Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2011-08-07, 11:47

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Worked on my sons legacy gaming pc yesterday evening and most of today. He was using a Celeron 2.4ghz and GF Mx4000 pci combo stuck in a Compaq case, but I decided to change all that after his harddrive died. The new case is actually a old one from 1999-2000 or so. It had a ton of scratches on the …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2011-08-07, 11:28

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And time for me to add again! :D I haven't gotten around to continue taking pics of my retro rigs for a long while now, but after having finally recommissioned my offline database rig I took the liberty of taking some pics :) This computer originated over 4 1/2 years ago. My best system at the time …

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Re: Good reading for people new to retro computing

Posted on 2011-08-07, 07:27

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*Bump* I'm still updating this from time to time ;) I'm considering writing a better version including perhaps a couple miniguides. Anyone have any suggestions? The article is supposed to be aimed towards people who hardly know anything about retro computing but also include links to good generic …

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Re: A Quick Question - 486 CPUs - Thermal Paste?

Posted on 2011-08-07, 07:17

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My guess is it wasn't used that time because: 1)It never had been used, nor was it ever necessary till someone actually thought of using thermal paste 2)486's typically only produce under 10W in total, which is hardly anything. Once you get over 10W's, I'd say thermal paste starts to actually do …

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Re: Rendition Verité Speedy3D/RRedline info and pics

Posted on 2011-08-07, 04:40

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I think I asked it before somewhere, but what could be considered the most balanced CPU to match with a Rendition 2100 PCI? I'd imagine it would be a Pentium MMX 233 or so?

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Re: Whatever happened to Retrograde Station?

Posted on 2011-08-06, 19:43

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Or maybe he just had enough of it? Noone knows

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Re: New computer today

Posted on 2011-08-06, 07:48

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It could help if you posted some clear pics of the motherboard. Often the settings are printed on the PCB btw, though sometimes cryptically 😉

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Re: Whatever happened to Retrograde Station?

Posted on 2011-08-06, 07:47

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Nobody here wants to go into illegal territory, but it would be a shame to let such good data go lost forever. If your house happens to burn down, all would be lost 🙁

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Re: Socket 3 processor options

Posted on 2011-08-06, 07:34

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Lemme look up a pic of how I did it in my own 486... Edit: Couldn't find a pic of the insides of the rig itself, but heres the cooler that will fit Socket 3 with tabs http://i941.photobucket.com/albums/ad254/inteltetrium/th_Metalcpuclip.png You can even exchange the heatsink with the largets that …

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Re: Your first high performance pc.

Posted on 2011-08-06, 07:32

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It is the same for me. I only had this feeling twice with a new rig (and the second one was a Phenom II with a mid-range graphics card. Not high end at all). I remember my first (and only ever to buy high-end computer) computer was a stunning P2-350 with the then brand new Diamond Viper 550 16 meg …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2011-08-06, 07:27

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Here is my build... Samsung SyncMaster 920N Intel P3 600Mhz Going upgrade it 800Mhz Soyo SY-6BA+II 3, 128meg SDRAM 168pin DIMM PC133 ATI Rage Pro AGP 16meg Quantum3D Obsidian x24 SLI PCI Creative Lab's SoundBlaster ISA AWE 64 Gold Lite-ON LH-20A1P DVD Burn Realtek RTL8139 NIC Windows98SE 20GB …

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Re: Socket 3 processor options

Posted on 2011-08-05, 19:30

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humanoid wrote: Question: What kind of cooling does the DX2-66 need? I just have the chip in the socket right now with an external fan blowing air on the mobo. I prefer to use a wire clip to mount a Socket 7 cooler. That is, if the Socket 3 socket actually has the thingies on the sides

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Re: New computer today

Posted on 2011-08-05, 19:27

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You have a manual for the motherboard? The switches are probably replacements for the good ol jumpers

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Re: buying versus building

Posted on 2011-08-05, 12:37

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sliderider wrote: I don't see why Microsoft would allow you to activate with an OEM key. OEM licenses are cheap, MS only gets paid like $25 each for them in bulk so they would be stupid to allow you to use them to activate any other version of Windows. Dunno, but if they do, I won't be complaining …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2011-08-05, 12:35

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although for retro appeal I love my beige cases...pity they are getting harder to come by. Lets not mention beige DVD drives. Heck, how about the silver ones? :P For beige older (but very decent) ATX towers, I like the AOpen ones. Their only drawback is they have those little holes in the back …

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Re: New computer today

Posted on 2011-08-05, 11:25

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You mean you built it? Or you received/found it?

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Re: buying versus building

Posted on 2011-08-05, 11:23

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Btw, good replies about Vista/7 working with royalty OEM keys. Cheers for the correction, I learned a new thing again! 😁

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Re: windows XP on Atlon XP 2400+

Posted on 2011-08-05, 11:19

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Whatever. It wasn't one machine, I had similar results on Pentium 3 machines, I just gave an example of a relatively "fast" machine. My opinion on SP3 remains the same, it was quite a bit slower than SP2. In the end, anybody can install whatever they like, I was voicing an opinion, only to have …

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Re: New rig! (first one of a bunch)

Posted on 2011-08-04, 15:22

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I have an Asus A7V600 with a sempron 3000+ (barton) as the secondary desktop PC in the house. It has a radeon HD3450 AGP graphics card. Someone gave the mainboard for free with a CPU. He said he could not get it running no matter how he tried. I never had any trouble with it. :) Tetrium: I use …

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Re: Single Player vs Multiplayer Games Trend

Posted on 2011-08-04, 15:20

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sgt76 wrote: I wouldn't mind playing WOW but you really need a good bunch to play with else it's too bloody hard to level and shit Definitely! Or find an awesome guild/clan to join, not one of those where the first 3 new members become auto-officers 😜

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