Re: Photos of my NVIDIA Riva 128

Posted on 2022-03-09, 10:08

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That heat sink sure dont look like factory lol. Looks like a Mosfet heat sink that someone decided would be perfect for the 128, tho I do question just how warm the 128 would get I doubt hot would describe it :D Pretty sure it would have great DOS compatibility too, nice little retro card ! I have …

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Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware

Posted on 2022-03-09, 09:57

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The 968 cards are slower in DOS, so perhaps the Trio64 with 2 MB balances out to the 968 with 4 MB in terms of pricing. Are there people who spend $$$$$ for the absolute fastest Windows for Workgroup video cards? I know most of the people here are looking for the fastest DOS gaming cards (or gaming …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-03-09, 06:13

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I never snagged a Voodoo Rush (that I can remember) because they seemed like a waste of time even when new. The only reason I have a 5500 is because I purchased it new and luckily was too lazy to toss the box when I did a purge in 99). I do have a Voodoo 4500 PCI because a scrapper gave me an old …

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Re: What modern activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2022-03-09, 00:07

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Stripped a i5-2400 Lenovo Thinkcentre I use for Netflix/media playback to the TV in my room because it quit working. Found nothing wrong except the CMOS battery was slightly under 3V, replaced that and shorted the reset jumper and all is fine again.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-03-08, 23:18

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When I started collecting people in the hobby would use IRC to chat along with websites for specific machines (which are still around). Anyway those people would get all kinds of cool machines and upgrade them and after a bit get bored and give or sell them for little (since they were still …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-03-08, 20:01

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Which MO drives do you have laying around? A bunch of 5.25" 1.3GB internal and external drives, a couple 3.5" Fujitsu external 130MB? drives, a few 2.6GB 5.25" drives, and a 20+ disk 5.25" HP jukebox. I also have some IBM PS/2 WORM drives and media (rare). I think that strange or uncommon media …

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Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware

Posted on 2022-03-08, 04:13

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I never fully understood how Canada Customs evaluates goods coming into Canada. They don't necessarily match the receipt. Speaking of which, I had this bizaire experience crossing the border back into Canada with my vehicle some 10 years ago. I had the tyres replaced on my car in the USA. They are …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-03-08, 01:29

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Commodore died out in the early 90's so by early 2000 people who used Amigas either went Apple, PC, or Unix of some kind. It probably had something to do with needing an internet PC more than anything else. People were dumping older machines in that time period for free because they were not …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-03-08, 00:30

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A2630 with BigRAM expansion for one of my A2000s. Now all three of them will have some acceleration (A2620, SupraTurbo 28 and now A2630). I have a GVP 68030/40 with 16MB of that special GVP RAM (4x4MB) in one of my A2000's and its nice. Any Amiga CPU upgrades are pretty expensive these days. I …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-03-07, 22:49

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HanJammer wrote on 2022-03-07, 21:35: A2630 with BigRAM expansion for one of my A2000s. Now all three of them will have some acceleration (A2620, SupraTurbo 28 and now A2630). I have a GVP 68030/40 with 16MB of that special GVP RAM (4x4MB) in one of my A2000's and its nice. Any Amiga CPU upgrades …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-03-07, 22:44

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I like SCSI cards mostly for all the old vintage tape and MO drives I have lying around. Which MO drives do you have laying around? A bunch of 5.25" 1.3GB internal and external drives, a couple 3.5" Fujitsu external 130MB? drives, a few 2.6GB 5.25" drives, and a 20+ disk 5.25" HP jukebox. I also …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-03-07, 07:11

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I like SCSI cards mostly for all the old vintage tape and MO drives I have lying around.

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Re: 7800 GTX 256MB burnt component.

Posted on 2022-03-04, 03:00

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I remember replacing a voltage regulator on an old AM3+ board with an exact duplicate and it booted up for a few minutes while the part got hot as hell (there was something in the board shorting it out and replacing it just meant it would blow up again). I wonder if the leg that got hot enough to …

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Re: 7800 GTX 256MB burnt component.

Posted on 2022-03-04, 00:11

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https://pdf1.alldatasheet.com/datasheet-pdf/v … ROHM/SP8J5.html here is the data sheet:

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-02-28, 23:23

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I purchased a ZEROtherm NV-120 to replace a ZEROTherm CF-900 cooler in an Intel system with Q9550 LGA 775. Barely fit the case and I didn't know it had a blue LED but works fine. Is the NV-120 better than a Zalman CNPS9500 I have in another LGA 775 board? https://www.quietpc.com/images/products/zt- …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-02-23, 02:28

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Not a typical thing I normally buy, but I've always wanted one of those. As a boy I had a C64 and this was the next best thing I could imagine but never had. https://dependency-injection.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/DSC_1330-1-scaled.jpeg I had a C64 back in the day and sold it to finance a new …

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Re: any hard core Thinkpad fans amongst the ranks?

Posted on 2022-02-14, 21:35

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Collection: 310ED, 350C, 360C, 365C, 365XD, 380D, 380XD, 380Z, 390E, 390X, 560X, 600, 600E, 701C, 750CS, 755C, 755CD, 760C, 760CD, 760ED, 760EL, 760XD, 760XL, 765L, 765D, 770, 770E, 770Z, T21, T22, T23, T30, A20P, A21P, A22M, A30, A31, A31P, T40, T42, T43P, T60, T61, R32, R40, R52, T400, T500

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-02-10, 18:05

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RandomStranger wrote on 2022-02-10, 16:13: Matrox's main focus was always the professional market. The gamer focused cards were the Mystique series and the G400. Matrox was never a serious contender in the 3d race except for the G400max.

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Re: 1GB PC133 modules -- did they happen?

Posted on 2022-02-10, 02:23

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by Unknown_K

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A G4 can't use REG memory so you are stuck with 512MB modules.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-02-06, 03:47

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I suppose most people only search in the graphics-card category and not for a full system. Nice catch! Yeah, that's a possible explanation. I always search in the whole computer section. Two weeks ago a Diamond Voodoo1 with loop cable was auctioned for 72€. A week ago another one was sold for 70€ …

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