Re: What retro computing gadget that doesn't exist would you like to have?
Posted on 2014-09-30, 10:30
Just to add, I'd also like a 3,5 inch optical drive. Granted, it would be almost completely useless but what the heck 😁
Re: Do you guys collect other things?
Posted on 2014-09-30, 09:05
I used to, but not anymore. In the past I've collected coins but theres little you can do with old coins except look at them and use them for a fun game of poker 🤣
Re: What retro computing gadget that doesn't exist would you like to have?
Posted on 2014-09-28, 16:02
486 ATX boards 😁 (no need for AGP though) A super Voodoo 2 add-in card 😀 I'll think of more stuff later 🤣, there has to be more 😁
Re: USB Floppy Drives?
Posted on 2014-09-24, 10:12
You could solder up an adaptor to connect a 5.25" drive (you'd need an external power supply too), but you may have difficulty overriding the type of drive the USB chip reports (telling the OS cyls, heads, spt, etc). Unless it has a configuration EEPROM you could manipulate... I once bought a bunch …
Re: When does something become retro?
Posted on 2014-09-24, 10:08
Just to add: Anything with 3DFX in combination with reasonable period correct hardware to me is very obvious to be retro, dare to deny that 😁 Edit: Another add. Personally I also put a boundary at AT to ATX systems, even if the rest of the hardware is about the same
Re: When does something become retro?
Posted on 2014-09-24, 01:49
The thing tips over the line from old to retro when looking at it means conciously looking into the past. 'Looking backward.' Here it is revealed perhaps that retro needs to be more of "you don't see that anymore" than a date of introduction. Something like this imo. Many people use old stuff …
Re: Slot 1 Intel 440Bx Build
Posted on 2014-09-23, 14:14
Are you still using that same PSU? I had one from the same brand and it was really cheaply built Neither of those boards seem to have the buffers for the DIMM slots. As I recall buffers were necessary if you wanted reliable operation out of the 4th DIMM slot. Would you know if this is also the case …
Re: Old harddrives -- any love?
Posted on 2014-09-23, 14:01
I used to use whatever harddrive I happened to have laying around when building a "new" rig, but at some point I bought a batch of 20gig laptop IDE drives (with very late manufacturing date for a 20gig drive) and later on I bought around 10 (maybe more, maybe fewer, I can't remember) IDE laptop …
Re: Bought these games today
Posted on 2014-09-23, 13:37
Today I bought BF2 Deluxe Edition (a second hand copy) for €2. I'm not sure if it is retro enough since the game is barely 10 years old but I always wanted an extra copy as I play it on a LAN with a couple of friends on a regular basis. Last week I also bought Sim Isle (dunno if I ever played it but …
Re: Socket 462 PC long-term stability
Posted on 2014-09-23, 08:54
I suppose your motherboard doesn't come with the 12v 4p connector? I can't tell from the picture but many nforce boards had this connector. I had to look up your PSU and it seems to provive just 18A on the 12v line, which isn't a lot for an Athlon XP. If it does have the 12v connector then the 5v …
Re: GA-6WMMC7 opinions request
Posted on 2014-09-19, 12:16
oerk wrote: It certainly oozes cheapness. In 2000, that was the lowest of the low end. Not even a passive cooler on the Northbridge. True that i810 was a budget chipset, though iirc many i815 boards I've seen didn't come with a chipset HS either.
Re: Matching hardware with software?
Posted on 2014-09-19, 08:15
For me it goes somewhat along these lines (only Windows, haven't build a DOS rig in a long time lol) : Windows 95 : Anything 486 100MHz or faster with 16MB RAM or more Windows 98SE : Anything with 64MB RAM and a Pentium class CPU above 100MHz or so Windows ME : Anything with 128 MB RAM or better ( …
Re: GA-6WMMC7 opinions request
Posted on 2014-09-19, 07:32
I have a couple similar chipsetted boards and have also considered if these could be of any use to me at one time. It's not that I need to do so (I have plenty of s370 boards laying around with AGP slots), but if I ever were to make a rig based on a 810 board, I'd probably make a low power Voodoo 2 …
Re: Old computers for daily tasks?
Posted on 2014-06-12, 09:57
I used to use my old Pentium 3 for downloading pictures off of my mobile, but that ended when my old mobile finally died. Then I use a couple Athlon64's for tasks like watching movies and as a backup/datacomputer for storing all of my files along with slipstreaming and burning Windows OS cd's
Re: hd2600 agp drivers....
Posted on 2014-06-11, 14:34
And I finally found my HD4670 AGP driver disk again :D http://i.imgur.com/9QLvtGl.jpg lol! *Censored* AMD. They forgot to include my HD2600 Pro Agp (V_id 1002, P_id 9587) in the .inf... Let's test this release, maybe AMD have massacred some of Catalyst crew and have hired someone with coding skills …
Re: Video Card Power Consumption
Posted on 2014-06-11, 14:32
If that's, an old HP, and its a AC-Bel Power sup. I'd Go looking for another Power sup, those things when they blow they look like a dragster, using nitro. Usually take the mobo with them too. Would not trust it. Get a new M-atx power sup, I'm guessing its the M-atx variant since its so low power. …
Re: hd2600 agp drivers....
Posted on 2014-06-11, 09:50
NEVER use the OEM or DISC drivers, AMD has special legacy AGP Drivers for the HD series, which i what i used on my P4 board. the problem is the last drives amd released for ALL HD series is missing some important bits so you get KBD sync error after booting (not critical) and it's missing open CL, …
Re: Must have software for DOS and Windows
Posted on 2014-06-10, 23:34
My preferred hex editor is XVI32, though I occasionally use FrHed. FrHed has some ability to compare two separate files – though not very well, and I wish there was something better. For audio editing, I use Audacity, mostly because it is free. My scientific calculator of choice used to be the …
Re: Video Card Power Consumption
Posted on 2014-06-10, 23:30
This one is the best that I could find back when I tried to look up the same information you're asking for now 😉 http://archive.atomicmpc.com.au/forums.asp?s= … &c=7&t=9354&p=0
Re: The Universal Spacerocket
Posted on 2014-06-10, 18:42
PcBytes wrote: Also,forgot to mention,the system doesn't have a case. I chose it to be this way because it cools the system a bit more. Wouldn't a case with a single exhaust fan be adequate anyway?
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