Re: AdLib has become oh so rare!!!
Posted on 2015-01-26, 20:47
Everybody cares about money, expensive means different things to different incomes.
Re: Restoring an Inspiron 8000
Posted on 2015-01-26, 20:28
I have one of those in working condition, if you have any questions ask. Manual: ftp://ftp.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_laptop/esuprt_inspiron_laptop/inspiron-8000_Owner%27s%20Manual_en-us.pdf Quick setup: ftp://ftp.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_laptop/esuprt_inspiron_laptop/inspiron- …
Re: Who's still using XP?
Posted on 2015-01-25, 20:24
The laptops still use XP mostly, but my main machines are OS 7 with XP relegated to older gaming rigs.
Re: My almost 3GHZ Athlon 64 beast
Posted on 2015-01-22, 01:23
The 939 and 940 chips both use DDR1 memory controllers, any way to hack a 940 into a 939 board? The Opteron 256 CPUs are 3ghz and only a few dollars.
Re: My almost 3GHZ Athlon 64 beast
Posted on 2015-01-21, 21:51
I looked around for an Opteron 180 for one of my 939 boards. Didn't know Vista has issues with dual core (never used the OS for anything).
Re: Most Sought After Retro Hardware?
Posted on 2015-01-21, 21:35
Whatever isn't easily found at the moment that people used to like gaming with. Go look at that is clogging the recyclers at the moment and make a note of it, in 7-10 years it will be commanding some money because it was all recycled.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2015-01-07, 02:51
I've been collecting 386 and 486 generation hardware since the mid 90s. When I first started out a lot of people were still using 486 systems and were quite reluctant to give up their high end gear. Most stuff was still relatively expensive too. Then around 2000 everything was plentiful and dirt …
Re: Just curious..what is your oldest computer still in daily use for actual work?
Posted on 2014-12-28, 21:09
My server, Opteron 1218 on a Supermicro motherboard runs 24/7. Before that upgrade it was a P3 1Ghz Compaq server, before that I ran a Dual PPro overdrive 333 for a decade or more.
Re: I'm using onboard audio and the sky has not fallen
Posted on 2014-12-25, 22:55
Motherboard audio used to suck because of cheap chipsets, bad electrical placement on motherboards, and a small selection of outputs (just plain mic outputs). These days noise is not much of a problem, the few surviving chip makers have decent chips and a large market to be profitable (mobile …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2014-12-25, 22:46
Quite a bit of the common stuff has been liquidated already and will get harder to find for new collectors. Just because I have stacks of SB cards of all types doesn't mean a new collector has the same easy time finding the stuff. Quite a few of my SB cards came from a recycler who sold them to be …
Re: Ebay Insanity, acutal selling prices.
Posted on 2014-12-24, 15:05
subhuman@xgtx wrote: Talking about insanity: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Amiga-1000/151426013460 Not that I know about Amiga hardware but isn't 5,900 bucks a little non-sense for an standard A1000? Its made of gold (hence the $1000 shipping charge).
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2014-12-24, 15:00
King_Corduroy wrote: Oh I was going to say "Who in their right mind would BUY an old LCD monitor?!" but then I saw the other line. 🤣 Still though why bother? You know it's going to look like crap. Somebody who wants a decent 1280x1024 or 1600x1200 native resolution maybe?
Re: VLB Graphics recommendation
Posted on 2014-12-10, 03:20
CL cards were just made in the millions so they are still many around. I wish I still had my computer shopper mags from that time to see what all the OEMs were using back then. The good 2/4MB VLB cards came out when everyone was switching to PCI 486/Pentiums so there were not that many made.
Re: Serial mouse recommendations
Posted on 2014-12-09, 07:53
Microsoft mouse 2.0 or a Logitech M-M34 mouse are what I used in the past and even today.
Re: VLB Graphics recommendation
Posted on 2014-12-09, 07:48
Decent VLB cards are getting hard to find. Most of what you see are CL chips or early S3.
Re: Matrox Roundup G200, G400, G400 MAX, G450 and G550
Posted on 2014-12-05, 10:24
Matrox is better off using somebody elses chips and doing their custom niche designs and software. The last decent gaming card they made was the G400 Mac. I have a couple of the G500 series because they made them in PCI and 1x PCIE (oddball stuff) with newer drivers for Win7.
Re: My X-Wing got shot down :(
Posted on 2014-12-05, 10:18
Man don't you clean your joysticks in between use? That thing is dusty as hell.
Re: Humour Thread: Outrageously priced retro gear for sale online
Posted on 2014-12-05, 10:16
I like that he took the time to mention in the title "With Microsoft Office 2000". lol WOW SUCH A DEAL! :P A dollar a year since the birth of Christ, +/- $500. :lol: He also has you covered for beverages... http://www.ebay.com/itm/221483656654 Not sure how I feel about 15 year old Coca-Cola...it …
Re: Where to find discontinued gaming cases?
Posted on 2014-12-05, 10:12
Actually my old large gaming cases came from Craigslist. They are so large and heavy that shipping costs more then the case (used ones anyway). If you just wanted generic mid towers then get one on Ebay from Newegg (they list a ton of them).
Re: DVD-ROM in Windows 98SE?
Posted on 2014-12-05, 10:08
Original DVD drives probably have a hard time reading DVD-R or DVD+R media.
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