Re: Voodoo question. Warning - ignorance on display.

Posted on 2012-02-11, 11:35

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by badmojo

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Thanks for the replies, now I have more options to think about... is that good or bad? I'm gonna end up with about 6 PC's by the time I've covered everything. This is getting out of control!

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Re: Cleaning old computer chassis parts - Retr0Bright?

Posted on 2012-02-09, 01:52

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Hmm I'm interested in this topic too, I have a couple of cases and things that I refuse to use with that horrible yellow colour. In general I struggle to follow recipes for some reason so haven't tried the exact retr0bright formula / process. But I've recently tried an adhoc mix of peroxide bought …

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Re: Trashpicked IBM PS/2 Model 25 Restoration

Posted on 2012-02-06, 21:27

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Amazing stuff! Great to see the zero's and one's still flowing through something so old. IBM sure did make those things to last.

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Re: 486 Time Machine Build

Posted on 2012-02-03, 05:57

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by badmojo

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Nice one, I've ordered me some too 😀

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Re: 486 Time Machine Build

Posted on 2012-02-02, 10:38

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by badmojo

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I'll split the shipping with you donutking, if that helps. I like the idea of increasing the cache but wouldn't have a clue what to order, so that would work well for me...

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Re: Voodoo question. Warning - ignorance on display.

Posted on 2012-01-31, 00:36

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OK good to know. My board has the VIA Apollo Pro 133A chipset which... should be OK?

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Re: Voodoo question. Warning - ignorance on display.

Posted on 2012-01-30, 23:10

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Excellent! Thanks for the quick response.

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Voodoo question. Warning - ignorance on display.

Posted on 2012-01-30, 22:25

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I lost interest in computer games during the glide period so am a bit lost. I've read up on the history and understand that glide was a 3D API that was dominant until DirectX killed it, but I still don't quite understand the hardware implications of that. I have a P3 in which I currently use a …

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Re: Just built a machine for late-90's gaming

Posted on 2012-01-30, 02:07

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What graphics card are you using? And how much RAM does that rig have? My PIII 650Mhz with 16mb Voodoo 3 3000 graphics and 384Mb RAM runs it perfectly :happy: I also tried it with an AMD Duron 800Mhz with a 32Mb Geforce 2 GTS and it ran quite badly for some reason :disapproving: That's interesting, …

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Re: 486 Time Machine Build

Posted on 2012-01-30, 00:16

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I'm interested to know what you used to mount the motherboard in the case? It took me a while to find screw-in plastic risers of the right height since the screw holes in my case aren't threaded. Yes I was lucky that the case came with all the original mounting stuff because it's not standard. The …

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486 Time Machine Build

Posted on 2012-01-29, 23:04

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Can a grown man - mid 30’s, 2 kids, mortgage - recapture a moment from his youth? Specifically, would it be possible to experience the thrill I’d felt 20 years ago sitting in front of my 486, tracking Tie Fighters through the pixelated voids of space, or fighting back the insidious Ordos of Dune? I …

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Re: Hardware score at the recycle center

Posted on 2012-01-26, 10:51

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Yes that 386 HDD (all 85mb's of it) has quite a few games, DOS, and Windows 3.1 on it. There are a couple of war sims, Sid Meier's Civilization, Trump Castle 3 (never heard of it), Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure, Keen, Lemmings, etc. And also there's a game with the ridiculous title of "Battletech: the …

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Re: Barrel style CMOS battery question

Posted on 2012-01-24, 22:11

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Thanks very much for the replies, I'll take the advice get rid of it. I've de-soldered one from a another board and used the external battery header, which worked OK. So I'll go that route again if I can. The 386DX40 board I mentioned in the original post is dead - can't get it to post. But I can't …

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Barrel style CMOS battery question

Posted on 2012-01-22, 22:33

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I've seen first hand recently what a mess these things can make when they leak - I found an otherwise perfect 386 board which has been badly corroded. But I've also found a 486 board which has a barrel battery that hasn't leaked, and amazingly still holds a charge. So my question is - can I leave it …

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Hardware score at the recycle center

Posted on 2012-01-21, 11:48

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I got lucky at the local recycle center today and thought I'd share my finds here. First up is a 486dx2 66 - quite a cool old case and still complete, sporting DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.11! It booted up first try. Lots of games and period software included for the price of entry (all this stuff was …

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Re: Wow - this takes the cake

Posted on 2012-01-20, 01:50

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Out of interest why are they clowns for selling (or trying at least) to sell a 486 MB for 100 bucks? I've seen that sentiment a few times on this board. I know you can get them far more cheaply - or even free - if you're patient, but is the seller doing the wrong thing for putting big prices on …

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Re: Just built a machine for late-90's gaming

Posted on 2012-01-19, 22:37

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I get slowdowns in Deus Ex with my PIII 1Ghz, never really figured out why. There's a thread around here somewhere that I raised about it. Nice setup though, there's something special about seeing games running on the intended hardware.

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Re: A sad hardware story, please help me.

Posted on 2012-01-18, 04:53

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by badmojo

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Thankyou, I will do.

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Check out this bad boy

Posted on 2012-01-18, 04:52

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Just noticed this beauty on eBay - if I was in driving distance I'd make an offer, but unfortunately, I aint. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1985-ms-dos-comput … 4#ht_500wt_1413

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Re: what are we using DOS for

Posted on 2012-01-17, 21:58

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by badmojo

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Games / nostalgia here too. Combined with carefully selected period hardware it's the closest I'll ever get to a time machine.

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