Re: Dual PCI Riser Experience

Posted on 2020-08-21, 16:31

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by cyclone3d

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I never tried a card like that. I have a feeling its a scam. You need a card that has an integrated PCI to PCI bridge chip. All of the multi slot riser cards that I ever tried had paddle boards for each additional slot and mapped slots 1 to 1 ratio and didn't have pci bridges. You need something …

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Re: Style problems/bugs

Posted on 2020-08-20, 16:40

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by cyclone3d

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Oh wow.. that was really messed up then. Glad you got it sorted.

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Re: Could you build a retro PC right now?

Posted on 2020-08-20, 16:38

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by cyclone3d

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Heh... I have enough parts except for cases and enough power supplies to probably build 50+ PCs... and that is just limited by the number of motherboards I have. I could probably build 5-10 PCs without having to take apart anything that I personally put together. There are some systems I have that …

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Re: Repairing a 1996 Dell laptop, without reference

Posted on 2020-08-19, 18:27

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by cyclone3d

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I'm almost 100% sure that schematics would have never been released to even the techs that worked on these back in the day. So unless somebody at Dell.. or more likely Foxconn released the schematics then you will never find them.

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Re: Riva tnt2 ultra OEM?

Posted on 2020-08-19, 17:07

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by cyclone3d

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As for shipping.. the "free" option is baked into the price being asked but the cost of shipping is not the same... further away the buyer is, the pricier the shipping is. That's not always true. Most sellers who offer "free shipping" use USPS flat rate services to normalise their cost. The flat …

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Re: Riva tnt2 ultra OEM?

Posted on 2020-08-19, 16:15

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by cyclone3d

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Yep... and even then I end up buying a decent amount of stuff from Europe even with the crazy shipping costs because: 1. What I am looking for is nowhere to be found in the US 2. The price that US eBay sellers are asking is insane. As for shipping.. the "free" option is baked into the price being …

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Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-08-19, 15:27

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by cyclone3d

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I'm dealing with that right now with an eBay seller who just never sent the computer I paid for and hasn't responded to any correspondence. I'm hoping eBay can force him to refund me if he refuses to do it himself. You can also take it up to PayPal and get it refunded pretty fast. I might do that …

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Re: Most reliable 2.5 inch IDE hard drives?

Posted on 2020-08-19, 15:14

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by cyclone3d

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The title of this post reads “Most reliable 2.5 hard drives”. Not SSD’s. But a (gutted) SSD is the only way you can fit a modern commodity (therefore cheap) storage unit plus a SATA adapter in the footprint of a regular 2.5 drive. Or you could use an IDE to m.2 adapter. The smaller capacity m.2 …

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Re: Style problems/bugs

Posted on 2020-08-19, 15:09

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by cyclone3d

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What do you mean there is no search option? It should be just to the left of the notifications icon. What browser are you using? All those little snips you have there show completely different for me.

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Re: Riva tnt2 ultra OEM?

Posted on 2020-08-19, 14:12

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by cyclone3d

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Ebay is shockingly expensive compared to smaller local auction sites. I'm not talking about the standard overpriced retro items, I'm talking about sold items. Ebay prices are tied to the dollar, euro and pound so sellers will set their prices accordingly. A buyer from Germany has different spending …

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Re: What to do with a Laserjet ?

Posted on 2020-08-19, 01:46

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by cyclone3d

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The 5L and 6L have a pretty well known design flaw in the paper loader. They are not terribly reliable Does yours still work? The 4 and 5 series we had were in between 300k and 500k prints each before we got rid of them. By that time they were having random issues with picking up paper. Edit.. ah, …

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Re: What to do with a Laserjet ?

Posted on 2020-08-18, 23:24

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by cyclone3d

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If it is still functional there is absolutely no reason to use it for parts or whatever. Those things are tanks and pretty cheap to use. Options: 1. get a parallel printer to USB adapter. 2. Get the network card for the printer. Yes, it will still work,even in Windows 10.

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Re: Difficult games to get working

Posted on 2020-08-18, 18:23

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by cyclone3d

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I don't particularly remember any games I played back in the day that I had trouble getting working. We did play mostly Apogee and Sierra titles back then with a few others thrown in such as the Wing Commander series. I was kind of a fanatic about getting the absolute most conventional RAM free that …

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Re: Riva tnt2 ultra OEM?

Posted on 2020-08-18, 16:43

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by cyclone3d

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Offer to buy the actual TNT2 Ultra from him... Then if you don't want it, flip it on eBay for way more.

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Re: Turtle Beach Montego II Digital I/O Upgrade

Posted on 2020-08-18, 14:26

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by cyclone3d

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Hmmm... Did you uninstall the other drivers first? I did actually upload mine including the manual, etc. to vogonsdrivers: http://www.vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?file … 665&menustate=0

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Re: Turtle Beach Cancun FX

Posted on 2020-08-18, 13:25

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by cyclone3d

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No serial in or on the manual... or on the registration card?

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Re: Turtle Beach Montego II Digital I/O Upgrade

Posted on 2020-08-18, 13:22

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by cyclone3d

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The driver set when using the digital I/O upgrade is different and the standard drivers will not work. I have the drivers. Not sure if I uploaded them to vogonsdrivers or not through.

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Re: Help - I.D. 486 motherboard.

Posted on 2020-08-18, 03:06

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by cyclone3d

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If you get the BIOS string, it will narrow it down a lot.

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Re: Aluminum case build off !.....

Posted on 2020-08-18, 00:54

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by cyclone3d

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One could be used for "the ultimate 3dfx build" . Voodoo 1, SLI Voodoo 2 and Voodoo 5 5500. Need a couple really nice sound cards as well.... Now that I said that, I think that is a build I may end up doing.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-08-18, 00:06

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by cyclone3d

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some recent pickups :3 a good amount of Yamaha ICs... Yamaha "Factory" DS2416 and SW1000XG this got cobbled together by seperate purchases as is apparent by the vastly different condition the cards are in ^^ but it includes all necessary cables and even the AX44 drive bay I/O (also got the MIDI I/O …

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