Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-11-12, 20:16

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by King_Corduroy

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I have a top-of-the-line P4 that is struggling with Youtube. A 486 is barely enough for MP3 playback. Color me skeptical. Same with me. Top Athlon XP, 1.5Gb, youtube barely works. Same here, I have both an Athelon X64 and a Hyper Threaded 3ghz Pentium 4 that both are almost unusable for youtube and …

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Re: POLL: What is your favorite vintage processor?

Posted on 2014-11-12, 07:15

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by King_Corduroy

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I second this! Mine would be Intel Pentium MMX also since it's the processor that has the most nostalgia for me and my main retro rig uses a Pentium 200MMX. Second fav for me would be a Pentium 4, preferably a P4 HT @ 3ghz. 🤣

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2014-11-12, 04:23

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by King_Corduroy

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Hey! Cleaned up my workspace a bit and moved some of my computers out of the room. It was getting kind of crazy and I thought I'd slim it down to just the ones I really use the most so this is my setup now. 😁

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Re: Best Printers for 90's computers.

Posted on 2014-11-11, 01:54

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by King_Corduroy

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How much does a toner refill generally cost? I mean if I find one that works for cheap am I going to be paying through the nose for ink? Also swaaye why do you keep deleting your posts. 🤣

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Re: Best Printers for 90's computers.

Posted on 2014-11-11, 01:44

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by King_Corduroy

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What do you guys think is too much for a laserjet printer? Are they worth a couple hundred like I'm seeing on the internet?

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Re: Best Printers for 90's computers.

Posted on 2014-11-11, 01:37

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by King_Corduroy

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Thanks again guys! Once again you have really helped me out when it came to a hardware decision. I will most certainly be going out and buying a HP laserjet printer in the future. 😁

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Re: ordered a generic ISA sound card, have some questions

Posted on 2014-11-11, 01:29

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by King_Corduroy

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JayCeeBee64 wrote: You will find the answer here (just read the whole thread): found an old packard bell! I still can't believe what ahendricks18 did to that Packard Bell mobo 😐 I know... I don't even know how he managed to do that!

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Re: Best Printers for 90's computers.

Posted on 2014-11-11, 01:25

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by King_Corduroy

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This thread made me miss my old Okidata dot matrix printer. I actually have one of those! lol http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2014/314/5/0/sam_8976_by_mad_king_corduroy-d85zzds.jpg http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2014/314/0/6/sam_8977_by_mad_king_corduroy-d85zze3.jpg Except mine is for use with …

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Re: Humour Thread: Outrageously priced retro gear for sale online

Posted on 2014-11-09, 23:51

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by King_Corduroy

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Yep! Linux FTW! 😜

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Re: Best Printers for 90's computers.

Posted on 2014-11-09, 23:37

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by King_Corduroy

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I think my professors would look at me a little odd if I gave them something printed on a dot matrix printer. 😜

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Re: Best Printers for 90's computers.

Posted on 2014-11-09, 23:11

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by King_Corduroy

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Yeah but I'm really wanting it to match the general look of the rest of the computer hardware it's going to be connected to so I'm really hoping for something older, preferably monochrome because I never print anything in color and I hate how modern printers force you to buy color ink carts even if …

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Re: ordered a generic ISA sound card, have some questions

Posted on 2014-11-09, 23:07

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by King_Corduroy

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Yeah Arena is awesome, I played that like crazy in the 90's. Don't think I ever got really far though.

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Re: Best Printers for 90's computers.

Posted on 2014-11-09, 22:54

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by King_Corduroy

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Yeah the old inkjets were terrible and ink is still just as expensive. I think the HP laserjets are what I'm going to have to keep an eye out for. Thanks guys. Btw feel free to keep suggesting things, I'm not buying anything right now so I'd like to hear as many suggestions as possible. Edit: What …

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Re: ordered a generic ISA sound card, have some questions

Posted on 2014-11-09, 22:52

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by King_Corduroy

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I don't know personally, hopefully some of the older members can help you out here. Personally I don't have any real PCs (PCjr hardly counts) older than 96 at the moment.

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Re: Do you keep all your really retro machines set up?

Posted on 2014-11-09, 22:47

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by King_Corduroy

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You know I keep thinking about that also, taking an internet hiatus of sorts and going completely offline again for a year or something. I could have my windows 98 SE computer for word processing, checkbook balancing, gaming and listening to music (which is why I was looking for a period appropriate …

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Re: Best Printers for 90's computers.

Posted on 2014-11-09, 22:10

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by King_Corduroy

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I'm looking for something from the mid 90's, isn't that a bit late for dot-matrix? It's going to get hooked up to my 1996 Packard Bell for pretty regular use (College papers and personal documents) since my preferred word processor suite is still MS Office 97.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-11-09, 21:24

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by King_Corduroy

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🤣 I take it you paid an arm and a leg then.

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Re: Best Printers for 90's computers.

Posted on 2014-11-09, 19:56

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by King_Corduroy

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Lucky Duck. 😜

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Re: Best Printers for 90's computers.

Posted on 2014-11-09, 19:53

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by King_Corduroy

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Do they function like most laser printers? (Refillable toner cartridge etc.) I really have only owned Inkjet printers so it would be my first laser printer. Is ink obtainable still?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-11-09, 19:40

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by King_Corduroy

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Haha! Yeah I agree, I wasn't going to say anything but it really is horrible imho. The design is much too complex, simple lines and light colors for me thanks. 🤣 90's Beige FTW! 😜

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