Re: Best use for old hard drives?
Posted on 2017-01-24, 23:54
Thanks a lot for the larger pics!
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2017-01-24, 20:24
Diamond STEALTH 3D 2000 Pro 4MB PCI
Re: Best use for old hard drives?
Posted on 2017-01-24, 20:20
Gonna keep you in mind if I ever need IDE drives.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2017-01-23, 22:39
An HP Vectra VL5 200
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2017-01-10, 21:12
I have a Dell Dimension 4600 sitting around. For kicks, I installed MS-DOS 6.22 on it. Works fine. Then I got the idea of making a P4 MS-DOS rig... Acquired an 8MB ATI Rage XL AGP card, 3COM 3C905-TX, cd-rom audio cable, IDE to USB adapter (mine broke) and an Ensoniq ES1370 PCI card. This is gonna …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2017-01-10, 13:38
Played around with 86Box and set it up with a 486 DX4 100, 32MB RAM, TSENG ET4000, Sound Blaster 2.0 and played around MS-DOS with it. Pretty cool emulator.
Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.
Posted on 2017-01-09, 18:35
See that Dallas block? It's an RTC, realtime clock module. Those were used commonly on older boards.
Re: The forgotten companies of computing - New Entry for DTC!
Posted on 2017-01-09, 18:31
Thomas Conrad, another networking equipment manufacturer. Token ring cards and whatnot.
Re: Which site to share audio clips?
Posted on 2017-01-09, 18:29
Re: Best PCI VGA card for Windows 3.11 performance?
Posted on 2017-01-08, 14:15
You can get an 8MB ATI Rage XL, I have one and can confirm it works great in Windows 3.11
Re: post up pics of your "computing area"
Posted on 2017-01-06, 14:36
http://i.imgur.com/fMpeNYG.jpg My setup http://i.imgur.com/Z4oRaaW.jpg Modern rig http://i.imgur.com/zS6kCm1.jpg dat tower http://i.imgur.com/9U7pj1r.jpg Anker mouse + HP PS/2 keyboard http://i.imgur.com/XK7dT32.jpg IBM Aptiva http://i.imgur.com/fKPVWx9.jpg IBM keyboard + mouse http://i.imgur.com/ …
Re: The forgotten companies of computing
Posted on 2017-01-06, 04:09
Dayna, they used to make networking stuff
Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread
Posted on 2017-01-05, 18:30
dat Aptiva + IBM keyboard + IBM mouse
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2017-01-05, 16:21
Played around with my NEC CRT sitting in the basement. http://imgur.com/a/o3sel
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2017-01-05, 04:20
Got a Dell Dimension 4600 + an HP KB-0228 from a thrift store today. Cleaned them both, came out great. Just needs an AGP card for the 4600, but I tested it with the Aptiva's ATI Rage PCI card and it works fine. http://imgur.com/a/KqgN7
Re: Whats the most rare piece of hardware you own?
Posted on 2017-01-04, 04:14
As promised, pictures of the NEC Multisync XP17 and the box. http://imgur.com/a/2cO1c
Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today
Posted on 2017-01-04, 02:55
Re: Do you ever play solitaire while you wait?
Posted on 2017-01-03, 16:31
Re: Post your 'current' PC
Posted on 2017-01-03, 14:24
Desktop Thermaltake G42 ATX Gigabyte GA-Z170HD3P ATX motherboard Intel i7 6700K be quiet! pure rock cooler 32GB DDR4 2400 Intel HD530 graphics Creative Audigy 2 ZS PCI sound card 256GB Samsung 950 PRO M.2 SSD 1TB Seagate 7200RPM HD Windows 10 Laptop HP EliteBook 8470p Intel i5 3320M 8GB RAM AMD …
Re: Whats the most rare piece of hardware you own?
Posted on 2017-01-03, 14:09
Probably my NEC Multisync XP17 from 1994. Have the original box too. When I get home from work, I'll take pictures.
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