Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2019-11-11, 14:58

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appiah4 wrote: A bunch of cheap recent eBay finds: […] Show full quote A bunch of cheap recent eBay finds: Had no idea there was a sequel to Dune 2000. Will have to check that out. Looks great.

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2019-11-10, 15:08

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Greetings all! This is my first retro build Lucky Star LS-486E REV:F SiS 496/497 chipset, 256 cache 15ns, Award BIOS 32 mb ram (2x16) 3D FX Voodoo 3 3000 16mb Sound Blaster Awe 32 AMD 5x86-P75 AMD-X5-133ADW 133mhz Still having loads of issues getting it together. Haven't figured out the Mhz display …

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Re: What to do when Windows 7 support ends in a few weeks time?

Posted on 2019-11-08, 21:54

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Scali wrote: Some people just think that the world will adapt to whatever ideas and beliefs they have. Worked for Chuck. Filename chuck.gif File size 1.62 MiB Views 528 views

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Re: What to do when Windows 7 support ends in a few weeks time?

Posted on 2019-11-04, 19:58

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Running Windows 7 on a Ryzen 7 2700X build with NVME and USB 3.0 hotfixes. Windows 7 has never been so on top of its game IMO. Have no plans to ever go 10. Going to be Linux and 7 pretty much from here on out until I get my cybernetic implants.

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Re: NVME and the chassis HDD LED activity light

Posted on 2019-10-31, 09:51

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For what it's worth, the HDD indicator light flashes with disk activity on a Samsung 960 Evo NVMe on both my Asrock X99 and MSI X570 motherboards. Good to know. I'm using a Plextor M9Pe 1TB NVME in the Gen3 M.2 slot and absolutely zero HDD LED activity out of that. The board does have a second Gen2 …

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Re: NVME and the chassis HDD LED activity light

Posted on 2019-10-30, 23:49

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Welp, my question just got answered by accident. Burning a DVD tonight from my NVME and the HDD LED is solid when the SATA DVD burner is active. So it looks like the HDD LED is strictly tied to the SATA controller on this board. At least I know now.

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Re: NVME and the chassis HDD LED activity light

Posted on 2019-10-30, 23:11

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I will have to look into this DriveGLEAM. What exactly is it for? It's a hard drive activity monitor utility for Windows. Has HDD activity lights in your taskbar etc. http://www.dirtcellar.net/software.php Maybe the front panel header is programmed to only flash when the disk reaches a certain …

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NVME and the chassis HDD LED activity light

Posted on 2019-10-30, 19:19

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Just curious if any of you use a NVME as your primary boot/OS drive? I am using an ASRock Taichi Ultimate x470 motherboard and I have made sure the HDD LED activity light on the case is hooked up properly to the mobo. The NVME is plugged into the motherboard's M.2 slot. When I boot, the HDD LED …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-10-29, 17:24

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How pointless. I hadn't researched the card yet because of time. What a waste of VLB space IMO. Oh well...

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-10-29, 16:47

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Thought this was worth mentioning. Very good deal on NOS floppies. http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?721 … isks-on-special Nevermind... another Vogons member noted that the shipping is, well...

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-10-29, 12:56

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mpe wrote: HanJammer wrote: Also 100Mbps LAN card supposed to work in the ISA slot is not really ideal idea to start with... True. I wish they made this in VL-Bus 😊 Once upon a time... Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

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Re: Old hardware giveaway thread.

Posted on 2019-10-26, 19:44

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Both the Dell DVD and the Amiga CD are now taken. Thanks.

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Re: Old hardware giveaway thread.

Posted on 2019-10-26, 15:10

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Also, for anyone who likes to collect Dell gear, I have this Dell issued DVD. Has two free commercial games on it (Demolition Racer & Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus) along with Dell's attempt to sell games through Greenleaf Technologies. Interesting part of history though. Other hardware vendors also used …

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Re: Old hardware giveaway thread.

Posted on 2019-10-26, 14:08

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Would any of you Amiga lovers like this CD for your collection? Almost done cleaning out the storage unit and ran across this in my stack of CDs. PM me if you want. Filename amiga_cd.jpg File size 1.02 MiB Views 395 views

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-10-25, 14:51

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...a pair of GTX690. Probably these graphics cards are not yet vintage for my definition but surely matches some hardware vendors ("Vintage products are those that have not been manufactured for more than 5 and less than 7 years ago"). Nevertheless, time will make it so. 690GTX_01re.jpg Yeah, those …

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Re: What to do when Windows 7 support ends in a few weeks time?

Posted on 2019-10-24, 01:47

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If you have some time to watch, this ex M$ employee explains a bit of why Windows 10 updates are such a disaster. https://youtu.be/S9kn8_oztsA Has anyone here tried deepin? Looks like a nice Linux distro and seems to get a bit of praise. https://www.deepin.org/en/

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2019-10-23, 19:52

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...the trash gods continue to smile upon me: http://stoof.sdf.org/images/vogons/IBM-etc-1.JPG This isn't all of it, just the more interesting stuff. IBM 8540, all ISA, 386SX, so not the most exciting PS/2, but I'll take it. Unfortunately missing its front and top cover, and on the inside, someone …

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

Posted on 2019-10-23, 19:49

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I also fixed up the Duke controller as the wiring was exposed and only worked at a certain angle of the wiring. I shortened the wires and wrapped them around one by one using electrical tape. Contrary to popular opinion, I find I actually prefer the Duke over the smaller controller. The Duke just …

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

Posted on 2019-10-22, 06:27

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How freakin cool. Could you do a wide shot of it with the screen on? I'll take a bunch of pictures next weekend when I can get some good light! I haven't looked at all the menus yet either. I had forgotten you had posted a while back with a link to imgur of a system running. They really have a neat …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2019-10-21, 21:49

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appiah4 wrote: stoof wrote: You can't really tell from the photo, but the beak is blue. Obviously a keeper. 😀 What I can tell from the photo is that the beak looks like a dong and I can't unsee it.. Would that be a Fladongo at that point?

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