Re: 2 floppies in desktop case

Posted on 2022-02-23, 07:56

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How about a 5.25" to 3.5" floppy drive mount? Then you can mount both horizontally and no new cable is needed. Unless your case is low profile, of course. Filename floppymount.jpg File size 289.32 KiB Views 681 views

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-21, 12:43

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I couldn't resist and bought a second Tualatin system, this time a Dell Precision P3 Tualatin Celeron 1.3, I will be throwing the P3-s 1.4 I have in there along with more ram, I have a Dell 20" LCD and Dell Keyboard and Mouse for it so it'll be a complete setup. Has a Late model i815 board, FX5200 …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-21, 11:50

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I couldn't resist and bought a second Tualatin system, this time a Dell Precision P3 Tualatin Celeron 1.3, I will be throwing the P3-s 1.4 I have in there along with more ram, I have a Dell 20" LCD and Dell Keyboard and Mouse for it so it'll be a complete setup. Has a Late model i815 board, FX5200 …

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Re: Whats your experience in importing motherboards?

Posted on 2021-12-15, 13:16

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Hopefully you get your motherboards mate, if they go to a customs guy he’s likely to hand them over for scrap value - seen a few precious metal extraction vids on YouTube, mostly Indian. That second hand dealer nonsense is plainly an excuse - and my family knows about Indian bureaucracy too, my …

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Re: most difficult game

Posted on 2021-11-15, 16:27

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Apparently Robot Odyssey is tough - https://slate.com/technology/2014/01/robot-od … f-all-time.html

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Re: MS-Dos Soundcard with Ethernet?

Posted on 2021-11-05, 01:25

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How about a parallel ethernet device? ie Xircom PE3 Some info at mbbrutman's (author of mTCP) pages - https://www.brutman.com/Dos_Networking/xircom_pe3.html

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Re: PC tower cases by year

Posted on 2021-09-13, 11:13

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Currently I'm rebuilding my 1996 PII, 266Mhz PC . And I'm looking for the Big Tower on the far left of the above picture. As I recall this was also a Curbs casing. But any info is more than welcome. It was an ATX, six 5.25", two 3.5" with a lockable door. In the mean time I have found what seems to …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-08-18, 03:00

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Finally found a P4EE that didn’t cost an arm and a leg: Filename BCF3BE83-9A21-4247-BCF9-4603616C922B.jpeg File size 1.19 MiB Views 1102 views Came on an MSI 865 board with 2GB RAM. Will now have to find a suitable case for this setup.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-08-09, 16:06

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This one is for the socket 939 with an optional am2 upgrade board, but cant find one anywhere unfortunately. Whats cool about this board is that is has an agp 8x and a full bandwidth pcie 16x. I've got one of those upgrade boards. Not getting rid of it. They come up for sale very rarely. They're an …

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Re: Please tell me the brand of this ultra cool 90s case

Posted on 2021-08-08, 23:27

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multiple companies (with varying quality). Any company names? I have a near identical one of these full towers in its original box, brand is “Topower”. Can confirm that the PSU inside the case is also Topower brand. However, there were probably multiple Taiwanese companies selling the same or …

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Re: IBM Thinkpad 380Z - padlock boot

Posted on 2021-08-02, 05:04

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Hey I've been away from the forum for a bit. See the guide in the archive.org link. You'd need to build an i2c reader or have an eeprom reader like the TL866. The latter is my preferred method these days but it would require desoldering the little 24c01. If you can find another motherboard, look on …

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Re: Change a game's name by one letter, to make it something completely different (just for fun!)

Posted on 2021-07-31, 14:25

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Hardware edition: Sound Blister... what you get on your finger tip from plugging and unplugging your CDROM audio cable from header to header until you find the one that works. Gentium... Antifungal for your CPU socket. MediaGI... when you're conscripted but are only expected to work half as hard as …

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Re: Change a game's name by one letter, to make it something completely different (just for fun!)

Posted on 2021-07-30, 00:34

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Back to the golf theme - Minks - those fur coats don't make themselves ... Stonepeep - beware the voyeur golem! Dragon's Pair - kick him right where it hurts

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Re: Change a game's name by one letter, to make it something completely different (just for fun!)

Posted on 2021-07-28, 01:28

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A-10 Wank Killer - self-pleasuring sessions are interrupted by armor-piercing rounds and pictures of warthogs (with some extra flex in the rules you could also play A-10 Bank Teller) Police Quest: swot - the specialist LA police unit knuckles down to some serious study (and also PQ: TWAT ...) -

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Re: IBM Thinkpad 380Z - padlock boot

Posted on 2021-07-21, 20:20

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In some Thinkpads there was a jumper pad on the motherboard which you short to clear the startup password. https://thinkpads.com/support/hmm/hmm_pdf/38zhmm.pdf - see page 6 However, the supervisor password is harder to clear. For that era of TPs, a forgotten supervisor password would require a full …

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Re: Change a game's name by one letter, to make it something completely different (just for fun!)

Posted on 2021-07-21, 00:58

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The Worlds of Ultima: The Savage Umpire - fight against the injustices of the zealous decision maker in this cricketing RPG The Polite Quest series - uncouth behaviour has broken out in the town of Lytton, and only you can restore order! Bunship - drop baked treats on your enemy from your AH64 Need …

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Re: Change a game's name by one letter, to make it something completely different (just for fun!)

Posted on 2021-07-20, 09:49

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Ewe of the Beholder - lead your party on a perilous quest to capture the deadly Beholder’s prize sheep

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Re: Floppy disk killing 5.25 floppy drives

Posted on 2021-07-01, 15:26

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I've got a Mitsubishi MF504C high density drive that was working perfectly until I tried to install a game off an old diskette. The diskette looked normal, but after I inserted it the drive made a loud rubbing noise, as if the heads were clamped too tightly on the disk's surface while it was …

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Re: 90's 10/100 ethernet switch

Posted on 2021-05-23, 05:01

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Netgear had a range of unmanaged switches, 4, 8 and 16 port, IIRC in either the late 90s or very early 00s. I ran a Netgear setup at home in circa 97 to share cable internet, but the switch came later as I used my computer as a proxy first. Maybe some support manuals for the switches could assist, …

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Re: What do you drive?

Posted on 2021-05-20, 15:01

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Loving the Esky megatron, reminds me I have to get mine back on the road for its 50th next year ... October ‘72 1300XL but with a Mexico 1600, but only a standard Motorcraft carb. Will probably just get the 1600 warmed up and some better carbs. 47DE28DF-AAAB-4A32-AD2D-0C69FE9209DF.jpeg My retro …

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