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Re: Who else here hoards "insane" amounts of hardware?

Posted on 2011-05-23, 09:36

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I understand your points of view, and agree with them. I know very well I have more stuff I'll never use but I think it's a shame to bin hardware that's in perfect working order. I've thought about selling it on Ebay or maybe VCF, mostly to keep it out of the hands of scrappers. I wouldn't even want …

Re: PC vintage gaming project

Posted on 2011-05-23, 00:53

Thanks in advance. Sorry for my noobiness - I was just a wee lad when I was playing those things. Heck. I'm still a wee lad. Np lol ;) TNT2 Model 64 is basically as fast as a TNT(1), but it is underpowered for the rest of the system. Depending on which (windows) games you intend to play, I'd …

Re: Today's Predicted Rapture!

Posted on 2011-05-23, 00:38

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On another note, I really should consider some sort of hardware will. It would be a shame for my stuff to end up in the trash bin if I got hit by a bus or something. That thought has crossed my mind a couple times also but frankly, I don't think theres much we could do if such an unfortunate thing …

Re: Today's Predicted Rapture!

Posted on 2011-05-22, 15:41

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sliderider wrote: Since we're all still here, I guess that means we weren't good enough to be taken. Kinda sad, really. 🙁 Nope, we're now all in hell..........riight??? 😜 With Vogons as a digital oasis 😁

Re: Bought Another Retro Computer

Posted on 2011-05-22, 15:40

For old games, I already have a Dimension XPS with a 1ghz Pentium III and a GeForce 256 so I'm not going to go out of my way to upgrade the OptiPlex. However, I have found a good use for the old thing. I have it plugged in next to my bed and I installed a wireless keyboard and I have a small CRT on …

Re: Who else here hoards "insane" amounts of hardware?

Posted on 2011-05-22, 15:20

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Great, now now I'm going to have to go and count all my other crap cards and duplicates so I am not out done. LMAO!! And defective cards don't count, al right? ;D Do Savage 2000 cards count as defective? As long as they provide a screen, you can use them as test cards ;D I found the box of PCI …

Re: Mouse on 386 system?

Posted on 2011-05-22, 10:50

The other option is a IBM PS/2 386 or most OEM 486 machines. A 486DX25 MHz is very similar to a 386DX40 and most OEM machines came with PS/2 ports for keyboard and mouse. Sorry but i dont gonna change my whole system (that i have custom build to my idea) for an PS/2 mouse. And i dont like OEM …

Re: 1st complete socket 7

Posted on 2011-05-22, 09:33

This may very well be some sort of coincidence, or maybe Intel forbade the changing of the pinouts or else? At any rate, it can't be blamed on any chipset maker, all they do is supply BGA chips along with a manual how to solder those to motherboards. If anyone is at fault here, it's the manufacturer …

Re: Today's Predicted Rapture!

Posted on 2011-05-22, 09:28

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DonutKing wrote: however - for anyone that does get raptured, I call dibs on the stuff you leave behind. Damn.....too late 😁 Well, nothing happened here...just like the predicted end of the world in 1975, 🤣

Re: Who else here hoards "insane" amounts of hardware?

Posted on 2011-05-22, 09:12

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bushwack wrote: Tetrium wrote: I've done a quick (lol?) count of the graphics cards I have stored in my attic. Total count so far:158! Great, now now I'm going to have to go and count all my other crap cards and duplicates so I am not out done. LMAO!! And defective cards don't count, al right? ;D

Re: Mouse on 386 system?

Posted on 2011-05-22, 09:05

I want to know i to getting an mouse on an 386 system? Good suggestions made here. I can only add that many of the old PS/2 ball mice will work with the "standard" PS/2 2 serial adapter (including ones with a scroll wheel ;)), but haven't come across an optical PS/2 mouse that will work on a serial …

Re: Who else here hoards "insane" amounts of hardware?

Posted on 2011-05-22, 00:30

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I've done a quick (lol?) count of the graphics cards I have stored in my attic. Total count so far:158! This should be the bulk of my cards, though I know theres 1 box of cards missing (the box with all my best PCI cards...it better not be stolen, L O L!) and excludes the couple cards I have laying …

Re: Who else here hoards "insane" amounts of hardware?

Posted on 2011-05-21, 21:10

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I'm not sure how many graphics cards I have, but last count was somewhere around 135 or so. Most of them are of the older types. I got under 5 PCI-E cards, many AGP and a lot of PCI cards. Maybe time to do another count lol, this afternoon I was slamming together metal frames for added storage, …

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