What would be a good GOG Machine?
Posted on 2015-11-14, 00:33
I'm searching for a second hand PC to serve as a offline GOG.com machine. What would be good specs for this?
Re: What terms do your country have for these classes of machines?
Posted on 2015-11-13, 23:27
The car/pc analogy does not work with custom. To have an equivalent you should buy a branded PC and then casemod it, then you'd have a custom pc. Are there any homemade cars?
Re: What terms do your country have for these classes of machines?
Posted on 2015-11-13, 14:25
You mean they are the same? I think here in portugal you can buy either, to tell you the truth never noticed any difference, so that makes sense. :) I believe here in portugal the term was "marca branca" literaly white label, but meant that it had no brand. I remember it came to use only in the late …
Re: Please tell me this guy is trolling.
Posted on 2015-11-13, 12:57
Found a video about hardware and PC gaming evolution, so went happily to watch, but I started to find strange some mistakes. This guy is saying that Wolfenstein 3D needs a beefy cpu (like a pentium), that Voodoo2 is capable of 2D and that Pentium4 is one of the original pentiums! He must be …
Re: Please tell me this guy is trolling.
Posted on 2015-11-13, 11:50
The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding. Albert Camus
Re: Please tell me this guy is trolling.
Posted on 2015-11-11, 23:28
I don't usually criticize this kind of content, but I feel that if one has the right to publish something one must do his homework. Imagine you were a rookie in the subject, you would ne misinformed about at least 3 topics in a couple minutes worth of video.
Re: Standoffs, screws and washers all good stuff!
Posted on 2015-11-11, 17:03
Hate those IBM black screws too, gave me nothing but trouble. The compaq ones are the best!
Re: Please tell me this guy is trolling.
Posted on 2015-11-11, 16:59
(it's hard to pay attention with all the visual/verbal skipping and jumping around). I did spot a potential mistake or 2, but can't tell if it's just me or if the narrator actually goofed. It's really painful to watch. I kept watching because I thought I heard wrong, so I rewind it and it really …
Please tell me this guy is trolling.
Posted on 2015-11-11, 00:44
Found a video about hardware and PC gaming evolution, so went happily to watch, but I started to find strange some mistakes. This guy is saying that Wolfenstein 3D needs a beefy cpu (like a pentium), that Voodoo2 is capable of 2D and that Pentium4 is one of the original pentiums! He must be trolling …
Standoffs, screws and washers all good stuff!
Posted on 2015-11-10, 11:33
Hello everyone, do you have special concerns about these? For instance, do you use washers at all? Do you prefer the screws without the flange aroud the head? Use plastic vs metal standoffs? What's your say?
Re: A couple of strange IDE cables.
Posted on 2015-10-27, 23:29
A strange cable indeed. Nice wood finish on your Jupiter by the way 😉
Re: A couple of strange IDE cables.
Posted on 2015-10-27, 07:06
How do explain my lack of logical thinking. Nevermind 😀 . Thanks anyway... by the way how't that tualatin 1.4/geforce2 ultra combo working for you? Do you have a post about it?
Re: A couple of strange IDE cables.
Posted on 2015-10-23, 22:41
But how do you explain THIS:
Re: 486 max
Posted on 2015-10-21, 08:23
Yeah, I'm reading everything from the thumbnails.
Re: athlon xp-m overclocking
Posted on 2015-10-21, 08:19
I used to run my 2000MHz model at 2400MHz, stock voltage, Zalman copper silent cooler. Nforce2 chipsets have 100Mhz increments on the final clock speed. (500MHz-3000MHz)
Re: A couple of strange IDE cables.
Posted on 2015-10-20, 23:27
I seem to recall that the floppy cable was for a tape drive? Perhaps Colorado Memory? It's been a while, but I'm almost positive. You are right. It's for a floppy based backup unit. My Colorado Travan uses the same cable. (...). Yes I have one of those colorado thingies, it just states Colorado …
Re: A couple of strange IDE cables.
Posted on 2015-10-20, 23:11
That would be a good explanation. However, if this cable was modified it was not in a way that would allow to connect two distant devices. Because the third connector is only 5 cm more away than the slave connetor (cable total is 80cm). Look, found this: http://www.pacificcable.com/photos/IDE3.jpg …
Re: A couple of strange IDE cables.
Posted on 2015-10-20, 00:26
So,the motherboards detect only two devices per channel IF we're talking about HDD, but one can connect more CD-ROM to one channel!! That is awesome and it comes in handy. If you post those pics please let me know and I'll be also taking a look at the Full ATX case. What about the floppy one?
A couple of strange IDE cables.
Posted on 2015-10-19, 22:54
Hi there! In the process of getting rid of some clutter I've been trough the cables I have and found an excess of over thirty power cords. Also many IDE cables, two of which I never saw before and can't understand. One is this floppy cable that bifurcates, and the other seems to have connection for …
Re: post up pics of your "computing area"
Posted on 2015-10-18, 22:03
philscomputerlab wrote: Now I just connect on a per project basis. It was such a relief when I started to do this retro hardware thing this way! 😊
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