Re: the end of optical media

Posted on 2015-07-31, 14:42

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by chinny22

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I'm not that upset about the loss of quality discs being produced. Mostly I have iso's saved in a few places and burn where and when I need, or even better mount it as a virtual drive. They are very useful for troubleshooting. I spend a lot of time on site and have a CD wallet with OS's tool's etc …

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Re: A nice dell Pentium 4 (and a decent model, too)

Posted on 2015-07-31, 12:42

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by chinny22

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Yeh, The big brand OEMs don't get much love which is unfair and have found the Dimension's to be mostly of a good build quality. This isn't all bad though as it means they usually can be had cheaply and if your not into overclocking make a good system to build up from.

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Re: Asus P2B-DS?

Posted on 2015-07-31, 12:36

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by chinny22

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I recently just finished a PC built around this http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=43399&start=20 and if you dig further back so have others BX board + Asus + Server class = very reliable I've got an earlier 1.03 board which maxes out with Katmai CPU's without some heavy mods well beyond my …

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Re: Retro PC Audit! Summer of 2015!

Posted on 2015-07-31, 12:13

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by chinny22

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Unless you have some specific games causing you trouble...grumble, grumble, Hi Octane, grumble grumble P3 I think the below would cover you well. I've stuck with your currant hardware as much as possible but given recommendations if I think it'll make a real difference Early Dos PC CPU: Intel 486 …

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Re: A Sound Blaster 16 unboxing with an unhappy ending.

Posted on 2015-07-09, 14:15

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by chinny22

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Think of it this way, now you wont have such a desire to use it. and keep it just as a new shiny card

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Re: Pentium II build in progress.

Posted on 2015-07-09, 14:11

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by chinny22

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Not familiar with that board but my early revision P2B-DS maxes out at the Katmai 600 due to the VRM where later boards are fine with newer CPU's maybe its the same with yours? I say P2 400's are cheap do it! however I was surprised how many games worked fine in Win2k on my duel Katmai 600 PC. I'm …

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Re: Anyone else dislike multiplayer? No, just me?

Posted on 2015-07-09, 11:46

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by chinny22

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My mate from high school days visited me last weekend and we had a game of the original C&C. Back in high school every now and then one of us would spend the weekend at the others, had a great game of C&C. Thing was we were always just playing usually in RTS's the 1st hr was un official build an …

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Re: Damage on CPU edge

Posted on 2015-07-09, 10:55

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by chinny22

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I'm going with it'll work. Only casue its already in the system. I would fit the heatsink better and try, nothing to loose

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Re: Need help with new early Windows Build

Posted on 2015-07-05, 21:56

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by chinny22

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Cant wait for the pics. Nothing beats a Slot 1/BX system in my books, and agreed SE440BX-2 is the top of BX boards. Only had SE440BX-3 boards myself, 1 Gateway with the Ensoniq 64 and 1 Dell with the Yamaha on board sound (and evil ATX connector) Still absolute pleasure to use. Machine gun ninjas …

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Re: How to Connect to the Internet in Windows 3.1

Posted on 2015-07-05, 21:36

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by chinny22

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I cant, sorry. Even when I got my first got Internet connection on Dialup the PC had Windows for Workgroups Which leads me to my next suggestion Windows for Workgroups will work without any 3rd party programs, Just need to set up the network and install a browser. (But understand if this is …

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Re: Best Sound Blaster Live! Setup

Posted on 2015-07-05, 21:25

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by chinny22

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Do you have the Original Live Drive or Live Drive II The 2nd has more features (Most you will probably never use) but maybe you want to keep everything original version? I'm no expert so don't know of any other options. If you were really keen though you could try and find matching creative speakers …

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Re: New member, first build Dual Pentium Pro

Posted on 2015-07-05, 21:07

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by chinny22

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From the inside it doesn't look bad, Nice deep case as well so bit of air in there to help things. Underjack, That sounds like a hell of a system! While I agree its sad that the best doesn't get used at lest be glad its nice and safe. So much of the corporate equipment by passes the 2nd hand market …

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Re: Nokia Data (Alfaskop) servercase

Posted on 2015-07-05, 20:56

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by chinny22

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Man that case would suit my Duel Slot 1 M/B so well! I wouldn't recycle it. Put it on ebay or a more local version. The shipping will mean it will only sell locally but wouldn't be surprised if 1 or 2 people are interested

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Re: Ultimate Windows 98 Box

Posted on 2015-07-01, 12:01

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by chinny22

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Looking forward to this as well, I'm slowly collecting the parts for a similar P4/Win9x box. The forest section in Dolphin Cove track from Need for Speed 4 seems to bog down when things get busy with police, traffic, etc. I'm not sure if its a game engine limit or CPU based but that was my main …

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Re: New member, first build Dual Pentium Pro

Posted on 2015-07-01, 11:48

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by chinny22

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Very nice!! (well any SMP PC is sexy) I skipped the P Pro era so didn't know about the different CPU's aimed at Workstation/Server that was interesting. Finished my Duel P3 recently and had the same problem of not been able to close the lid hot running. ATX cases are easy to come by so was easily …

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Re: Intel PR440FX Dual Pentium Pro 200

Posted on 2015-06-25, 13:43

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by chinny22

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Don't worry your not alone. Besides once its finished it becomes a lot less interesting. Enjoy the tinkering while you can.

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Re: Quiet 60mm Heatsink Fans?

Posted on 2015-06-25, 13:35

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by chinny22

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I'm impressed with Noctua. I got their Noctua NH-U14S cooler last year and requested the Socket 775 kit from them direct, which came no questions asked within a week or 2. The cooler was also pretty good quality. Just not a fan (get it) of their colour, but in a un-windowed case who cares.

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Re: Recreation of my original K6-2-500 (The "Zitech" Machine)

Posted on 2015-06-25, 13:14

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by chinny22

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First I have to say love the case badge! the Duke3d theme sounds terrible with the AWE, absolutely terrible! (well imho) but others are OKish but still not upto Yamaha/ Roland levels. Doom on the otherhand music wise sounds ok. Yamaha cards can be noisy, but then most cards of the era are. The …

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Re: AWE64 not working in Rise of the Triad

Posted on 2015-06-23, 15:10

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by chinny22

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No one else got any ideas? Have I managed to stump all of vogons?!

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Re: What is the oldest non-PC technology that you still use?

Posted on 2015-06-23, 14:46

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by chinny22

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Was thinking about a similar post about 3 weeks back. My Phillips razor finally died, battery went about 2 years ago and lost 1 of the blade spinners 3 years ago, so wasn't that upset. It was only when I went to throw it away I realised it was my very first one, so has seen close to daily use since …

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