pretty decent shape, and the seller said …

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Re: Pentium 2 450 do I need additional heat sink?

Posted on 2023-07-11, 07:04

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Op has a SECC1 cart and will need a SECC1 cooler, there is also a SECC2 cart used on the later PII 400/450 and PIII carts. SECC2 can be identified by the 4 holes that go through the package, the two cooler types are not interchangeable.

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Re: Vodoo 2 Sli vs Vodoo3 ? Which configuration would be more flexible?

Posted on 2023-05-27, 19:08

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Sigh only people with no valid counter arguments say such silly things, google is your friend here and can give you all the citation jollies you want. You've made a claim that a number of people have questioned, me included. You have provided zero evidence for said claim. Instead you've offered us …

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Re: Vodoo 2 Sli vs Vodoo3 ? Which configuration would be more flexible?

Posted on 2023-05-27, 13:57

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By the time of VSA100 3DFX knew that Glide as an API was dead so naturally the VSA chips had the best D3D support of all the 3DFX chips, the earlier 3DFX chips however treat D3D as more of an afterthought and at times you can spend more time switching drivers trying to find a version that is …

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Re: Vodoo 2 Sli vs Vodoo3 ? Which configuration would be more flexible?

Posted on 2023-05-27, 05:02

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By the time of VSA100 3DFX knew that Glide as an API was dead so naturally the VSA chips had the best D3D support of all the 3DFX chips, the earlier 3DFX chips however treat D3D as more of an afterthought and at times you can spend more time switching drivers trying to find a version that is …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-05-26, 18:32

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IF they are no go first try, remember these are fussy about CMOS batteries, and also tend to kill their BIOSes, so fresh batt, fresh BIOS would be first things to try. Also, CPU slots are glitchy in general and may need cleaning and multiple insertions. Well I'm not even sure that I have a working …

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Re: Vodoo 2 Sli vs Vodoo3 ? Which configuration would be more flexible?

Posted on 2023-05-26, 07:32

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I'd honestly go with the cheapest Voodoo 3 you can find. It's cheaper, faster than V2 SLI even with the 2000 model, you can usually overclock it one tier above its rating if you really want extra performance, image quality and sharpness is fantastic and will cover your needs just fine for the time …

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Re: Vodoo 2 Sli vs Vodoo3 ? Which configuration would be more flexible?

Posted on 2023-05-26, 07:30

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Voodoo2 SLI + Geforce 2 GTS combination would cover pretty much every period game you would want to throw at such a setup. Voodoo 2 SLI setup is pretty much on par with a Voodoo3 2000 performance wise and the V2 setup will likely be far more compatible with older Glide titles than the V3 would be. …

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Re: Vodoo 2 Sli vs Vodoo3 ? Which configuration would be more flexible?

Posted on 2023-05-26, 06:50

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Voodoo2 SLI + Geforce 2 GTS combination would cover pretty much every period game you would want to throw at such a setup. Voodoo 2 SLI setup is pretty much on par with a Voodoo3 2000 performance wise and the V2 setup will likely be far more compatible with older Glide titles than the V3 would be. …

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