Re: Show us your retro computer cases

Posted on 2015-10-18, 17:11

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by King_Corduroy

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InWin A500. http://i.imgur.com/hdAnOWol.jpg http://i.imgur.com/DLPvAuKl.jpg Hey, have one of those! Above the average wouldn't you say? The sliding motherboard tray! I'm using the big brother to that as my main computer tower! lol http://pre11.deviantart.net/1525/th/pre/f/2015/279/8/3/s2000016_v01_ …

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Re: Show us your retro computer cases

Posted on 2015-10-17, 15:39

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by King_Corduroy

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Caluser2000 wrote: Some stuff in the shed: IMAG0223.JPG IMAG0222.JPG What camera are you using? These photo's look like they were actually taken in the 90's 🤣

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2015-10-16, 17:13

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Driver, Commandos and A-Train is what I would grab personally!

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2015-10-16, 15:22

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Bought these last week off ebay. I FINALLY have a copy of Seven Kingdoms! Played that back in the 90's as a demo and it always intrigued me so now I can finally try it again. 😁

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What's a good / the best PCI graphics card I can put in a 500mhz IBM Aptiva E 190?

Posted on 2015-10-15, 16:49

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by King_Corduroy

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Hello guys, I recently rescued and restored this little guy and frankly the SIS graphics in it leave much to be desired. I want it to at least pull par with my Compaq 7360 which has VIA chipset. I want both to be able to run games like Driver which the Compaq does flawlessly but the IBM cannot even …

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

Posted on 2015-10-14, 23:19

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by King_Corduroy

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I made a tileable background for my 1995 Packard Bell 812CD and also recoloured the Tiles.bmp to blue. As you can see it's inspired by the graphic designs of the late 80's / early 90's. I sorta wanted something rad that would stand out, so far this fits the bill nicely. lol http://orig00.deviantart. …

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Re: Am I the only one who thinks XBox One looks.... retro?

Posted on 2015-10-13, 14:00

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Wow I never noticed! I gotta say I really like the boxy geometric design, reminds me of that period in the late 80's where everything looked all sharp and blocky.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-10-11, 06:00

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by King_Corduroy

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Nice to see you again philscomputerlab! :D BTW, I used the print screen key in Zorin Core Linux 9. (The GUI resembles Windows 7 or XP) I've completely switched to Linux since last month, but I still use legacy Windows offline. I have yet to find a good Linux image editor that will let me save in …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2015-10-10, 13:54

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Grabbbed these from a friend yesterday for 20 bucks all together.

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Re: Drivers needed for IBM Aptiva E Series 190

Posted on 2015-10-09, 07:45

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You are right on both counts, the chip is an ESS Solo 1938s and the video is indeed some sort of SIS, I got drivers to take but I am not sure they are correct lol. Both video and audio work but the audio driver was french so the volume adjuster is in french and the video while it works seems to …

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Drivers needed for IBM Aptiva E Series 190

Posted on 2015-10-09, 04:59

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by King_Corduroy

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Hello guys, I recently acquired (pulled out of the trash) a late 90's Aptiva E Series 190 computer, but the OS was so choked it would not boot correctly. So I formatted it and reinstalled Windows 98SE, normally that would be fine but it would seem that this computer has special video and sound and …

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

Posted on 2015-10-07, 00:28

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by King_Corduroy

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Kinda retro, I transferred my sleeper PC to the server version of the same case line. Fuckin loving it so far. 🤣

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

Posted on 2015-10-01, 17:09

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by King_Corduroy

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Standard Def Steve wrote: I went back to Windows 7. From what?

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Re: What wedge shaped computers like the C64c and Amiga 500 are out there?

Posted on 2015-10-01, 17:00

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Tandy 1000 HX/EX Oh yeah The HX or EX are quite cool too, I completely forgot to say that before. Here's a pic for all the people who don't know what they look like that might stumble onto this thread! http://www.old-computers.com/museum/photos/tandy_1000ex_1.jpg This one is the HX, Note the space …

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Re: packard bell board won't post

Posted on 2015-10-01, 03:37

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it's an e193761(i think) form a multimedia L190 and it won't post , doesn't give any beep codes regardless of what i do. I've tried leaving extra drives and cards un attached New cmos battery leaving the battery and power supply unplugged for an old school bios reset different ram sticks reseating …

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Re: What wedge shaped computers like the C64c and Amiga 500 are out there?

Posted on 2015-09-30, 17:38

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There was a new PC in a C64 case a few years ago. I think it runs windows (or Linux?) and an C64 Emulator. Google for C64x Extreme Yeah that is now completely dead, it shipped with Ubuntu at first and then later Commodore OS Vision (which was a derivative of Linux Mint). It was way too expensive ( …

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Re: What wedge shaped computers like the C64c and Amiga 500 are out there?

Posted on 2015-09-30, 16:38

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From scratch! It's either going to be wood (think Atari 2600) or clear acrylic glass, painted white. Still not sure what I'm going for. Modern mainboard is not retro enough. I have a µATX Slot 1 board here with integrated Rage Pro graphics and Yamaha sound, that should be compatible enough with DOS …

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Re: What wedge shaped computers like the C64c and Amiga 500 are out there?

Posted on 2015-09-29, 15:16

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That would be cool, I can't wait to see it. 😁

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Re: Surviving the late 90's without 3Dfx

Posted on 2015-09-29, 13:34

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I actually didn't have any fancy graphics cards in the 90's (Or for that matter until 2008 when I finally bought a new computer), just the S3 that was built into my 1996 Packard Bell. I played DOS games for the most part anyhow but I always wondered what things like GlQuake were for. lol It's pretty …

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Re: What wedge shaped computers like the C64c and Amiga 500 are out there?

Posted on 2015-09-29, 13:25

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Atari 8-bit and the ST! Found an ST recently but traded it since PCs are enough of a hobby for me, I don't need more systems with different technological problems. That Sinclair is sexy! Also, I've always liked the form factor but I'm a disappointed that there never was a faster PC than the …

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