Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-09-09, 18:40

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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Today's arrival, a Lian Li PC60 case, for free! Just had to pay shipping on it. It's not perfect, but for the price of nothing that doesn't matter too much. Two of the plastic clips that hold the front in place are broken, but all the plastics are still there, so I can likely fix it. The acrylic …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-09-08, 19:44

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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Got a new (to me) PC CRT monitor. Nothing particularly exciting or high end, but given good PC monitors are more difficult to find than CRT TVs, especially locally, I wasn't turning this down for €4. A little 17" Samsung SyncMaster 753S, with a Dynaflat-T tube. A bit of yellowing on the top, and …

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Re: New sound card project: AWE64 Legacy

Posted on 2019-08-26, 12:06

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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so bad idea. anyway once is confiqured via a pif everything is sweet. what really matters is the real opl chip and that the card will come with max memory. also are the opl chips salvaged from other cards? Likely not, there's still big batches of Yamaha FM chips from Chinese sellers. Just go take a …

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Re: ASROCK P4i65G and Windows 98

Posted on 2019-08-21, 20:50

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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Thank you. I think none of these (https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/P4i65G/#CPU) has the Execute Disable Bit, or no? No known Socket 478 CPU supports it. Even the two rare-ish SL7QB and SL7Q8 chips, that do support EM64T on Socket 478, don't have this feature. EDIT: Alright, there might be one known …

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Re: nekurahoka's DirectX9 s478 Build WIP

Posted on 2019-08-15, 18:16

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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I have one of these chips, but on my S478 (Gigabyte 8KNXP, i875P chipset) board, I've been unable to actually boot into a 64 bit operating system. It detects the CPU just fine, CPU-Z under a 32-bit operating system will show the EM64T flag, yet everytime I try to boot into a 64-bit OS, it'll try, …

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

Posted on 2019-08-15, 07:56

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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SpectriaForce wrote: It's on your way. Thanks! Looking forward to recapping the missing one and using it in my MMX 😀 Cyrix200+ wrote: GTA? I assume he means Greater Toronto Area.

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

Posted on 2019-08-13, 20:49

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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SpectriaForce wrote: imi wrote: I'm sure someone would have use for the remains... If someone is interested in a free Diamond Monster 3D Voodoo with a missing capacitor, then let me know. I still have it. If you're serious on that, I'd be on that immediately, sounds like a fun repair project to me! …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-08-13, 14:03

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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Got a time appropriate waterblock for a planned Athlon XP build. It's a Nexustek H2O-2000, one inlet/two outlet waterblock for Socket A, 478, and 939. It has additional mounting hardware for the latter two, but with Socket A only needs to be screwed on. It does have some crud in the block, but that …

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Re: Fastest Windows 7 system [omg, it is already retro]

Posted on 2019-08-10, 22:14

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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OP's post feels like a weird flex, but OK. 🤣

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Re: Need to consolidate my retro systems - What should I keep?

Posted on 2019-08-10, 12:37

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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I would sell redundant CASES and keep boards/cards in smaller boxes (e.g. motherboard boxes which can be kept even under the bed). I did it some time ago and it helped a LOT. This is a pretty good option. Along with a test bench, you can still fullfil your retro hardware needs without needing to …

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Re: NuXT - micro-ATX IBM XT (LGR review)

Posted on 2019-08-03, 17:34

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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Nice, but way to expensive. You can buy a complete 5160 for that. It's intended purpose is not affordability but to serve those who appreciate the craftmanship of modern engineering with old tech components while maintaining x86 compatibility. And you simply cannot build it for less than the asking …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-07-23, 12:52

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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Quadro4 980XGL, essentially the best of the GeForce 4 line if you count it with them. Same specs to a Ti 4800, but, with double the ROPs (8 vs 4). I'm pretty sure they have the same specs. Hmm, seems there is conflicting info on that, TechPowerUp and a few other sites claim 8 ROPs, but now re- …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-07-23, 10:57

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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Saw some retro hardware for sale in an ad on a Dutch tech site's marketplace section. Sadly, some of the really good stuff, like the GeForce 2 Ti/Ultra cards, were already taken, but there was still some good stuff there. Seller noted in the ad that he just needed to get rid of it, so I figured it …

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Re: CPU problem with my Tyan S1854 (Trinity 400)

Posted on 2019-06-18, 20:18

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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Paar wrote: Is it possible for Coppermine CPU to get overheated right on POST screen with no cooler attached? Not just possible, that's inevitable. Don't run Pentium IIIs without heatsink, you could damage them! 😵

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-05-28, 21:45

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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Something I didn't buy today... was too honest with a clueless seller who had a Gravis Ultrasound PnP on offer for EUR 15 in a misspelt listing. Now he's asking EUR 250 and bidding is over EUR 100 already... So I wasn't the only one here that saw that. I too was weirded out by the fact he had all …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-05-24, 13:22

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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Got this Guillemot Maxi-Gamer 3DFX Voodoo card in today! It might not be the highest end, or the best brand, but it's my first 3DFX Voodoo and it only cost me €25, so I'm happy :) It'll go into my Pentium 233MMX machine (OC'd at 300MHz on a Super Socket 7 board). And before anyone says anything, it …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-04-27, 17:13

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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Went to a fleamarket this morning, saw somebody selling some computer parts and a NVIDIA card caught my eyes. Yes, it was a FX 4500 as I thought! Snatched it for €5, went home, and flashed it with a PowerPC ROM. Now my PowerMac G5 Quad has a nice upgrade over the GeForce 6600 it came with :cool: …

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Re: "Dial up" to computer in home network?

Posted on 2019-04-24, 17:51

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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Have also been thinking about how to realize this. Basically you need three things: - PPP client with dialup modem. I.e. any period-correct PC from the mid 1990s. - PPP server with modem. This doesn't even need to be significantly different hardware, but it needs software to listen on the line. - …

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

Posted on 2019-04-22, 09:12

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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Spent a bit of the Easter weekend on tinkering with my PowerEdge 2650 again. It's been laying dormant in the garage for a long while now, simply because I kind of bought it on a whim and then started realizing tinkering with it in the house means everyone gets to enjoy the sounds of jet engines :lol …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-04-16, 16:11

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by Daniël Oosterhuis

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Got this last weekend, an ASUS P4T-M Socket 423 motherboard. Came with a 1.7GHz Willamette P4 and 2x128MB of Kingston ValueRAM PC800 RDRAM, with the other two slots having CRIMMs. I paid more than I would've liked (€40), and I'd have prefered the full ATX version or even the P4T533 version with …

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