Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-16, 22:42

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by brostenen

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I got one of these today, for an okay price. http://i.imgur.com/AN8Dxlll.jpg Sweet... And congrats. People say there are no real difference in sound quality between the Gold and the Value/Standard. I beg to differ. I can clearly hear the difference when using gold plated phono cables and a good …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-16, 22:38

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by brostenen

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i cant belive what i have found today but i found one and to be honest i was looking for this for months and months and some people actually said i was crazy, that here in my country it was impossible to get one. but i found one, i actually found a voodoo 5 5500, THE CARD IS MISSING A 470UF 6V …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-16, 21:50

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by brostenen

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debs3759 wrote: TheAbandonwareGuy wrote: brostenen wrote: 8 Dollars.... For a VLB modem? Lol so cool yet so completely useless.. Doesn't look like a modem to me. It's a dual-IDE, serial and parallel controller. And header for gameport... Just need the cable/bracket thingy.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-16, 21:49

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by brostenen

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TheAbandonwareGuy wrote: brostenen wrote: 8 Dollars.... Controller.jpg For a VLB modem? Lol so cool yet so completely useless.. It's a Dual Channel IDE VLB-Controller with BIOS. EDIT: You can click on the image, for a bigger version, as it is placed inline in my post.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-16, 20:36

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by brostenen

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8 Dollars.... Filename Controller.jpg File size 580.72 KiB Views 504 views

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Re: Which vlb video card would you use on a 486 dx4 100?

Posted on 2017-09-16, 08:19

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by brostenen

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I am using a 1mb S3-805 1mb on my Amd486dx2-80. In real life experience, I have no real issue with this. Works good, and never lets me down. Solid card. People often say Cirrus Logic, though the 805 is better than something like 5428 or 5430. And a strong VGA signal too. Nearly no vertical spaghetti …

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Re: Holy Schidt... Windows 98 VM with hardware passthrough

Posted on 2017-09-14, 21:59

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by brostenen

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Cool... This is good to know as well. Need to see that video, and find out if it is theoretically possible to install something like a glide wrapper on the host operating system, and install V5 drivers in the virtualised OS. Just fit a voodoo card in there as well as a YMF7x4 and you'll have very …

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Re: Windows 98 build help

Posted on 2017-09-14, 21:52

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by brostenen

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If there are no drivers ready for Win98, then you can not get it done. You might want to go for a bit older hardware. Here I am talking about P4 Socket 478 stuff or Socket 754 with something as simple as a Sempron. P4 might be faster in benchmarks, though eighter way, you will have a killer Win98 …

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Re: What to do with a P2B-S

Posted on 2017-09-14, 18:33

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Asus P2B-S.... Hmmmm.... Not that I need one. Though if someone gave one to me, I would build the following setup. - P2B-S - PIII-450 or 500 - 512mb Ram - Matrox G400 Max - Awe64 (standard or gold, does not matter) - 32gb HDD - Floppy and DVD/CD Then what to do with it.... Hmmm... BeOS and Win98se.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-13, 22:16

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by brostenen

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my beeb 2.jpg my beeb.jpg Bought this the other week, it's a Acorn BBC micro Model B, 32K, 2MHz 6502 CPU. It has a MMC SD that acts as a 1 GB hard disk with a load of games(over 420) installed. This is an issue 3 motherboard from early 1983. The BBC computer was built around a early initiative to …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-13, 22:01

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What is this 486 CPU? I have same with same heatsink but cant identify without removing. Considering buying some of the below, would vogons help me with deciding which ones are worth having? Also is the motherboard/cpu/ram set worth $25? https://www.vogons.org/download/file.php?id=38010&mode=view I …

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Re: where to buy AT style case in 2017/2018?

Posted on 2017-09-13, 21:53

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Amibay..... Go to hardware for sale, and choose other. Then search for AT style cases by going through the sub-forum pages. I know that at least one Vogon user, have AT cases for sale. That said. If you really need an AT stylish case, you can resort to getting one of them really early era ATX cases. …

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Re: P4 Windows 98/DOS gaming project

Posted on 2017-09-12, 21:42

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I've been digging around and I'm trying to understand which will be the most appropriate GPU to play Windows 98 games (like Shogo, or even older like Blood and Duke Nukem 3D) at 1600x1200 and I can't really decide. I came across a Voodoo 4 and it seems to be the best GPU I can buy in my country, …

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

Posted on 2017-09-12, 12:33

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by brostenen

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Set up my old Amiga again. I know it's not quite Windows, but thought it's still retro! I love the thing. Sadly a ton of my floppy disks have died, but I've bought some new ones, and am trying to save the ones that do work. Funny.... I am doing the opposite. Writing adf to disk these days. If you …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-11, 21:08

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by brostenen

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I live in denver. All the snow goes to the mountains, all the tornados are hundreds of miles to the east, all the major heat is in the south, and all the super cold is in the north. That said, we have enough people here, no more room. Expect to pay $1300+ a month for a 2bd/2bath in a non-shit …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-11, 20:07

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It's coming from Fort Lauderdale Florida though so I may not see it for a while. Yeah... I saw CNN live streaming of Irma around 4am Danish time, last night. Just glad that we do not have those things here. Yeah, United States coastal weather is a real bitch. Its one of the many reasons I would …

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Re: Trying to build a kickass 486 PC, but im not sure what videocard to choose.

Posted on 2017-09-11, 19:43

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I'm using a Number 9 S3 ViRGE in my custom 486(well it's a Cyrix 5x86 100) it seems to suit the system very well and image quality is excellent, I assume the diamond would be similar. That is an excellent choice. That or Trio64v+ or CL5446. Any of them cards, have excellent compatibility. I would …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-11, 19:25

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by brostenen

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TheAbandonwareGuy wrote: It's coming from Fort Lauderdale Florida though so I may not see it for a while. Yeah... I saw CNN live streaming of Irma around 4am Danish time, last night. Just glad that we do not have those things here.

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

Posted on 2017-09-10, 00:16

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by brostenen

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In the process of setting up my Amiga600, wich have had its motherboard changed. (the one I bought some days ago, wich were fully recapped) I have installed a Kickstart 37.350 rom, CF-IDE adaptor and a 512mb CF card. Created two partitions (100+ for DH0 and the rest for DH1), installed Workbench 2. …

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

Posted on 2017-09-08, 23:34

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by brostenen

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Hurricane Irma heading right for where I am staying for a few months on the west coast of Florida. It has shifted west and will be shredding the west coast of the state pretty bad. Packing up the equipment and moving everything to higher ground, but those winds look really ominous. Don't think …

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