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

Posted on 2017-09-05, 03:38

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by bjwil1991

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Installing Windows 95C on my Pavilion N3350 and trying to figure out how to disable the display stretching forever on the laptop since games and stuff don't look good stretched out on the 12.1" display. It's usually an Fn combo that does it. At least it is on my Dell Latiudes. The only Fn keys are …

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

Posted on 2017-09-05, 01:36

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by bjwil1991

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Installing Windows 95C on my Pavilion N3350 and trying to figure out how to disable the display stretching forever on the laptop since games and stuff don't look good stretched out on the 12.1" display.

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

Posted on 2017-09-04, 01:29

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by bjwil1991

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Gave an IBM ThinkPad T42 to my cousin as a birthday present. Loaded it up with a bunch of games he loves, eg. Sims 2, Roller Coaster Tycoon, etc. He's very happy. Nice XP gaming laptop Sims 2? I thought the T42 had a radeon 7500 at best. Nah, mine has a 9600 with 64MB video RAM My R40 has a 7500 in …

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

Posted on 2017-08-26, 20:58

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by bjwil1991

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LOL fair enough. I see your 9800 checkerboard, and raise you my FX5900 Asylum alternating stripe patterns Arrghh, my eyes. You win :P Well, I'll see your plain lines and raise you sparkly jailbars on a TNT2 Ultra I see your TNT2 Ultra jailbars and raise you an overheated V3 2000 with artifacts. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-08-26, 05:44

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by bjwil1991

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not today but some months ago will keep this till i die, when heavy gaming started for me with athlon xp. I can´t understand why some people say it is ugly thermaltake Xaser III ...pure aluminum http://i64.tinypic.com/11h5rn8.jpg http://i64.tinypic.com/2v0fh3k.jpg http://i64.tinypic.com/15ocpkg.jpg …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-08-26, 04:23

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by bjwil1991

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not today but some months ago will keep this till i die, when heavy gaming started for me with athlon xp. I can´t understand why some people say it is ugly thermaltake Xaser III ...pure aluminum http://i64.tinypic.com/11h5rn8.jpg http://i64.tinypic.com/2v0fh3k.jpg http://i64.tinypic.com/15ocpkg.jpg …

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

Posted on 2017-08-24, 22:41

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by bjwil1991

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I got around to testing my spare Dell Optiplex GX260 motherboard last night, I had to take caution due to it having a bulged capacitor but I ended up spending too much time with it. :dead: Basically what I did was when I got it to power up, I went ahead and popped in the Ultimate Boot CD to do some …

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

Posted on 2017-08-24, 22:27

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by bjwil1991

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Checked 3 Socket A systems from my collection, mostly to ensure they're still working and to record their specs for my records. These boards/systems were all given to me for free over the past few years: Asus A7V600-X Motherboard , VIA Chipset, AMD Athlon XP 1900+, 1.2GB PC2700 DDR RAM. This one is …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-08-24, 21:34

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by bjwil1991

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Not sure if a car part counts or not, but I purchased a radio that's similar to the stock radio I have in my oldsmobile intrigue, but with different features and functions. RDS for syncing the clock over the radio waves in FM mode only, 6 presets, and 2 eject buttons (one for the tape deck and the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-08-24, 18:23

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by bjwil1991

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HO HO HO This year Santa has visited me rather early, and I must have been a really good boy as he brought me a complete-in-box Creative 3D Blaster VLB - with all original accessories, tested and fully working :) Please have a look at the pictures taken by the previous owner (actually I haven't …

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Re: Have you opened your Yamaha TG300 to check the battery inside?

Posted on 2017-08-24, 04:21

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by bjwil1991

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I just did and found a battery that was about to leak on the main board! Unfortunately, the battery is soldered on the main board so I can't easily replace it so I just carefully removed it. No big deal though as I will only be using my TG300 for games that support general MIDI and listening to …

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

Posted on 2017-08-24, 02:01

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by bjwil1991

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Installed the VooDoo3 3000 PCI card in my K6-2 system with a "mod" on the heatsink: I installed a big CPU fan on the heatsink to keep the card cooled down without it to get overheated and it's going on strong. Specs of the card: Core: 166MHz RAMDAC: 350MHz 16MB SDRAM DVD Playback capable 32-bit …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-08-23, 19:47

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by bjwil1991

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Got a VooDoo3 3000 PCI Card in the mail with its original box, manuals, and driver/software CD. Can't wait to install it in my K6-2 system.

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

Posted on 2017-08-23, 15:15

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by bjwil1991

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Talked my 2002 Sony Vaio WinME laptop into playing DVDs. I had to hunt down CyberLink PowerDVD 3.0 in order to get a software decoder for InterActual 2.0 to use. Worked fine. Didn't look that bad either when watching a 4:3 movie on a 4:3 display. I have an HP Pavilion N3350 that has a K6-2+ 550 in …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-08-22, 21:39

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by bjwil1991

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Picked up a Tandy 1000SL for $20. need to clean it up before i try booting it. A bit dirty and missing a rubber foot (anyone know a good source for these?) but otherwise ok. Has another interesting hard card design inside. it's an 8086, so i wonder if the drive is ATA or XTA? hmmm IMG_20170811_ …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-08-21, 00:25

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by bjwil1991

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Purchased a VooDoo3 3000 PCI card with a proper heatsink on it, with everything on Amibay.com (original box, driver CD, and manuals) for a little over $60 after Shipping and Handling, and it'll be used in my K6-2 machine and I'm going to install a fan on the heatsink for better cooling to prevent …

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

Posted on 2017-08-20, 17:26

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by bjwil1991

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Gave my two Pentium MMX CPUs (200MHz and 133MHz) an OC test to see if they can hit the magical 300MHz mark. The 200Mhz one went up to 250MHz (2.5x100) at stock voltage and remained stable throughout a bunch of game tests. Beyond that, nothing I did, even setting the voltage to 3.2V could make it …

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

Posted on 2017-08-20, 03:17

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by bjwil1991

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Soldered on a new potentiometer for my Aztech Sound Galaxy NX Pro successfully and it lives again! With the old pot off due to rust and oxidation, the volume was too low, and now, I get full sound. I also reinstalled the drivers in Windows for Workgroups 3.11 and MS-DOS, and it's a big success. Not …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-08-19, 21:57

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by bjwil1991

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Bought a 286! (the one I turned down a few weeks ago) Not entirely sure why yet. I don't even have a CGA monitor to plug it into, but it seemed liked a good a idea at the time. Also, it is pretty sweet. Came with a decent keyboard and 1.44mb and 1.2mb floppy drives! MFM drive is throwing an error, …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-08-16, 23:14

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by bjwil1991

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Bought an external 100MB ZIP drive with the software, and cables (extender, ZIP to PC Parallel cables, and power adapter) that I'm going to be using on my Packard Bell. Might get an internal IDE one for my K6-2 machine and a 10 pack of 100MB ZIP disks, and 350MB 2120XL data tapes on eBay. I have …

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