Re: Where the heck did this 9800 XT come from?

Posted on 2015-02-08, 19:26

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It might actually be a new production card out of China. There's been a flood of new production video cards in the last few years based on obsolete video chips like Rage 128, Radeon 7000 or Radeon 9200. Maybe now 9800XT prices have fallen to the point where someone thinks it worthwhile to start …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-02-08, 19:13

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modified Pentium III-S 1400 What kind of mod this is? The pin wire mod to make a Tualatin work in a Coppermine motherboard. He sells them pre-modded so you don't have to do it yourself or search in vain and shell out big bucks for a rare socket interposer like a Lin-Lin adapter (which doesn't work …

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Re: Best video card for Pentium III 450Mhz

Posted on 2015-02-08, 19:11

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I must say I'm relatively happy with my PIII @450 + Matrox G450 + 2x Voodoo II SLI – G450 maybe is not a beast, but works well in my configuration. Motherboard is Asus P3B-F. Actually, this is beast for it's time. One of the best parts! P3B-F is reliable and stable, SLI no comment and other parts …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-02-08, 18:59

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AWE32s are not that uncommon. But you may have to extend your search beyond eBay and search other local classifieds sites / forums. This one has been around for weeks / months: http://link.marktplaats.nl/m871587447 The scrapper who contacted me a while ago agreed to have me consult: e.g. I will …

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Re: Most powerful K6 2/2+,3/3+ ?

Posted on 2015-02-07, 18:04

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The guy on ebay who has a truckload of them recently raised his prices to crazy stupid levels. He was having trouble selling them at $25, then all of a sudden he raises the price to almost $150. I don't know what his thought process is that justifies doing that. He's only going to kill whatever …

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Re: voodoo3 pci price

Posted on 2015-02-07, 16:37

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I was buying up the 3000 PCI cards when they were still selling for $10-$15. Now I wish I hadn't passed up all the 2000 PCI cards back then since those go for good money now, too.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-02-07, 15:26

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I got it free today: http://i.imgur.com/MiZi8w2.jpg?1 The first is Windbond fax/modem card with female RS-232 COM and female parallel The second is HDD/FDD adapter Windbond PTI-227B with male RS-232 COM and female parallel as well Special thanks to retro games 100 for the manual in his post: Super …

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Re: Cowboy Bebop theme played using floppies

Posted on 2015-02-07, 01:09

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Bohemian Rhapsody played entirely on old computer hardware https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht96HJ01SE4

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Re: The Death Throes of Radio Shack

Posted on 2015-02-07, 00:49

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Ever wonder what happened to their once-mighty computer business? A while ago I came across this very thoughtful insider account of the colossal, idiotic failure of the Tandy VIS, which resulted when someone looked at the Phillips CD-i and thought they could do better. https://groups.google.com/ …

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Re: Cowboy Bebop theme played using floppies

Posted on 2015-02-06, 01:44

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Super Mario Brothers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c52JQHVVqFM

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Re: Ultimate PowerVR SGL card/rig/games?

Posted on 2015-02-06, 01:41

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VooDooMan wrote: sliderider wrote: It looks like Neon 250 is only good for putting in a picture frame and hanging on the wall if it's game compatibility is so bad. 😢 On what basis are you making this statement? The early posts in the thread.

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Re: VLB Graphics recommendation

Posted on 2015-02-06, 01:39

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TRIDENT vs CIRRUS LOGIC for 286 PC, what would you suggest? Cirrus Logic over Trident. Trident was bargain basement back in the day. I had a Trident VL-Bus card in my 486 because it was the only one I could afford after paying for a VL-Bus motherboard and 80mhz DX2 CPU. They were always among the …

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Re: Athlon Slot based computers

Posted on 2015-02-06, 01:23

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Because not many people bought them at the time. The nostalgia doesn't flow very strongly in their direction. There are a few people on here with them. I have a ASUS K7M with a 1.0 GHz K75 that I throw together sometimes. It's pretty solid. The AGP is somewhat iffy though as was typical for non- …

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Re: Best OS for a 286?

Posted on 2015-02-05, 20:09

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Digital Research GEM, but good luck finding a copy. Some versions of DR-DOS came bundled with ViewMAX which was just GEM with a new name and full color windows. Video demonstration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=468azf9epaI

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Re: Man spends £300 on a laptop on eBay – only to be sent a photograph of it

Posted on 2015-02-05, 18:25

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This sounds more like a long con to me... Player 'A' lists a comically fraudulent item, Player 'B' purchases it, eBay refunds 'B' the bid price. 300 profit from a photocopy for team A+B? It all hinges on wording the item specifically so no one other than 'B' bids on it... How is it a profit? The …

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Re: Ultimate PowerVR SGL card/rig/games?

Posted on 2015-02-05, 16:32

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It looks like Neon 250 is only good for putting in a picture frame and hanging on the wall if it's game compatibility is so bad. 😢

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Re: Reversing the Disney Sound Source

Posted on 2015-02-05, 16:22

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What would be really great is if you could make one that is toggle switch selectable between Covox and Disney compatibility instead of having to make a daughter board to go with it.

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Re: Man spends £300 on a laptop on eBay – only to be sent a photograph of it

Posted on 2015-02-05, 14:05

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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Apple-MacBook-Pro-with-Retina-display-Photo-15-2-8GHz-512GB-8GB-/281502103492?pt=UK_Art_Photographs_RL&hash=item418ad537c4 It clearly says PHOTO of a Macbook and that the buyer would not receive an actual laptop if they bid on this auction, so as far as I'm concerned the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-02-05, 08:53

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It always annoys me when I hear of these shops that won't sell donated computers. It's almost always down to either greed (wanting to make the maximum dosh online) or ignorance (data protection-related fears). More often it's a case of them having a contract with an electronics recycling firm, so …

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Re: Advantages of having 128MB on a 486

Posted on 2015-02-04, 16:36

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I vaguely recollect having 24mb in my 486-80 at it's peak and it worked fine.

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