Re: Should I stock up on CRT's...

Posted on 2014-05-08, 21:00

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Jorpho, Thanks for your advice regarding the Dell E773c. The guy disappeared from craigslist without responding to my reply. He wanted $20 for one, or $30 for both. Since I never got a reply, I suppose it doesn't matter anyway. No prob (that was me not Jorpho :lol: :lol: ) ...too bad about the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-05-06, 22:10

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Ontopic: i found a lot of stuff at a fleamarket a couple of days ago and for me the best was: 23 boxes of warez cd`s from 98 to 2000 with each box having 4 cd`s! They had all the old games from back in the days (ripped versions ofcourse). They were all copies but were in mint condition with no …

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Re: Should I stock up on CRT's...

Posted on 2014-05-06, 22:04

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Does anybody have an opinion on the Dell E773c? Are they any good? There's a guy nearby with a couple of new ones. I'm just kinda wondering if maybe I should go grab one as a spare... They are a decent middle of the pack CRT monitor. I usually prefer something with a 0.25mm dot pitch at least (the …

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Re: Should I stock up on CRT's...

Posted on 2014-05-06, 21:46

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We just had the town cleanup here,and I did a brief drive around looking for stuff after work and noticed that someone around here goes around slicing the data cables off of all the CRT monitors. I've noticed this in the past,as well. What would be the purpose of that? I have been wondering about …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-04-26, 08:21

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What do we have here? A working good IBM PS/2 model 35 SX w/ Intel 386SX-20, 4MB ram, floppy 1.44MB drive and a NEC 105MB HDD. :lol: It has a brand new Dallas RTC chip. Very nice IBM...do you have the complete case with it? What about an IBM keyboard? That system would make a great early DOS gaming …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-04-26, 08:17

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Mau1wurf1977 wrote: That's great news, thank you for testing 😀 No problem...it is good to know these OEM X-Fi cards work without requiring any special/proprietary Dell drivers/software, especially if they can be had for a good price.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-04-26, 08:13

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BTW...Just picked up another 3 AGP 8x cards yesterday...1 more 6800GS, and two more FX5950 Ultra cards. 20140426_020254_resized_1.jpg I will be testing to use these in a couple of ASUS P4P800 M/B variants and possibly in a couple of other 8x AGP M/B's. I am still on the hunt for some Geforce4 cards.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-04-26, 07:55

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With that OEM X-Fi. What I really want to know is if the web drivers from Creative work with it: http://support.creative.com/Products/ProductDetails.aspx?catID=1&subCatID=208&prodID=14066&prodName=X-Fi%20XtremeMusic&subCatName=X-Fi%20Series&CatName=Sound+Blaster&VARSET=prodfaq:PRODFAQ_14066,VARSET= …

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Re: My first DOS machine

Posted on 2014-04-24, 19:20

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ncmark wrote: 30 gigabytes is awfully big for DOS. You are going to be limited to 2 gigabyte partitions......... Not if you are using DOS 7.1...I have ran two 30GB HDD's (FAT32) with a DOS 7.1 system.

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Re: Fatal RETROS

Posted on 2014-04-15, 19:51

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eFatal2ty wrote: Another V2SLI machine - This is my oldest machine - Based on AT Now that's a retro system for sure....very nice.

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Re: PIV 3.2ghz, P4C800-ED & Geforce 6800 Ultra system

Posted on 2014-04-15, 03:05

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There's not really any software on it as I have no real need for this system, I'm just keeping it for the nostalgic value. Why not? The P4C800 makes for one of the best Win98 platforms as it is one of the last motherboards before PCI-e based MB's came out. I am planning a similar system but using a …

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Re: Post pics of your CRT monitors

Posted on 2014-04-15, 02:52

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@ MMaximus...awesome CRT's...I like the M-Audio (black) speakers and the beige Creative Sound Blaster ones. They both match up well with each respective Sony CRT.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-04-15, 02:49

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Thanks for the link...I downloaded the drivers...I hope to try them soon.

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2014-04-15, 02:40

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That's what the add-in board looks like! I've been looking for info on it for ages! Yes, I remember seeing your post about that on another topic, but I couldn't remember what topic it was. I believe the sockets for this are found on 440FX and 440LX boards, I have not seen it on any others, but I'm …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-04-15, 02:34

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Two of these cards just sold on eBay Canada. I wanted to buy them but was too slow. Didn't get a reply to overseas shipment. Yes that's where I got this one from (I am almost 100% sure)...from this seller who has two other FX5950's on sale right now.... http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Lot-of-2-Nvidia- …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-04-15, 02:22

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Lovely FX 5950 Ultra there! Thanks. Got a steal of a deal too...only $12...Man I never realized how heavy this thing was until now. I look forward to use it in a "high end" Win98SE build I have planned. EDIT: I just read about your Splinter Cell build on another topic...I may have to mirror your …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2014-04-15, 02:14

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20140414_193015_resized.jpg I recently found this sweet SEANIX case for $4 so I decided to put my 440LX board in it to build a pure DOS PII system. I have so far tested it with a PII-233 and CF to IDE adapter, 2XDVD ROM drives, 2X1.44MB floppy drives (both are functional). It has onboard Yamaha OPL …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-04-15, 02:01

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Some Video Cards for Win98 builds and a Sound Blaster X-Fi to match up to a black X-Fi front panel I found a while ago for $3. Filename 20140414_192642_resized.jpg File size 127.53 KiB Views 6549 views Filename 20140414_192559_resized.jpg File size 108.51 KiB Views 6549 views

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Re: Sound Blaster 1.0 worthwhile?

Posted on 2014-04-14, 21:25

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$10...Are you kidding me?? Buy it for sure! That is ridiculously cheap for a SB 1.0! I agree with soviet conscript....use it in an old XT system if you can. Every time I see one on eBay they go for at least $50 and more. And you can resell it for a lot more than $10.

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Re: Ideal system setup for each era of retrocomputing

Posted on 2014-04-11, 06:45

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:confused: Thanks for pointing that out....actually, I don't know...I was just planning for this for a while and didn't even bother to check! :confused: :lol: I thought I read about Voodoo on Win 3.11 somewhere but I don't know if it was just someone talking about launching DOS games from Win3.11. …

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