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

Posted on 2023-06-11, 04:49

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Took the heat sink off my Voodoo 3 to better figure out the best way to get a fan on it, and replace whatever heat sink compound was on there and, well: IMG_5026.jpeg Yes, it was bone dry under there. I felt a little ill. Again, I'm new to Voodoo 3s, is this a common thing I should have known? …

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

Posted on 2023-06-10, 02:05

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$13 fan on a $20 GPU Leaves $200 Voodoo card passively cooled. Only the best for my babies 😉 (Had them left over from a failed attempt at heat management in a too-small mITX HTPC build - so, basically they were free for me at this point? Sure..) And yeah, I'm going to put a fan on the Voodoo, just …

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Re: Baby AT in a mATX case - Socket 7 + Voodoo 1 build

Posted on 2023-06-10, 00:51

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Nice build! I liked the original Prodigy M case, I thought it was a nice compact layout that still had enough space for high end parts. Is the SFX power supply necessary for this case? I think it's nice in there, and leaves the rest of the interior much more roomy... just wondering if ATX would fit …

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

Posted on 2023-06-09, 22:26

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Not sure if this is an approved retro activity, but I swapped out the stock cooler on my GF MX440 with a generic aluminum HS and a 10mm Noctua: IMG_5015.jpeg I like to keep fan noise down to a dull roar, and I rather hate cheap buzzy rattley GPU coolers in general. This AOpen one really isn't near …

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

Posted on 2023-06-08, 02:15

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I recently re-entered the world of CRTs after probably a 20 year absence. So, using my recently acquired 17" ViewSonic I noticed quite a noisy signal. I immediately suspected my VGA KVM of uncertain qualiity, but no that wasn't it. Then I feared the monitor is just dying. And then I remembered to …

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Re: Dual PIII Tyan Tiger - Dual CPU, Quad Boot, Single SSD!

Posted on 2023-06-05, 22:59

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I've been testing running Trim on the SSD. So far I've found I can boot a CD of Slax Linux and run fstrim on all my partitions. It appears to work via the controller ok and I get a report of the amount of free space trimmed on the partition. I've also tried a little overclocking to 112 fsb (around …

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Re: Dual PIII Tyan Tiger - Dual CPU, Quad Boot, Single SSD!

Posted on 2023-06-05, 05:24

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Wow, I have a very similar build that I'm working on! I really like what you've done with the boot partitioning. I've been mostly been getting along with using SD cards as boot drives and swapping them out, but that's getting old. I haven't messed with dual booting in an eon, but I might have to …

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Baby AT in a mATX case - Socket 7 + Voodoo 1 build [now a Slot 1/Voodoo 3 build, oops!]

Posted on 2023-06-05, 05:12

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I've had this case for a while and hadn't really nailed down what I wanted to do with it. It's a BitFenix Prodigy M 2022 mATX case that I got mostly because it's white and it has a rare quirk of mounting the motherboard "upside-down". Now, make no mistake - this is not a good case. Those cool- …

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

Posted on 2023-06-04, 01:13

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Filename IMG_4939.jpeg File size 1.42 MiB Views 1500 views Glide + Win2K + SMP + CRT + EAX = ❤️👍

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-06-02, 03:23

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Rejoined the 3Dfx club today after not having used a Voodoo card in over 20 years: IMG_4912.jpeg A Voodoo 3 3000 AGP and Voodoo 1 of some sort. Haven't tested them yet, hmm where to start... somewhere in 1997 probably. Sorry to double post but, wow... trying out an old Voodoo 1 is still amazing. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-06-01, 22:49

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Rejoined the 3Dfx club today after not having used a Voodoo card in over 20 years: Filename IMG_4912.jpeg File size 1.47 MiB Views 1543 views A Voodoo 3 3000 AGP and Voodoo 1 of some sort. Haven't tested them yet, hmm where to start... somewhere in 1997 probably.

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Re: My new favorite Retro System...

Posted on 2023-05-30, 04:02

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No, that's pretty much exactly the right one for me thanks - I'll take two please! 👍 For the -5V thing, I have a P2L97-DS that did the same thing. I got it to shush by using one of those ISA slot adapters that's intended when using an ATX PSU on an AT board. And.. then I found the bios setting that …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2023-05-29, 23:30

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I got a competitor to that cam early in the noughts, a JamCam... never got very good pics with it though, needed a lot of light, or the shutter speed was wayyyy too slow, like people needed to breathe even if they froze and didn't blink. Then it would only get 3 sharpish pics out of a fresh 9V …

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

Posted on 2023-05-29, 22:05

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Today I put a card sideways because I thought it would be goofy, and it was, and it amused me. IMG_4622.jpeg you did that for airflow right ? :) Actually.... I'm looking at baby AT boards that might work in this mATX case. Usually putting baby ATs in an small ATX cases you can't use the slots …

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

Posted on 2023-05-29, 00:22

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Got my dual Slot 1 build up and running with Win2K. Going to do a separate post about the build in System Specs forum. Filename IMG_4862.jpeg File size 1.15 MiB Views 1333 views

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2023-05-28, 23:53

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Here's my computing area as it was on exactly Oct 27, 2000 at 1:27pm: stuff.jpg I know this from the jpg metadata yes, but also because I'm pretty certain that's the packaging to an Intel Pocket PC Camera in the bottom right-hand corner of the photo: CS630 White.JPG The Intel Pocket PC Camera was …

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

Posted on 2023-05-27, 01:44

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I got a NuXT Turbo XT last year and I had been looking for a case for it. The other week I came across this Thermaltake S100 Micro ATX Case that I thought would be a nice fit so I ended up ordering it. It's a bit bigger (fatter) than I expected it would be but I think the White edition looks pretty …

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

Posted on 2023-05-27, 01:38

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it is a nice clean build! Which PSU are you using and do you get enough molex/fdd connectors on it? Also you added a seperate card for EIDE? I'm using the NZXT C850 that I got with the case. Totally overkill, but at least I know it will do everything i will (ever) need. Fully modular, so I just …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-05-26, 00:41

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Did we all used to pull our desks a foot away from the wall for our CRTs to hang off? I feel like that was a thing. That Viewsonic is a pretty decent monitor. And it's showing a great demo :-D Good catch. Yes, we didn't push them close to the wall. And some placed the monitor in the corner which …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-05-25, 21:30

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I got a CRT!! I had pretty much ruled out ever finding a decent CRT, but I found an eBay listing for a ViewSonic 17" A70 that I'm sure had an incorrect shipping weight entered because the shipping cost from US to CAN was only $50 when it is usually about $250 for CRTs. So, I took a gamble and bought …

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