Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-07-04, 12:19

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While strolling through the flea market my eye caught something gold and shiny - IBM/Cyrix 6x86! Ive never actually seen a Cyrix CPU in person before, so I paid the dude the 5Euro asking price and got it home to straighten out the pins. Now I'm just wondering what kind of hardware I should pair it …

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Re: Chia cryptocurrency - Mining on HDD and SSD

Posted on 2021-05-28, 12:39

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Why not invest your life savings into Earth 2? Surely Google maps is the next big thing!

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-05-05, 07:04

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It's also compatible with low power AMD Geode CPUs. Add the universal AGP slot and you have one of the best Socket A motherboards for retro computing.

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Re: Need help with indentifying components on a Radeon X850 AGP

Posted on 2021-04-29, 20:00

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chrismeyer6 wrote on 2021-04-29, 19:20: I sadly can't help with the other missing parts but that b79 looks like it might be a through hole component from the front of the board. Can you get a good shot of that area from the front side? Its a surface mount part.

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Need help with indentifying components on a Radeon X850 AGP

Posted on 2021-04-29, 07:49

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I was hoping someone could suggest what components I need to replace on this Radeon. P_20210124_104803.jpg There are a couple of resistors missing on the AGP and some other traces . What value would these be? From the size, I assume they are the same? P_20210124_104915.jpg P_20210124_104858.jpg …

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Re: Chia cryptocurrency - Mining on HDD and SSD

Posted on 2021-04-29, 07:28

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I'd say instead of pumping money into solar panels that will become literal mountains of waste in just a couple decades, we put that money into preventing forest fires, which produce a ridiculously large amount of CO2 and put fossil fuels to shame. /thread derailment 😁

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Re: Chia cryptocurrency - Mining on HDD and SSD

Posted on 2021-04-28, 19:18

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If "everyone knows" that this new thing will take off, then it probably wont. That's not how it work with cryptocurrency. At least at this moment. At least bitcoin is an actual currency that you can use as such. I bough speakers and an Xbox controller a while back and the store had an option to pay …

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Re: Chia cryptocurrency - Mining on HDD and SSD

Posted on 2021-04-28, 16:32

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If "everyone knows" that this new thing will take off, then it probably wont.

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Re: What music are you listening to?

Posted on 2021-04-25, 08:24

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Got myself some fresh vynil - Strange Highways by Dio amd The Symbol Remains by Blue Oyster Cult. Filename P_20210423_145743.jpg File size 516.37 KiB Views 398 views

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2021-04-23, 13:42

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SSDs! 1TB m.2 drive - Crucial P1. Nothing special, basic Pcie 3.0. Replacing a 1TB seagate barracuda storage HDD in my main PC that was starting to make weird noises after 8+ years of service. Couple of Transcend ssd220s 120GB drives for retro-ish projects. Filename P_20210420_153051.jpg File size …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-04-18, 14:27

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appiah4 wrote on 2021-04-18, 12:45: I saw this on sale for about 18 USD so I immediately grabbed it. Did I overpay? I think it will make a great primary card for my Cyrix 5x86 DOS build when paired with a PCMIDI MPU-401 and Roland MT-32. For $18 that's a steal. Good soundblaster compatibility, real …

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Re: Troll PC part 3: I want the (Celeron) D

Posted on 2021-04-03, 10:59

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Trolling aside, I really wonder how would a Socket 478 P4 HT (regardless whether it was Northwood or Prescott) would have managed with a HD2900XT, or maybe even a HD4850. I've been wondering that myself as well. Also how this would have fared if this was on Win XP. I do have 3GHz P4HT Prescott, so …

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Re: Intel Marl Socket 7 ATX Restoration

Posted on 2021-03-24, 19:54

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I recently got a motherboard just like this one with an Intel MMX CPU. And - maybe sounds silly - I am unable to turn it on. I have a PSU just like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI7I6aMQ7QI and I can connect 20 of the 24 pins to the motherboard. And what now? I hoped that there would be a …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-03-19, 14:58

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appiah4 wrote on 2021-03-19, 13:22: I have yet to play the first two Metro games, what order should I play them in? In the order that they came out, as the story continues in a linear fashion with no prequel shenanigans. 2033>Last Light>Exodus.

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-03-19, 10:40

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Some Metro Exodus. Wanted to play this with ray tracing and other details cranked up after I upgraded my GTX960, but with the current situation I think that might be a loooooong time away, so I started now. Low settings gets 60 fps in most places, so I guess it's fine as it still looks alright. …

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

Posted on 2021-03-13, 10:31

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https://www.symphoniae.com/misc/vogons/wip4_s.jpg Effectively completed the satellite rack/desk setup, including all of the programming of the MTP units that I care to do for now. Hooray. https://www.symphoniae.com/misc/vogons/pano_s.jpg Damn. LGR's midi mountain has nothing on your Midi Tectonic …

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

Posted on 2021-03-04, 19:47

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Would playing 15 year old games on a CRT be considered retro now? :D Got myself a used PS3 this weekend, so I decided to play some games I missed out on in my Highschool/Uni years. Tried out Resistance:FoM and Killzone 2. Dear lord I am happy I did not spend money on them when they were new. …

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

Posted on 2021-03-04, 16:43

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Would playing 15 year old games on a CRT be considered retro now? :D Got myself a used PS3 this weekend, so I decided to play some games I missed out on in my Highschool/Uni years. Tried out Resistance:FoM and Killzone 2. Dear lord I am happy I did not spend money on them when they were new. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-03-04, 14:55

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First, did not bought these retro PC, just found it today waiting for me for years in our old building at work. Looks like Compaq 4000 5233MMX, no video and RAM, but CPU is still there. Here is a pic with it's firs best friend :) p.s. What OS to install if it is running, Win 95 or Win 98? …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-03-02, 14:44

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Yeah it's a scam. This happened quite a lot during the last GPU shortage.

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