Re: Best Slot 1 Motherboard?
Posted on 2016-07-21, 04:46
for voodoo 2's. yes
Re: Best Slot 1 Motherboard?
Posted on 2016-07-21, 04:28
I personally would save XP for Pentium 4 era computers. The shallow end of the retro gaming pool is the Pentium 3 socket 370 build. Cheap, easy to build, work in 99.999% of cases for people. The deep end is usually the dual cpu systems, with obscure hardware that tends to cost out the ass. These are …
Re: Best Slot 1 Motherboard?
Posted on 2016-07-21, 04:16
correct, the last true official slot-1 cpu from intel was the 850 if memory serves. They made a 1ghz chip with 100fsb later but it was more of an afterthought. So jupiter-18, exactly what do you want to DO with this setup? I assume from wanting 2x V2's your plan is late 90's gaming. What is your …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2016-07-21, 04:12
shame what happened to Iwill, they always seemed to make neat things from my perspective.
Re: Best Slot 1 Motherboard?
Posted on 2016-07-21, 03:50
There are better boards. Stick with 440BX and you honestly cant go wrong. Boards like the Asus P3B-F are very expensive, but usually of the highest quality. Stick with name brands that are still around today, you will pay a premium for them, but in most cases they will be better boards.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2016-07-21, 03:38
Every time someone posts dual cpu stuff, I rub my nipples. In other news, that totalock card is neat. The Tseng 4000 is probably the best isa dos card you can get. The trident one with "special" ram isnt all that special. I've seen taht style of ram on many cards, and basically it was a cost savings …
Re: Best Slot 1 Motherboard?
Posted on 2016-07-21, 03:00
voodoo 2's typically require windows 98 and thus are single cpu items. That said, I personally have an AMD 1ghz system with my voodoo 2's. I use a Matrox G450 video card in the agp slot, with DVI out. This lets me hok both up to my monitor and eliminate the sli video cable crap, because my monitor …
Re: Best Slot 1 Motherboard?
Posted on 2016-07-21, 02:37
I'm willing to bet he means PCI slots. V2's are pci only after all.
Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today
Posted on 2016-07-21, 02:37
finally got one! http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?It … _-sr-_-orc-_-na Main system has been without a proper video card for 3 weeks. I'm set for the next few years. ^.^
Re: "The Beast" - IBM PS/2 P70 8573-121
Posted on 2016-07-21, 02:28
word of warning, fuses don't typically blow without SOME cause. Be it a short or something else. If I was a betting man, my first guess would be someone improperly installed a card into the slots in the back, causing a short. Mostly because the backplane is missing. I'd short the fuse with a bit of …
Re: "The Beast" - IBM PS/2 P70 8573-121
Posted on 2016-07-21, 02:25
here you go: http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/litt … 26CT-ND/3306918
Re: "The Beast" - IBM PS/2 P70 8573-121
Posted on 2016-07-20, 21:51
I had a look at my P70. I have the older logic board with the 20mhz cpu. I pulled the MCA riser card, and it posted just fine. It did give me an error to run setup, but i'm 99.999% sure it was because I also removed a terminal emulator card and modem. I was hoping it would be the problem. maybe the …
Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today
Posted on 2016-07-20, 05:39
Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today
Posted on 2016-07-20, 05:30
Experience has taught me, its not worth the cost. If you need a faster video card, spend the $100 on a better gpu/cpu and you will be better off.
Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today
Posted on 2016-07-20, 05:18
Amateur. My first water cooled rig was a pentium 2 450 in about 2000 ish. But seriously, watercooling is a waste of time and money. Todays air coolers can do the job in 99% of cases.
Re: "The Beast" - IBM PS/2 P70 8573-121
Posted on 2016-07-19, 05:21
Try plugging in a different monitor. Also a brief google search reveals this unit has plenty of fuses and they like to blow. I only got a unit like this 2 weeks ago and haven't really learned it yet. You might get some better help over here: http://www.vcfed.org/forum/forum.php?
Re: "The Beast" - IBM PS/2 P70 8573-121
Posted on 2016-07-19, 03:55
iirc it should still post without a battery. naturally, just as soon as I say that, someone will prove me wrong. They are NEAT machines! I love the one I got recently because of its orange plasma screen. I need to re-cap the floppy drive, but that's a project for "whenever". If you leave it on for a …
Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today
Posted on 2016-07-17, 20:03
That minecraft server is likely going to destroy that SSD. The game makes CONSTANT small writes to the disk as you explore and make changes to the world. this will eat a SSD for lunch. That said, I run my own from home and I use a ram disk with this software: https://www.softperfect.com/products/ …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2016-07-10, 19:01
I paid $450 for a motherboard & ram recently. But i sold like $500 to pay for it. You people need to relax.
Re: Dual Slot Two Build - in progress
Posted on 2016-07-10, 16:00
What scores are you looking for? I got a pair of 900's.
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