Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-08-09, 11:08

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by HighTreason

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What I recognise; A Sharp X68000 system (I think. At the back). Some nice camera gear atop a synth module, initially I thought it was an MU80 but I'd know those anywhere, looks more like a Roland SecondChoice-88. Think I see a SNES mouse among others - N64 and PS1 I believe but it's a long time …

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Re: Upgradeware slot-t jumper settings

Posted on 2015-08-08, 11:49

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by HighTreason

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Well... I sure goofed on that one. Probably because I have never heard of this model before and thought "Upgradeware" was just a term OP was using for... well... upgrade-ware.

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Re: Upgradeware slot-t jumper settings

Posted on 2015-08-08, 10:56

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by HighTreason

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If you have a picture of link it is not loading for me. The most common adapters I have seen are the PowerLeap ones, are they what you have? Or the Uniprocessor version.

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Re: cd roms and cd-r media

Posted on 2015-08-07, 09:56

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by HighTreason

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I always find CD-Rs to work more reliably if burned at the lowest possible speed. With this, even my oldest single speed drive can read them without any failures yet. There are, however, some drives which simply don't like such discs and will throw a fit regardless of what you try to do.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-08-07, 03:15

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by HighTreason

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Tectoy... The company that brought the Mega Drive the awesomeness that was Duke Nukem 3D. Granted the "port" gets a lot of negative criticism, perhaps it deserves it. But in all honesty, I always thought it was somewhat impressive they even got a mostly functional FPS to run on a stock Mega Drive. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-08-07, 02:32

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by HighTreason

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I heard about that, I also seem to think some interesting bootlegs showed up in that part of the world. They did quite well here too, I think they outsold the NES in the UK, we even have a rap song about it that I can't find right now (It was terrible anyway). I don't know what it was with the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-08-07, 01:22

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by HighTreason

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All this Nintendo lately... Don't make me start posting Master System stuff. Oh well, The Challenge Will Always Be There! - For the record, I hate the NES as a system, but it does have good games. The Master System only really came into its own in the last few years of its life, as an example, the …

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Re: The Ultimate ATX Computer Case.

Posted on 2015-08-06, 21:51

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by HighTreason

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Wonder if you can convert that cat case into a cat trap? Seems like the only practical use and the only way to make it redeem itself for it's blot on the history of mankind. As we seem to be posting the Toys-R-Us case collection, well, I could think of some stuff which meets the requirements, but …

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

Posted on 2015-08-06, 01:38

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by HighTreason

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I didn't get my own until I was 7 and even then it was a fake 386 system from IBM that couldn't do much of anything useful and only happened due to connections with certain people. I was borrowing my Father's machine back when that photo was taken, he had to own one for his business - at the time, I …

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

Posted on 2015-08-06, 00:10

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by HighTreason

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I remember friends of mine being scared of the noises the Liztroops made, the game sometimes did scare me a little but that just made me want to play it more - I thought it was awesome... Probably why I like horror games now. Found that image; http://s26.postimg.org/srktj1juh/meonpc.jpg The keyboard …

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

Posted on 2015-08-05, 23:43

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by HighTreason

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Rubbish. I played Wolf3D when I was three years old, played Doom shortly after and then played Duke Nukem 3D when I was around five (And I do still have a photo of me playing it) - no harm done. Probably did me good... I think the only negative thing that happened was that everyone else in the …

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Re: a 3dfx voodoo guide

Posted on 2015-08-05, 00:16

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by HighTreason

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Nope, I never got them with it, all the software was gone. All my Dad ever gave me was the box, a few of the manuals and the card on its own. Sucks, because it had a Star Wars game in there I'd like to have played.

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Re: a 3dfx voodoo guide

Posted on 2015-08-04, 23:41

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by HighTreason

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Had problems with my V1 - as in more than usual - running on a P2-300 (66MHz BUS) in 98SE. Seems to be about flat out on a K5-PR166 to me to be honest and it did work a little better. Could be software-specific to a degree I suppose, early 3D acceleration was never well optimized or highly reliable …

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Re: Asus P2B-DS?

Posted on 2015-08-01, 00:56

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by HighTreason

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Yes, I wish you luck in grabbing one, dual processor systems are a hell of a lot of fun. I started with 500MHz processors and they were enough to run quite a lot of stuff. You always have the option to sell them later and get something faster. Seeing as the thread went this way and I'm in a rambling …

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Re: Asus P2B-DS?

Posted on 2015-07-31, 19:38

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by HighTreason

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Asus is hit and miss for me. They fill in a gray area in the middle. A few examples of how I see things with two companies each; PCChips/Later BioStar - Transparent area; Rubbish, don't bother. At least not before the ECS buyout where some of their boards were actually decent, their only good boards …

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Re: Asus P2B-DS?

Posted on 2015-07-31, 15:10

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by HighTreason

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The dual P2B... A cheap, Chinese version of boards such as the SuperMicro P6D** but with the advantage that it can be modded to run faster processors than its American counterparts. The layout is a bit horrible, the components are middle of the road and it has an ugly Asus label so you know it won't …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-07-31, 00:12

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by HighTreason

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I have a Teac 6-Disc one, it is awesome. Had a Panasonic but it didn't work, shame because it could appear as a single drive and you could swap disc on the front panel - useful for old multi-CD adventure/puzzle games... Still, it had CD-ROMs in when I got it and it was cheap, so it was well worth …

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Re: PCCHIPS/AMPTRON PM-0599LMR (M599LMR) Motherboard Pin Identification?

Posted on 2015-07-30, 22:57

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by HighTreason

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Yeah, leaving it alone is the best idea. My guess would be infra-red as a few boards from that time had it and it was usually either near the backplane or by the RAM. I had the same board until it died, I think I still have the modem riser and LAN header somewhere. Know I still have the board but it …

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Re: Which OEM Models Used Standard AT / ATX Cases?

Posted on 2015-07-29, 21:32

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by HighTreason

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Time Computers (UK) Tiny Computers (UK) Atlantic (UK/DE not sure) Both used standard cases and motherboards. Time were the better of the two, usually employing low-end parts from Seagate, ECS and SiS that were slow but got the job done. Tiny used Chinese junk and it sometimes had reliability …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-07-29, 15:04

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by HighTreason

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Had several Quadro4 980XGL's and those never worked, so I suspect the reliability wasn't so good on these GPUs - typical of the time really, reliability wasn't the order of the day; it was all about going faster no matter what the consequences.

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