Re: A: Floppy disks "inside broken" ?

Posted on 2018-03-27, 09:25

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by Tetrium

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If the magnetic disk is broken and you wish to conserve the disk shell for it being something original you don't wnt to part with, you could opt to try to replace the magnetic disk with one from a spare floppy disk of the same density. The circle of caused by the read/write heads scraping part of …

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Re: Never seen this type of "screw-in" heatsink before

Posted on 2018-03-26, 14:18

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I remember having seen a couple HSFs that needed to be 'screwed in', similar to what yours does. I know I should have 2 similar ones, one for s3 and another for s5/s7. Both of those are smaller then yours. but I'd need to go find them, not sure where I kept those. The heatsink bracket whateverthingy …

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Re: SS7 Rig: choice between Asus P5A and Azza PT-5VMX

Posted on 2018-03-25, 21:03

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Cache inside CPU socket? Crispy. Not as bad as having one of the mounting holes inside the CPU socket lol *ASUS* Come on now, that's a brilliant ''anti motherboard-theft'' feature! :lol: Well, one could often simply take out the entire motherboard tray from an AT tower without unscrewing the …

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Re: SS7 Rig: choice between Asus P5A and Azza PT-5VMX

Posted on 2018-03-25, 16:34

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The Serpent Rider wrote: Cache inside CPU socket? Crispy. Not as bad as having one of the mounting holes inside the CPU socket 🤣 *ASUS*

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Re: The "kinda" working Pentium PC

Posted on 2018-03-25, 16:21

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Great to see younger people interested in the old school things :) With the pci slots, have you had a look at the bios. Specifically if the pci slots are being set by the bios for their irq’s. Just my two cents. Good luck with the build. McKie1: Thanks for the fix. I already tried that but it stil …

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Re: issue with Pentium III 1.4

Posted on 2018-03-25, 16:18

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The D815EEA2 is an existing board and should have Tualatin support. I can't guarantee if it supports all of them, Intel had a habit of locking out some of their own CPUs to force their customers to upgrade earlier, even though the CPUs will work correctly with the boards after having messed with the …

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Re: S939 AMD Athlon 64 WinXP Build

Posted on 2018-03-25, 16:14

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I'm not a fan of that particular case, but I do like the rest :P I could advice you to remove the honeycomb-like metal covering the 2 rear fan exhaust spots, this will dramatically improve airflow while making your rig more silent at the same time. Provided you actually install some extra case fans …

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Re: Do you prefer to use the same OS on multiple rigs or a different OS for each rig?

Posted on 2018-03-25, 16:01

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I've actually tried a couple OS's just for the heck of it, including a couple betas, like Neptune and 98 Beta 3. It was definitely an interesting experience, but after having build dozens of old rigs, many will probably start to cut corners when it comes to reinstalling an OS and automate it more. …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2018-03-25, 15:49

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No pics, but nice games :blush: I got another copy of RTW Gold Edition (this game I find really great, so an extra copy for €1 or so I won't pass up) and another copy of RTW Alexander, which is only the second copy I ever found here in the wild, a 3-pack containing RTW, Medieval TW Gold and Shogun …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2018-03-25, 15:44

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This is where i do my current gen PC gaming. Im playing some StarCraft II, WoW and CS:GO at the moment. The setup is running Win98SE, but some of the hardware is a bit overkill. Dual CPU (Win98 only support 1), Creative Voodoo2 12MB + Riva TNT2 Ultra, Sound Blaster Live!. Welcome aboard! :) Which …

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Re: Retro computers and noise

Posted on 2018-03-24, 02:32

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Silencing my rigs was always a high priority to me. It was part of the building experience, picking the parts, mounting everything to "see" what it sounds like, maybe switch some parts around or mount in a different part of the case (due to resonating sounds). Sometimes a fan may sound silent, but …

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Re: 486 and large disks problem.

Posted on 2018-03-24, 02:16

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by Tetrium

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Doesn't XT-IDE fix these kinds of issues? Iiuc these BIOS's could even be mounted on a NIC.

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Re: Does the inside of a Socket 7 Zif socket corrode?

Posted on 2018-03-21, 21:18

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by Tetrium

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Try disassembling the socket by gently prying at the sides so you can get access to the internals and clean whatever crud is hiding in there. Do you know how to remove the upper socket? Does the arm need to come out first like on AM2/3? I tried googling but I only find stuff for DIP ZIFF sockets. I …

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Re: Best Cooler for a Tualatin Pentium 3?

Posted on 2018-03-21, 21:11

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Copper Silent 3 and AXP Stock coolers (with copper bottom) are my favorite Tualatin cooling solutions, but another favorite of mine was to use a very large all-aluminium heatsink along with a bent clip and a bigger fan (7cm). Partially due to the large surface area of the Tualatin IHS, a copper …

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Re: What is this...THING?! o_o ("BitchinFast 3D 2000")

Posted on 2018-03-21, 20:49

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I still want a boxed one 🤣

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Re: Pentium 4 mobo for just $1000 - it's got Tubes baby!

Posted on 2018-03-21, 20:35

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appiah4 wrote: candle_86 wrote: in 40 years id hope people realize finally AXP and A64 are better than P4 🤣 But they overheat and fail, cause fires and kill kittens? /s Don't forget about the toxic fumes of the magic smoke when one of them burns up again 😜

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-03-21, 12:44

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I've decided to start posting after lurking on here for a few months :) Just collected this and had to drag it home in the snow - It's an early Dell XPS system which I like the case design of - it might be nice get a CRT to stick on top of it since my other cases are mini towers. IMG_7634 (Custom). …

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Re: Pentium 4 mobo for just $1000 - it's got Tubes baby!

Posted on 2018-03-21, 12:40

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The Serpent Rider wrote: Most of them will be junk even after 40 years. The same thing was said about AT 486 tower clones 10 years ago which would never be worth anything as it's just a cheap mass-produced clone. Many thanks to all the freebies back then 😁

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Re: Tonight I hosted a vintage LAN party...

Posted on 2018-03-17, 07:57

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That sounds like it was a lot of fun! 😁 I suppose all 3 systems were yours?

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Re: AMD K5 - enable write allocate

Posted on 2018-03-17, 07:55

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F2bnp wrote: What's up with all the necroposting as of late ? 🤣 ^^This 🤣 At first I thought it was to do with the wiki page I kinda maintain, but this thread isn't listed there I think.

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