Re: AST Advantage! Adventure 486sx/25

Posted on 2014-11-28, 20:40

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by tayyare

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I just seen that the power connectors arranged a bit awkwardly on the board (well, the board is an awkward L shape anyway :lol:). The question is: Are you sure you put them in a correct way? AT power plugs are almost never appropriately keyed, so it is always possible to put them in a wrong fashion. …

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Re: Old SCSI Adapter

Posted on 2014-11-27, 18:14

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by tayyare

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PCMCIA card reader under Windows 98 SE - what should I do next? It must be something similar. 😀

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Re: ISA 8bit VGA

Posted on 2014-11-25, 18:00

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by tayyare

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Oak cards (the ones with 512KB max RAM, two display ports -TTL/analog- , and a configuration switch) are definitely work in 8-bit slots. They also can emulate MDA, CGA, and EGA, as well as VGA. There are also several 8-bit Genoa (EGA) and Paradise (EGA, VGA) cards available at the moment around ebay …

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Re: Great collectors of Vogons! What's missing in your collections? :P

Posted on 2014-11-24, 19:54

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by tayyare

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- A fifth Voodoo2 card (one exact copy of any of the four different I already have, just for SLI) - A super socket 7 ATX MB with AGP - A black 1.2MB 5.25" floppy - Asus V3000, V3400, V7700 (64MB), - 1GB AGP Radeon HD 3850 or 4xxx - Working Seagate ST-157A HDD ( - Hercules display card and green or …

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Re: Poll: parts that have spontaneously died?

Posted on 2014-11-22, 23:39

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by tayyare

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I mostly lost HDDs, and mostly second hand ones. One newly bought Quantum 20 GB gone in around 2005, with 7-8 hours of holiday videos and about 3-4.000 family pics. I was just finished cleaning CDRW backup disks of it, and was just started re-backing up that HDD to the same CDs, when it started …

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Re: Which Geforce 1-4 series card is equal to SIS 730s onboard graphics?

Posted on 2014-11-21, 18:36

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by tayyare

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First of all, don't worry about power. You cannot saturate a 200W power supply with any of the Nvidia boards up to and including GeForce4, even in a system with a several HDD's and other staff installed. Second, I'm not sure if you will find the experience of playing Empire Earth II with such a …

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Re: What are the best retro ISA and PCI slot network cards?

Posted on 2014-11-20, 22:57

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by tayyare

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I always stick with 3Com NICs. Any kind of 905 for PCI (905B-TX, 905C-TX-M) and any kind of 509 for ISA (509-TP, 509 Combo). I especially like the Combo versions, since having a BNC connector sticking out from the back of the PC always reminds me of the good old days of DoomII LAN parties over …

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Re: Please help me with graphics card choices for a Windows 98 system

Posted on 2014-11-19, 11:03

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by tayyare

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I had the same dilemma a few weeks ago. Started with an FX6200, down to FX5200, tried some Geforce4 MX's, and settled for a Geforce2 Ultra at the end. I don't know what you will play, but the games that I wanted to play are mainly older SW titles (X-Wing, TIE Fighter -both w9x versions- and X-wing …

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Re: Seeking advice on updating a modernish PC

Posted on 2014-11-17, 23:21

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by tayyare

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So, this is what I ended up with: - Asus Nvidia GT730 DDR3 2GB (purchased as new - around 70 USD) - Kingston 8GB (4x2) 1333MHz Hyperx DDR3 RAM (purchased second hand - around 60 USD) - AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black CPU (purchased second hand - around 110 USD with stock fan) - Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-11-17, 21:42

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by tayyare

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ah ok, thanks for the replies. I attached a link with the ebay photo, maybe it will be easier to view outside of ebay lol. Sounds like the terminator is something I will never have a use for, but is kind of neat to have kicking around. So far from what iv found it is a 1mb card that is expandable …

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Re: Best Slot 1 CPU for a Voodoo 1

Posted on 2014-11-17, 21:05

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by tayyare

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Thanks to everybody for all the responses! At the time, considering the cost of a P2 450, buying the 300A and overclocking it made tons of sense. But what about today? Is it still a good idea to do something like that when a P3 450 is cheap and easily obtained? +1 I don't see any practical gain in …

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Re: Darkman's P133 machine

Posted on 2014-11-17, 20:52

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by tayyare

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Looks handsome..😁

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Re: Seagate ATA Harddisks - Strange Label

Posted on 2014-11-13, 21:47

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by tayyare

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Have you checked its actual storable capacity yet? I just found some time to make more through tests and the results are very confusing. I checked the disk with windows' own utility and it found no errors even during the surface test. I also used HD tune for testing its surface, again no errors. …

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Re: POLL: What is your favorite vintage processor?

Posted on 2014-11-12, 20:45

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by tayyare

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AMD 80386DX40 Pentium MMX (233 preferably Pentium III (Coppermine 1000 preferably) It feels to me like these are the main pillars of an evolution process. I find 8088 and 80286 as a bit too old and limited to my taste, and find P4 and later as not so vintage. 486s, normal Pentiums and PIIs feel like …

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Re: Seagate ATA Harddisks - Strange Label

Posted on 2014-11-11, 18:46

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by tayyare

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It sure seems to be a fake label... The date code is invalid too... Perside is badly written. Critial also. (LBA) is missin a space. It's really a bad label... For sure that's an attemp to scam someone. The HDD chassis is more like this: http://images.geeksimages.com/imageshare/S/300x300/ …

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Re: Seagate ATA Harddisks - Strange Label

Posted on 2014-11-11, 18:18

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by tayyare

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HighTreason wrote: The drive on the right has a smaller label on it that reads "ANAL" for some reason. 😁 🤣 It's the reseller's warranty label, which is "Analiz A.S." (practically: "Analysis Inc.")... 😀

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Re: good isa card ?

Posted on 2014-11-11, 18:16

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by tayyare

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This card is an early AGP, very common and uninteresting (in my opinion) S3 display adapter with 4MB of RAM.

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Seagate ATA Harddisks - Strange Label

Posted on 2014-11-10, 22:05

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by tayyare

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I was creating an inventory of the hardware I have, and I was also trying to record some meaningful details. When I sorted the list I created, I've realized that there are two different disks with same model number, and there was no typing error: http://i1376.photobucket.com/albums/ah36/selcukgore/ …

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Re: Maintanance and Cleaning your retro PC - Dust and Corrision Free

Posted on 2014-11-10, 19:00

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by tayyare

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There is a substitute: http://urun.gittigidiyor.com/bilgisayar-table … resor-133395503 😈

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Re: First PC faster than 4.77 mhz

Posted on 2014-11-10, 18:55

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by tayyare

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I remember "Juko" (or something like it) XT boards clocked for 10 MHz.

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