Re: club myce gone
Posted on 2022-07-12, 10:19
Ouch.... so much data and info lost! And to think I even posted there earlier this year.... 😥 https://confusedbird.com/thread-174.html
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-07-01, 18:59
pampilhoso wrote on 2022-07-01, 11:10: As a all-in-one lover ..... Took me an extra half a second to relate this to actual hardware as opposed to something more.... personal. 🤣
Re: Windows 98SE on a PCI-E only AM4 motherboard
Posted on 2022-06-19, 18:00
But can you play Crysis ? 😅 Thankyou for the clarifications! Seems like there's a little more to it then. I'll take a closer look and see if I understand it all. Still, most importantly, are the old windows games playable on this thing ?
Re: Windows 98SE on a PCI-E only AM4 motherboard
Posted on 2022-06-19, 14:35
CPU, motherboard & RAM - no problems ( you have to add PCI-E bus manually once Windows 98SE installation is done ) What does this mean, and how is it done, and using what software if any ? 480GB on AHCI mode So, given the inherent 128GB hdd limit, what did you do to make this work reliably ? PCI-E …
Re: What music are you listening to?
Posted on 2022-06-15, 22:39
Funny story about Jeremy Soule - many years ago I was looking for various game music sound track CDs, and happened upon a sealed and new Icewind Dale CD on ebay. I had no idea about composers or whatever at that time - just wanted the music on CD. And that the sellers ebay name was ' jsoule ' did …
Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today
Posted on 2022-06-13, 20:08
@liqmat; what CPU did you use on this then ?? And how do you like/experience it vs whatever cpu you had in the X470 board - big/small reall world difference ? (as I've read all kinds of warnings about going over the 2000 series or a certain AGESA version, and really want as little potential hassle/ …
Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today
Posted on 2022-06-13, 11:58
A warm welcome to the X470 club ! 👌 Hope those RAM sticks didnt cost too much though, as you'd be lucky to make them work at even 3400mhz.... 😆 And, as a bonus, you can install Windows 7 on this one, for years of retro goodness ! (I have done it on mine, and plan to keep it there for the next 30+ …
Re: What scary games require booze to take the edge off?
Posted on 2022-05-17, 01:01
In a peaceful time long long ago, I remember trading in my boxed TES:Arena, floppy version(!), and a bunch of other boxed floppy games, for a boxed CD-ROM copy of System Shock 2 in a shop that specialized in used games and music(CD/LP etc). That SS2 game then turned out to be a surprisingly scary …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-05-16, 22:00
Me neither... 😆 Hence the need for some more info.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-05-16, 21:49
The P4P800-X/Deluxe/VM series has issues writing or reading from EEPROM using the stock winbond chips they come with and sometimes corrupt BIOS. Replacing the stock EEPROM with Amtel chips I got on ebay fixed my boards as they started dying one by one. They do make exceptional boards as well, but …
Re: Bought these games today
Posted on 2022-05-10, 13:30
BetaC wrote on 2022-05-10, 00:52: ... It has the manual and the fold out technology tree, but the CD seems to be in a generic jewel case. Is that normal? Looks like it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Et0cmQn9mm4 At the very end there.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-05-08, 15:34
Includes a thermometer as well ? 😄 23 degrees C(elcius) !
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-04-30, 19:31
I wish I could find some DDR500 sticks for not insane prices. Depends on your definition of insane ? 😅 You can actually get some 550mhz ones, though for more than I am willing to pay (used to pay max $10-20 for these when I was 'collecting' them): Corsair550mhzDDR.JPG = 78euros/best offer(!) - item …
Re: Did you create maps for games?
Posted on 2022-04-17, 03:04
Well, I DO actually still create a (new) map (for myself only) from scratch*, everytime I find the urge (and time) to play Civilization IV (!) again.... 😅 Limited amount of real life time + I prefer to play a certain way/maps etc. (*: granted, I do first let the game make a random map as a base for …
Nvidia drivers for Windows 7 for RTX3000 series
Posted on 2022-04-08, 10:41
Now, you may wonder what this has to do with any 'retro' setup, but I figured win7 is rather old by now, and this is a pre-emptive preparation for future decades(!), to maximize options for years to come, so..... (kinda like using a GTX 780 TI etc for WinXP) I was looking at drivers for various …
Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today
Posted on 2022-04-02, 17:26
Well, looks like it(440) is about 10% of the (new) minimum (monthly) wage: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-16/erdogan-expected-to-hike-turkey-minimum-wage-thursday And with alledgedly more than 40% of all workers in Turkey earning the minimum wage, my earlier joyful statement of it …
Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today
Posted on 2022-04-02, 13:21
WOW! "GPU repair shop" ! 😲😁👌 Oh, I wish..... we had such exotic things in my part of the world. Seriously! And, I wonder what kinda shop that is, that does such things, and so cheaply !? I mean, only $30USD to fix/reball 1 GPU ? Do they perhaps repair other (retro/PC) things as well ? And do they …
Who cares about ebay prices when you can do this!
Posted on 2022-03-31, 12:22
Save space and money while building your dream computer ! 🤣 https://www.gog.com/en/game/pc_building_simulator ...just randomly discovered it. But looks like it has been around for a while, so this may be old news around here. But really fits this forum/site, given that builds are (almost) all we …
Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.
Posted on 2022-03-24, 08:12
I don't own any vintage cases at all and I'm very envious of those who do. They are very attractive, especially the Baby AT cases. I don't think I'll ever own one, however. Since I don't collect or own any AT motherboards to fit into one anyways. I suspect the shortage is due to collectors …
Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread
Posted on 2022-03-21, 10:04
Well, even so, perhaps best to put the cat back in the bag, and focus more on other 'cases' from now on. (personally I'd love to get my hands on a desktop friendly beige one, that also takes ATX mobo's without the need for any 'surgery')
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