Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-11-24, 22:50

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by stamasd

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gdjacobs wrote: Softraid like that provided by Promise and Highpoint drivers is really the worst of both worlds I can tell you've never used software RAID in Linux kernels 2.2.x (I have 😁 Still have nightmares)

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Re: how do i get true intelligent MPU-401 support on a IBM Thinkpad 600?

Posted on 2016-11-24, 22:44

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by stamasd

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If you get a SelectaDock III for the Thinkpad 600 (you'll also need a Selectabase 600 adapter), it has a midi/joystick port. It also has other goodies like PCI and ISA slots, SCSI adapter etc. I use one with my Thinkpad 770.

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Re: DreamBlaster X2 and S1 BLACK Editions Available Soon / Pre-Order / Black Friday Bundle

Posted on 2016-11-24, 19:21

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by stamasd

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Well I took a few extra seconds to double-check my shipping address, that's why I lost the race. 😁

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-11-24, 19:18

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by stamasd

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In the end all RAID is software. The difference is whether the software runs in main memory and on the main CPU, or in dedicated memory of a dedicated CPU.

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Re: DreamBlaster X2 and S1 BLACK Editions Available Soon / Pre-Order / Black Friday Bundle

Posted on 2016-11-24, 19:15

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by stamasd

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Ordered a X2. I even agreed to the terms and conditions even though I don't understand Flemish. 😀

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-11-24, 14:10

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by stamasd

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Yeah i meant 0.05V... You got lucky with that CPU, but most of them does not work that high with default voltage, at least i didn't had one like that... Not necessarily... this is the second one I had that will overclock at stock voltage. But even the 0.05V extra doesn't really matter. Some of them …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-11-24, 13:52

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by stamasd

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Btw, what's so special about the BH6 board? I thought BX boards weren't really that special (but they're still very solid boards most of the time). Well back in the days there was a legendary CPU codename "Celeron 300A" that could achieve 450Mhz easily with a little bit of voltage boost(usually 0. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-11-24, 12:29

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by stamasd

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Abit BH6 had a sort of cult following at the time as it was one of the first to implement extensive overclocking options in the BIOS. I was part of that cult too. 😁

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-11-23, 23:39

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by stamasd

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I've got 1GB of RAM and a 2GHz Pentium M. Ordered a HDD caddy (from Malaysia - 15" caddies are hard to find it seems!), another GB of RAM and a bigger HDD than the one I had. And I've installed the BIOS that gets rid of the stupid non-ThinkPad HDD warning... But yeah, the R52 is a fairly similar …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-11-23, 22:53

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by stamasd

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Nice, should be a fair bit better than the 380E I had with a DSTN screen. I myself have, after trying a T40, T41 and T42, finally found a working T4x; a T43 with the 15" IPS screen and the ATI Radeon X300 GPU. It's a pretty capable performer! That sounds very close to the R52 I have recently …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-11-23, 14:21

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by stamasd

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Nonstandard speed Nonstandard OS Nonstandard PSU Nonstandard case ... Yeah I agree. GLHF. 😀

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-11-23, 13:58

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by stamasd

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Cool, you found a PC clone that's actually slower than the original PC. Congrats!

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-11-23, 10:36

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by stamasd

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A VIA Apollo Pro 133T motherboard. My Tualatin capabilities are expanding. You beat me literally by seconds on Amibay! Aaaargh! :angry: It's a great looking board, it'll make a fantastic late era DOS/Win9x gaming platform. I get around 100fps on Duke 3D at 1024x768 with my Tualatin 1.4GHz and …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-11-23, 03:28

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by stamasd

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Bought another Thinkpad, this time a 380XD. P266MMX, 96MB, unknown HDD (not a problem), 800x600TFT. Audio is a CS4237 so should have decent compatibility with DOS games. Should be fun.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-11-22, 22:41

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by stamasd

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Just won this Midi Card on eBay. Don't own any midi card's and would like to get some sort of Midi module in the future. Ended up winning it for £5 plus shipping which i'm not sure is a good price or not? According to the picture its a Music Quest IH9MQ9 midi card with a midi cable. Its missing the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-11-22, 19:35

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by stamasd

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A VIA Apollo Pro 133T motherboard. My Tualatin capabilities are expanding.

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Re: A good use for an S3 Virge ?

Posted on 2016-11-22, 13:58

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by stamasd

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clueless1 wrote: And in case you can't come up with anymore uses, here's the old standby: *no video cards were harmed in the making of this photo Similarly, a Virge makes a decent fan to cool yourself on hot days.

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Re: Old Valve Games

Posted on 2016-11-22, 13:52

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by stamasd

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I remember that once, many years ago, I registered my CD copy of HL onto battle.net, and immediately afterward I had available in my account for download the original version (same one I registered). It was still there a few years later - but I haven't checked for a long time so I'm not sure it's …

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Re: 286 motherboard DIP memory question (size mismatch)

Posted on 2016-11-22, 00:35

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by stamasd

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Are the jumpers/DIP switches set correctly for the memory?

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Re: Best PCI sound card ever?

Posted on 2016-11-21, 15:54

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by stamasd

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386SX wrote: In the second image, that card seems to have a programmable FPGA processor! Not a very powerful one though. It has 5000 logic cells and about 64kB RAM, just about enough to implement something equivalent to a Z80. 😀

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